Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 60849-60850 [2013-24129]

Download as PDF 60849 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 2, 2013 / Notices Dated: September 20, 2013. Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2013–23955 Filed 10–1–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C–570–911] Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Effective October 2, 2013. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe (circular welded pipe) from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of net countervailable subsidies. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerrold Freeman or Nancy Decker, AD/ CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; AGENCY: telephone (202) 482–0180 or (202) 482– 0196, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On June 3, 2013, the Department initiated the first sunset review of the CVD order 1 on circular welded pipe from the PRC pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).2 Between June 12, and June 18, 2013, the Department received notices of intent to participate from Allied Tube and Conduit, EXLTUBE, JMC Steel Group, Maruichi American Corporation, TMK IPSCO, United States Steel Corporation, and Western Tube & Conduit Corporation) (collectively, domestic interested parties), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). On July 2, 2013, the Department received an adequate substantive response from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department did not receive any submissions from other interested parties. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is conducting an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the CVD order. Scope of the Order This order covers certain welded carbon quality steel pipes and tubes. A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum,3 which is hereby adopted by 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 in the Central Records Unit, 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. Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The issues include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable subsidy likely to prevail if the order was revoked. Final Results of Review Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine that revocation of the CVD order on circular welded pipe from the PRC would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy rates: Net countervailable subsidy (percent) Manufacturers/producers/exporters tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd (Weifang East) ........................................................................................................................ Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline and Technologies Co., Ltd., and affiliated companies (Zhejiang Kingland) ..................................... Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Wa Song Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; and Tianjin Shuanglian Galvanizing Products Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Shuangjie) ............................................................................. All Others ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty Order, 73 FR 42545 (July 22, 2008) (CVD order). VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:48 Oct 01, 2013 Jkt 232001 2 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 78 FR 33063 (June 3, 2013). 3 See Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 29.83 48.18 620.08 39.01 Republic of China’’ from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM 02OCN1 60850 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 2, 2013 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). On July 2, 2013, the Department received an adequate substantive response from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department did not receive any submissions from other interested parties. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)–(C), the Department is conducting an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the CVD order on wire rod from Brazil. International Trade Administration Scope of the Order [C–351–833] This order covers certain carbon and alloy steel wire rods. A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum,3 which is hereby adopted by 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 in the Central Records Unit, 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. We are issuing and publishing the final results and notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: September 25, 2013. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. 2013–24129 Filed 10–1–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Brazil: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Effective October 2, 2013. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Brazil would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Austin Redington or Nancy Decker, AD/ CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–1664 or (202) 482– 0196, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Background On June 3, 2013, the Department initiated the second sunset review of the CVD order 1 on wire rod from Brazil pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).2 On June 18, 2013, the Department received a notice of intent to participate from the following domestic parties: ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., DBA Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc., Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., and Nucor Corporation (collectively, domestic interested parties), within the deadline specified 1 See Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Final Negative Critical Circumstances Determination: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, 67 FR 55805 (August 30, 2002). 2 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 78 FR 33063 (June 3, 2013). VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:48 Oct 01, 2013 Jkt 232001 Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The issues include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable subsidy likely to prevail if the order was revoked. Final Results of Review Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine that revocation of the CVD order on wire rod from Brazil would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy rates: 3 ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil’’ from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated October 1, 2013 (Issues and Decision Memorandum). PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Manufacturers/producers/ exporters Net countervailable subsidy (percent) Companhia Siderurgica Belgo-Mineira (Belgo Mineira) ......................... Gerdau S.A ....................... All Others .......................... 6.74 2.31 4.53 This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction. We are issuing and publishing the final results and notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: September 25, 2013. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60849-60850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24129]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-911]


Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review 
of the Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective October 2, 2013.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) finds that revocation 
of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on circular welded carbon 
quality steel pipe (circular welded pipe) from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
net countervailable subsidies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerrold Freeman or Nancy Decker, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0180 
or (202) 482-0196, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 3, 2013, the Department initiated the first sunset review 
of the CVD order \1\ on circular welded pipe from the PRC pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the 
People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty 
Order, 73 FR 42545 (July 22, 2008) (CVD order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 78 FR 33063 
(June 3, 2013).
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    Between June 12, and June 18, 2013, the Department received notices 
of intent to participate from Allied Tube and Conduit, EXLTUBE, JMC 
Steel Group, Maruichi American Corporation, TMK IPSCO, United States 
Steel Corporation, and Western Tube & Conduit Corporation) 
(collectively, domestic interested parties), within the deadline 
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). On July 2, 2013, the Department 
received an adequate substantive response from the domestic interested 
parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).
    The Department did not receive any submissions from other 
interested parties. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is conducting an expedited 
(120-day) sunset review of the CVD order.

Scope of the Order

    This order covers certain welded carbon quality steel pipes and 
tubes. A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum,\3\ which is hereby adopted by this 
notice.
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    \3\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
the Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on 
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic 
of China'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated concurrently 
with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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    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 in the Central Records Unit, 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.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. The issues include the likelihood of continuation 
or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable 
subsidy likely to prevail if the order was revoked.

Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the CVD order on circular welded pipe from the PRC 
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy 
rates:

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                                                              Net
          Manufacturers/producers/exporters             countervailable
                                                       subsidy (percent)
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Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd (Weifang East)......              29.83
Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline and Technologies Co.,                   48.18
 Ltd., and affiliated companies (Zhejiang Kingland)..
Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Tianjin                   620.08
 Shuangjie Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Wa
 Song Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; and Tianjin Shuanglian
 Galvanizing Products Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Shuangjie)..
All Others...........................................              39.01
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    We are issuing and publishing the final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 25, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-24129 Filed 10-1-13; 8:45 am]
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