Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of China: Self-Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

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-570-943, C-570-944] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. Summary The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is self-initiating country-wide anti-circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of welded oil country tubular goods (OCTG) completed in Brunei and the Philippines (collectively, third countries) using inputs manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China) are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on OCTG from China. DATES: Applicable November 12, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein at (202) 482-1391, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI or Justin Enck at (202) 482-1614, Office of Policy, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On April 8, 2009, Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel, Maverick Tube Corporation, TMK IPSCO, United States Steel Corporation, V&M Star LP, V&M Tubular Corporation of America, Wheatland Tube Corp., and the United Steel, Paper, and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC filed petitions seeking the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of OCTG from China. [ 1 ] Following Commerce's affirmative determinations of dumping and countervailab…