[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11812-11813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4713]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-474 and 731-TA-1176 (Final)]


Drill Pipe and Drill Collars From China

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

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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 threatened with material 
injury by reason of imports of drill pipe and drill collars from China, 
provided for in subheadings 7304.22, 7304.23, and 8431.43 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that the U.S. 
Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold in the 
United States at less than fair value (``LTFV'').2 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\ Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun, Commissioner Daniel R. Pearson, 
and Commissioner Shara L. Aranoff dissenting.
    \3\ Vice Chairman Irving A. Williamson, Commissioner Charlotte 
R. Lane, and Commissioner Dean A. Pinkert determine that they would 
not have found material injury but for the suspension of 
liquidation.
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Background

    The Commission instituted these investigations effective December 
31, 2009, following receipt of a petition filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by VAM Drilling USA Inc., Houston, TX; Rotary Drilling Tools, 
Beasley, TX; Texas Steel Conversions, Inc., Houston, TX; TMK IPSCO, 
Downers Grove, IL; and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, Pittsburgh, PA. The final phase of 
the investigations was scheduled by the Commission following 
notification of preliminary determinations by Commerce that imports of 
drill pipe and drill collars from China were subsidized within the 
meaning of section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)) and dumped 
within the meaning of 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 Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register on September 9, 2010 (75 FR 54912). The 
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on January 5, 2011, and all persons 
who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in person or by 
counsel.
    The Commission transmitted its determinations in these 
investigations to the Secretary of Commerce on February 24, 2011. The 
views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 4213 
(February 2011), entitled Drill Pipe and Drill Collars from China: 
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-474 and 731-TA-1176 (Final).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: February 24, 2011.
William R. Bishop,
Hearings and Meetings Coordinator.
[FR Doc. 2011-4713 Filed 3-2-11; 8:45 am]
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