Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 28551-28554 [2010-12370]
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Dated: May 17, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
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Tubular Goods from China
(Investigation No. 731–TA–1159 (Final),
USITC Publication 4152 (May 2010)). In
addition, the Department is amending
its final determination as a result of
ministerial errors.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Stolz or Eugene Degnan, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4474 or (202) 482–
0414, respectively.
In
accordance with sections 735(d) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, (‘‘Act’’), the Department
published the final determination of
sales at less than fair value in the
antidumping investigation of OCTG
from the PRC. See Certain Oil Country
Tubular Goods from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Affirmative Final Determination of
Critical Circumstances and Final
Determination of Targeted Dumping, 75
FR 20335 (April 19, 2010) (‘‘Final
Determination’’).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–943]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods
From the People’s Republic of China:
Amended Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value and
Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: May 21, 2010.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) and the
International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’),
the Department is issuing an
antidumping duty order on certain oil
country tubular goods (‘‘OCTG’’) from
the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’).
On May 14, 2010 the ITC notified the
Department of its affirmative
determination of threat of material
injury to a U.S. industry, and its
negative determination of critical
circumstances. See Certain Oil Country
Amendment to the Final Determination
On April 19, 2010, the Department
published its affirmative final
determination in this proceeding. See
Final Determination. On April 21, 2010,
Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation
(‘‘TPCO’’), a mandatory respondent, and
Petitioners 1 submitted ministerial error
allegations and requested, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.224, that the Department
correct the alleged ministerial errors in
the calculation of TPCO’s dumping
margin. Petitioners submitted rebuttal
comments on April 26, 2010. TPCO
submitted rebuttal comments on April
23, 2010 and on April 27, 2010.2 No
other interested party submitted
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ministerial error allegations or rebuttal
comments.
After analyzing all interested party
comments and rebuttals, we have
determined, in accordance with section
735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e),
that we made ministerial errors in our
calculations for the Final Determination
with respect to TPCO. For a detailed
discussion of these ministerial errors, as
well as the Department’s analysis of the
errors and allegations, see the
Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Ministerial
Error Memorandum, Certain Oil
Country Tubular Goods from the
People’s Republic of China, Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value,’’ dated May 18, 2010.
Additionally, in the Final
Determination, we determined that
numerous companies qualified for a
separate rate. See Final Determination.
Because the only other mandatory
respondent in this investigation, Jiangsu
Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and
Jiangsu Changbao Precision Tube Co.,
Ltd. (collectively ‘‘Changbao’’), was
determined to be part of the PRC-wide
entity in the Final Determination, the
cash deposit rate for these separate-rate
companies is based on the calculated
rate of the sole remaining mandatory
respondent: TPCO. See id.; see also
Final Determination and accompanying
‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for
the Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from
the People’s Republic of China’’, at
Comment 30. Therefore, because the
margin for TPCO has changed since the
Final Determination, the separate rate
has changed as well. It is now 32.07
percent. See Memorandum to the File,
‘‘Investigation of Certain Oil Country
Tubular Goods from the People’s
Republic of China: Amended Final
Determination Analysis Memorandum,
Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation,’’
dated May 18, 2010. The amended
weighted-average dumping margins are
as follows:
Weighted-average margin
percent
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Exporter
Producer
Tianjin Pipe International Economic and Trading Corporation
Angang Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd .........................................
Angang Steel Co., Ltd., and Angang Group International
Trade Corporation.
Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd .................................................
Anshan Zhongyou Tipo Pipe & Tubing Co., Ltd ......................
Baotou Steel International Economic and Trading Co., Ltd .....
Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation .............................................
Angang Steel Co. Ltd ...............................................................
Angang Steel Co. Ltd ...............................................................
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32.07
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Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd ................................................
Anshan Zhongyou Tipo Pipe & Tubing Co., Ltd ......................
Seamless Tube Mill of Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union
Co., Ltd.3.
Benxi Northern Steel Pipes Co., Ltd ........................................
32.07
32.07
32.07
Benxi Northern Steel Pipes Co., Ltd ........................................
1 United States Steel Corporation, Maverick Tube
Corporation, TMK IPSCO, V&M Star L.P.,
Wheatland Tube Corp., Evraz Rocky Mountain
Steel, and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,
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Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and
Service Workers International Union, AFL–CIO–
CLC are the petitioners (collectively ‘‘Petitioners’’)
in this investigation.
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2 This second set of rebuttal comments was
submitted by TPCO in response to Petitioners’
rebuttal comments submitted on April 23, 2010.
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Weighted-average margin
percent
Exporter
Producer
Chengdu Wanghui Petroleum Pipe Co. Ltd .............................
Dalipal Pipe Company ..............................................................
Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co. Ltd ........................................
Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field, The
Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch.
Hengyang Steel Tube Group International Trading, Inc ..........
Chengdu Wanghui Petroleum Pipe Co. Ltd ............................
Dalipal Pipe Company .............................................................
Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co. Ltd ........................................
Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field,
The Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch.
Hengyang Valin MPM Tube Co., Ltd.; Hengyang Valin Steel
Tube Co., Ltd.
Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd./Huludao City Steel
Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Share Co., Ltd ..........................
Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ..........................
Pangang Group Beihai Steel Pipe Corporation .......................
Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel ....................................
Shengli Oilfield Highland Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.; ......
Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd./Huludao City Steel
Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Share Co., Ltd ..........................
Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ..........................
Pangang Group Beihai Steel Pipe Corporation .......................
Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel ....................................
Qingdao Bonded Logistics Park Products International Trading Co., Ltd.
Qiqihaer Haoying Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. of Northeast Special Steel Group.
Shandong Dongbao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ..................................
ShanDong HuaBao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ...................................
Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd ...................
Shanghai Metals & Minerals Import & Export Corp./Shanghai
Minmetals Materials & Products Corp.
Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ..........................
Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd ............
Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ............
Shengli Oilfield Highland Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd ........
Shengli Oilfield Shengji Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd ...........
Tianjin Xingyuda Import and Export Co., Ltd. & Hong Kong
Gallant Group Limited.
Tianjin Seamless Steel Pipe Plant ...........................................
Tianjin Tiangang Special Petroleum Pipe Manufacturer Co.,
Ltd.
Wuxi Baoda Petroleum Special Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd
Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd .............................................
Wuxi Sp. Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd ...........................
Wuxi Zhenda Special Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd .......
Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd .....................................
Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd .....................................
Zhejiang Jianli Co., Ltd. & Zhejiang Jianli Steel Tube Co., Ltd
PRC-wide Entity * ......................................................................
Shandong Continental Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.;
Aofei Tele Dongying Import & Export Co., Ltd.;
Highgrade Tubular Manufacturing (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.;
Cangzhou City Baohai Petroleum Material Co., Ltd.
Qiqihaer Haoying Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. of Northeast Special Steel Group.
Shandong Dongbao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd .................................
ShanDong HuaBao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ..................................
Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd ...................
Jiangsu Changbao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; .................................
Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.;
Northeast Special Steel Group Qiqihaer Haoying Steel and
Iron Co., Ltd.;
Beijing Youlu Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel Pipe Co., Ltd .........................
Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field,
The Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch;.
Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Shengli Oil Field Freet
Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field,
The Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch;.
Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd;
Wuxi Fastube Dingyuan Precision Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Pipe Group Corp.; ........................................................
Goods & Materials Supply Dept. of Shengli Oilfield SinoPEC;
Dagang Oilfield Group New Century Machinery Co. Ltd.;
Tianjin Seamless Steel Pipe Plant; Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.
Ltd.
Shengli Oilfield Shengji Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd ..........
Tianjin Lifengyuanda Steel Group Co., Ltd .............................
Tianjin Seamless Steel Pipe Plant ...........................................
Tianjin Tiangang Special Petroleum Pipe Manufacturer Co.,
Ltd.
Wuxi Baoda Petroleum Special Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd
Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd ............................................
Wuxi Precese Special Steel Co., Ltd .......................................
Huai’an Zhenda Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd ...............
Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd.; ..................................
Wuxi Seamless Special Pipe Co., Ltd.
Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd ....................................
Zhejiang Jianli Co., Ltd.; ..........................................................
Zhejiang Jianli Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
...................................................................................................
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
32.07
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32.07
32.07
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32.07
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* Includes: Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Changbao Precision Tube Co., Ltd. and Shengli Oil Field Freet Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
Antidumping Duty Order
On May 14, 2010, in accordance with
section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC
3 In
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of Preliminary
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Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical
Circumstances and Postponement of Final
Determination, 74 FR 59117 (November 17, 2009)
and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of Amended
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than
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notified the Department of its final
determination in this investigation. In
its determination, the ITC found a threat
Fair Value, 74 FR 69065 (December 30, 2009), we
inadvertently identified the producer as Baotou
Steel International Economic and Trading Co., Ltd.
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of material injury. According to section
736(b)(2) of the Act, duties shall be
assessed on subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the ITC’s notice of final
determination if that determination is
based on the threat of material injury
and is not accompanied by a finding
that injury would have resulted without
the imposition of suspension of
liquidation of entries since the
Department’s preliminary
determination. In addition, section
736(b)(2) of the Act requires U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
to refund any cash deposits or bonds of
estimated antidumping duties posted
since the preliminary antidumping
determination if the ITC’s final
determination is threat-based.
Therefore, in accordance with section
733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
will instruct CBP to terminate the
suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of OCTG from the PRC entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after November 17,
2009, and before the date of publication
of the ITC’s final determination in the
Federal Register. Suspension of
liquidation will continue after this date.
See the Suspension of Liquidation
section below. In addition, with regard
to the ITC’s negative critical
circumstances determination, and
regarding to exports from the PRC-wide
entity, we will also instruct CBP to lift
suspension, release any bond or other
security, and refund any cash deposit
made to secure the payment of
antidumping duties with respect to
entries of the merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after August 19,
2009 4 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of
publication of the preliminary
determination in the Federal Register),
through November 16, 2009.
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order consists of
certain OCTG, 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) whether or not
conforming to American Petroleum
Institute (‘‘API’’) or non-API
specifications, whether finished
(including limited service OCTG
products) or unfinished (including
4 This date was incorrectly identified as ‘‘April 19,
2009’’ in the Final Determination.
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green tubes and limited service OCTG
products), whether or not thread
protectors are attached. The scope of the
order also covers OCTG coupling stock.
Excluded from the scope of the order are
casing or tubing containing 10.5 percent
or more by weight of chromium; drill
pipe; unattached couplings; and
unattached thread protectors.
The merchandise covered by the order
is currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) under item
numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20,
7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40,
7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60,
7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10,
7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30,
7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50,
7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80,
7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20,
7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40,
7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60,
7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10,
7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30,
7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50,
7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80,
7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30,
7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60,
7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15,
7304.29.61.30, 7304.29.61.45,
7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75,
7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00,
7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00,
7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90,
7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00,
7306.29.41.00, 7306.29.60.10,
7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and
7306.29.81.50.
The OCTG coupling stock covered by
the order may also enter under the
following HTSUS item numbers:
7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28,
7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36,
7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44,
7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52,
7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62,
7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72,
7304.39.00.76, 7304.39.00.80,
7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.15,
7304.59.80.20, 7304.59.80.25,
7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35,
7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45,
7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55,
7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65,
7304.59.80.70, and 7304.59.80.80.
The HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes
only; the written description of the
scope of the order is dispositive.
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
In accordance with section
735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct
CBP to suspend liquidation on all
entries of subject merchandise from the
PRC. We will also instruct CBP to
require cash deposits equal to the
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estimated amount by which the normal
value exceeds the U.S. price as
indicated in the chart above. These
instructions suspending liquidation will
remain in effect until further notice.
Additionally, in the Final
Determination, the Department noted
that in Certain Oil Country Tubular
Goods From the People’s Republic of
China: Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and
Countervailing Duty Order, 75 FR 3203
(January 20, 2010) (‘‘CVD Final’’) the
Department determined that the
products under investigation, exported
and produced by TPCO, benefitted from
an export subsidy. Therefore, we will
instruct CBP to require an antidumping
cash deposit or posting of a bond equal
to the weighted-average amount by
which the normal value exceeds the
U.S. price for TPCO, as indicated above,
minus the amount determined to
constitute an export subsidy.
Further, for the two separate-rate
companies in this investigation that also
participated as mandatory respondents
in the CVD investigation (i.e., Wuxi
Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd., and
Zhejiang Jianli Co., Ltd. & Zhejiang
Jianli Steel Tube Co., Ltd.), because it
was determined in the CVD Final that
these companies did not benefit from
any export subsidy, we will not make an
adjustment to the antidumping duty rate
of these companies for purposes of cash
deposits.
For the remaining separate-rate
companies, we will instruct CBP to
adjust the dumping margin by the
amount of export subsidies included in
the All Others rate from the CVD Final.
Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication of the ITC’s final affirmative
injury determination, CBP will require,
at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on
this subject merchandise, a cash deposit
equal to the estimated weighted-average
antidumping duty margins as discussed
above. See section 735(c)(3) of the Act.
The ‘‘PRC-wide’’ rate applies to all
exporters of subject merchandise not
specifically listed.
In accordance with section 736 of the
Act, the Department will also direct CBP
to assess antidumping duties on all
unliquidated entries of OCTG from the
PRC entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date on which the ITC published its
notice of final determination of threat of
material injury in the Federal Register.
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty order with respect to
OCTG from the PRC pursuant to section
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may
contact the Department’s Central
Records Unit, Room 1117 of the main
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Commerce building, for copies of an
updated list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect.
This order is published in accordance
with section 736(a) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.211.
Dated: May 19, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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Foreign–Trade Zones Board
[Docket 35–2010]
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Foreign–Trade Zone 50 Long Beach,
California, Application for Subzone,
Louisville Bedding Company
(Household Bedding Products),
Ontario, California
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Board of Harbor
Commissioners of the Port of Long
Beach, grantee of FTZ 50, requesting
special–purpose subzone status for the
bedding products manufacturing facility
of Louisville Bedding Company (LBC)
located in Ontario, California. The
application was submitted pursuant to
the provisions of the Foreign–Trade
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–
81u), and the regulations of the Board
(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed
on May 14, 2010.
The LBC plant (105 employees/9.7
acres) is located at 1200 South Etiwanda
Avenue in Ontario, California. The
facility is used to manufacture
household bedding products, including
mattress pads and pillows (up to 10
million pillows and 2 million mattress
pads annually) for the U.S. market and
export. LBC is requesting authority to
utilize foreign–origin wide roll (80
inches and wider), high thread count
(180 threads per inch and higher)
cotton, polyester, and synthetic woven
fabric and pillow shells (classified
under HTSUS Headings 5208, 5210,
5512, 5513, and 6307; duty rate range:
7 14.9%) to be cut, sewn, quilted and
assembled into the bedding products
noted above under FTZ procedures. The
company has also submitted an
application to the Board for subzone
status for its Louisville, Kentucky,
facilities (Docket 28–2010, 75 FR 24572,
5–5–2010).
FTZ procedures could exempt LBC
from customs duty payments on the
foreign–origin fabrics and pillow shells
used in export production. On its
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shipments for the domestic market, the
finished household bedding products
would be entered for consumption from
the proposed subzone classified under
HTSUS 9404.90, and LBC is seeking
authority to elect the various finished
bedding product duty rates (4.4 - 7.3%,
ad valorem) for the foreign–origin fabric
and pillow shell material inputs.
Domestic–status fibers would be used to
fill the foreign pillow shells. The
application indicates that the savings
from FTZ procedures would help
improve the facility’s international
competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ Staff
is designated examiner to evaluate and
analyze the facts and information
presented in the application and case
record and to report findings and
recommendations to the Board.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions (original
and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the
Board’s Executive Secretary at the
following address: Office of the
Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC 20230–0002. The closing period for
receipt of comments is July 20, 2010.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period to August 4,
2010.
A copy of the application will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Foreign–Trade Zones
Board’s Executive Secretary at the
address listed above and in the ‘‘Reading
Room’’ section of the Board’s website,
which is accessible via www.trade.gov/
ftz. For further information, contact
Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or
(202) 482–1378.
Dated: May 17, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Office
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2010–0042]
Elimination of Classification
Requirement in the Green Technology
Pilot Program
AGENCY: United States Patent and
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implemented the Green Technology
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which permits patent applications
pertaining to environmental quality,
energy conservation, development of
renewable energy resources, and
greenhouse gas emission reduction to be
advanced out of turn for examination
and reviewed earlier (accorded special
status). The program is designed to
promote the development of green
technologies. However, the pilot
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applications classified in a number of
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to balance the workload and gauge
resources needed for the program. The
USPTO has determined that the
classification requirement is
unnecessary because the workload has
been balanced with other mechanism,
and this requirement was causing the
denial of petitions for applications that
are drawn to green technologies. The
USPTO is hereby eliminating the
classification requirement for any
petitions that are decided on or after the
publication date of this notice. This will
permit more applications to qualify for
the program, thereby allowing more
inventions related to green technologies
to be advanced out of turn for
examination and reviewed earlier.
DATES: Effective Date: This change to the
Green Technology Pilot Program is
effective May 21, 2010.
Duration: The Green Technology Pilot
Program will run for twelve months
from December 8, 2009, and the USPTO
will only accept the first 3,000 grantable
petitions to make special under the
Green Technology Pilot Program in new
applications filed before December 8,
2009. Accordingly, if less than 3,000
grantable petitions are received, the
pilot program will end on December 8,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pinchus M. Laufer and Joni Y. Chang,
Senior Legal Advisors, Office of Patent
Legal Administration, Office of the
Associate Commissioner for Patent
Examination Policy, by telephone at
571–272–7726 or 571–272–7720; by
facsimile transmission to 571–273–
7726, marked to the attention of Pinchus
M. Laufer; or by mail addressed to: Mail
Stop Comments Patents, Commissioner
for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313–1450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USPTO published a notice for the
implementation of the Green
Technology Pilot Program on December
8, 2009. See Pilot Program for Green
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[Notices]
[Pages 28551-28554]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-943]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of
China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: May 21, 2010.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the ``Department'') and the International Trade Commission
(``ITC''), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order on
certain oil country tubular goods (``OCTG'') from the People's Republic
of China (``PRC''). On May 14, 2010 the ITC notified the Department of
its affirmative determination of threat of material injury to a U.S.
industry, and its negative determination of critical circumstances. See
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from China (Investigation No. 731-TA-
1159 (Final), USITC Publication 4152 (May 2010)). In addition, the
Department is amending its final determination as a result of
ministerial errors.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz or Eugene Degnan, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4474 or (202) 482-0414, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with sections 735(d) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (``Act''), the
Department published the final determination of sales at less than fair
value in the antidumping investigation of OCTG from the PRC. See
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of China:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Affirmative Final
Determination of Critical Circumstances and Final Determination of
Targeted Dumping, 75 FR 20335 (April 19, 2010) (``Final
Determination'').
Amendment to the Final Determination
On April 19, 2010, the Department published its affirmative final
determination in this proceeding. See Final Determination. On April 21,
2010, Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation (``TPCO''), a mandatory
respondent, and Petitioners \1\ submitted ministerial error allegations
and requested, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224, that the Department correct
the alleged ministerial errors in the calculation of TPCO's dumping
margin. Petitioners submitted rebuttal comments on April 26, 2010. TPCO
submitted rebuttal comments on April 23, 2010 and on April 27, 2010.\2\
No other interested party submitted ministerial error allegations or
rebuttal comments.
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\1\ United States Steel Corporation, Maverick Tube Corporation,
TMK IPSCO, V&M Star L.P., Wheatland Tube Corp., Evraz Rocky Mountain
Steel, and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing,
Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union,
AFL-CIO-CLC are the petitioners (collectively ``Petitioners'') in
this investigation.
\2\ This second set of rebuttal comments was submitted by TPCO
in response to Petitioners' rebuttal comments submitted on April 23,
2010.
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After analyzing all interested party comments and rebuttals, we
have determined, in accordance with section 735(e) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.224(e), that we made ministerial errors in our calculations for
the Final Determination with respect to TPCO. For a detailed discussion
of these ministerial errors, as well as the Department's analysis of
the errors and allegations, see the Memorandum to the File,
``Ministerial Error Memorandum, Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from
the People's Republic of China, Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value,'' dated May 18, 2010.
Additionally, in the Final Determination, we determined that
numerous companies qualified for a separate rate. See Final
Determination. Because the only other mandatory respondent in this
investigation, Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu
Changbao Precision Tube Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Changbao''), was
determined to be part of the PRC-wide entity in the Final
Determination, the cash deposit rate for these separate-rate companies
is based on the calculated rate of the sole remaining mandatory
respondent: TPCO. See id.; see also Final Determination and
accompanying ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's
Republic of China'', at Comment 30. Therefore, because the margin for
TPCO has changed since the Final Determination, the separate rate has
changed as well. It is now 32.07 percent. See Memorandum to the File,
``Investigation of Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's
Republic of China: Amended Final Determination Analysis Memorandum,
Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation,'' dated May 18, 2010. The amended
weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
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Weighted-average
Exporter Producer margin percent
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Tianjin Pipe International Tianjin Pipe (Group) 32.07
Economic and Trading Corporation.
Corporation.
Angang Group Hong Kong Co., Angang Steel Co. Ltd.. 32.07
Ltd.
Angang Steel Co., Ltd., and Angang Steel Co. Ltd.. 32.07
Angang Group International
Trade Corporation.
Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe 32.07
Co., Ltd.
Anshan Zhongyou Tipo Pipe & Anshan Zhongyou Tipo 32.07
Tubing Co., Ltd. Pipe & Tubing Co.,
Ltd.
Baotou Steel International Seamless Tube Mill of 32.07
Economic and Trading Co., Ltd. Inner Mongolia Baotou
Steel Union Co.,
Ltd.\3\.
Benxi Northern Steel Pipes Benxi Northern Steel 32.07
Co., Ltd. Pipes Co., Ltd.
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Chengdu Wanghui Petroleum Pipe Chengdu Wanghui 32.07
Co. Ltd. Petroleum Pipe Co.
Ltd.
Dalipal Pipe Company.......... Dalipal Pipe Company.. 32.07
Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co. Faray Petroleum Steel 32.07
Ltd. Pipe Co. Ltd.
Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Freet Petroleum 32.07
Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field, Equipment Co., Ltd.
The Thermal Recovery of Shengli Oil Field,
Equipment, Zibo Branch. The Thermal Recovery
Equipment, Zibo
Branch.
Hengyang Steel Tube Group Hengyang Valin MPM 32.07
International Trading, Inc. Tube Co., Ltd.;
Hengyang Valin Steel
Tube Co., Ltd.
Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Huludao Steel Pipe 32.07
Co., Ltd./Huludao City Steel Industrial Co., Ltd./
Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd. Huludao City Steel
Pipe Industrial Co.,
Ltd.
Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Jiangsu Chengde Steel 32.07
Share Co., Ltd. Tube Share Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Jiangyin City 32.07
Pipe Co., Ltd. Changjiang Steel Pipe
Co., Ltd.
Pangang Group Beihai Steel Pangang Group Beihai 32.07
Pipe Corporation. Steel Pipe
Corporation.
Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Pangang Group Chengdu 32.07
Steel. Iron & Steel.
Qingdao Bonded Logistics Park Shengli Oilfield 32.07
Products International Highland Petroleum
Trading Co., Ltd. Equipment Co., Ltd.;.
Shandong Continental 32.07
Petroleum Equipment
Co., Ltd.;
Aofei Tele Dongying
Import & Export Co.,
Ltd.;
Highgrade Tubular
Manufacturing
(Tianjin) Co., Ltd.;
Cangzhou City Baohai
Petroleum Material
Co., Ltd.
Qiqihaer Haoying Iron and Qiqihaer Haoying Iron 32.07
Steel Co., Ltd. of Northeast and Steel Co., Ltd.
Special Steel Group. of Northeast Special
Steel Group.
Shandong Dongbao Steel Pipe Shandong Dongbao Steel 32.07
Co., Ltd. Pipe Co., Ltd.
ShanDong HuaBao Steel Pipe ShanDong HuaBao Steel 32.07
Co., Ltd. Pipe Co., Ltd.
Shandong Molong Petroleum Shandong Molong 32.07
Machinery Co., Ltd. Petroleum Machinery
Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Metals & Minerals Jiangsu Changbao Steel 32.07
Import & Export Corp./ Pipe Co., Ltd.;.
Shanghai Minmetals Materials
& Products Corp.
Huludao Steel Pipe
Industrial Co., Ltd.;
Northeast Special
Steel Group Qiqihaer
Haoying Steel and
Iron Co., Ltd.;
Beijing Youlu Co.,
Ltd.
Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo 32.07
Pipe Co., Ltd. Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
Shengli Oil Field Freet Freet Petroleum 32.07
Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. Equipment Co., Ltd.
of Shengli Oil Field,
The Thermal Recovery
Equipment, Zibo
Branch;.
Faray Petroleum Steel
Pipe Co., Ltd.;
Shengli Oil Field
Freet Petroleum Steel
Pipe Co., Ltd.
Shengli Oil Field Freet Freet Petroleum 32.07
Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. Equipment Co., Ltd.
of Shengli Oil Field,
The Thermal Recovery
Equipment, Zibo
Branch;.
Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe
Co., Ltd;
Wuxi Fastube Dingyuan
Precision Steel Pipe
Co., Ltd.
Shengli Oilfield Highland Tianjin Pipe Group 32.07
Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. Corp.;.
Goods & Materials
Supply Dept. of
Shengli Oilfield
SinoPEC;
Dagang Oilfield Group
New Century Machinery
Co. Ltd.;
Tianjin Seamless Steel
Pipe Plant; Baoshan
Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
Shengli Oilfield Shengji Shengli Oilfield 32.07
Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. Shengji Petroleum
Equipment Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Xingyuda Import and Tianjin Lifengyuanda 32.07
Export Co., Ltd. & Hong Kong Steel Group Co., Ltd.
Gallant Group Limited.
Tianjin Seamless Steel Pipe Tianjin Seamless Steel 32.07
Plant. Pipe Plant.
Tianjin Tiangang Special Tianjin Tiangang 32.07
Petroleum Pipe Manufacturer Special Petroleum
Co., Ltd. Pipe Manufacturer
Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Baoda Petroleum Special Wuxi Baoda Petroleum 32.07
Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Special Pipe
Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd.
Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe 32.07
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Sp. Steel Tube Wuxi Precese Special 32.07
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Steel Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Zhenda Special Steel Tube Huai'an Zhenda Steel 32.07
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Tube Manufacturing
Co., Ltd.
Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Xigang Seamless Steel 32.07
Co., Ltd. Tube Co., Ltd.;.
Wuxi Seamless Special
Pipe Co., Ltd.
Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Yangzhou Lontrin Steel 32.07
Co., Ltd. Tube Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jianli Co., Ltd. & Zhejiang Jianli Co., 32.07
Zhejiang Jianli Steel Tube Ltd.;.
Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jianli Steel
Tube Co., Ltd.
PRC-wide Entity \*\........... ...................... 99.14
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* Includes: Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Changbao
Precision Tube Co., Ltd. and Shengli Oil Field Freet Import & Export
Trade Co., Ltd.
Antidumping Duty Order
On May 14, 2010, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the
ITC notified the Department of its final determination in this
investigation. In its determination, the ITC found a threat
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of material injury. According to section 736(b)(2) of the Act, duties
shall be assessed on subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the
ITC's notice of final determination if that determination is based on
the threat of material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that
injury would have resulted without the imposition of suspension of
liquidation of entries since the Department's preliminary
determination. In addition, section 736(b)(2) of the Act requires U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to refund any cash deposits or
bonds of estimated antidumping duties posted since the preliminary
antidumping determination if the ITC's final determination is threat-
based. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of OCTG from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after November 17, 2009, and before
the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation will continue after this date. See
the Suspension of Liquidation section below. In addition, with regard
to the ITC's negative critical circumstances determination, and
regarding to exports from the PRC-wide entity, we will also instruct
CBP to lift suspension, release any bond or other security, and refund
any cash deposit made to secure the payment of antidumping duties with
respect to entries of the merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after August 19, 2009 \4\ (i.e., 90
days prior to the date of publication of the preliminary determination
in the Federal Register), through November 16, 2009.
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\3\ In Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Affirmative Preliminary Determination of
Critical Circumstances and Postponement of Final Determination, 74
FR 59117 (November 17, 2009) and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods
From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR 69065
(December 30, 2009), we inadvertently identified the producer as
Baotou Steel International Economic and Trading Co., Ltd.
\4\ This date was incorrectly identified as ``April 19, 2009''
in the Final Determination.
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order consists of certain OCTG, 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) whether or
not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (``API'') 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 order also covers OCTG coupling stock. Excluded from the scope of
the order are casing or tubing containing 10.5 percent or more by
weight of chromium; drill pipe; unattached couplings; and unattached
thread protectors.
The merchandise covered by the order is currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') under item
numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40,
7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10,
7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50,
7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20,
7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60,
7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30,
7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80,
7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60,
7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30, 7304.29.61.45,
7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00,
7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90,
7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00, 7306.29.60.10,
7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and 7306.29.81.50.
The OCTG coupling stock covered by the order may also enter under
the following HTSUS item numbers: 7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28,
7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44,
7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62,
7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72, 7304.39.00.76, 7304.39.00.80,
7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, 7304.59.80.25,
7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45,
7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65,
7304.59.80.70, and 7304.59.80.80.
The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes only; the written description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will
instruct CBP to suspend liquidation on all entries of subject
merchandise from the PRC. We will also instruct CBP to require cash
deposits equal to the estimated amount by which the normal value
exceeds the U.S. price as indicated in the chart above. These
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further
notice.
Additionally, in the Final Determination, the Department noted that
in Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of
China: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Countervailing Duty Order, 75 FR 3203 (January 20, 2010) (``CVD
Final'') the Department determined that the products under
investigation, exported and produced by TPCO, benefitted from an export
subsidy. Therefore, we will instruct CBP to require an antidumping cash
deposit or posting of a bond equal to the weighted-average amount by
which the normal value exceeds the U.S. price for TPCO, as indicated
above, minus the amount determined to constitute an export subsidy.
Further, for the two separate-rate companies in this investigation
that also participated as mandatory respondents in the CVD
investigation (i.e., Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang
Jianli Co., Ltd. & Zhejiang Jianli Steel Tube Co., Ltd.), because it
was determined in the CVD Final that these companies did not benefit
from any export subsidy, we will not make an adjustment to the
antidumping duty rate of these companies for purposes of cash deposits.
For the remaining separate-rate companies, we will instruct CBP to
adjust the dumping margin by the amount of export subsidies included in
the All Others rate from the CVD Final.
Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's
final affirmative injury determination, CBP will require, at the same
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average antidumping duty margins as discussed above. See section
735(c)(3) of the Act. The ``PRC-wide'' rate applies to all exporters of
subject merchandise not specifically listed.
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, the Department will also
direct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all unliquidated entries of
OCTG from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption
on or after the date on which the ITC published its notice of final
determination of threat of material injury in the Federal Register.
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
OCTG from the PRC pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, Room 1117 of
the main
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Commerce building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty
orders currently in effect.
This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.
Dated: May 19, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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