[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40822-40823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19817]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(C-475-817)
Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Oil Country Tubular Goods
(``OCTG'') From Italy
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 10, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Wilkniss, Office of
Countervailing Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone (202) 482-0588.
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.
Scope of Investigation and Order
In its final determination, the Department determined that oil
country tubular goods (OCTG) comprised a single 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 countervailing 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,
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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.
Countervailing Duty Order
In accordance with section 705(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act) (19 U.S.C. 1671(a)), on June 19, 1995, the Department
made its final determination that producers or exporters of OCTG in
Italy receive benefits which constitute subsidies within the meaning of
the countervailing duty law (60 FR 33577, June 28, 1995). On August 3,
1995, in accordance with section 705(d) of the Act, the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department that
imports of OCTG from Italy materially injure a U.S. industry.
Therefore, in accordance with sections 706 and 751 of the Act (19
U.S.C. sections 1671e and 1675), the Department hereby directs United
States Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the
administering authority pursuant to sections 706(a)(1) and 751 of the
Act, countervailing duties equal to the amount of the estimated net
subsidy on all entries of OCTG from Italy. These countervailing duties
will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of OCTG from Italy
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
December 2, 1994, the date on which the Department published its
preliminary determination notice in the Federal Register (59 FR 61870),
and before April 1, 1995, the date on which we instructed the U.S.
Customs Service to discontinue the suspension of liquidation, and all
entries and withdrawals for consumption made on or after the date of
publication of this order in the Federal Register. Entries of OCTG made
on or after April 1, 1995, and prior to the date of publication of this
order in the Federal Register are not subject to the assessment of
countervailing duties since we cannot suspend liquidation of the
subject merchandise, begun on December 2, 1994, for more than 120 days
without the issuance of a final affirmative ITC injury determination.
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 of this merchandise,
the following cash deposit for OCTG from Italy.
OCTG
Country-Wide Ad Valorem Rate 1.47 Percent.
This notice constitutes the countervailing duty order with respect
to OCTG from Italy, pursuant to section 706 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 countervailing duty
orders currently in effect. This order is published in accordance with
section 706 of the Act and 19 CFR 355.21.
Dated: August 4, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman.
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-19817 Filed 8-9-95; 8:45 am]
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