한국산 유정용 강관 (OCTG)상계관세 (반보조금 CVD) 제소

Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, Mexico, Korea, and Russia – Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties

Borusan Mannesmann Pipe U.S., Inc. (“Borusan U.S.”), PTC Liberty Tubulars LLC (“PTC”), U. S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc. (“U. S. Steel”), the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (the “USW”), and Welded Tube USA, Inc. (“Welded Tube”) (collectively, “Petitioners”) have filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on imports of oil country tubular goods (“OCTG”) from Argentina, Mexico, and Russia and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions on imports of OCTG from Korea and Russia.

Petitioners have requested AD duties as described below, as well as countervailing duties to offset alleged subsidies from Korea and Russia:

Country              AD Duties Requested

Argentina           320.17 percent

Mexico                280.14 percent

Russia                 136.17 percent

CVD Duties Requested: N/A

한국 OCTG 제조사: 아주베스틸, 휴스틸, 현대제철, 일진제강, 금강공업, 넥스틸, 세아제강

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) will initiate the investigations on October 26, 2021.

Event	Current Deadline (could be extended)	Extended Deadline
Petition	10/6/2021	10/6/2021
DOC Initiation	10/26/2021	10/26/2021
ITC Preliminary Conference	10/27/2021	10/27/2021
ITC Prelim Determination	11/22/2021	11/22/2021
DOC Preliminary CVD Determination (*cash deposits required for imports*)	12/30/2021	2/18/2022
DOC Preliminary AD Determination	3/15/2022	5/4/2022
DOC Final CVD Determination	3/15/2022	5/19/2022
DOC Final AD Determination	5/30/2022	9/16/2022
ITC Hearing	Mid March 2022	Late May 2022
ITC Final Injury Determination for CVD	4/29/2022	7/4/2022
ITC Final Injury Determination for AD	7/13/2022	10/31/2022
CVD Order	5/6/2022	7/11/2022
AD Order	7/20/2022	11/7/2022

Scope of Investigation (대상 제품 범위)

The proposed scope of these investigations is as follows:

The merchandise covered by the investigation is certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG), which are hollow steel products of circular cross-section, including oil well casing and tubing, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether seamless or welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., whether or not plain end, threaded, or threaded and coupled) whether or not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (API) or non-API specifications, whether finished (including limited service OCTG products) or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG products), whether or not thread protectors are attached. The scope of the investigation also covers OCTG coupling stock.

Subject merchandise includes material matching the above description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in a third country, including by performing any heat treatment, cutting, upsetting, threading, coupling, or any other finishing, packaging, or processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigations if performed in the country of manufacture of the OCTG.

Excluded from the scope of the order are: casing or tubing containing 10.5 percent or more by weight of chromium; drill pipe; unattached couplings; and unattached thread protectors.

The merchandise subject to the investigation is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30, 7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30, 7304.29.61.45, 7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90, 7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00, 7306.29.60.10, 7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and 7306.29.81.50.

The merchandise subject to the investigation may also enter under the following HTSUS item numbers: 7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28, 7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44, 7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62, 7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72, 7304.39.00.76, 7304.39.00.80, 7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, 7304.59.80.25, 7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45, 7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65, 7304.59.80.70, 7304.59.80.80, 7305.31.40.00, 7305.31.60.90, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.50.50, and 7306.50.50.70.