[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53080-53081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21174]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-499-500 and 731-TA-1215-1217 and 1219-1223
(Final)]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India, Korea, the
Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and Vietnam
Determinations
On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to sections 705(b) and 735(b) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)) and (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b))
(``the Act''), that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of imports of certain oil country tubular goods from
India, Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, and Vietnam, provided for in subheadings
7304.29, 7305.20, and 7306.29 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States, that have been found by the Department of Commerce
(``Commerce'') to be sold in the United States at less than fair value
(``LTFV'') and to be subsidized by the governments of India and
Turkey.\2\ The Commission also determines, pursuant to section 735(b)
of the Act, that an industry in the United States is threatened with
material injury by reason of imports of certain oil country tubular
goods from Taiwan that have been found by Commerce to be sold in the
United States at LTFV.\3\
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\1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
\2\ All five participating Commissioners voted in the
affirmative (Commissioner F. Scott Kieff did not participate in
these investigations). The Commission also finds that imports
subject to Commerce's affirmative critical circumstances
determinations are not likely to undermine seriously the remedial
effect of the countervailing duty orders on certain oil country
tubular goods from India or Turkey. The Commission further finds
that imports subject to Commerce's affirmative critical
circumstances determinations are not likely to undermine seriously
the remedial effect of the antidumping duty orders on certain oil
country tubular goods from Turkey or Vietnam.
\3\ Chairman Meredith M. Broadbent dissenting with regard to
imports from Taiwan, determining that subject imports from Taiwan
are negligible.
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The Commission further determines that imports of these products
from the Philippines and Thailand are negligible pursuant to section
771(24) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1677(24)), and its investigations with
regard to these countries are thereby terminated pursuant to section
735(b) of the Act.
Background
The Commission instituted these investigations effective July 2,
2013, following receipt of a petition filed with the Commission and
Commerce by United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA; Maverick
Tube Corporation, Houston, TX; Boomerang Tube LLC, Chesterfield, MO;
Energex, a division of JMC Steel Group, Chicago, IL; Northwest Pipe
Company, Vancouver, WA; Tejas Tubular Products Inc., Houston, TX; TMK
IPSCO, Houston, TX; Vallourec Star, L.P., Houston, TX; and Welded Tube
USA, Inc., Lackawanna, NY. The final phase of the investigations was
scheduled by the Commission following notification of preliminary
determinations by Commerce regarding the subsidization of imports of
certain oil country tubular goods from India and Turkey within the
meaning of section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)) and sales at
less than fair value of imports of certain oil country tubular goods
from India, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine,
and Vietnam within the meaning of section 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1673b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of the final phase of the
Commission's investigations and of a public hearing to be held in
connection therewith was given by posting copies of the notice in the
Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade
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Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal
Register on April 7, 2014 (79 FR 19122). The hearing was held in
Washington, DC, on July 15, 2014, and all persons who requested the
opportunity were permitted to appear in person or by counsel.
The Commission completed and filed its determinations in these
investigations on September 2, 2014. The views of the Commission are
contained in USITC Publication 4489 (September 2014), entitled Certain
Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan,
Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and Vietnam (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-499-
500 and 731-TA-1215-1217 and 1219-1223: (Final)).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: September 2, 2014.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014-21174 Filed 9-4-14; 8:45 am]
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