Commerce Keeps Steel Pipe Duties on Five Countries After Sunset Review

The U.S. Department of Commerce will keep in force its antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain oil country tubular goods from India, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Türkiye, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Ukraine, according to a continuation notice published in the Federal Register of Thursday, 22 October 2026 (Vol. 91, No. 203, p. 66681). The decision rests on determinations by Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission that revoking the orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies and material injury to a U.S. industry. The continuation takes effect 29 September 2026.

Legal basis and five-year cycle

The notice is issued under sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4), following the second five-year (sunset) reviews of the orders. Commerce initiated those reviews on 1 July 2025 (90 FR 28722) and the Commission instituted them the same day (90 FR 28768); the Commission later determined to conduct full reviews (91 FR 5110, 4 February 2026) and held a public hearing on 23 July 2026.

The underlying measures date back more than a decade. Commerce published the antidumping orders on 10 September 2014 (79 FR 53691) and the countervailing duty orders on India and Türkiye the same day (79 FR 53688). The Ukraine order followed on 16 July 2019 (84 FR 33918), after termination of the agreement that had suspended the antidumping investigation. Final results of the expedited second sunset reviews were published in January 2026 (91 FR 967 and 91 FR 697).

What the orders cover

The products covered are hollow steel products of circular cross-section, including oil well casing and tubing, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel, whether seamless or welded, and regardless of end finish — plain end, threaded, or threaded and coupled — and whether or not conforming to American Petroleum Institute specifications. The scope also covers OCTG coupling stock.

• Excluded from the scope: casing or tubing containing 10.5 percent or more by weight of chromium.
• Excluded: drill pipe.
• Excluded: unattached couplings and unattached thread protectors.
• Merchandise currently classified under HTSUS headings 7304.29, 7305.20, 7306.29 and related subheadings, listed in the notice for convenience only.

Case numbers and the dissenting vote

The continuation covers seven proceedings, identified in the notice as A–489–816, A–533–857, A–552–817, A–580–870, A–823–815, C–489–817 and C–533–858. The Commission’s determination was published on 29 September 2026 (91 FR 61439) and rests on USITC Publication 5790, covering investigation Nos. 701–TA–499–500 and 731–TA–1215–1216 and 1221–1223 (Second Review).

The Commission’s outcome was not unanimous: Commissioner Jason E. Kearns voted in the negative with respect to the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods from Ukraine, while Commissioner Samuel T. Negatu did not participate. The notice was signed on 16 October 2026 by Scot Fullerton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, with Yang Jin Chun of AD/CVD Operations, Office I, as contact.

Effect on importers

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect antidumping and countervailing cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise. Commerce also stated that, under section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), it intends to initiate the next five-year reviews not later than 30 days before the fifth anniversary of the date of the Commission’s last determination. The notice additionally serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order of their obligations on the return or destruction of proprietary information.

The continuation keeps duties in place on a category of steel pipe that the oil and gas industry uses for well casing and tubing, so importers and drilling operators face no change in deposit rates for now. It also fixes the calendar: the next opportunity to revisit the measures will come with the third sunset reviews, timed to the anniversary of the Commission’s September 2026 determination.

Source: Federal Register, Vol. 91, No. 203, 22 October 2026, Notices, p. 66681 (official reference: 2026–21530).