US OCTG producers petition for duties on Austria, Taiwan, UAE

US oil country tubular goods producers have filed a sweeping trade case seeking anti-dumping and countervailing duties on OCTG imports from Austria, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The petitions, submitted April 2 to the US Department of Commerce and the US International Trade Commission, allege that foreign producers are selling OCTG at unfairly low prices and, in Austria’s case, benefitting from countervailable subsidies.

The case targets both seamless and welded OCTG.

The filings come from the US OCTG Manufacturers Association (USOMA), U.S. Steel, and the United Steelworkers union. Together, the groups argue that surging low-priced imports have materially injured domestic producers and workers.

USOMA members participating in the case are Axis Pipe, Borusan USA, PTC Liberty, Tenaris USA, Vallourec Star, and Welded Tube USA.

“We were astounded that first with 25% and then later 50% Section 232 tariffs on OCTG that imports from these countries continued increasing in 2025,” commented Jacky Massaglia, USOMA vice chair and senior vice president of Vallourec North America.

According to the petitions, OCTG imports from the three countries increased by 74% between 2023 and 2025, from 290,000 tons to 505,000 tons.

“The surge in OCTG imports is taking market share from the domestic industry and pushing prices and profits down. To protect our domestic operations and local teams, we had no choice but to pursue relief in accordance with unfair trade laws,” explained USOMA Chairman and Tenaris USA President Guillermo Moreno.

“The US market for OCTG is by far the largest in the world and those countries have few other alternatives for export markets to dump their excess capacity,” Massaglia added.

The petitions allege dumping margins of 46.36% to 55.10% for Austria, 42.92% to 44.16% for Taiwan, and 91.42% to 93.59% for the UAE. The CVD petition also alleges that voestalpine, an Austrian steel company, is benefiting from illegal government subsidies.

Commerce will now review the petitions for initiation, while the ITC will begin evaluating whether the domestic OCTG industry is experiencing material injury. Commerce will decide whether to initiate the case by April 22. If initiated, the ITC will make a preliminary injury determination in mid-May.

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held various editorial positions with steel industry publications, associations, and mills since 2007. She joined the SMU team in 2022. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.