OCTG: Commerce Postpones Preliminary AD Determinations for Argentina, Mexico, Russia
The Commerce Department is extending until May 4 the deadline for its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on oil country tubular goods from Argentina (A-357-824), Mexico (A-201-856) and Russia (A-821-833), it said in a notice released Feb. 16.…
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The preliminary determination had been due by March 15 (see 2111010042). The agency decided to postpone after the petitioners that requested the investigation -- Borusan Mannesmann Pipe U.S.; PTC Liberty Tubulars; U.S. Steel Tubular Products; the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union; AFL-CIO; CLC; and Welded Tube USA -- asked for an extension. Cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties can be collected only after the preliminary determination, although cash deposits can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.”