Perforating Gun Tubing Covered by AD/CV Duties on OCTG From China, CIT Says

The Court of International Trade on March 16 sustained a Commerce Department scope ruling that found tubing imported by DynaEnergetics for use in perforating gun carriers in oil wells is subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on oil country tubular goods from China (see 1603040035). DynaEnergetics had argued an earlier version of the scope included in the original China OCTG petition said duties should “only” cover casing, tubing and coupling stock, and not perforated gun carrier tubing. But the scope adopted by Commerce since it began the AD/CV duty investigations omits the word “only,” so it also covers other tubular goods used in oil wells, CIT said. The gun carrier tubing is a tubular steel product used in oil and gas wells, and is covered by the scope of the AD/CV duty orders, CIT said.