83 FR 31369 - Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From Ukraine

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 129 (July 5, 2018)

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) and a representative of the Ukrainian signatory producer/exporter of certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine, Interpipe, have signed an amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine (Agreement). The amendment to the Agreement extends the Agreement for one additional year, specifying that the Agreement shall terminate five years after the applicable date of the original agreement, on July 10, 2019.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31369-31370]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14427]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-823-815]


Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty 
Investigation on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From Ukraine

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Applicable June 28, 2018.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) and a representative of 
the Ukrainian signatory producer/exporter of certain oil country 
tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine, Interpipe, have signed an amendment 
to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on 
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine (Agreement). The 
amendment to the Agreement extends the Agreement for one additional 
year, specifying that the Agreement shall terminate five years after 
the applicable date of the original agreement, on July 10, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Craig Gannon or David Cordell at 
(202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-0408, respectively; Bilateral Agreements 
Unit, Office of Policy, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC, 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    As signed on July 10, 2014, Section H of the Agreement stated that, 
``this Agreement shall terminate three years after the effective date 
of this Agreement, on July 10, 2017.'' \1\ The Agreement was extended 
by one year, to July 10, 2018.\2\ On November 20, 2017, Ukrainian 
signatory producer/exporter Interpipe Europe S.A.; Interpipe Ukraine 
LLC; PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant; LLC Interpipe 
Niko Tube; and North American Interpipe, Inc. (collectively, Interpipe) 
requested a five-year extension of the Agreement.\3\ From January 2018 
through June 2018, Commerce received comments on Interpipe's 
request.\4\ Commerce has considered the comments submitted by parties 
and has determined to grant Interpipe's request, in part, and to extend 
the Agreement by an additional year, based on the unique facts and 
circumstances in Ukraine which have affected Interpipe's operations 
since the inception of the Agreement and are still ongoing.\5\ Commerce 
and Interpipe, therefore, signed an amendment to the Agreement on June 
28, 2018, extending the Agreement by an additional one-year period such 
that the Agreement will terminate, and Commerce will issue an 
antidumping duty order, on July 10, 2019.
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    \1\ See Suspension of Antidumping Investigation: Certain Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine, 79 FR 41959 (July 18, 2014).
    \2\ See Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Duty Investigation on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From 
Ukraine, 82 FR 32681 (July 17, 2017).
    \3\ See Letter from Interpipe entitled ``Antidumping Duty 
Suspension Agreement on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 
Ukraine: Request to Extend the Suspension Agreement'' (November 20, 
2017) (Interpipe's Request).
    \4\ See Memorandum to P. Lee Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Policy and Negotiations, from Carole Showers, Executive 
Director, Office of Policy, entitled ``Decision Memorandum on 
Whether to Extend the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty 
Investigation on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine'' 
(June 28, 2018) (Decision Memorandum) at the summary section for a 
listing of the comments.
    \5\ See Interpipe's Request at 2; see also Interpipe's February 
27, 2018 and June 11, 2018 Letters and the Decision Memorandum.
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    The terms and conditions of the June 28, 2018 amendment to the 
Agreement are set forth in the Amendment to the Agreement, which is 
attached in Annex 1 to this notice.
    We are publishing this notice consistent with section 734(f)(1)(A) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.208(g)(2).


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    Dated: June 28, 2018.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations Enforcement & 
Compliance.

Annex 1--Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty 
Investigation on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) From Ukraine

Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty 
Investigation on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From Ukraine

    The United States Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the 
producers/exporters of Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine 
that are signatories to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty 
Investigation on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine 
(Agreement), signed on July 10, 2014, and amended on July 10, 2017, 
hereby amend Section H of the Agreement, as follows:

The First Sentence of Section H is Amended as Follows (Changes in 
Italics):

(H) Termination or Withdrawal
    This Agreement shall terminate five years after the effective date 
of this Agreement, on July 10, 2019.
    All other provisions of the Agreement, as amended, continue with 
full force.

Signed on June 28, 2018, in Washington, DC by
P. Lee Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations 
Enforcement & Compliance

Deen Kaplan, Counsel for Interpipe Europe S.A.; Interpipe Ukraine LLC; 
PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant; LLC Interpipe Niko 
Tube; North American Interpipe, Inc.

[FR Doc. 2018-14427 Filed 7-3-18; 8:45 am]
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