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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-264397
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191008

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TENARIS SA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001190723
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES  ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		29 AVENUE DE LA PORTE-NEUVE
		STREET 2:		3RD FLOOR
		CITY:			LUXEMBOURG
		STATE:			N4
		ZIP:			L 2227
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-376-6500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		29 AVENUE DE LA PORTE-NEUVE
		STREET 2:		3RD FLOOR
		CITY:			LUXEMBOURG
		STATE:			N4
		ZIP:			L 2227
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tenaris S.A.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">29, Avenue de la Porte-</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neuve</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L &#151; 2227</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">October&nbsp;8, 2019 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Ameen Hamady, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of Manufacturing and Construction </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange
Commission, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E., </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C.
20549-4631. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2018 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Filed April&nbsp;3, 2019 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;1-31518</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Hamady: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Set out below is the
response of Tenaris S.A. (&#147;<U>Tenaris</U>&#148; or the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), to the comment of the Staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Staff</U>&#148;) set forth in its letter (the &#147;<U>Comment
Letter</U>&#148;) dated September&nbsp;29, 2019, to the Company&#146;s Chief Financial Officer, Ms.&nbsp;Alicia Mondolo. The response below is keyed to the heading indicated in the Staff&#146;s comment and is designated with the letter &#147;R&#148;
below the comment number. The comment is set forth in boldface type. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>II Accounting Policies </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>R Revenue Recognition, page <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-20.</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note your response to our comment number 1 from our letter dated August&nbsp;27, 2019 and have the
following additional comments: </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Confirm that your future filings will include substantially similar information in order to meet the
disclosure requirements of paragraphs 119, 123 and 124 of IFRS 15;</B> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Ensure your expanded disclosures clarifies what you mean by &#147;time elapsed is considered taking into
account the number of goods stored, average cost and time of storage&#148; as it relates to your storage services; and</B> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Tell us the amount of service revenue recognized in each period presented, and explain to us your
consideration of IFRS <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15.B87-B89</FONT> related to disclosure of revenues disaggregated by products and services.</B> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and confirms that in future filings it will include similar
information in order to meet the disclosure requirements of paragraphs 119,123 and 124 of IFRS 15. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will also ensure that in expanded disclosures the Company clarifies what it
means by <I>&#147;time elapsed is considered taking into account the number of goods stored, average cost and time of storage&#148;</I> as it relates to Tenaris&#146;s storage services. The Company expects to include the following disclosure on its
financial statements: <I>&#147;For certain customers, the Company provides storage services in owned or third-party warehouses, subject to a variable fee to be invoiced. This fee is determined based on the time the customer maintains the material in
the warehouse and the amount of material stored. For example, to quantify the amount to be invoiced in any given month, the monthly average fee of storage per ton is multiplied by the monthly average stock stored (in tons)&#148;.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Finally, the Company informs the Staff that the amount of services recognized separately in each period amounted to $203&nbsp;million in 2018,
$191&nbsp;million in 2017 and $ 253&nbsp;million in 2016 (3%, 4% and 6% of total sales, respectively), broken down by type of service as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pipe Management Services</P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under our RigDirect scheme, contracts for the sale of goods to customers may include pipe management and field
services, by which the Company offers an integral supply chain to its customers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company advises the Staff that it has considered the
guidance included in IFRS <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15.B87-B89</FONT> in determining the disclosure of disaggregated revenues. In particular, the Company evaluated the impact of differences in the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of
revenue and cash flows in determining which are the most relevant classifications and disclosures for the users of the financial statements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Specifically with respect to services, the Company concluded that it was not relevant to disclose revenue information disaggregated by products
and services for the following reasons: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">services are rendered in connection with the sale of goods (mainly steel pipes) and attached to contracts with
customers for the sale of goods (e.g., there are no significant services rendered to customers that are not linked to a sale of goods); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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rendered, as they are included in the same contract, with the same counterparty, and subject to the same uncertainties (e.g., acceptance of the goods and related services) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">other information that is similar to the type of information identified above and that is used by the Company or
users of the Company&#146;s financial statements to evaluate the Company&#146;s financial performance or make resource allocation decisions. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Company respectfully advises the Staff that, based on its assessment of IFRS
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15.B87-B89,</FONT> revenue information is disclosed in our financial statements on a disaggregated fashion based on the following categories: (i)&nbsp;geographical region, (ii)&nbsp;market or type of customer (i.e.,
government and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-government</FONT> customers), (iii) contract duration, and (iv)&nbsp;timing of transfer of goods or services (see Note II &#147;Accounting Policies &#148; - &#147;R. Revenue recognition; and Note
IV &#147;Other Notes to The Consolidated Financial Statements&#148; &#150; &#147;Note 1 Segment Information&#148; to the Company&#146;s Consolidated Financial Statements). The Company considers that these factors best depict the nature, amount,
timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows derived from its contracts with customers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">* * * * * </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company acknowledges that it is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in its filings. In addition, the Company
acknowledges that the Staff&#146;s comments or changes to the Company&#146;s disclosure in response to the Staff&#146;s comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Company&#146;s filings and that the Company
may not assert the Staff&#146;s comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have any questions relating to this letter, please feel free to call Robert S. Risoleo of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP at (202) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">956-7510.</FONT> He may also be reached by facsimile at (202) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">956-6974</FONT> and by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail</FONT> at risoleor@sullcrom.com. </P>
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