Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India and Turkey: Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances in the Countervailing Duty Investigations

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 [C-533-858, C-489-817] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Formerly Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) preliminarily determines that critical circumstances exist for imports of certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India and Turkey. DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lingjun Wang at (202) 482-2316 (India) or Jennifer Meek at (202) 482-2778 (Turkey), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 2, 2013, Petitioners  [ 1 ] filed antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions concerning imports of OCTG from, inter alia, India and Turkey. [ 2 ] The Department published the initiation of the investigations on July 29, 2013, [ 3 ] and issued the preliminary determinations on December 16, 2013. [ 4 ] On December 18, 2013, Petitioners filed amendments to the petitions, pursuant to section 703(e)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.206(c)(1) , alleging that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of OCTG. [ 5 ] In accordance with 19 CFR 351.206(c)(2)(ii) , when a critical circumstances allegation is submitted later than 20 days before the scheduled d…