[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 155 (Friday, August 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 41057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19935]



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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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