<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000034067-15-000047.txt : 20150925
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000034067-15-000047
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150925
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150925
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150925

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DYNAMIC MATERIALS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000034067
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS PRIMARY METAL PRODUCTS [3390]
		IRS NUMBER:				840608431
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14775
		FILM NUMBER:		151125876

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5405 SPINE ROAD
		CITY:			BOULDER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80301
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3036655700

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		STREET 1:		5405 SPINE ROAD
		CITY:			BOULDER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80301

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EXPLOSIVE FABRICATORS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<a name="sa6a2e5bf8c2d46b097e3686afb0f6884"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&#160;8-K</font></div><div 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Proprietary information appears at pages 17 and at Exhibits 2 - 4, 7, 12 and 14</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Re:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Certain Oil Country Tubular Good from the People's Republic of China: </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Request for a Scope Ruling on Certain Tubing for Perforating Gun Carriers</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Dear Secretary Pritzker,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">On behalf of our client, DynaEnergetics U.S. Inc. 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Reg. 3203 (Dep&#8217;t Commerce Jan. 20, 2010) (amend. final determ. and order) (&#8220;CVD Order&#8221;); </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People&#8217;s Republic of China</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, 75 Fed. Reg. 28551 (Dep&#8217;t Commerce May 21, 2010) (amend. final determ. and order) (&#8220;AD Order&#8221;) (the AD Order and the CVD Order are collectively referred to as the &#8220;Orders&#8221;) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In accordance with 19 C.F.R. &#167; 351.225(d), the U.S. Department of Commerce (&#8220;Department&#8221;) should issue a ruling confirming that DynaEnergetics&#8217;s mechanical tubing for perforating gun carriers is outside the scope within 45 days of the date of this application.  As demonstrated below, this tubing is a custom-designed product, engineered for a specific end-use as a perforating gun carrier. It is non-subject merchandise based on the plain reading of the scope of the Orders, the relevant language in the petitions and prior determinations by the Department, as well as the product description provided in this application.  This information should allow the Department to conclusively find that such products are not within the scope of the Orders and that further inquiry is not warranted.     </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In the alternative, pursuant to 19 C.F.R. &#167; 351.225(k), DynaEnergetics requests that the Department determine that the mechanical tubing for perforating gun carriers</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">is outside the scope of the Orders based on the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Diversified Products</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;criteria: (1) the product&#8217;s physical characteristics; (2) the expectations of the ultimate purchasers; (3) the ultimate use; (4) the channels of trade in which the product is sold; and (5) the manner in which the product is advertised and displayed.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">I.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EXECUTIVE SUMMARY</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The mechanical tubing for perforating carriers imported by DynaEnergetics is a high-end custom-made product designed for use in a perforating gun.  The key reasons why this product is not covered by the Orders are summarized below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Customized Tubing Incorporated in Gun Systems Designed to Perforate Oil Wells, Including the Well&#8217;s OCTG Casing</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Tubing for high-end perforating gun carriers is no ordinary seamless tubing.  It is a customized product made to exact specifications developed by the Company, which combine a very clean steel chemistry, tight dimensional tolerances and enhanced mechanical characteristics.  The imported tubing is dedicated for a single end-use: to be incorporated by DynaEnergetics into a perforating gun used to detonate inside oil wells.  This is a demanding application which requires a special type of steel in order to sustain the pressure of safely and effectively detonating a perforating gun inside an oil well while maintaining its structural integrity.  Unlike OCTG which is used throughout the drilling and extraction process, perforating guns are used for a single critical operation, to perforate wells in preparation for production, and are expended upon use.   Put simply, the imported tubing is </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">not</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;OCTG, but it is instead a component of a highly specialized perforating tool.  (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;pages 4-6 for a detailed discussion).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Orders Cover OCTG Casing, Tubing and Coupling Stock.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Orders do not cover custom-designed seamless mechanical tubing, but only OCTG products, and more specifically OCTG casing, tubing and coupling stock.  DynaEnergetics&#8217; imports do not meet this description.  The imported tubing is mechanical tubing with a dedicated end-use at importation.  (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;pages 9-12 for a detailed discussion).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">U.S. Producers Do Not Recognize Perforating Carrier Tubing as OCTG.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Industry definitions of OCTG do not include seamless tubing for perforating carriers. Rather, consistent with its custom-designed nature, U.S. producers describe and offer tubing for perforating gun carriers as part of their own mechanical tubing product lines.  Mechanical tubing could have </font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">3</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">easily been part of the scope if the Petitioners had so intended, since </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">virtually all</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;U.S producers of OCTG also produce mechanical tubing, line pipe and other pipe on the same equipment used to make OCTG.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">2   </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In the underlying investigations the U.S. and Chinese producers consistently reported their mechanical tubing as a </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">separate</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;product from OCTG.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">3  </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;page 13 for a detailed discussion).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Applicable Tariff Classification Is a Basket Category Known to Cover Mechanical Tubing That Is Not Subject Merchandise.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;At the outset of the AD/CVD investigations, Petitioners noted that tariff classification 7304.59.8020 (under which DynaEnergetics&#8217; product is imported) includes mechanical tubing which is not subject merchandise.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">4</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The tariff classification is not indicative that the imported mechanical tubing is OCTG or presumptively subject to these Orders. (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;page 7 for a detailed discussion).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Carrier Tubing and OCTG Have Different Characteristics</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. While the mechanical tubing imported by the Company and OCTG share some similarities in that they are both hollow profiles of circular cross section, of carbon or alloy steel, and are both used in the oil and gas industry (albeit in different aspects), that is the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">total</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">extent</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of any similarities. The mechanical tubing imported by DynaEnergetics requires a different chemistry than the OCTG covered by the Orders.  It is designed to meet high impact resistance and yield strength levels that are higher than the toughest OCTG grades.  Unlike OCTG, this tubing is subject to precise dimensional tolerances and must be able to pass perforating gun survival tests.  It is subject to different testing requirements than OCTG.  The radically different intended use of these two products makes it clear that the Company&#8217;s carrier tubing and OCTG are fundamentally different products.  They are not interchangeable.  In other words, the differences in the two product categories are far more significant than any perceived similarities.  (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;pages 15-17 for a detailed discussion).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Carrier Tubing Is Sold and Advertised to Different Customers and Channels of Trade than OCTG.   </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">More than 90% of OCTG is sold to distributors who, in turn, sell to rig operators and oil &amp; gas exploration companies.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">5</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">OCTG is intended for use in oilwell drilling and extraction and it is sold as a stand-alone product.  In contrast, the mechanical tubing imported by the Company is internally consumed to manufacture a highly specialized perforating tool.  Its customers are not distributors of OCTG, but primarily wireline services companies.  DynaEnergetics participates in trade fairs and advertises its products to this specialty market segment. (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;pages 18-19 for a detailed discussion).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">2</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from China</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, Inv. No. 701-TA-463 (Final), ITC Pub. No. 4124 (January 2010) at II-2 and III-8 (&#8220;ITC Final Determination&#8221;) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">3</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Id</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. at III-8 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">4</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Letter from Petitioners to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission regarding </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">OCTG from the People's Republic of China: Response to the Department&#8217;s Questionnaire Regarding Volume I of the Petitions  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(April 22, 2009) at 3 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 11</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">5</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at II-1 and Table II-1. (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">4</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">II.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT AND TARIFF CLASSIFICATION</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">A.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Mechanical Tubing for Perforating Systems</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">DynaEnergetics is a U.S. producer of perforating systems, including perforating guns, which are tools used in connection with oil and gas drilling and production.  The Company operates a state-of the-art perforating gun manufacturing center in Whitney, Texas. The perforating systems are manufactured in-house and undergo extensive design, testing and validation cycles. DynaEnergetics&#8217; perforating gun systems are some of the most reliable and easy to use perforating systems in the field. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">A perforating gun assembly is a single-use device &#8220;used to perforate existing oil and gas wells in preparation for production&#8221; using explosive charges.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">6</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Perforating tools generally consist of a tube called the &#8220;carrier&#8221; which holds the charge holder, a tube charge holder, consisting of a tube with multiple perforations along its length at prescribed intervals and a detonator and other small assembly components.  Perforating guns are lowered into the well and fired by the detonation of explosive charges which are contained inside the tube charge holder. The charges are fired through the perforating scallops in multiple directions, perforating the well&#8217;s OCTG casing and rock strata.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">7</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">It is through these perforations that oil and gas flows into the well bore and up to the surface.  The expended perforating gun is removed, so as not to obstruct the oil and gas extraction, and disposed of.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The carrier tubing subject to this scope ruling request is used in several of the Company&#8217;s perforating gun systems, including the DynaStage&#8482;, Dyna Select&#8482;, and DynaSlot&#8482; systems.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">8</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The carrier tubing, which is the outer shell of the gun, is a seamless mechanical tube that is made to a custom specification developed by DynaEnergetics&#8217; engineers, identified as TD-DE-003.  A copy the TD-DE-003 specification is attached at Exhibit 3.  In turn, this specification is based on ASTM A-519, titled &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Mechanical Tubing</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">,&#8221; but exceeds the requirements of that standard.  A copy of the ASTM A-519 standard is attached at Exhibit 6.  The sample commercial invoice and the mill test certificates provided at Exhibit 2 show that the product imported by DynaEnergetics is made to these specifications.    </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">It is important to note that the American Petroleum Institute (&#8220;API&#8221;) which issues the API 5CT specification that is so widely used for OCTG </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">does not</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;have a specification for seamless tubes for perforating gun carriers.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">9</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Indeed, there is </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">no</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;published standard that would meet the performance required by DynaEnergetics for tubes for perforating carriers, which is why it has developed its own specification TD-DE-003.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">6</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">&#32;See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;(definition of &#8220;Perforating gun&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">7</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See e.g.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;DynaEnergetics&#8217; product brochures (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 5</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">8  </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See e.g.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;DynaEnergetics&#8217; product brochures (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 5</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">9 </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Specification for Casing and Tubing - API SPECIFICATION 5CT, Ninth Edition, Copyright American</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Petroleum Institute (Excerpts) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">At importation, the tubes are individually-stenciled with the following information:  manufacturer, heat number, lot number, outer diameter, wall thickness and steel grade 30CrMo.  This marking also clearly indicates that the tubing is not OCTG.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">10</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Upon importation, the tubes undergo further processing at the Company&#8217;s facilities in Whitney, Texas before they are assembled with the other components of the perforating gun.  Briefly, these processing steps are: cutting the tube to precise dimensions, threading, machining on a lathe and scalloping on a mill. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;technical drawings attached at Exhibit 4.  The carrier tubing is then assembled with the charge tube case holder and end plates, it is marked by engraving and subject to quality control checks.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#ff0000;">&#32;</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">B.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Mechanical Tubing Has Enhanced Chemistry and Mechanical Characteristics</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Perforating guns are one of the most critical applications in the oil and gas industry.  All the efforts that go into well completion lead to the defining moment when the perforating guns punch holes through OCTG casing and rock to connect the oil or gas reservoir to the well.  Success at this step depends on a reliable, high pressure perforating system that can perforate safely and effectively.  Although the seamless carrier tubing imported by the Company may be tube-like in form, it is no ordinary tubing.  Its defining characteristics are:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Enhanced Steel Chemistry</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  DynaEnergetics uses steel grade 30CrMo, which is a chrome-molybdenum alloy steel similar to steel grade 4130 under ASTM A-519.  To achieve the performance needed, the Company requires ultraclean steelmaking; the steel needs to be free of impurities, namely a very low content of phosphor (less than 0.015%) and sulphide (less than 0.008%), as demonstrated by the tight chemical ranges in the TD-DE-003 specification.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Exhibit 3.   This steel grade is not one of the recognized steel grades for OCTG under API 5 CT.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Size Range and Tolerances</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">: the mechanical tubing is imported primarily in non-standard outer diameter and wall thickness combinations. It is subject to tight dimensional tolerances for outer diameter, wall thickness and straightness. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Exhibit 14. Each tube must undergo ultrasonic inspection.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Demanding Mechanical Properties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">: The steel for perforating guns must have high requirements regarding yield strength and charpy impact (toughness). </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;TD-DE-003 attached at Exhibit 3. The required mechanical properties exceed those for OCTG.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Exhibit 14 comparing ASTM A-519 and API 5-CT.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Gun Survival Test</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">: an important requirement is the gun survival test.  It is a most </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">atypical</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;requirement for tubes.  To cover this special requirement with standard specifications is not possible, as the gun survival test is only relevant and is very specific to the Company&#8217;s ballistic products (including shaped charges, detonating cords and boosters), which are tested inside the perforating gun carrier tube.  </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">10</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;As discussed below, OCTG is made to different grades and specifications.</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">6</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">A special heat treatment (temperature and holding time) assures, in combination with the chemical composition, the yield strength and charpy impact which are the most important parameters of the required steel quality.  Attached at Exhibit 12 is a sample gun test report, including a photograph of the product after testing. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Special Qualification Testing</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  to the Company&#8217;s knowledge, no steel manufacturer certifies the gun survival test.  Therefore, all steel used by the Company for this application, from all suppliers, has passed a special internal qualification process. 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Unlike OCTG or any other mechanical tubing, this product is expended when first used.  Clearly, that is </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">not</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;the intended purpose and use of OCTG.   </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Because of its custom-designed chemistry and technical characteristics, it is a dedicated tube suitable for a single application: to be incorporated into a perforating gun assembly.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In contrast, OCTG pipe, which is made to the ASTM API 5-CT specification, is not suitable for use as a component in the Company&#8217;s high-pressure perforating guns because it would not meet the required chemistry nor the mechanical requirements.  OCTG does not guarantee the high resistance to yield strength and the toughness required under the TD-DE-003 specification. 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The Orders state that &#8220;The OCTG coupling stock covered by the order </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">may</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;also enter under the following HTSUS item numbers&#8221; and list several tariff categories including HTSUS 7304.59.8020.  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Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">7</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In fact, HTSUS 7304.59.8020 is a </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">basket category</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;tariff classification which covers both OCTG coupling stock and mechanical tubing.  From the outset of the investigations Petitioners noted this fact and cautioned that certain tariff classifications are broad and include mechanical tubing that is not OCTG subject to the investigations:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Coupling stock is imported either under the OCTG classifications or under the seamless mechanical tubing subheading of the HTSUS&#8230;The HTSUS subheadings  for coupling stock, however, are a basket category and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">will include other types of mechanical tubing that are not coupling stock</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">12</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">It is the Department&#8217;s practice in AD/CVD orders to state that tariff classifications are provided for convenience and customs purposes only, but that the written description of the scope of an AD/CVD order is dispositive.   This is certainly true in this case, as the Company&#8217;s mechanical tubing for perforating guns does not meet the description for OCTG coupling stock.  </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">III.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">LEGAL ANALYSIS</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">A.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Department&#8217;s Scope Regulations</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In determining whether a particular product is included within the scope of an AD/CVD order, the Department begins with the scope language in the order itself.  Under the Department&#8217;s regulations, scope orders are interpreted with the aid of the antidumping petition, investigation proceedings and the Department&#8217;s prior determinations, as set forth in 19 C.F.R. &#167;&#160;351.225(k)(1).  If the Department determines that these descriptions are dispositive of the matter, the Department will issue a final scope ruling as to whether or not the subject merchandise is covered by the order pursuant to 19 C.F.R. &#167;&#160;351.225(d).  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Conversely, where the descriptions of the merchandise are not dispositive, the Department will consider the five additional criteria set forth in 19 C.F.R. &#167;&#160;351.225(k)(2).</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">13</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;These criteria are: (1) the physical characteristics of the merchandise; (2) the expectations of the ultimate purchasers; (3) the ultimate use of the product; (4) the channels of trade in which the product is sold; and (5) the manner in which the product is advertised and displayed.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">B.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Department Cannot Interpret the Order to Expand the Scope Language </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (&#8220;Court of Appeals&#8221;) has explained that the language of the order determines the scope of an antidumping duty order.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Tak Fat Trading Co. v. United States</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, 396 F.3d 1378, 1382 (Fed.Cir.2005) (citing </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Duferco Steel, Inc. v. United States</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, 296 F.3d 1087, 1097 (Fed.Cir.2002)).  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">12</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Letter from Petitioners to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission regarding </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">OCTG from the People's Republic of China: Response to the Department&#8217;s Questionnaire Regarding Volume I of the Petitions  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(April 22, 2009) at 3 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 11</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">13</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;The factors at paragraph (k)(2) are referred to as the &#8220;Diversified Products&#8221; factors.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See Diversified Products Corp. v. United States, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">575 F. Supp. 883, 889 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1983)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">, modified, Kyowa Gas Chem. Indus. Co. v. United States, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">582 F. Supp. 887 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1984)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">.</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">8</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">When construing the scope of an order, the Court of Appeals has held that Commerce may interpret, but not enlarge, the scope of the order as determined in the original investigations.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">14</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;In reviewing the scope coverage, Department must begin with the scope language in the order itself, and if that language does not conclusively resolve the issue, it may then interpret that scope language considering the descriptions of the merchandise in the petition, the initial investigation, and the determinations of Commerce and the ITC. 19 C.F.R.&#167; 351.225(k)(l). The Court of Appeals has stressed, however, that these latter sources are not a substitute for identifying actual language in the scope of the orders that may be reasonably interpreted to cover the merchandise in question.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Duferco Steel</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, 296 F.3d at 1097 ("a predicate for the interpretive process is language in the order that is subject to interpretation"). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Here, none of the sources that the Department is required to analyze in order to make a scope determination (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">see </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">19 C.F.R. 351. 225(k)(1)) support a conclusion that DynaEnergetics&#8217; customized mechanical tubing for perforating carriers is covered by the Orders.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">IV.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">MECHANICAL TUBING FOR PERFORATING CARRIERS IS NOT COVERED BY THE ORDERS</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Mechanical tubing for perforating gun carriers does not appear in the scope language of the Orders.  Nor does it appear in the petition, the record of the original investigations before the Department or the U.S. International Trade Commission (&#8220;ITC&#8221;).  In fact, there is no definition of OCTG that includes such tubing.  For example, the American Iron and Steel Institute explains that &#8220;Oil Country Tubular Goods is a collective term applied to the drill pipe, casing and tubing used in the drilling of a well and conveying the oil and gas products to the surface.&#8221; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">15</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">As discussed below, Petitioners&#8217; intended scope was focused on OCTG casing and tubing, with the subsequent addition by the Department of OCTG coupling stock.  The absence of mechanical tubing from the scope definition is significant because Petitioners and most OCTG producers make both OCTG and mechanical tubing, and treat the two categories distinctly.  Simply put, there is nothing in the record of the AD/CVD investigations to indicate that mechanical tubing for perforating carriers was intended to be covered by the Orders.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">A.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Orders Cover Only OCTG </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The plain language of the Orders speaks exclusively of OCTG products, not mechanical tubing for perforating carriers.  The scope states in relevant part as follows:   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Certain oil country tubular goods (&#8220;OCTG&#8221;), which are hollow steel products of circular cross-section, including oil well casing and tubing, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether seamless or welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., whether or not plain end, threaded, or threaded and coupled) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">14</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">&#32;Id., </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">396 F.3d at 1382.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">15</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">&#32;See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Steel Products Manual - Carbon Steel Pipe, Structural Tubing, Line Pipe, Oil Country Tubular Goods</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;(April 1982), published by the American Iron and Steel Institute (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 8</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">9</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">whether or not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (&#8220;API&#8221;) or non-API specifications, whether finished (including limited service OCTG products) or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG products), whether or not thread protectors are attached. The scope of the investigation also covers OCTG coupling stock. Excluded from the scope of the investigation are: casing or tubing containing 10.5 percent or more by weight of chromium; drill pipe; unattached couplings; and unattached thread protectors.&#8230;</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See, e.g. AD Order,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;75 Fed. Reg. at 28551.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">16</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This language makes clear that the Orders cover a defined category of products -  OCTG -  which are described to include casing and tubing with certain characteristics.  Thus, the foremost prerequisite for pipe and tube to be covered by the scope is its identification as </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">OCTG</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  All of the language that follows those first words modifies the operative word &#8220;OCTG.&#8221;   It follows that one cannot reasonably read the language to mean &#8220;OCTG&#8221; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">or</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#8220;hollow steel products of circular cross section&#8221; without impermissibly broadening the scope definition.   The Orders&#8217; scope is not written in the alternative.  Rather, if a product is not OCTG, that is the end of the scope inquiry as the product cannot be covered by the Orders.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">B.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Petition Did Not Define &#8220;OCTG&#8221; to Include Mechanical Tubing for </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Perforating Carriers</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The petition which was the basis for the AD/CVD investigations defined the scope of the requested investigations to include &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">only</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;oil well casing and tubing.&#8221; Petitioners&#8217; proposed scope read as follows: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">certain OCTG, which are hollow steel products of circular cross-section, including </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">only</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;oil well casing and tubing, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether seamless or welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., whether or not plain end, threaded, or threaded and coupled) whether or not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (&#8220;API&#8221;) or non-API specifications, whether finished (including limited service OCTG products) or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG products), whether or not thread protectors are attached.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">17</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">16</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">&#32;CVD Order</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, 75 Fed. Reg. 3203 and AD Order, 75 Fed. Reg. 28551 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">17</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Letter from Petitioners to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission regarding </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of China , Volume I </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(April 8, 2009) at 5 (&#8220;Petitions&#8221;) (emphasis added) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">10</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In response to a questionnaire from the Department, Petitioners confirmed their definition of OCTG as limited to casing and tubing, while adding coupling stock at the Department&#8217;s suggestion.  For the second time, Petitioners defined the scope of their petition as:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The merchandise covered by this investigation consists of certain oil country tubular goods (&#8220;OCTG&#8221;), hollow steel products of circular cross-section, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">including only</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;oil well casing and tubing, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether seamless or welded, whether or not threaded, or threaded and coupled, whether or not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (&#8220;API&#8221;) or non-API specifications, whether finished (including limited service OCTG products) or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG products), whether or not thread protectors are attached. This scope covers coupling stock.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">18</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">C.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Neither the Proceedings Before the ITC nor Those Before the Department </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Defined &#8220;OCTG&#8221; to Include Mechanical Tubing for Perforating Carriers  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Department accepted Petitioner&#8217;s proposed scope definition (&#8220;only oil well casing and tubing&#8221;) with one addition: OCTG coupling stock.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">19</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This scope coverage is also reflected in the Department&#8217;s antidumping questionnaire, which required exporters to report product characteristics for the products they produce and sell to the U.S.  Under &#8220;product type,&#8221; the Department&#8217;s questionnaire breaks-down subject merchandise in only three types: OCTG casing, tubing and coupling stock.  There are no reporting requirements for any &#8220;other&#8221; product types or, specifically, for any mechanical tubing for perforating gun carriers.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">20</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Similarly, in the underlying investigations before the ITC that resulted in the imposition of the Orders, the ITC defined the products subject to this investigation as follows: &#8220;OCTG are tubular steel products used in oil and gas wells and include casing, tubing, and coupling stock of carbon and alloy steel.&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">21</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">18</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Letter from Petitioners to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission regarding </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Response to the Department&#8217;s Questionnaire Regarding Volume I of the Petitions  for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of China  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(April 22, 2009) at 7 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 11</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">19 </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of China</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, 74 Fed. Reg. 20671, 20672 (May 5, 2009) (initiation of AD investigation).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">20</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;excerpt from the Department&#8217;s AD questionnaire (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 13</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">21 </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from China</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, Inv. No. 701-TA-463 (Final), ITC Pub. No. 4124 (January 2010), Views of the Commission at 5.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See id</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. at I-10 (&#8220;OCTG includes casing and tubing of carbon and alloy steel used in oil and gas wells.&#8221;) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">11</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The ITC explained the scope definition:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">However, the scope language included in Commerce&#8217;s notice of initiation for these investigations included an element not explicit in the petition&#8217;s proposed scope: </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">in addition to casing and tubing</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, it also covered OCTG coupling stock, while excluding finished (unattached) coupling.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">22</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Consistent with this understanding, the ITC described the characteristics of OCTG for purposes of the investigations by reference to the same sub-products: OCTG casing, tubing and coupling stock. In relevant part, the ITC described the subject products as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Casing is a circular pipe that serves as the structural retainer for the walls of the well</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;with an outside diameter (O.D.) ranging from 4.5 to 20 inches and a length typically ranging from 34 to 48 feet.  Casing provides a firm foundation for the drill string by supporting the walls of the hole to prevent caving in both during drilling and after the well is completed &#8230;Casing also serves as a surface pipe designed to prevent contamination of the recoverable oil and gas by surface water, gas, sand, or limestone. Casing must be sufficiently strong to carry its own weight and to resist both external pressure and pressure within the well. Casing can be threaded at both ends and connected with other casing pieces with couplings or connectors. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Tubing is a smaller-diameter pipe</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;(between 1.050 and 4.500 inches in OD) installed inside a larger-diameter casing that is used </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">to conduct the oil or gas to the surface either through natural flow or through pumping</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Substances (such as lubricant) are also pumped into the well through the tubing for well treatment. Tubing must be strong enough to support its own weight, that of the oil or gas, and that of any pumping equipment suspended on the string. Tubing, like casing, usually is produced in accordance with API specification 5CT.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Coupling stock is a seamless tubular product used to make a coupling blank which, in turn, is used to produce coupling</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">23</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">None of these descriptions are applicable to the Company&#8217;s imported tubing for perforating carriers.  This tubing is not used as the structural retainer for the walls of the well nor is it used to conduct the oil and gas to the surface. The tube for perforating carriers is part of a highly engineered tool that perforates the casing in the well and is expended upon detonation.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">22</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at II-20 (empahsis added) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">23</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at I-10 and I-11 (citations omitted) (emphasis added) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">12</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">It is not hydrostatically tested to be able to conduct oil or gas, nor is it made into couplings.  Because couplings are made of the same steel grade and type as OCTG casing and tubing,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">24</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;the tubing imported by DynaEnergetics, having a different chemistry than OCTG, cannot be used to make couplings.   Further, at no point in these proceedings did Petitioners indicate that such mechanical tubing made to ASTM A-519 is OCTG covered by the investigation. To the contrary, their mechanical tubing was reported to the ITC as a distinct product from OCTG.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">D.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8220;OCTG&#8221; AND MECHNICAL TUBING WERE TREATED SEPARATELY IN THE UNDERLYING INVESTIGATIONS  </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In the underlying investigations at the ITC, the ITC found that the producers of OCTG also manufacture a variety of non-OCTG products such as standard, line, and pressure pipe, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">mechanical tubing</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, pressure tubing, and structural pipe and tubing, on the same equipment used to manufacture OCTG casing and tubing.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">25</sup>&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The ITC remarked that &#8220;according to the questionnaire responses, approximately one-third of shared welded production in 2008 was other (non OCTG) welded products and about one-fourth of shared seamless production was other seamless.&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">26</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;U.S. producers and Chinese respondents were asked in the ITC investigations to report their production, capacity and sales broken down by product type.  In every single instance, the producers reported mechanical tubing separately from OCTG, as shown in the excerpts from the ITC final determination, attached at Exhibit 9.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">27</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In general, in the industry, the distinctions between OCTG, mechanical tubing and other pipes and tubes are well-known.  As the ITC noted, &#8220;Most data on steel pipes and tubes distinguish OCTG and line pipe from other forms of pipe (including standard pipe and various forms of structural and mechanical pipe, pressure pipe, and piling).&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">28</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;In fact, U.S. producers and resellers of OCTG - such as Tenaris,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">29</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Continental Alloys &amp; Services,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">30</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;V&amp;M Star,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">31</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;TMK IPSCO</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">32</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">- advertise mechanical tubing produced to ASTM A-519, as well as tubes for perforating carriers, as </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">separate products from their OCTG products</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Several of these producers offer mechanical tubing with similar functionality and specifications as the mechanical tubing imported by the Company. 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(Exhibit 9) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">25</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at II-2 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">26</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Id.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">27</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at Table III-4 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">28</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at VII-8 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">29 </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;http://www.tenaris.com/en/Products/IndustrialAndMechanical/MiningExploration.aspx</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">30 </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">http://www.contalloy.com/products/hollow-carrier</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">31</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;http://www.vallourec.com/MECHANICALENGINEERING/EN/Pages/default.aspx</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">32</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;https://www.tmk-group.com/Seamless_industrial_pipe</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">33</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">http://www.contalloy.com/products/hollow-carrier</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">13</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Tenaris proprietary specification for seamless tubes for perforating gun carriers is &#8220;specifically based on customer needs&#8221; and thus customs-made.  It is based on the ASTM A-519 standard for mechanical tubing, steel grade 4130, and not on specifications applicable to OCTG.  Sample brochures featuring mechanical tubing made to ASTM A-519 and tubes for perforating carriers are provided at Exhibit 15.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In sum, U.S. producers treat OCTG and mechanical tubing for perforating carriers as distinct products.  The former is a commodity API-based product, the latter is specially designed and engineered for a tailored end- used and is based on ASTM A-519.  The tubes imported by DynaEnergetics are consistent with this industry practice, as they are made to the Company&#8217;s specification, based, in turn on ASTM A-519, steel grade 4130.  These tubes are neither intended nor applicable for use as OCTG.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">E.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">No Scope Rulings On Mechanical Tubing for Perforating Carriers </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Department has not issued a scope ruling on mechanical tubing for perforating carriers.  At the request of Petitioners, the Department has interpreted the scope of the Orders to determine whether the scope includes green tubes from China that are heat treated and finished in a third country before being imported into the United States.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">34 </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Department found that certain green tubes heat treated and finished in a third country are subject to the Orders when such tubes are finished to specific OCTG steel grades under the API 5-CT specification P-110, T-95 and Q-125.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">35</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">However, the tubes imported by DynaEnergetics are distinguishable as they are not made to any of these steel grades or to the API 5-CT standard; rather, the tubing subject to this scope request is made to the TD-DE-003 specification which is based on ASTM A-519 and steel grade 4130.   Further, this scope ruling is currently subject to appeal.  On July 9, 2015, the U.S. Court of International Trade remanded the Department&#8217;s final scope determination on green tubes and, thus, this scope ruling is of limited application at this time.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">V.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SEAMLESS CARRIER TUBING IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF ORDERS BASED ON THE </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;CRITERIA </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If the Department determines that it cannot resolve the Company&#8217;s request based on the scope language of the Orders and the prior proceedings before the Department and the ITC, the regulations direct it to consider the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Diversified Products</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;criteria,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">36</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">namely (1) the physical characteristics of the merchandise; (2) the expectations of the ultimate purchasers; (3) the ultimate use of the product; (4) the channels of trade in which the product is sold; and (5) the manner in which the product is advertised and displayed.  Review of these criteria leads to the same conclusion that the mechanical tubing for perforating carriers is outside the scope of the Orders. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">34 </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Final Scope Ruling on Green Tubes Manufactured in the People&#8217;s Republic of China and Finished in Countries Other than the United States and China, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People&#8217;s Republic from China</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;(Case Nos. A-570-943 and C-570-944) (Dep&#8217;t Commerce Feb. 7, 2014) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 16</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">35</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Id.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;at 1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">36</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;19 C.F.R. &#167; 351.225(k). </font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">14</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">A.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Mechanical Tubing for Perforating Carriers Has Different Physical Characteristics Than OCTG</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">As discussed in the previous sections, there are key differences in chemistry, mechanical properties, specifications, dimensional tolerances and testing requirements between the imported seamless tubing for perforating carriers and subject OCTG.  These differences are discussed at Exhibit 14 and summarized below. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:24px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:24px;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Chemical Composition</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The DynaEnergetics carrier tubing is seamless tubing produced to the ASTM A-519 standard, which is a mechanical tubing specification, and to the TD-DE-003 internal specification.  The imported mechanical tubing is made of chromium-manganese steel, an alloy steel which is based on steel grade 4130 of ASTM A-519, but with tighter requirements.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Specification TD-DE-003 at Exhibit 3 and mill test reports at Exhibit 2.  This steel grade is used for high pressure and heavy duty applications that require high mechanical strength.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In contrast, subject OCTG is generally made to the API 5-CT specification.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">37  </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Excerpts from API 5-CT are provided at Exhibit 7.  For OCTG casing and tubing, only specific grades are used in the industry.  As the ITC explained, API 5-CT designates grades for both casing and tubing.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">38  </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">These grades include a letter (e.g., H, J, K) which typically corresponds to a minimum tensile strength level (with &#8220;H&#8221; being the weakest and &#8220;Q&#8221; the strongest), followed by a number (e.g., 55, 80), which specifies the minimum yield strength.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">39</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;An OCTG grade may include several types. 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Certain OCTG must be heat treated to achieve particular</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">37</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;The scope of the Orders includes OCTG &#8220;whether or not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (&#8220;API&#8221;) or non-API specifications.&#8221;  However, as the ITC explained &#8220;casing, tubing and coupling stock are all usually produced in accordance with API Specification 5-CT.&#8221;  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination, Views of the Commission at 6 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).  As OCTG coupling stock is used to make finished OCTG couplings, it must match the chemistry and physical properties of the casing or tubing that is to be joined by coupling. 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Grade L80, type 9 Cr must contain between 8 to 10 percent chromium by weight, is seamless, tempered and quenched.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at II-14 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">15</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">physical characteristics and grade,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">41</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">whereas all of the Company&#8217;s mechanical tubing is already heat treated.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">42</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">There are key differences in minimum yield strength, hardness and charpy impact between the Company&#8217;s steel and API 5-CT grades.  On all of these characteristics, the Company&#8217;s specification has much higher requirements.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">43</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">A comparison of both chemical and mechanical properties between DynaEnergetics&#8217; specification, ASTM A-519 and several steel grades for seamless OCTG and the mill test certificates provided with this application is provided at Exhibit 14.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:24px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:24px;">3.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Sizes and Tolerances</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The seamless mechanical pipe imported by DynaEnergetics is different from OCTG also based on dimensions and allowed tolerances.  In terms of sizes, there is limited overlap for tube size 4.5&#8221; in outer diameter between OCTG and the mechanical tubing imported by the Company.  The imported mechanical pipe is made to a very limited range of sizes  - outer diameter and wall thickness combinations - that are generally not standard sizes for OCTG as under API 5-CT.  The dimensions of OCTG products are subject to the requirements of Tables C.1 (casing) and C.2 (tubing) of API 5-CT.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">43</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;As the American Iron and Steel Institute explains, OCTG goods, casing, tubing and drill pipe are described by outer diameter, weight per foot, grade, range and end finish.&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">45</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Wall thickness is a factor, but it is not generally used to describe OCTG.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">46</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">However, for DynaEnergetics&#8217; tubing, both outer diameter and wall thickness are important because the tubing is further fabricated into a finished product.  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For wall thickness, the tolerance under TD-DE-003 is &#177; 8.0% and for API 5-CT it is &#177;12.5%.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:24px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:24px;">4.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Testing Requirements</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The mechanical tubing imported by DynaEnergetics is not subject to hydrostatic pressure testing on the inside of the tube.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">49</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">However, under API 5-CT and as noted by the ITC, hydrostatic testing is required for OCTG casing and tubing.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">41</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at I-14 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">42</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Specification TD-DE-003 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">43</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Compare TD-DE-003 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">) with API 5-CT (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See also</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 14</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">44</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;API 5-CT (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">45</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Steel Products Manual - Carbon Steel Pipe, Structural Tubing, Line Pipe, Oil Country Tubular Goods</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;(April 1982), published by the American Iron and Steel Institute at 33 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 8</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">46</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Id</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. at 33. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">47</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Compare</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;TD-DE-003 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">) </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">with</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;API 5-CT at para. 8.11 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">48</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Compare</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;TD-DE-003 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">) </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">with</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;API 5-CT at para. 8.11 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">49</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;mill test reports at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">16</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">OCTG tubing is used </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">to conduct the oil or gas </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">to the surface either through natural flow or through pumping.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">50 </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Therefore, to be used for these purposes, OCTG </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">must</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;be hydrostatically tested.  As the mechanical tubing imported by DynaEnergetics is not intended to convey fluids, it is not hydrostatically tested and thus it is not applicable for use as OCTG.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Instead, a critical test for the mechanical tube imported by DynaEnergetics is the gun survival test.  Tubing made to the Company&#8217;s TD-DE-003 specification must provide high impact resistance when the explosive charges are fired, but also maintain its integrity so that the perforating gun can then be removed from the oil well in one piece.  The gun survival test is performed to check and confirm if the mechanical tubing will physically survive the sudden increase of pressure at the time of the detonation.  It is not required under API 5-CT, nor any other standards.  Attached at Exhibit 12 is a sample gun test report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">B.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Ultimate Use </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">As described in more detail above, the Company designed the TD-DE-003 specification for the imported mechanical tubing to be used as a component of perforating guns.  These are specialty devices that are used to prepare an oil well for production.  The perforating gun is lowered into an oil well and it is detonated for the purpose of creating holes in the casing and surrounding strata.  This is a single-use application, which results in the mechanical tube being expended when the gun is detonated.  It is a very demanding, high pressure application and the steel was engineered to perform specifically in such conditions.  Thus, the seamless mechanical tubing imported by the Company is dedicated for use solely as a carrier in perforating gun assemblies. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Further, the mechanical tube is not used on its own, but only as part of the perforating system.  It is neither intended nor used to conduct oil, gas or liquids to or from the oilwell to the surface.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In contrast, OCTG casing and tubing are designed for use &#8220;in the drilling of oil and gas wells and in the conveying of oil and gas from within the well to ground level.&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">51</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Casing is circular pipe that serves as the structural retainer for the walls of oil and gas wells.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">52</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;It is used to prevent the hole from caving in while drilling is taking place and after the well is completed.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">53</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;Tubing is a pipe that is smaller in diameter and installed inside larger-diameter casing to conduct the oil or gas from below ground to the surface.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">54</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;Finally, OCTG coupling stock is used to make finished OCTG couplings. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Unlike the Company&#8217;s mechanical tubing which is designed to be a component of a device, OCTG is sold and used as a stand-alone pipe.  In short, there is no overlap between the intended uses of OCTG and the very specific use of the mechanical tubing imported by DynaEnergetics for its perforating carrier.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">50</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at II-10 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 11</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">51</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;ITC Final Determination at I-9, fn.16 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">52</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Petition at 6-7. (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">53</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Id.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">54</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Id</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. at 7.</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">17</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">C.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Expectations of the Ultimate Purchaser</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The mechanical tubing imported by DynaEnergetics is used as a custom-designed input for a final product (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">i.e.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;a perforating gun).  For such an application, the Company needs tubing with close dimensional tolerances in order to be further processed by operations such as precision cutting and machining. In contrast, OCTG subject to the Order </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">are purchased for use in oilfield exploration and drilling.  For these applications, users of OCTG do not need the close dimensional tolerances that are required for mechanical tubing applications.  As a commodity product, OCTG typically meets the API 5-CT standard but it is neither engineered nor customized at the time of importation to the level to which DynaEnergetics&#8217; mechanical tubing is customized.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">A U.S. purchaser would use OCTG &#8220;as is&#8221; in down hole applications or to convey oil and gas, without need for further fabrication or assembly into another finished product.  Therefore, a U.S. purchaser would have different expectations from tubing for perforating carriers as compared to OCTG covered by the Orders. Of note, U.S. producers that offer and sell seamless tubing for perforating carriers either offer this product under ASTM A-519 or to a proprietary specification.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">55</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We also note that the final product into which is mechanical tubing is incorporated -  the perforating system - is designed to be fully customizable by the end-users.  DynaEnergetics&#8217; perforating gun systems are some of the most reliable and easy to use perforating systems in the field. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">D.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Channels of Trade in Which the Product is Sold</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">DynaEnergetics does not sell the imported mechanical tubing. Rather, it consumes the tubing in order to produce a finished product (perforating guns) that is then sold to a specialized market segment: wireline services companies, coiled tubing companies and oilfield services companies.  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In the underlying investigations, the ITC found that 99% of the OCTG produced in the U.S. is shipped to distributors.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">56</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;U.S. importers of OCTG from China also shipped more than 90% of OCTG sales to distributors.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">57</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;OCTG is a commodity product sold without further processing to distributors, who stock multiple OCTG products for resale to rig operators.  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(</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">57</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Id</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">18</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">E.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">The Manner in Which the Product is Advertised and Displayed</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">DynaEnergetics sells and advertises the finished product -  perforating guns -  to wireline and oilfield services companies.  The Company spends a significant amount of resources and effort to advertise its products at trade shows aimed at this market segment. The Company&#8217;s perforating products have been cited in publications for the perforating industry and at conferences</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">58</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">and have featured in articles published by some of its customers.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">59</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;DynaEnergetics participates at trade shows such as the Offshore Technology Conference, the Global Petroleum Show, the SPE Annual Technology Conference &amp; Exhibition and the Abu Dhabi International petroleum Exhibition &amp; Conference (ADIPEC).  Sample advertisements in printed media, as well as photographs from the Company&#8217;s booth at trade shows are provided at Exhibit 19.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In contrast, subject OCTG is a commodity product.  As noted above, it is not typically advertised to OEM companies because it is used without further fabrication.  It is sold primarily to distributors and is it not tailored to specific customer needs.   </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">VI.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CONCLUSION</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For the reasons stated above, and as provided in 19 C.F.R. &#167; 351.225(d), the Department should issue a final scope ruling confirming that the Orders do not cover the mechanical tubing for perforating gun carriers imported by DynaEnergetics.   In the alternative, the Department should issue a ruling pursuant to 19 C.F.R. &#167; 351.225(k), based on the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Diversified Products</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;criteria, that the mechanical tubing imported by the Company is not within the scope of the Orders.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">*</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">*</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">*</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Because this response contains sensitive business proprietary information, certain sections are designated [by way of bracketing] as confidential.  Pursuant to 19 C.F.R &#167;&#160;351.105(c), we request confidential treatment of this information.  The nature of the information, and the basis for this request, are as follows: </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Information regarding proprietary designs, specifications and drawings, sales documents and customer names, found at page 17 and at Exhibits 2-4, 7, 12 and 14. Protected under 19 C.F.R. &#167; 351.105(c)(1), (4), (5), (6) and (11).</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">58</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">See</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Larry Albert (Allied-Horizontal Wireline Services), Hema Prapoo (Allied-Horizontal Wireline Services), and Joshua Dennis (Allied-Horizontal Wireline Services), &#8220;New Perforating Switch Technology Advances Safety and Reliability for Horizontal Completions,&#8221; Unconventional Resources Technology Conference URTeC: 2173272 (paper for presentation at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in San Antonio, Texas, USA, 20-22 July 2015) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 17</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">59</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Allied Horizontal Wireline Services, &#8220;A Safer, More Effective Way to Perforate Horizontally, DYNA Radio  Frequency Safe Addressable perforating Switches&#8221; (2014) available at www.alliedhorizontal.com. (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 18</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">).</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9448e3a2a5e5431a95ef1fe330fc29bd"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">19</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We agree to the release of the designated proprietary information under an administrative protective order.  Therefore, we will summarize such information in a Public Version of this submission to the extent possible.  A copy of this request for a scope ruling has been served on each party listed on the Department&#8217;s Scope Inquiry Service List for these Orders, as indicated in the attached certificate of service.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Thank you for your attention to this matter.  Please contact the undersigned should you have any questions regarding this submission.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Sincerely,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:336px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Diana Dimitriuc Quaia</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Diana Dimitriuc Quaia</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">John M. Gurley</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Counsel to DynaEnergetics U.S. Inc.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:left;text-indent:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><a name="sf534f7dd2797428aa1cdb12b413290e1"></a><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:center;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;padding-left:461px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Hon. Penny Pritzker September 25, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">20</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;padding-left:480px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PUBLIC VERSION</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:232%;text-align:center;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">EXHIBIT LIST</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People&#8217;s Republic of China</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;- AD/CVD Orders </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Sample Sales Documents and Mill Test Report for a Shipment of Mechanical Tubing for Perforating Gun Carriers</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">3.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">DynaEnergetics Specification TD-DE-003 </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">4.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">DynaEnergetics Drawings and Data Sheet for Perforating Carriers</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">DynaEnergetics Product Brochures: DynaStage&#8482;, Dyna Select&#8482; and DynaSlot&#8482; Perforating Systems</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">6.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">ASTM A-519 (excerpts) </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">7.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">API 5-CT (excerpts) </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; 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