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LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
[10/25/2012 through 12/10/2012]
Date
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investigation
Firm name
Firm address
Forster Tool & Manufacturering Co., Inc
1135 Industrial Drive, Bensenville, IL
60106.
10/30/2012
Beecher and Myers Co., Inc ...................
3753 Carlisle Road, Dover, PA 17315 ....
10/26/2012
Met-L-Flo, Inc ..........................................
720 Heartland Drive Unit S, Sugar
Grove, IL 60554.
11/16/2012
Transformer Manufacturers, Inc ..............
7051 West Wilson Avenue, Norridge, IL
60706.
11/21/2012
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Inwood Office Invironments.
1108 East 15th Street, Jasper, IN 47546
11/21/2012
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Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods
From the People’s Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2010–2011
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On June 8, 2012, the
Department of (‘‘the Department’’)
published its preliminary results of the
antidumping duty administrative review
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of the antidumping duty order on oil
country tubular goods (‘‘OCTG’’) from
the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’).1 The period of review (‘‘POR’’)
is May 19, 2010, through April 30,
2011.2 The Department determined that
Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Share Co.,
Ltd. (‘‘Jiangsu Chengde’’), Taizhou
Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd. (‘‘Taizhou
Chengde’’), and Yangzhou Chengde
Steel Tube Co., Ltd. (‘‘Yangzhou
Chengde’’) (collectively ‘‘the Chengde
Group’’) 3 made sales of subject
merchandise in the United States at
prices below normal value (‘‘NV’’)
during the POR. We invited interested
parties to comment on our preliminary
results. Based on our analysis of the
comments received, we made changes to
our margin calculations for the Chengde
Group. The final weighted-average
dumping margins for this review are
listed in the ‘‘Final Results Margins’’
section below.
DATES: Effective Date: December 17,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Stolz or Eugene Degnan, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
1 See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From
the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of the First Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, Rescission in Part and Intent To Rescind in
Part, 77 FR 34013 (June 8, 2012) (‘‘OCTG Prelim’’)
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review, 76 FR 24460
(May 2, 2011).
3 See OCTG Prelim, 77 FR at 34015 (June 8, 2012)
(where we collapsed these companies into a single
entity). No party commented on this determination
in the case or rebuttal briefs.
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Product(s)
Manufacturer of small machined industrial and commercial pins/controls and
dental tips/tools/accessories.
Manufacturer of custom-cut wooden materials as well as provides edge banding, CNC routing, and light assembly
services to several industries.
Manufacturer of plastic components for
several industries including automotive
and appliances.
Manufacturer of transformers for the
telecommunications, industrial control,
and audio electronics industries.
Manufacturer of wood office and school
furniture.
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4474 and (202)
482–0414, respectively.
Background
On June 8, 2012, the Department
published its preliminary results in the
antidumping duty administrative review
of OCTG from the PRC.4 On September
12, 2012, the Department released draft
liquidation and cash deposit customs
instructions to interested parties
inviting comments by September 17,
2012, and rebuttal comments by
September 20, 2012. American Tubular
Products, LLC (‘‘ATP’’) submitted
comments on September 17, 2012 and
U.S. Steel Corporation (‘‘U.S. Steel’’)
submitted rebuttal comments on
September 20, 2012.
Also on September 20, 2012, the
Department extended the deadline for
the final results of review to December
5, 2012.5 In addition, as explained in the
memorandum from the Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration, the
Department has exercised its discretion
to toll deadlines for the duration of the
closure of the Federal Government from
October 29, through October 30, 2012.
Thus, all deadlines in this segment of
the proceeding have been extended by
two days. The revised deadline for the
final results of this review is now
Friday, December 7, 2012.6
4 See
OCTG Prelim.
Memorandum ‘‘Certain Oil Country Tubular
Goods from the People’s Republic of China:
Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review’’ dated
September 20, 2012.
6 See Memorandum to the Record from Paul
Piquado, AS for Import Administration, regarding
5 See
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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.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes only, the written product
description, available in Certain Oil
Country Tubular Foods From the
People’s Republic of China: Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty
Order, 75 FR 28551 (May 21, 2010),
remains dispositive.
Period of Review
The POR is May 19, 2010, through
April 30, 2011.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs filed by parties in this
review are addressed in the
Memorandum from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration,
‘‘Oil Country Tubular Goods from the
People’s Republic of China: Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final
Results of the First Administrative
Review (‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum’’),’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice. A list of the issues that parties
raised and to which the Department
responded in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum follows as an appendix to
this notice. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Import
Administration’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘IA
ACCESS’’). IA ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
iaaccess.trade.gov and is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit
(‘‘CRU’’), room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the Internet at
https://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed
Issues and Decision Memorandum and
the electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Rescission of Review in Part
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
consists of certain OCTG. 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,
‘‘Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of
the Government Closure During the Recent
Hurricane,’’ dated October 31, 2012.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Secretary will rescind an administrative
review, in whole or in part, if a party
that requested the review withdraws the
request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the initiation notice of
the requested review. For 52 of the 53
companies for which the Department
initiated an administrative review, U.S.
Steel was the only party that requested
the review. On September 23, 2011, U.S.
Steel timely withdrew its review
requests for all 52 companies for which
U.S. Steel was the only party that had
requested an administrative review.
Therefor, in OCTG Prelim, the
Department rescinded this review in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1)
for those companies named in the
Initiation Notice for this administrative
review that received separate rate status
in the Final Determination, other than
Jiangsu Chengde, which requested a
review of itself.7
7 See
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For the final results, the Department
is rescinding the review with respect to
companies on which this review was
initiated but had not received a separate
rate in the Final Determination. As
described above, U.S. Steel withdrew its
review request covering these
companies. The Department did not
rescind this review at the time of the
preliminary results for those companies
that had not established their eligibility
for a separate rate in the Final
Determination and were considered part
of the PRC-wide entity which could
potentially be under review for the final
results of this administrative review.8
The PRC-wide entity did not come
under review for these final results.
Therefore, the Department is rescinding
this review with respect to these
companies in the final results.9
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on an analysis of the comments
received, the Department has made the
following changes in the margin
calculation.
• The Department is valuing steel
billets using SVs for both alloy and
nonalloy steel.10
• The Department is valuing thread
protectors as a material input only.11
Final Results Margin
The Department determined the
weighted-average dumping margins for
the period May 19, 2010, through April
30, 2011, to be:
Exporter
Jiangsu Chengde, Yangzhou
Chengde, Taizhou
Chengde (collectively, The
Chengde Group ................
WeightedAverage
dumping
margin
(percentage)
172.54
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the publication date of the final
results of this review. For any
individually examined respondents
whose weighted-average dumping
margin is above de minimis, we
calculated importer-specific ad valorem
8 See
OCTG Prelim, 77 FR at 34014–15.
Appendix III for a list of these companies.
10 See Comment 1 of the accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
11 See Comment 7 of the accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
9 See
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duty assessment rates based on the ratio
of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer’s examined
sales to the total entered value of those
same sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).12 We will instruct CBP to
assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review when the importer-specific
assessment rate calculated in the final
results of this review is above de
minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). Where
either the respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de
minimis, or an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
Cash Deposit Requirements
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The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the ‘‘Act’’): (1) For the
exporters listed above, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established in the
final results of this review (except, if the
rate is zero or de minimis, i.e., less than
0.5 percent, a zero cash deposit rate will
be required for that company); (2) for
previously investigated or reviewed PRC
and non-PRC exporters not listed above
that have separate rates, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
exporter-specific rate published for the
most recent period; (3) for all PRC
exporters of subject merchandise that
have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the PRC-wide rate of 99.14 percent; 13
and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of
subject merchandise which have not
received their own rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate applicable to the
PRC exporter(s) that supplied that nonPRC exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
12 In these final results, the Department applied
the assessment rate calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
13 For an explanation on the derivation of the
PRC-wide rate, see Notice of Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Chlorinated
Isocyanurates From the People’s Republic of China,
70 FR 24502, 24505 (May 10, 2005).
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of the antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (‘‘APOs’’) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
Disclosure
The Department will disclose the
calculations performed within five days
of the date of publication of this notice
to parties in this proceeding in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). The
Department is issuing and publishing
the final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 5, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix I
Issues for the Final Results
Comment 1: Valuation of Steel Billets
Comment 2: Whether To Grant Chengde a ByProduct Offset
Comment 3: Valuation of Brokerage and
Handling
Comment 4: Surrogate Financial Ratios
Comment 5: Assessment
Comment 6: Valuation of Labor
Comment 7: Double Counting of Thread
Protectors
Comment 8: Valuation of Ocean Freight
Comment 9: Valuation of Inland Freight
Appendix II
Companies With Separate Rates From the
Final Determination for Which the
Review Request Was Withdrawn
1. Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd.
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2. Benxi Northern Steel Pipes Co., Ltd.
3. Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
4. Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of
Shengli Oil Field, The Thermal Recovery
Equipment, Zibo Branch
5. Hengyang Steel Tube Group Int’l Trading
Inc
6. Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co.,
Ltd.
7. Shandong Dongbao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
8. Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery
Co., Ltd.
9. Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum
Equipment Co., Ltd.
10. Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum Steel
Pipe Co., Ltd.
11. Shengli Oil Field Highland Petroleum
Equipment Co., Ltd.
12. Tianjin Pipe International Economic &
Trading Corp.
13. Tianjin Tiangang Special Petroleum Pipe
Manufacturer Co., Ltd.
14. Wuxi Baoda Petroleum Special Pipe
Manufacture Co., Ltd.
15. Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd.
16. Wuxi Zhenda Special Steel Tube
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17. Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and
18. Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Companies Without Separate Rates From the
Final Determination for Which the
Review Request Was Withdrawn
1. Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Inc.
2. Baosteel Group
3. Cangzhou Huaye Metal Products Co., Ltd.
4. Cangzhou Qiancheng Steel Pipe Co.
5. Freet Petroleum Equipment Group Co.,
Ltd.
6. Guangzhou Juyi Steel Pipes Co., Ltd.
7. Hebei Machinery Import & Export Co., Ltd.
8. Hebei Zhongyuan Steel Pipe
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
9. Hefei Zijin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd.
10. Hengyang Valin MPM Tube Co., Ltd.
11. Hengyang Valin Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
12. Huai’an Zhenda Steel Tube
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
13. Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.
14. Huludao City Steel Pipe Industrial Co.,
Ltd.
15. Jiangsu Changbao Precision Tube Co.,
Ltd.
16. Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
17. Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
18. Jiangyin Chuangzin Oil Pipe
19. Jiangyin City Seamless Steel Tube Factory
20. Jinan Meide Casting Co., Ltd.
21. Northern Tool Equipment Co., Ltd.
22. Shandong Molong Group Co.
23. Shengli Oil Field Freet Import & Export
Co., Ltd.
24. Thermal Recovery Equipment
Manufacturer of Shengli Oil Field Freet
Petroleum Equipment Co. Ltd.,
25. Tianjin Pipe Group Co., Ltd.
26. Tianjin Shuangjie Pipe Manufacturing
Co., Ltd.
27. Wuxi Fastube Industry Co.
28. Wuxi Huayou Special Steel Co., Ltd.
29. Wuxi Seamless Special Pipe Co., Ltd.
30. Xi’An Meixinte Industrial & Trading Co.,
Ltd.
31.Yantai Yuanhua Steel Tubes Co., Ltd.
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32. ZhangJiaGang ZhongYuan Pipe-Making
Co.
33. Zhejiang Jianli Enterprise Co., Ltd.
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Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106–
36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we
invite comments on the question of
whether instruments of equivalent
scientific value, for the purposes for
which the instruments shown below are
intended to be used, are being
manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR
301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and
be postmarked on or before January 7,
2013. Address written comments to
Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230. Applications
may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and
5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Room 3720.
Docket Number: 12–053. Applicant:
University of Colorado Boulder, 1800
Grant St., Suite 500, Denver, CO 80203.
Instrument: HF2LI Lock-In System.
Manufacturer: Zurich Instruments AG,
Switzerland. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to measure
detected near-field signals scattered off
an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) tip
in a scattering-Scanning Near-field
Optical Microscope (s-SNOM). The
instrument will detect the magnitude
and phase of the light scattered by an
AFM tip to measure the electromagnetic
near-field of optical antennas,
plasmonics in metals and
semiconductors (including graphene),
photonic crystals, and other nanoscale
spectroscopy applications. The
instrument has the ability to fully
digitize the measured signal and analyze
it at 50 MHz, as well as the ability to
demodulate many frequencies at once,
which is essential to the measurement
technique. Demodulation at 50 MHz is
necessary because the AFM tip
oscillates at 350–300 kHz, and higher
harmonics (5th or 6th) of this oscillation
must be measured to isolate the nearfield signal. Justification for Duty-Free
Entry: There are no instruments of the
same general category manufactured in
the United States. Application accepted
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by Commissioner of Customs: November
2, 2012.
Docket Number: 12–054. Applicant:
Purdue University, 525 Northwestern
Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907–2036.
Instrument: DD Neutron Generator.
Manufacturer: NSD Fusion, Germany.
Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to determine the behavior of
produced scintillation light and
ionization electrons of low energy
nuclear recoils of Xenon, as well as to
compare the combination of energy
released in these two channels to energy
released in electronic recoils of the same
energy. The scintillation and ionization
signals are studied in a detector vessel
that lies underneath 5 meters of water,
thus the instrument needs to be water
tight. To study the scintillation light and
ionization behavior of liquid xenon to
neutrons from a mono-energetic neutron
source with energies close to 2.5 MeV,
each neutron interaction must be
resolved separately, and thus arrive at
most once every millisecond. The
instrument has been proven to show
less than a few hundred counts per
second when operated at low voltage,
and thus meets this requirement.
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There
are no instruments of the same general
category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: November 2,
2012.
Docket Number: 12–057. Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
190 Albany St., NW21–121, Cambridge,
MA 02139. Instrument: Fast Ferrite
Tuner. Manufacturer: AFT Microwave
GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument is part of a magnetic fieldaligned Ion Cyclotron RF antenna,
which is used to automatically follow
the load variation in real time and make
the antenna system load tolerant. The
instrument’s unique specifications are
its frequency range of 50–80 MHz and
5 MW circulating power. Justification
for Duty-Free Entry: There are no
instruments of the same general
category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: November
15, 2012.
Dated: December 11, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import
Administration.
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 242 (Monday, December 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74644-74647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30221]
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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: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-
2011
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On June 8, 2012, the Department of (``the Department'')
published its preliminary results of the antidumping duty
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country
tubular goods (``OCTG'') from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC'').\1\ The period of review (``POR'') is May 19, 2010, through
April 30, 2011.\2\ The Department determined that Jiangsu Chengde Steel
Tube Share Co., Ltd. (``Jiangsu Chengde''), Taizhou Chengde Steel Tube
Co., Ltd. (``Taizhou Chengde''), and Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube Co.,
Ltd. (``Yangzhou Chengde'') (collectively ``the Chengde Group'') \3\
made sales of subject merchandise in the United States at prices below
normal value (``NV'') during the POR. We invited interested parties to
comment on our preliminary results. Based on our analysis of the
comments received, we made changes to our margin calculations for the
Chengde Group. The final weighted-average dumping margins for this
review are listed in the ``Final Results Margins'' section below.
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\1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the First Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, Rescission in Part and Intent To Rescind in
Part, 77 FR 34013 (June 8, 2012) (``OCTG Prelim'')
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 76 FR 24460 (May 2, 2011).
\3\ See OCTG Prelim, 77 FR at 34015 (June 8, 2012) (where we
collapsed these companies into a single entity). No party commented
on this determination in the case or rebuttal briefs.
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DATES: Effective Date: December 17, 2012.
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 and (202) 482-0414, respectively.
Background
On June 8, 2012, the Department published its preliminary results
in the antidumping duty administrative review of OCTG from the PRC.\4\
On September 12, 2012, the Department released draft liquidation and
cash deposit customs instructions to interested parties inviting
comments by September 17, 2012, and rebuttal comments by September 20,
2012. American Tubular Products, LLC (``ATP'') submitted comments on
September 17, 2012 and U.S. Steel Corporation (``U.S. Steel'')
submitted rebuttal comments on September 20, 2012.
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Also on September 20, 2012, the Department extended the deadline
for the final results of review to December 5, 2012.\5\ In addition, as
explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion to toll
deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal Government
from October 29, through October 30, 2012. Thus, all deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been extended by two days. The revised
deadline for the final results of this review is now Friday, December
7, 2012.\6\
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\5\ See Memorandum ``Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the
People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review'' dated September 20,
2012.
\6\ See Memorandum to the Record from Paul Piquado, AS for
Import Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative
Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure During the Recent
Hurricane,'' dated October 31, 2012.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties
in this review are addressed in the Memorandum from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's Republic
of China: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the
First Administrative Review (``Issues and Decision Memorandum''),''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice. A list of
the issues that parties raised and to which the Department responded in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum follows as an appendix to this
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
on file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA
ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit (``CRU''), room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at https://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Period of Review
The POR is May 19, 2010, through April 30, 2011.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order consists of certain OCTG. 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. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes only, the written product
description, available in Certain Oil Country Tubular Foods From the
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 75 FR 28551 (May 21,
2010), remains dispositive.
Rescission of Review in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the initiation notice of the requested review. For 52 of
the 53 companies for which the Department initiated an administrative
review, U.S. Steel was the only party that requested the review. On
September 23, 2011, U.S. Steel timely withdrew its review requests for
all 52 companies for which U.S. Steel was the only party that had
requested an administrative review.
Therefor, in OCTG Prelim, the Department rescinded this review in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) for those companies named in the
Initiation Notice for this administrative review that received separate
rate status in the Final Determination, other than Jiangsu Chengde,
which requested a review of itself.\7\
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For the final results, the Department is rescinding the review with
respect to companies on which this review was initiated but had not
received a separate rate in the Final Determination. As described
above, U.S. Steel withdrew its review request covering these companies.
The Department did not rescind this review at the time of the
preliminary results for those companies that had not established their
eligibility for a separate rate in the Final Determination and were
considered part of the PRC-wide entity which could potentially be under
review for the final results of this administrative review.\8\ The PRC-
wide entity did not come under review for these final results.
Therefore, the Department is rescinding this review with respect to
these companies in the final results.\9\
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\8\ See OCTG Prelim, 77 FR at 34014-15.
\9\ See Appendix III for a list of these companies.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on an analysis of the comments received, the Department has
made the following changes in the margin calculation.
The Department is valuing steel billets using SVs for both
alloy and nonalloy steel.\10\
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\10\ See Comment 1 of the accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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The Department is valuing thread protectors as a material
input only.\11\
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\11\ See Comment 7 of the accompanying Issues and Decision
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Final Results Margin
The Department determined the weighted-average dumping margins for
the period May 19, 2010, through April 30, 2011, to be:
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Weighted-
Average dumping
Exporter margin
(percentage)
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Jiangsu Chengde, Yangzhou Chengde, Taizhou Chengde 172.54
(collectively, The Chengde Group......................
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the publication date of the final results of this review. For any
individually examined respondents whose weighted-average dumping margin
is above de minimis, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem
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duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total entered value
of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\12\ We
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review when the importer-specific assessment
rate calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis
(i.e., 0.50 percent). Where either the respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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\12\ In these final results, the Department applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the ``Act''): (1) For the exporters listed above, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established in the final results of this
review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, i.e., less than 0.5
percent, a zero cash deposit rate will be required for that company);
(2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters
not listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recent
period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not
been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate
will be the PRC-wide rate of 99.14 percent; \13\ and (4) for all non-
PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC
exporter(s) that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\13\ For an explanation on the derivation of the PRC-wide rate,
see Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:
Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of China, 70 FR
24502, 24505 (May 10, 2005).
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Disclosure
The Department will disclose the calculations performed within five
days of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this
proceeding in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). The Department is
issuing and publishing the final results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 5, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix I
Issues for the Final Results
Comment 1: Valuation of Steel Billets
Comment 2: Whether To Grant Chengde a By-Product Offset
Comment 3: Valuation of Brokerage and Handling
Comment 4: Surrogate Financial Ratios
Comment 5: Assessment
Comment 6: Valuation of Labor
Comment 7: Double Counting of Thread Protectors
Comment 8: Valuation of Ocean Freight
Comment 9: Valuation of Inland Freight
Appendix II
Companies With Separate Rates From the Final Determination for Which
the Review Request Was Withdrawn
1. Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd.
2. Benxi Northern Steel Pipes Co., Ltd.
3. Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
4. Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field, The
Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch
5. Hengyang Steel Tube Group Int'l Trading Inc
6. Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
7. Shandong Dongbao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
8. Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd.
9. Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.
10. Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
11. Shengli Oil Field Highland Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.
12. Tianjin Pipe International Economic & Trading Corp.
13. Tianjin Tiangang Special Petroleum Pipe Manufacturer Co., Ltd.
14. Wuxi Baoda Petroleum Special Pipe Manufacture Co., Ltd.
15. Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd.
16. Wuxi Zhenda Special Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17. Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and
18. Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Companies Without Separate Rates From the Final Determination for Which
the Review Request Was Withdrawn
1. Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Inc.
2. Baosteel Group
3. Cangzhou Huaye Metal Products Co., Ltd.
4. Cangzhou Qiancheng Steel Pipe Co.
5. Freet Petroleum Equipment Group Co., Ltd.
6. Guangzhou Juyi Steel Pipes Co., Ltd.
7. Hebei Machinery Import & Export Co., Ltd.
8. Hebei Zhongyuan Steel Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
9. Hefei Zijin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
10. Hengyang Valin MPM Tube Co., Ltd.
11. Hengyang Valin Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
12. Huai'an Zhenda Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
13. Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.
14. Huludao City Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.
15. Jiangsu Changbao Precision Tube Co., Ltd.
16. Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
17. Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
18. Jiangyin Chuangzin Oil Pipe
19. Jiangyin City Seamless Steel Tube Factory
20. Jinan Meide Casting Co., Ltd.
21. Northern Tool Equipment Co., Ltd.
22. Shandong Molong Group Co.
23. Shengli Oil Field Freet Import & Export Co., Ltd.
24. Thermal Recovery Equipment Manufacturer of Shengli Oil Field
Freet Petroleum Equipment Co. Ltd.,
25. Tianjin Pipe Group Co., Ltd.
26. Tianjin Shuangjie Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
27. Wuxi Fastube Industry Co.
28. Wuxi Huayou Special Steel Co., Ltd.
29. Wuxi Seamless Special Pipe Co., Ltd.
30. Xi'An Meixinte Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd.
31.Yantai Yuanhua Steel Tubes Co., Ltd.
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32. ZhangJiaGang ZhongYuan Pipe-Making Co.
33. Zhejiang Jianli Enterprise Co., Ltd.
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