Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Pakistan: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 20619-20622 [2016-08147]
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Effective May 4, 2015, Wuhan
Wanbang Co. (1) changed its legal status
from a limited liability company to a
joint-stock limited company and (2)
changed its name to Wuhan Wanbang
Laser Diamond Tools Co., Ltd.3 On
December 22, 2015, Wuhan Wanbang
Co., Ltd. requested that the Department
initiate an expedited changed
circumstances review and determine
that Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd. is the
successor-in-interest to Wuhan
Wanbang Co.
On March 3, 2016, we initiated this
changed circumstances review and
preliminarily determined that Wuhan
Wanbang Co., Ltd. is the successor-ininterest to Wuhan Wanbang Co.4 In the
Initiation and Preliminary Results, we
provided all interested parties with an
opportunity to comment or request a
public hearing regarding our
preliminary results. We received no
comments or requests for a public
hearing.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
all finished circular sawblades, whether
slotted or not, with a working part that
is comprised of a diamond segment or
segments, and parts thereof, regardless
of specification or size, except as
specifically excluded below. Within the
scope of the order are semifinished
diamond sawblades, including diamond
sawblade cores and diamond sawblade
segments. Diamond sawblade cores are
circular steel plates, whether or not
attached to non-steel plates, with slots.
Diamond sawblade cores are
manufactured principally, but not
exclusively, from alloy steel. A diamond
sawblade segment consists of a mixture
of diamonds (whether natural or
synthetic, and regardless of the quantity
of diamonds) and metal powders
(including, but not limited to, iron,
cobalt, nickel, tungsten carbide) that are
formed together into a solid shape (from
generally, but not limited to, a heating
and pressing process).
Sawblades with diamonds directly
attached to the core with a resin or
electroplated bond, which thereby do
not contain a diamond segment, are not
included within the scope of the order.
Diamond sawblades and/or sawblade
cores with a thickness of less than 0.025
inches, or with a thickness greater than
1.1 inches, are excluded from the scope
3 See Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd.’s request for a
changed circumstances review dated December 22,
2015.
4 See Initiation and Preliminary Results.
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of the order. Circular steel plates that
have a cutting edge of non-diamond
material, such as external teeth that
protrude from the outer diameter of the
plate, whether or not finished, are
excluded from the scope of the order.
Diamond sawblade cores with a
Rockwell C hardness of less than 25 are
excluded from the scope of the order.
Diamond sawblades and/or diamond
segment(s) with diamonds that
predominantly have a mesh size number
greater than 240 (such as 250 or 260) are
excluded from the scope of the order.
Merchandise subject to the order is
typically imported under heading
8202.39.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
When packaged together as a set for
retail sale with an item that is separately
classified under headings 8202 to 8205
of the HTSUS, diamond sawblades or
parts thereof may be imported under
heading 8206.00.00.00 of the HTSUS.
On October 11, 2011, the Department
included the 6804.21.00.00 HTSUS
classification number to the customs
case reference file, pursuant to a request
by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP).5 The tariff classification is
provided for convenience and customs
purposes; however, the written
description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review
For the reasons stated in the Initiation
and Preliminary Results, and because
we received no comments from
interested parties to the contrary, we
continue to find that Wuhan Wanbang
Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to
Wuhan Wanbang Co.6 As a result of this
determination, we find that Wuhan
Wanbang Co., Ltd. should receive the
cash deposit rate previously assigned to
Wuhan Wanbang Co. in the most
recently completed administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on diamond sawblades from the PRC.7
Consequently, the Department will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to suspend liquidation of all
shipments of subject merchandise
exported by Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd.,
and entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the publication date of this notice in the
5 See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof
From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR
76128, 76130 (December 6, 2011).
6 See Initiation and Preliminary Results, 81 FR at
11778–79.
7 See, e.g., Notice of Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Certain
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand, 81 FR
222 (January 5, 2016).
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Federal Register at 2.34 percent, which
is the current antidumping duty cash
deposit rate for Wuhan Wanbang Co.8
This cash deposit requirement shall
remain in effect until further notice.
This notice of final results is in
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and
777(i)(1) and (2) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216,
and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3).
Dated: April 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–535–904]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From Pakistan: Preliminary
Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Alignment of Final
Countervailing Duty Determination
With Final Antidumping Duty
Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (the Department)
preliminarily determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to exporters/producers of
circular welded carbon-quality steel
pipe (circular welded pipe) from
Pakistan. The period of investigation
(POI) is July 1, 2014, through June 30,
2015.1 Interested parties are invited to
AGENCY:
8 See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof
From the People’s Republic of China; Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012–
2013, 80 FR 32344, 32345 (June 8, 2015).
1 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(b)(2), the
Department’s Initiation Notice stated that the POI
was January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014.
See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from Pakistan: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigation, 80 FR 73704 (November 25, 2015)
(Initiation Notice). The Department, however,
identified public information supporting the
conclusion that both the Government of Pakistan
(the GOP) and the sole company selected for
individual examination (i.e., the mandatory
respondent), International Industries Limited (IIL),
operate according to an annual fiscal year beginning
on July 1 and ending on June 30. See Department
Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation
of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from
Pakistan: Period of Investigation,’’ December 16,
2015 (POI Memorandum); see also Letter from the
Department, ‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from
Pakistan: Countervailing Duty Questonnaire,’’
December 16, 2015 (CVD Questionnaire), at I–4.
Therefore, consistent with 19 CFR 351.204(b)(2), we
determined that July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015,
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comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Effective April 8, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kaitlin Wojnar, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3857.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty
Determination With Final Antidumping
Duty Determination
On the same day that the Department
initiated this countervailing duty (CVD)
investigation, the Department also
initiated an antidumping duty (AD)
investigation of circular welded pipe
from Pakistan.2 The AD and CVD
investigations cover the same class or
kind of merchandise from the same
country. On March 29, 2016, in
accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act)
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), Bull Moose
Tube Company, EXLTUBE, Wheatland
Tube Company, and Western Tube and
Conduit (collectively, Petitioners)
requested alignment of the final CVD
determination with the final AD
determination regarding circular welded
pipe from Paksitan.3 Therefore, in
accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), we are
aligning the final CVD determination in
this investigation with the final
determination in the companion AD
investigation of circular welded pipe
from Pakistan. Consequently, the final
CVD determination will be issued on
the same date as the final AD
determination, which is currently due
no later than August 15, 2016.
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is circular welded pipe
from Pakistan. Interested parties filed
comments regarding the scope of the
investigation, which resulted in one
clarification to the scope language and
are addressed, in detail, in the
is the appropriate POI for this proceeding. See POI
Memorandum; see also CVD Questionnaire at I–4.
Although the Department provided interested
parties with the opportunity to comment on the
modified POI, we received no comments.
2 See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 73704; see also
See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, the
Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of LessThan-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 73708
(November 25, 2015).
3 See Letter from Petitioners, ‘‘Circular Welded
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from Pakistan: Request
for Alignment,’’ March 29, 2016.
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Department’s Preliminary Scope
Decision Memorandum.4 For a full
description of the scope of the
investigation, see Appendix I to this
notice.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
countervailing duty investigation in
accordance with section 701 of the Act.
We preliminarily determine that, for
each of the programs found
countervailable, there is a subsidy (i.e.,
a financial contribution by an
‘‘authority,’’ giving rise to a benefit to
the recipient) and that the subsidy is
specific. For a full description of the
methodology underlying the
Department’s preliminary conclusions,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.5 The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov and to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of
the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html. The signed Preliminary
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
For this preliminary determination,
pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act,
the Department relied on facts otherwise
available because necessary information
is not available on the record.6
Furthermore, the GOP and IIL failed to
provide information requested by the
Department. By refusing to participate
as respondents, IIL and the GOP
significantly impeded the Department’s
investigation.7 Because the GOP and IIL
are uncooperative (i.e., they did not act
4 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping
Duty Investigations of Circular Welded CarbonQuality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman,
Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Countervailing
Duty Investigation of Circular Welded CarbonQuality Steel Pipe form Pakistan; Scope Comments
Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determination,’’ dated concurrently with and
hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Scope
Decision Memorandum).
5 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Circular
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from Pakistan:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination Decision Memorandum,’’ dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
6 See section 776(a)(1) of the Act.
7 See section 776(a)(2)(B)–(C) of the Act.
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to the best of their ability to respond to
the Department’s requests for necessary
information), the Department has drawn
an adverse inference in selecting
information from facts otherwise
available, in accordance with section
776(b) of the Act. Specifically, the
Department applied an adverse
inference to find that the programs on
which the Department initiated the
investigation are countervailable. The
Department has also applied an adverse
inference in its calculation of an
estimated ad valorem countervailable
subsidy rate for IIL. Additional
information is provided in the ‘‘Use of
Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse
Inferences’’ section of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
A complete list of topics discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
can be found at Appendix II to this
notice.
Preliminary Determination and
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with sections 776(a)
and (b) of the Act, the Department
applied facts otherwise available, with
adverse inferences, to determine a
countervailable subsidy rate for the noncooperative mandatory respondent, IIL.
With respect to the ‘‘all-others’’ rate,
section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act
provides that, if the countervailable
subsidy rates established for all
individually-investigated exporters/
producers are determined entirely under
section 776 of the Act (i.e., based
entirely on facts otherwise available),
the Department may use any reasonable
method to establish an all-others rate for
exporters/producers not individuallyexamined. In this case, as noted above,
the countervailable subsidy rate
assigned to IIL is based entirely on facts
otherwise available under section 776 of
the Act. There is no other information
on the record upon which to determine
an all-others rate. As a result, under
section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, we
are assigning IIL’s rate as the all-others
rate. This method is consistent with the
Department’s established practice.8
8 See, e.g., Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from
the People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 79 FR 59221
(October 1, 2014), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum at Comment 1 (assigning
the sole mandatory respondent’s rate, which was
based on AFA, as the all-others rate); see also
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from
India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, 77 FR 64468, 64470 (October 22,
2012) (averaging two total AFA respondents’ rates
together to determine the all-others rate); Certain
Potassium Phosphate Sales from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination and Termination of Critical
Circumstances Inquiry, 75 FR 30375 (June 1, 2010)
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affirmative, the ITC will make its final
determination no more than 45 days
after the Department makes its final
Subsidy
determination.
rate
This determination is issued and
(percent)
published pursuant to sections 703(f)
64.81 and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
64.81 351.205(c).
We preliminarily determine estimated
countervailable subsidy rates as follows:
Exporter/producer
International Industries Limited ..
All-Others ....................................
In accordance with sections
703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we are
directing U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to suspend liquidation of all
entries of circular welded pipe from
Pakistan, as described in the ‘‘Scope of
the Investigation,’’ that are entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of the
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, and to require a cash deposit
for such entries of merchandise in the
amounts indicated above.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Because the Department has reached
its conclusions on the basis of adverse
facts available, the calculations
performed in connection with this
preliminary determination are not
proprietary in nature and are described
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. Interested parties may
submit case and rebuttal briefs, as well
as request a hearing.9 For a schedule of
the deadlines for filing case briefs,
rebuttal briefs, and hearing requests for
non-scope issues, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. For a schedule
of the deadlines for filing case briefs,
rebuttal briefs, and hearing request
regarding scope issues, see the
Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum.
International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 703(f) of
the Act, we will notify the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC) of
our determination. In addition, we are
making all non-privileged and nonproprietary information relating to this
investigation available to the ITC. We
will allow the ITC access to all
privileged and business proprietary
information in our files, provided that
the ITC confirms that it will not disclose
such information, either publicly or
under an administrative protective
order, without the written consent of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
In accordance with section 705(b)(2)
of the Act, if our final determination is
(assigning the rate for three total AFA companies
as the all-others rate).
9 See 19 CFR351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c);
see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
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Dated: April 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation
This investigation covers welded carbonquality steel pipes and tube, of circular crosssection, with an outside diameter (O.D.) not
more than nominal 16 inches (406.4 mm),
regardless of wall thickness, surface finish
(e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end
finish (plain end, beveled end, grooved,
threaded, or threaded and coupled), or
industry specification (e.g., American Society
for Testing and Materials International
(ASTM), proprietary, or other), generally
known as standard pipe, fence pipe and tube,
sprinkler pipe, and structural pipe (although
subject product may also be referred to as
mechanical tubing). Specifically, the term
‘‘carbon quality’’ includes products in which:
(a) Iron predominates, by weight, over each
of the other contained elements;
(b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less,
by weight; and
(c) none of the elements listed below
exceeds the quantity, by weight, as indicated:
(i) 1.80 percent of manganese;
(ii) 2.25 percent of silicon;
(iii) 1.00 percent of copper;
(iv) 0.50 percent of aluminum;
(v) 1.25 percent of chromium;
(vi) 0.30 percent of cobalt;
(vii) 0.40 percent of lead;
(viii) 1.25 percent of nickel;
(ix) 0.30 percent of tungsten;
(x) 0.15 percent of molybdenum;
(xi) 0.10 percent of niobium;
(xii) 0.41 percent of titanium;
(xiii) 0.15 percent of vanadium; or
(xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Covered products are generally made to
standard O.D. and wall thickness
combinations. Pipe multi-stenciled to a
standard and/or structural specification and
to other specifications, such as American
Petroleum Institute (API) API–5L
specification, may also be covered by the
scope of these investigations. In particular,
such multi-stenciled merchandise is covered
when it meets the physical description set
forth above, and also has one or more of the
following characteristics: is 32 feet in length
or less; is less than 2.0 inches (50 mm) in
outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or
painted (e.g., polyester coated) surface finish;
or has a threaded and/or coupled end finish.
Standard pipe is ordinarily made to ASTM
specifications A53, A135, and A795, but can
also be made to other specifications.
Structural pipe is made primarily to ASTM
specifications A252 and A500. Standard and
structural pipe may also be produced to
proprietary specifications rather than to
industry specifications.
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Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire
suppression systems and may be made to
industry specifications such as ASTM A53 or
to proprietary specifications.
Fence tubing is included in the scope
regardless of certification to a specification
listed in the exclusions below, and can also
be made to the ASTM A513 specification.
Products that meet the physical description
set forth above but are made to the following
nominal outside diameter and wall thickness
combinations, which are recognized by the
industry as typical for fence tubing, are
included despite being certified to ASTM
mechanical tubing specifications:
O.D. in inches
(nominal)
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.660
1.660
1.660
1.660
1.660
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.900
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.875
2.875
3.500
3.500
4.000
4.000
4.500
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Wall
thickness
in inches
(nominal)
0.035
0.047
0.055
0.065
0.072
0.083
0.095
0.055
0.065
0.083
0.095
0.109
0.047
0.055
0.065
0.072
0.095
0.109
0.047
0.055
0.065
0.072
0.095
0.109
0.120
0.109
0.165
0.109
0.165
0.148
0.165
0.203
Gage
20
18
17
16
15
14
13
17
16
14
13
12
18
17
16
15
13
12
18
17
16
15
13
12
11
12
8
12
8
9
8
7
The scope of this investigation does not
include:
(a) Pipe suitable for use in boilers,
superheaters, heat exchangers, refining
furnaces and feedwater heaters, whether or
not cold drawn, which are defined by
standards such as ASTM A178 or ASTM
A192;
(b) finished electrical conduit, i.e.,
Electrical Rigid Steel Conduit (also known as
Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit and Electrical
Rigid Metal Steel Conduit), Finished
Electrical Metallic Tubing, and Electrical
Intermediate Metal Conduit, which are
defined by specifications such as American
National Standard (ANSI) C80.1–2005, ANSI
C80.3–2005, or ANSI C80.6–2005, and
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) UL–6,
UL–797, or UL–1242;
(c) finished scaffolding, i.e., component
parts of final, finished scaffolding that enter
the United States unassembled as a ‘‘kit.’’ A
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kit is understood to mean a packaged
combination of component parts that
contains, at the time of importation, all of the
necessary component parts to fully assemble
final, finished scaffolding;
(d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing;
(e) oil country tubular goods produced to
API specifications;
(f) line pipe produced to only API
specifications, such as API 5L, and not multistenciled; and
(g) mechanical tubing, whether or not colddrawn, other than what is included in the
above paragraphs.
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classifiable in Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
statistical reporting numbers 7306.19.1010,
7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150,
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020,
7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090,
7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050,
and 7306.50.5070. The HTSUS subheadings
above are provided for convenience and U.S.
Customs purposes only. The written
description of the scope of the investigation
is dispositive.
Appendix II—
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Alignment
IV. Scope Comments
V. Scope of the Investigation
VI. Respondent Selection
VII. Injury Test
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
IX. Calculation of the All-Others Rate
X. ITC Notification
XI. Disclosure and Public Comment
XII. Conclusion
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telephone: (302) 674–2331.
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Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive
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telephone: (302) 526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
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Dated: April 5, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20619-20622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08147]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-535-904]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Pakistan:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment
of Final Countervailing Duty Determination With Final Antidumping Duty
Determination
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to
exporters/producers of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe
(circular welded pipe) from Pakistan. The period of investigation (POI)
is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.\1\ Interested parties are
invited to
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\1\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(b)(2), the Department's
Initiation Notice stated that the POI was January 1, 2014, through
December 31, 2014. See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from Pakistan: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 80
FR 73704 (November 25, 2015) (Initiation Notice). The Department,
however, identified public information supporting the conclusion
that both the Government of Pakistan (the GOP) and the sole company
selected for individual examination (i.e., the mandatory
respondent), International Industries Limited (IIL), operate
according to an annual fiscal year beginning on July 1 and ending on
June 30. See Department Memorandum, ``Countervailing Duty
Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from
Pakistan: Period of Investigation,'' December 16, 2015 (POI
Memorandum); see also Letter from the Department, ``Countervailing
Duty Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from
Pakistan: Countervailing Duty Questonnaire,'' December 16, 2015 (CVD
Questionnaire), at I-4. Therefore, consistent with 19 CFR
351.204(b)(2), we determined that July 1, 2014, through June 30,
2015, is the appropriate POI for this proceeding. See POI
Memorandum; see also CVD Questionnaire at I-4. Although the
Department provided interested parties with the opportunity to
comment on the modified POI, we received no comments.
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DATES: Effective April 8, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaitlin Wojnar, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3857.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination With Final
Antidumping Duty Determination
On the same day that the Department initiated this countervailing
duty (CVD) investigation, the Department also initiated an antidumping
duty (AD) investigation of circular welded pipe from Pakistan.\2\ The
AD and CVD investigations cover the same class or kind of merchandise
from the same country. On March 29, 2016, in accordance with section
705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(4), Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, Wheatland Tube
Company, and Western Tube and Conduit (collectively, Petitioners)
requested alignment of the final CVD determination with the final AD
determination regarding circular welded pipe from Paksitan.\3\
Therefore, in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the final CVD determination in this
investigation with the final determination in the companion AD
investigation of circular welded pipe from Pakistan. Consequently, the
final CVD determination will be issued on the same date as the final AD
determination, which is currently due no later than August 15, 2016.
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\2\ See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 73704; see also See Circular
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman,
Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 80 FR 73708 (November 25, 2015).
\3\ See Letter from Petitioners, ``Circular Welded Carbon-
Quality Steel Pipe from Pakistan: Request for Alignment,'' March 29,
2016.
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is circular welded pipe
from Pakistan. Interested parties filed comments regarding the scope of
the investigation, which resulted in one clarification to the scope
language and are addressed, in detail, in the Department's Preliminary
Scope Decision Memorandum.\4\ For a full description of the scope of
the investigation, see Appendix I to this notice.
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\4\ See Department Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Investigations
of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of
Oman, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam and Countervailing Duty Investigation of Circular Welded
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe form Pakistan; Scope Comments Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination,'' dated concurrently
with and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum).
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this countervailing duty investigation
in accordance with section 701 of the Act. We preliminarily determine
that, for each of the programs found countervailable, there is a
subsidy (i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority,'' giving
rise to a benefit to the recipient) and that the subsidy is specific.
For a full description of the methodology underlying the Department's
preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov and
to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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\5\ See Department Memorandum, ``Circular Welded Carbon-Quality
Steel Pipe from Pakistan: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination Decision Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with
and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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For this preliminary determination, pursuant to section 776(a) of
the Act, the Department relied on facts otherwise available because
necessary information is not available on the record.\6\ Furthermore,
the GOP and IIL failed to provide information requested by the
Department. By refusing to participate as respondents, IIL and the GOP
significantly impeded the Department's investigation.\7\ Because the
GOP and IIL are uncooperative (i.e., they did not act to the best of
their ability to respond to the Department's requests for necessary
information), the Department has drawn an adverse inference in
selecting information from facts otherwise available, in accordance
with section 776(b) of the Act. Specifically, the Department applied an
adverse inference to find that the programs on which the Department
initiated the investigation are countervailable. The Department has
also applied an adverse inference in its calculation of an estimated ad
valorem countervailable subsidy rate for IIL. Additional information is
provided in the ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse
Inferences'' section of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\6\ See section 776(a)(1) of the Act.
\7\ See section 776(a)(2)(B)-(C) of the Act.
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A complete list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be found at Appendix II to this notice.
Preliminary Determination and Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, the
Department applied facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences,
to determine a countervailable subsidy rate for the non-cooperative
mandatory respondent, IIL. With respect to the ``all-others'' rate,
section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act provides that, if the
countervailable subsidy rates established for all individually-
investigated exporters/producers are determined entirely under section
776 of the Act (i.e., based entirely on facts otherwise available), the
Department may use any reasonable method to establish an all-others
rate for exporters/producers not individually-examined. In this case,
as noted above, the countervailable subsidy rate assigned to IIL is
based entirely on facts otherwise available under section 776 of the
Act. There is no other information on the record upon which to
determine an all-others rate. As a result, under section
705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, we are assigning IIL's rate as the all-
others rate. This method is consistent with the Department's
established practice.\8\
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\8\ See, e.g., Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's
Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, 79 FR 59221 (October 1, 2014), and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1 (assigning the sole
mandatory respondent's rate, which was based on AFA, as the all-
others rate); see also Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 77
FR 64468, 64470 (October 22, 2012) (averaging two total AFA
respondents' rates together to determine the all-others rate);
Certain Potassium Phosphate Sales from the People's Republic of
China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Termination of Critical Circumstances Inquiry, 75 FR 30375 (June 1,
2010) (assigning the rate for three total AFA companies as the all-
others rate).
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We preliminarily determine estimated countervailable subsidy rates
as follows:
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Subsidy
Exporter/producer rate
(percent)
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International Industries Limited............................ 64.81
All-Others.................................................. 64.81
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In accordance with sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we
are directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation
of all entries of circular welded pipe from Pakistan, as described in
the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' that are entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, and to require a cash deposit for
such entries of merchandise in the amounts indicated above.
Disclosure and Public Comment
Because the Department has reached its conclusions on the basis of
adverse facts available, the calculations performed in connection with
this preliminary determination are not proprietary in nature and are
described in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Interested parties
may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as well as request a hearing.\9\
For a schedule of the deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal
briefs, and hearing requests for non-scope issues, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. For a schedule of the deadlines for filing case
briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing request regarding scope issues,
see the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum.
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\9\ See 19 CFR351.309(c)-(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c); see also 19 CFR
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International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, we will notify the
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) of our determination. In
addition, we are making all non-privileged and non-proprietary
information relating to this investigation available to the ITC. We
will allow the ITC access to all privileged and business proprietary
information in our files, provided that the ITC confirms that it will
not disclose such information, either publicly or under an
administrative protective order, without the written consent of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
In accordance with section 705(b)(2) of the Act, if our final
determination is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination
no more than 45 days after the Department makes its final
determination.
This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections
703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: April 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I--Scope of the Investigation
This investigation covers welded carbon-quality steel pipes and
tube, of circular cross-section, with an outside diameter (O.D.) not
more than nominal 16 inches (406.4 mm), regardless of wall
thickness, surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end
finish (plain end, beveled end, grooved, threaded, or threaded and
coupled), or industry specification (e.g., American Society for
Testing and Materials International (ASTM), proprietary, or other),
generally known as standard pipe, fence pipe and tube, sprinkler
pipe, and structural pipe (although subject product may also be
referred to as mechanical tubing). Specifically, the term ``carbon
quality'' includes products in which:
(a) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements;
(b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and
(c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by
weight, as indicated:
(i) 1.80 percent of manganese;
(ii) 2.25 percent of silicon;
(iii) 1.00 percent of copper;
(iv) 0.50 percent of aluminum;
(v) 1.25 percent of chromium;
(vi) 0.30 percent of cobalt;
(vii) 0.40 percent of lead;
(viii) 1.25 percent of nickel;
(ix) 0.30 percent of tungsten;
(x) 0.15 percent of molybdenum;
(xi) 0.10 percent of niobium;
(xii) 0.41 percent of titanium;
(xiii) 0.15 percent of vanadium; or
(xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Covered products are generally made to standard O.D. and wall
thickness combinations. Pipe multi-stenciled to a standard and/or
structural specification and to other specifications, such as
American Petroleum Institute (API) API-5L specification, may also be
covered by the scope of these investigations. In particular, such
multi-stenciled merchandise is covered when it meets the physical
description set forth above, and also has one or more of the
following characteristics: is 32 feet in length or less; is less
than 2.0 inches (50 mm) in outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or
painted (e.g., polyester coated) surface finish; or has a threaded
and/or coupled end finish.
Standard pipe is ordinarily made to ASTM specifications A53,
A135, and A795, but can also be made to other specifications.
Structural pipe is made primarily to ASTM specifications A252 and
A500. Standard and structural pipe may also be produced to
proprietary specifications rather than to industry specifications.
Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire suppression
systems and may be made to industry specifications such as ASTM A53
or to proprietary specifications.
Fence tubing is included in the scope regardless of
certification to a specification listed in the exclusions below, and
can also be made to the ASTM A513 specification. Products that meet
the physical description set forth above but are made to the
following nominal outside diameter and wall thickness combinations,
which are recognized by the industry as typical for fence tubing,
are included despite being certified to ASTM mechanical tubing
specifications:
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Wall
thickness
O.D. in inches (nominal) in inches Gage
(nominal)
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1.315............................................ 0.035 20
1.315............................................ 0.047 18
1.315............................................ 0.055 17
1.315............................................ 0.065 16
1.315............................................ 0.072 15
1.315............................................ 0.083 14
1.315............................................ 0.095 13
1.660............................................ 0.055 17
1.660............................................ 0.065 16
1.660............................................ 0.083 14
1.660............................................ 0.095 13
1.660............................................ 0.109 12
1.900............................................ 0.047 18
1.900............................................ 0.055 17
1.900............................................ 0.065 16
1.900............................................ 0.072 15
1.900............................................ 0.095 13
1.900............................................ 0.109 12
2.375............................................ 0.047 18
2.375............................................ 0.055 17
2.375............................................ 0.065 16
2.375............................................ 0.072 15
2.375............................................ 0.095 13
2.375............................................ 0.109 12
2.375............................................ 0.120 11
2.875............................................ 0.109 12
2.875............................................ 0.165 8
3.500............................................ 0.109 12
3.500............................................ 0.165 8
4.000............................................ 0.148 9
4.000............................................ 0.165 8
4.500............................................ 0.203 7
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The scope of this investigation does not include:
(a) Pipe suitable for use in boilers, superheaters, heat
exchangers, refining furnaces and feedwater heaters, whether or not
cold drawn, which are defined by standards such as ASTM A178 or ASTM
A192;
(b) finished electrical conduit, i.e., Electrical Rigid Steel
Conduit (also known as Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit and Electrical
Rigid Metal Steel Conduit), Finished Electrical Metallic Tubing, and
Electrical Intermediate Metal Conduit, which are defined by
specifications such as American National Standard (ANSI) C80.1-2005,
ANSI C80.3-2005, or ANSI C80.6-2005, and Underwriters Laboratories
Inc. (UL) UL-6, UL-797, or UL-1242;
(c) finished scaffolding, i.e., component parts of final,
finished scaffolding that enter the United States unassembled as a
``kit.'' A
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kit is understood to mean a packaged combination of component parts
that contains, at the time of importation, all of the necessary
component parts to fully assemble final, finished scaffolding;
(d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing;
(e) oil country tubular goods produced to API specifications;
(f) line pipe produced to only API specifications, such as API
5L, and not multi-stenciled; and
(g) mechanical tubing, whether or not cold-drawn, other than
what is included in the above paragraphs.
The products subject to this investigation are currently
classifiable in Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) statistical reporting numbers 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050,
7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150, 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015,
7306.30.5020, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090, 7306.50.1000,
7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, and 7306.50.5070. The HTSUS subheadings
above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only.
The written description of the scope of the investigation is
dispositive.
Appendix II--
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Alignment
IV. Scope Comments
V. Scope of the Investigation
VI. Respondent Selection
VII. Injury Test
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
IX. Calculation of the All-Others Rate
X. ITC Notification
XI. Disclosure and Public Comment
XII. Conclusion
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