- Effective Date: Nov 18, 2022
- Period of Review: Jan 01, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020
- Cite as: 87 FR 70782
Cite date: Nov 21, 2022
1.
On 11/21/2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register its countervailing duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Korea (subject merchandise) (87 FR 70782).
2.
The merchandise covered by this order is certain OCTG, which are hollow steel products of circular cross-section, including oil well casing and tubing, of iron (other than case iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether seamless or welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., whether or not plain end, threaded, or threaded and coupled) whether or not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (API) or non-API specifications, whether finished (including limited service OCTG products) or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG products), whether or not thread protectors are attached. The scope of these investigations also covers OCTG coupling stock.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in a third country, including by performing any heat treatment, cutting, upsetting, threading, coupling, or any other finishing, packaging, or processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of these orders if performed in the country of manufacture of the OCTG.
Excluded from the scope of these orders are:
Casing, tubing, or coupling stock containing 10.5 percent or more by weight of chromium; drill pipe; unattached couplings; and unattached thread protectors.
The merchandise subject to these orders is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7304.29.1010, 7304.29.1020, 7304.29.1030, 7304.29.1040, 7304.29.1050, 7304.29.1060, 7304.29.1080, 7304.29.2010, 7304.29.2020, 7304.29.2030, 7304.29.2040, 7304.29.2050, 7304.29.2060, 7304.29.2080, 7304.29.3110, 7304.29.3120, 7304.29.3130, 7304.29.3140, 7304.29.3150, 7304.29.3160, 7304.29.3180, 7304.29.4110, 7304.29.4120, 7304.29.4130, 7304.29.4140, 7304.29.4150, 7304.29.4160, 7304.29.4180, 7304.29.5015, 7304.29.5030, 7304.29.5045, 7304.29.5060, 7304.29.5075, 7304.29.6115, 7304.29.6130, 7304.29.6145, 7304.29.6160, 7304.29.6175, 7305.20.2000, 7305.20.4000, 7305.20.6000, 7305.20.8000, 7306.29.1030, 7306.29.1090, 7306.29.2000, 7306.29.3100, 7306.29.4100, 7306.29.6010, 7306.29.6050, 7306.29.8110, and 7306.29.8150.
The merchandise subject to these orders may also enter under the following HTSUS item numbers:
7304.39.0024, 7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 7304.39.0062, 7304.39.0068, 7304.39.0072, 7304.39.0076, 7304.39.0080, 7304.59.6000, 7304.59.8015, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, 7304.59.8070, 7304.59.8080, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5090, 7306.50.5050, and 7306.50.5070.
The HTSUS subheadings and specifications above are provided for convenience and customs purposes only.
The written description of the scope of these orders is dispositive.
3. Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
3a.
CBP shall continue to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 11/18/2022 (date of publication of the International Trade Commission final determination in the Federal Register).
Effective 11/18/2022, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the percentages identified below.
Producer and/or Exporter: SeAH Steel Corporation; SeAH Steel Holding Corporation
Case Number:
C-580-913-001
Cash Deposit Rate:
1.33 percent
Producer and/or Exporter: All-Others
Case Number:
C-580-913-000
Cash Deposit Rate:
1.33 percent
3b. Commerce found a zero or de minimis subsidy rate for imports of subject merchandise for the producer/exporter combination identified below.
Accordingly, CBP is directed not to suspend liquidation of imports of shipments, and not to collect cash deposits, from the producer/exporter combination as it is excluded from this order.
Producer: Hyundai Steel Company
Exporter: Hyundai Steel Company
Case Number: C-580-913-002
This exclusion from suspension of liquidation does not apply to entries of merchandise:
(i) produced by Hyundai Steel Company and exported by any company other than Hyundai Steel Company,
(ii) exported by Hyundai Steel Company and produced by any company other than Hyundai Steel Company, or
(iii) exported by a company that sourced from this excluded combination.
Accordingly, such merchandise should be entered under the case number and cash deposit rate for the appropriate company (or all others) under the sub-paragraphs above.
4.
If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984.
CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only.
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5.
There are no restrictions on the release of this information.
Alexander Amdur