The United States keeps anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on steel oil well pipe from five countries, effective Sept. 29, 2026.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Commerce has kept its extra duties on steel oil-well pipe from India, Korea, T\u00fcrkiye, Vietnam and Ukraine, effective Sept. 29, 2026.<\/p>\n
Commerce announced the decision in a Federal Register notice published on Oct. 22, 20261<\/a><\/sup>. The notice ends the second five-year review of the duty orders, a check known as a "sunset review"1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In short, nothing changes at the border for these pipes. Importers will keep paying the same cash deposits on every shipment from the five countries, and the orders will stay in place for at least five more years.<\/p>\n Commerce ordered the continuation of two kinds of duty orders on oil country tubular goods (OCTG), the steel pipes used to line and operate oil and gas wells1<\/a><\/sup>. The first kind is the anti-dumping duty<\/strong>, an extra import tax on goods sold in the United States below their normal price. The second is the countervailing duty<\/strong>, an extra import tax that cancels out subsidies a foreign government gives its makers.<\/p>\n The anti-dumping orders cover pipe from India, Korea, T\u00fcrkiye, Vietnam and Ukraine1<\/a><\/sup>. The countervailing duty orders cover pipe from India and T\u00fcrkiye only1<\/a><\/sup>. In total, the notice lists seven case numbers, five for dumping and two for subsidies1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The notice says U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the border agency, will continue to collect cash deposits<\/strong> at the rates in effect at the time of entry1<\/a><\/sup>. A cash deposit is money the importer pays when the goods enter, as security for the final duty.<\/p>\n A sunset review asks one question: would dumping, subsidies and harm to American makers come back if the duties were removed? Two agencies must each answer it. Commerce looks at dumping and subsidies, and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), an independent federal agency, looks at harm to the U.S. industry.<\/p>\n Commerce found that removing the orders would likely lead to more dumping and more subsidised sales1<\/a><\/sup>. The ITC found that removing them would likely bring back "material injury"<\/strong>, meaning serious harm, to an American industry within a reasonably foreseeable time2<\/a><\/sup>. Because both agencies found a likely return of the problem, the law required the orders to continue1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The ITC vote was not fully unanimous. Commissioner Jason E. Kearns voted against keeping the anti-dumping order on pipe from Ukraine2<\/a><\/sup>. The majority still decided to keep all of the orders, including the one on Ukraine2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In its review, Commerce estimated how far prices would fall below normal value if the orders ended. It reported these dumping margins, the gap between the normal price and the U.S. sale price, in a notice published on Jan. 9, 20263<\/a><\/sup>. The margins likely to prevail were up to:<\/p>\nWhat did Commerce decide on oil well pipe?<\/h2>\n
Why did the orders stay in place?<\/h2>\n
How large would the dumping be without the duties?<\/h2>\n
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Dumping margins likely without the orders, %<\/h4>\n