The US Department of Commerce announced that it has rescinded its administrative AD review of OCTG from India.
The DOC received timely requests for review of GVN Fuels, Ltd. (GVN), Oil Country Tubular Limited (OCT), and United Seamless Tubulaar Pvt. Ltd. (USTPL), but USPTL withdrew its requests for review on December 11, 2015. Hilcorp Alaska LLC (Hilcorp) withdrew its request for review of OCT on January 25, 2016. Energex Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group, TMK IPSCO, Vallourec Star LP, Welded Tube USA Inc, Maverick Tube Corporation, and United States Steel Corporation (collectively, Petitioners) and GVN withdrew their respective requests on February 12, 2016.
The DOC will instruct Customs and Border Patrol to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For GVN, USPTL and OCT, the companies for which this review is rescinded, antidumping duties shall be assessed at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption.