AD: China Oil Country Tubular Goods
The International Trade Administration has issued an amended preliminary antidumping duty determination in its investigation of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from China.
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The ITA is amending its preliminary AD determination to reflect the correction of significant ministerial errors it made in the margin calculations for Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation (TPCO), the solemandatory respondent, which also affects the separate rate respondents.
The ITA is also correcting the name of separate rate respondent Qiqihaer Haoying Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. of Northeast Special Steel Group, which was previously incorrectly listed as Qiqihaer Bonded Logistics Park Products International Trading Co., Ltd.
AD Suspension of Liquidation Continues
AD suspension of liquidation continues for all entries of subject merchandise exported by TPCO and produced by Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation, and all entries of subject merchandise exported by the separate rate respondent combinations with a time of entry on or after November 17, 2009.
(Liquidation continues for imports of OCTG from China exported and produced by Changbao, because the ITAhas calculated an AD duty rate of zero for this combination.)
As the ITA previously found critical circumstances with regard to the China-wide entity, ADsuspension of liquidation will continue for subject merchandise exported by the China-wide entity with a time of entry on or after 90 days prior to November 17, 2009.
AD Cash Deposit/Bond Instructions
The ITA will direct CBP to require a cash deposit or bond for entries of OCTG from China for the exporter/producer combinations listed below (except the Changbao combination) with a time of entry on or after December 30, 2009 at the following AD duty rates1:
| Exporter | Amended AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | (a) |
| Tianjin Pipe International Economic and Trading Corporation (TPCO) | 96.51% (from 36.45%) |
| Angang Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Angang Steel Co., Ltd., and Angang Group International Trade Corporation | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Anshan Zhongyou Tipo Pipe & Tubing Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Baotou Steel International Economic and Trading Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Benxi Northern Steel Pipes Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Chengdu Wanghui Petroleum Pipe Co. Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Dalipal Pipe Company | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co. Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field, The Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Hengyang Steel Tube Group International Trading, Inc. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd./Huludao City Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Share Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Pangang Group Beihai Steel Pipe Corporation | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Qingdao Bonded Logistics Park Products International Trading Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Qiqihaer Haoying Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. of Northeast Special Steel Group2 | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Shandong Dongbao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| ShanDong HuaBao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Shanghai Metals & Minerals Import & Export Corp./ Shanghai Minmetals Materials & Products Corp. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Shengli Oilfield Highland Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Shengli Oilfield Shengji Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Tianjin Xingyuda Import and Export Co., Ltd. & Hong Kong Gallant Group Limited | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Tianjin Seamless Steel Pipe Plant | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Tianjin Tiangang Special Petroleum Pipe Manufacturer Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Wuxi Baoda Petroleum Special Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.53%) |
| Wuxi Sp. Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Wuxi Zhenda Special Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.50%) |
| Zhejiang Jianli Co., Ltd. & Zhejiang Jianli Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | 96.51% (from 36.53%) |
| China-wide entity (including Shengli Oil Imp & Exp)3 | 99.14% |
(a) The ITA continues to find a preliminary AD duty rate of zero for the Changbao combination; therefore, no AD cash deposit is required for this combination and it is preliminarily excluded from the determination.
1The ITA notes that, consistent with the original preliminary determination, it will adjust, as appropriate, the AD duty cash deposit rate for export subsidies for TPCO determined in the companion preliminary countervailing duty determination. The AD duty rates will also be adjusted for the separate rate respondents, except Wuxi Seamless and Zhejiang Jianli, because it was preliminarily determined that these companies did not benefit from any export subsidy.
2The ITA misidentified the name of this respondent in the original preliminary determination.
3The China-wide entity includes Shengli Oil Field Freet Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
(See ITA notice for additional information, including the scope of the investigation (which remains unchanged from the initiation notice), etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 11/17/09 news, 09111735, for BP summary of the ITA's original preliminary determination.
See ITT's Online Archives or 12/07/09 news, 09120740, for BP summary of the affirmative final determination in the companion countervailing investigation.)
ITA contact - Paul Stolz (202) 482-4474
ITA notice (FR Pub 12/30/09) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-31025.pdf