Steel Products Prices North America
March 3, 2014
OCTG Trade Case – The Big Picture
Written by Paul Lowrey
The following article was written by steel industry consultant and contributor to Steel Market Update, Paul Lowrey. Mr. Lowrey owns a consulting company called Steel Research Associated, LLC which works with steel mills and large distributors or manufacturing companies involved with steel and steel products. More information about Mr. Lowrey can be found in the About Us section of our website.
There is a lot of buzz about the unfavorable preliminary ruling in the OCTG trade case. By now, you have seen the individual country import volumes and preliminary duties, so I am not going to repeat them here. Instead, I am going to describe the big picture because the issues are more significant than some of you may think.
