Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determinations of Circumvention

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) determines that imports of welded oil country tubular goods (OCTG) completed in Brunei or the Philippines using inputs manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China) are circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on OCTG from China. DATES: Applicable November 26, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun or John Drury, AD/CVD Operations Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5760 and (202) 482-0195, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 10, 2021, Commerce published the preliminary affirmative determinations of circumvention of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on welded OCTG from China. [ 1 ] In the Preliminary Determinations, Commerce extended the deadline for the final determinations of these circumvention inquiries to October 28, 2021. [ 2 ] On October 18, 2021, Commerce extended the deadline for the final determinations of these circumvention inquiries to November 19, 2021. [ 3 ] We received case and rebuttal briefs with respect to the Preliminary Determinations. We conducted these circumvention inquiries in accordance with section 781(b) of the…