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    May 15, 2026

    ITC votes to continue investigations into OCTG imports from Austria, Taiwan, UAE

    Written by Michael Cowden

    The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to continue anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations into imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Austria, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

    ITC preliminarily determined there is a “reasonable indication” the US industry is “materially injured” because of imports of OCTG from those countries, according to a press release dated Friday.

    Michael Cowden

    Michael Cowden is editor-in-chief for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He specializes in flat-rolled steel but has also reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube, and aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

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