CITT rules on oil country tubular goods

On April 2nd, 2015, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined that the dumping and subsidizing of certain oil country tubular goods are threatening to cause injury to the domestic market.

The subject goods are defined as oil country tubular goods, which are casing, tubing and green tubes made of carbon or alloy steel, welded or seamless, heat-treated or not heat-treated, regardless of end finish, having an outside diameter from 2 3/8 inches to 13 3/8 inches (60.3 mm to 339.7 mm), meeting or supplied to meet American Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5CT or equivalent and/or enhanced proprietary standards, in all grades, excluding drill pipe, pup joints, couplings, coupling stock and stainless steel casing, tubing or green tubes containing 10.5 percent or more by weight of chromium, originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei, the Republic of India, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The goods in question may be classified under the following:

7304.29.00.11 7304.29.00.69
7304.29.00.19 7304.29.00.71
7304.29.00.21 7304.29.00.79
7304.29.00.29 7306.29.00.11
7304.29.00.31 7306.29.00.19
7304.29.00.39 7306.29.00.21
7304.29.00.41 7306.29.00.29
7304.29.00.49 7306.29.00.31
7304.29.00.51 7306.29.00.39
7304.29.00.59 7306.29.00.41
7304.29.00.61 7306.29.00.49

The subject goods, particularly in the form of green tubes, may also be imported under the following:

7304.39.00.10 7306.50.00.90
7304.59.00.10 7306.90.00.10
7306.30.00.29 7306.90.00.20
7306.30.00.39

*Note that this listing of HS codes is for convenience of reference only. Refer to the product definition for authoritative details regarding the subject goods.

The entire notice is available on CBSA’s website.

Please contact your Livingston account representative should you have any questions.