Duties on China Drill Pipe May End on CIT Remand of Injury Finding
Antidumping duties on drill pipe from China may soon be no more, according to a Feb. 25 Court of International Trade decision and associated court documents. The duties had originally been imposed in 2011 after the ITC found a threat of injury to U.S. industry from dumped imports. But a CIT decision from August 2013 that was only made public in January took issue with the ITC’s findings, and sent them back down for reconsideration. The ITC on Dec. 11 filed its remand redetermination with the court, and in a reversal of its earlier position found no injury to U.S. industry. If the court affirms that redetermination, it will result in the lifting of AD duties on drill pipe form China.
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Several comments on the new finding have already been submitted to the court, and the ITC’s final reply brief is due Feb. 28. A Feb. 25 decision from CIT shot down an attempt by domestic industry to get the court to reconsider its earlier remand.
(Downhole Pipe & Equip., LP v. U.S., Slip Op. 14-23, dated 02/25/14, Judge Stanceu)