Notice of Implementation Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act; Antidumping Measures Concerning Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-357-810] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Effective Date: March 16, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2924 (Baker), (202) 482-0649 (James). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background In November 2000, the Department of Commerce (“Department”) published its final results of the expedited sunset review on the antidumping duty order on Oil Country Tubular Goods (“OCTG”) from Argentina and other countries. See Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, Italy, Japan, and Korea , 65 FR 66701 (Nov. 7, 2000) (“ Final Results ”). The Government of Argentina subsequently requested dispute resolution at the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) to consider, inter alia , its claims that the Final Results were inconsistent with the WTO Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (“AD Agreement”). In its final report, the panel found, inter alia , that the Department's original determination of dumping could not, by itself, represent a sufficient factual basis for concluding that dumping continued …