2024-11726. Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina, Mexico, and Russia

AGENCY:

United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION:

Notice of remand proceedings.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. International Trade Commission (“Commission”) hereby gives notice of the procedures it intends to follow to comply with the court-ordered remand of its final determination in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of Oil Country Tubular Goods (“OCTG”) from Argentina, Mexico, and Russia. For further information concerning the conduct of these remand proceedings and rules of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.

DATES:

May 22, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Corkran ([phone]), Office of Investigations, or Noah Meyer ([phone]), Office of General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server ( https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for Investigation Nos. 701-TA-671-672 and 731-TA-1571-1573 (Final) may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background. —In November 2022, the Commission unanimously determined that a domestic industry was materially injured by reason of imports of OCTG from Argentina, Mexico, Russia, and South Korea. Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, Mexico, Russia, and South Korea, Inv. Nos. 701-TA-671-672 and 731-TA-1571-1573 (Final), USITC Pub. 5381 at 3 (Nov. 2022. Respondents Tenaris Bay City, Inc., Maverick Tube Corporation, IPSCO Tubulars Inc., Tenaris Global Services (U.S.A.) Corporation, Siderca S.A.I.C, Tubos de Acero de Mexico, S.A., and TMK Group contested the Commission's determinations regarding Argentina, Mexico, and Russia before the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”). The CIT remanded the Commission's determination for the agency to reconsider various legal and factual aspects of the Commission's cumulation analysis. Tenaris Bay City et al v. United States, Consolidated Court No. 22-00344, Slip Op. 24-48 (Ct. Int'l Trade, Apr. 19, 2024).

Participation in the remand proceedings. —Only those persons who were interested parties that participated in the underlying investigations and were also parties to the appeal may participate in these remand proceedings. Such persons need not file any additional appearances with the Commission to participate in the remand proceedings, unless they are adding new individuals to the list of persons entitled to receive business proprietary information (“BPI”) under administrative protective order (“APO”). BPI referred to during the remand proceedings will be governed, as appropriate, by the APO issued in the investigations. The Secretary will maintain a service list containing the names and addresses of all persons or their representatives who are parties to the remand proceedings, and the Secretary will maintain a separate list of those authorized to receive BPI under the administrative protective order during the remand proceedings.

Written submissions. —The Commission is reopening the record in these proceedings for the limited purposes of adding information compiled from detailed U.S. Census Bureau edited Customs and Border Protection data differentiating imports from South Korea by supplier, and revising tables considered in its cumulation analysis to exclude responses and data concerning nonsubject imports from South Korea. The Commission will permit the parties entitled to participate in the remand proceedings to file comments concerning these data and revised tables, and concerning how the Commission could best comply with the court's remand instructions.

The comments must be based solely on the information in the Commission's record, as amended as described above. The Commission will reject submissions containing additional factual information or arguments pertaining to issues other than those on which the court has remanded this matter. The deadline for filing comments is June 26, 2024. Comments must be limited to no more than thirty (30) double-spaced and single-sided pages of textual material, inclusive of attachments and exhibits.

Parties are advised to consult with the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subpart A (19 CFR part 207) for provisions of general applicability concerning written submissions to the Commission. All written submissions must conform to the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's rules; any submissions that contain BPI must also conform with the requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic filings at this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further notice. The Commission's Handbook on E-Filing, available on the Commission's website at http://edis.usitc.gov, elaborates upon the Commission's rules with respect to electronic filing.

Additional written submissions to the Commission, including requests pursuant to section 201.12 of the Commission's rules, will not be accepted unless good cause is shown for accepting such submissions or unless the submission is pursuant to a specific request by a Commissioner or Commission staff.

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the investigation must be served on all other parties to the investigation (as identified by either the public or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a certificate of service.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: May 22, 2024.

Lisa Barton,

Secretary to the Commission.