Antidumping Duty Order: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Italy

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-475-816]

Antidumping Duty Order: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Italy

Agency: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Crow or Brian Smith, Office of

Antidumping Duty Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

20230; telephone (202) 482-0116 or (202) 482-1766, respectively.

Scope of Order

In its final determination, the Department determined that oil

country tubular goods (OCTG) comprised one class or kind of

merchandise. In its final determination, the International Trade

Commission (ITC) found two like products: (1) Drill pipe and (2) OCTG

other than drill pipe (i.e., casing and tubing). The ITC did not find

material injury, or threat of material injury with regard to drill

pipe. Consequently, the antidumping duty order covers only OCTG other

than drill pipe.

The merchandise covered by this order are OCTG, hollow steel

products of circular cross-section, including only oil well casing and

tubing pipe, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and

alloy), whether seamless or welded, whether or not conforming to

American Petroleum Institute (API) or non-API specifications, whether

finished or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG

products). This scope does not cover casing or tubing pipe containing

10.5 percent or more of chromium, or drill pipe. The OCTG subject to

this order are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers:

7304.20.10.10, 7304.20.10.20, 7304.20.10.30, 7304.20.10.40,

7304.20.10.50, 7304.20.10.60, 7304.20.10.80, 7304.20.20.10,

7304.20.20.20, 7304.20.20.30, 7304.20.20.40, 7304.20.20.50,

7304.20.20.60, 7304.20.20.80, 7304.20.30.10, 7304.20.30.20,

7304.20.30.30, 7304.20.30.40, 7304.20.30.50, 7304.20.30.60,

7304.20.30.80, 7304.20.40.10, 7304.20.40.20, 7304.20.40.30,

7304.20.40.40, 7304.20.40.50, 7304.20.40.60, 7304.20.40.80,

7304.20.50.15, 7304.20.50.30, 7304.20.50.45, 7304.20.50.60,

7304.20.50.75, 7304.20.60.15, 7304.20.60.30, 7304.20.60.45,

7304.20.60.60, 7304.20.60.75, 7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00,

7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 7306.20.10.30, 7306.20.10.90,

7306.20.20.00, 7306.20.30.00, 7306.20.40.00, 7306.20.60.10,

7306.20.60.50, 7306.20.80.10, and 7306.20.80.50.

Drill pipe is classifiable under HTSUS item numbers 7304.20.70.00,

7304.20.80.30, 7304.20.80.45, and 7304.20.80.60. However, pursuant to

the ITC's negative determination regarding drill pipe, we have deleted

these numbers from the scope of this order.

Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and

customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this

proceeding is dispositive.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute and to the

Department's regulations are in reference to the provisions as they

existed on December 31, 1994.

Antidumping Duty Order

On August 2, 1995, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,

the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department

that imports of drill pipe from Italy do not cause or threaten material

injury to a U.S. industry. Therefore, the scope of this order does not

include drill pipe.

However, the ITC did find that imports of OCTG other than drill

pipe from Italy materially injure a U.S. industry. Therefore, in

accordance with section 736 of the Act, the Department will direct U.S.

Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the administering

authority pursuant to section 736(a)(1) of the Act, antidumping duties

equal to the amount by which the foreign market value of the

merchandise exceeds the United States price for all entries of OCTG

other than drill pipe from Italy. These antidumping duties will be

assessed on all unliquidated entries of OCTG other than drill pipe from

Italy entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after

February 2, 1995, the date on which the Department published its

preliminary determination notice in the Federal Register (60 FR 6515).

The Department will also direct U.S. Customs officers to terminate

the suspension of liquidation of entries of drill pipe from Italy

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after

February 2, 1995, and to release any bond or other security, and refund

any cash deposit, posted to secure the payment of estimated antidumping

duties with respect to these entries.

On or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, U.S. Customs officers must require, at the same time as

importers would normally deposit estimated duties, the following cash

deposits for the subject merchandise:

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Weighted-

average

Manufacturer/producer/exporter margin

percentage

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Dalmine S.p.A.............................................. 49.78

Acciaierie Tubificio Arvedi S.p.A.......................... 49.78

General Sider Europa S.p.A................................. 49.78

All Others................................................. 49.78

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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to

OCTG other than drill pipe from Italy, pursuant to section 736(a) of

the Act. Interested parties may contact the Central Records Unit, Room

B-099 of the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of

antidumping duty orders currently in effect.

This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the

Act and 19 CFR 353.21.

Dated: August 4, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-19935 Filed 8-10-95; 8:45 am]

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