Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Determinations, Investigations, etc.: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Austria, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates

Oil Country Tubular Goods From Austria, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

DATES:

Applicable August 28, 2026.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Austria, Taiwan, and the UAE. ⁽¹⁾ Currently, the preliminary determinations in these LTFV investigations are due no later than September 9, 2026.

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in an LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)(A)(b)(1) of the Act permits Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than 190 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation if: (A) the petitioner makes a timely request for a postponement; or (B) Commerce concludes that the parties concerned are cooperating, that the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and that additional time is necessary to make a preliminary determination. Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a request for postponement 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination and must state the reasons for the request. Commerce will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.

On August 6, 2026, the petitioners  ⁽²⁾ submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV investigations. ⁽³⁾ The petitioners stated that they request postponement due to the size and complexity of these investigations, the number of participating respondents, and the numerous extensions received by respondents. Postponement allows the petitioners adequate time to analyze and comment on questionnaire responses.

For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling reasons to deny the request, Commerce is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determinations by 50 days ( i.e., 190 days after the date on which these investigations were initiated) in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act. As a result, Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations no later than October 29, 2026. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determinations of these investigations will continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determinations, unless postponed at a later date.

Notification to Interested Parties

This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

⁽¹⁾ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Austria, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 91 FR 22806 (April 28, 2026) ( Initiation Notice ).

⁽²⁾  The petitioners are the U.S. OCTG Manufacturers Association, United States Steel Corporation, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC.

⁽³⁾ See Petitioners' Letter, "Petitioners' Request to Postpone Preliminary Determination," dated August 6, 2026.