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calculated in the final results of this
review is not zero or de minimis. Where
the respondent’s weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis,
or an importer-specific rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
Where assessments are based upon total
facts available, including AFA, we
instruct CBP to assess duties at the AFA
margin rate. The final results of this
review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise covered by the
final results of this review and for future
deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable.10
Consistent with the Department’s
refinement of its assessment practice,
for any entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by Roung Shu
for which it did not know that the
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.11 Further, if we
continue to find in the final results that
Xiamen Yi He and Fujian Rongshu had
no shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate any suspended entries that
entered under their antidumping duty
case numbers (i.e., at that exporter’s
rate) at the all-others rate if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.
We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of the
notice of final results of administrative
review for all shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
The cash deposit rate for each specific
company listed above will be equal to
the dumping margins established in the
final results of this administrative
review, unless the rate is less than 0.50
percent and, therefore, de minimis
within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for
merchandise exported by manufacturers
or exporters not covered in this review
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
but covered in a prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, or the
original investigation, but the
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment for the
manufacturer of the merchandise; and
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other
manufacturers or exporters will
continue to be 4.37 percent, the allothers rate determined in the less-thanfair-value investigation.12 These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary 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 POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in the Department’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: October 3, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
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v. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Constructed Value
h. Currency Conversion
i. Use of Facts Otherwise Available
i. Use of Facts Available
ii. Application of Facts Available with an
Adverse Inference
iii. Selection and Corroboration of Adverse
Facts Available Rate
VI. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–858]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods
From India: Preliminary Results and
Partial Rescission of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain oil country tubular goods
(OCTG) from India for the period of
review (POR) December 23, 2013
through December 31, 2014. We
preliminarily determine that Jindal
SAW Ltd. (Jindal SAW) received
countervailable subsidies during the
POR. See the ‘‘Preliminary Results of
Review’’ section, below. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Effective October 14, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi
Blum or Alexander Cipolla, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–0197, and (202) 482–4956,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
V. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Comparisons to Normal Value
b. Determination of Comparison Method
c. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
d. Product Comparisons
e. Date of Sale
f. Export Price
g. Normal Value
i. Home Market Viability
ii. Level of Trade
iii. Cost of Production Analysis
iv. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
The Department initiated a review of
four companies in this segment of the
proceeding.1 In response to timely filed
withdrawal requests, we are rescinding
this administrative review with respect
to GVN Fuels Limited., Oil Country
Tubular Ltd., and United Seamless
Tubulaar Pvt. Ltd. pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1). The remaining company
12 See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven
Selvedge From Taiwan and the People’s Republic
of China: Amended Antidumping Duty Orders, 75
FR 56982, 56985 (September 17, 2010).
1 See ‘‘Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,’’ 80
FR 69193, 69197 (November 9, 2015) (Initiation
Notice).
10 See
11 For
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index.html. The signed Preliminary
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
subject to the instant review is Jindal
SAW Ltd. (Jindal SAW), which the
Department has selected as the
mandatory respondent.2
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is certain oil country tubular goods
(OCTG), which are hollow steel
products of circular cross-section,
including oil well casing and tubing, of
iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both
carbon and alloy), whether seamless or
welded, regardless of end finish (e.g.,
whether or not plain end, threaded, or
threaded and coupled) whether or not
conforming to American Petroleum
Institute (API) or non-API
specifications, whether finished
(including limited service OCTG
products) or unfinished (including
green tubes and limited service OCTG
products), whether or not thread
protectors are attached. The scope of the
order also covers OCTG coupling stock.
For a complete description of the scope
of the order, see Appendix I to this
notice.
Methodology
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The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). For each of the
subsidy programs found to be
countervailable, we preliminarily
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
government-provided financial
contribution that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.3 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice. 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 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 on the Internet at
https://trade.gov/enforcement/frn/
2 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of the Countervailing
Duty (CVD) Administrative Review of Certain Oil
Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) from India,’’
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
3 See Sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the total
estimated net countervailable subsidy
rate for the period December 23, 2013
through December 31, 2014 4 to be:
Manufacturer/Exporter
Subsidy rate
(percent ad
valorem)
Jindal SAW Ltd. ....................
43.95
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department will disclose to
parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching the
preliminary results within five days of
the date of publication of these
preliminary results.5 Interested parties
may submit written comments (case
briefs) within 30 days of publication of
the preliminary results and rebuttal
comments (rebuttal briefs) within five
days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.6 Rebuttal briefs must be limited
to issues raised in the case briefs.7
Parties who submit case or rebuttal
briefs are requested to submit with the
argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument;
and (3) a table of authorities.8
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing must do so within 30 days of
publication of these preliminary results
by submitting a written request to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, using Enforcement and
Compliance’s ACCESS system.9
Requests should contain the party’s
name, address, and telephone number,
the number of participants, and a list of
the issues to be discussed. If a request
for a hearing is made, we will inform
parties of the scheduled date for the
hearing which will be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230, at a time and location to be
4 See Memorandum to All Interested Parties From
Elfi Bum: Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review of Oil Country Tubular Goods from India;
Period of Rate Calculation for the First
Administrative Review, dated August 24, 2016. The
Department invited parties to comment on its stated
intention to base the assessment rate on subsidy
information provided for calendar year 2014. The
Department received no comments.
5 See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
6 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
9 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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determined.10 Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of
the hearing. Issues addressed at the
hearing will be limited to those raised
in the briefs.11 All briefs and hearing
requests must be filed electronically and
received successfully in their entirety
through ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, the Department intends to issue the
final results of this administrative
review, including the results of our
analysis of the issues raised by the
parties in their comments, within 120
days after publication of these
preliminary results.
Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit
Requirement
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue instructions
to CBP 15 days after publication of the
final results of review.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, the Department also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties, in the
amounts shown above for each of the
respective companies shown above, on
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review. For all non-reviewed firms, we
will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits at the most-recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
These preliminary results of review
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 5, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix I—Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is
certain oil country tubular goods (‘‘OCTG’’),
which are hollow steel products of circular
cross-section, including oil well casing and
tubing, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel
(both carbon and alloy), whether seamless or
welded, regardless of end finish (e.g.,
whether or not plain end, threaded, or
10 See
11 See
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threaded and coupled) whether or not
conforming to American Petroleum Institute
(‘‘API’’) or non-API specifications, whether
finished (including limited service OCTG
products) or unfinished (including green
tubes and limited service OCTG products),
whether or not thread protectors are attached.
The scope of the order also covers OCTG
coupling stock.
Excluded from the scope of the order are:
casing or tubing containing 10.5 percent or
more by weight of chromium; drill pipe;
unattached couplings; and unattached thread
protectors.
The merchandise subject to 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 merchandise subject to 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, 7304.59.80.80, 7305.31.40.00,
7305.31.60.90, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.90,
7306.50.50.50, and 7306.50.50.70.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes only. The written description of the
scope of the order is dispositive.
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Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
4. Scope of the Order
5. Subsidies Valuation Information
6. Analysis of Programs
7. Disclosure and Public Comment
8. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) has received
requests to conduct administrative
reviews of various antidumping and
countervailing duty orders and findings
with August anniversary dates. In
accordance with the Department’s
regulations, we are initiating those
administrative reviews.
DATES: Effective October 14, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)
482–4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
The Department has received timely
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), for administrative reviews of
various antidumping and countervailing
duty orders and findings with August
anniversary dates.
All deadlines for the submission of
various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by
the Department discussed below refer to
the number of calendar days from the
applicable starting time.
Notice of No Sales
If a producer or exporter named in
this notice of initiation had no exports,
sales, or entries during the period of
review (‘‘POR’’), it must notify the
Department within 30 days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. All submissions must be filed
electronically at https://access.trade.gov
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.1
Such submissions are subject to
verification in accordance with section
782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’). Further, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i),
a copy must be served on every party on
the Department’s service list.
1 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).
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Respondent Selection
In the event the Department limits the
number of respondents for individual
examination for administrative reviews
initiated pursuant to requests made for
the orders identified below, the
Department intends to select
respondents based on U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) data for U.S.
imports during the period of review. We
intend to place the CBP data on the
record within five days of publication of
the initiation notice and to make our
decision regarding respondent selection
within 30 days of publication of the
initiation Federal Register notice.
Comments regarding the CBP data and
respondent selection should be
submitted seven days after the
placement of the CBP data on the record
of this review. Parties wishing to submit
rebuttal comments should submit those
comments five days after the deadline
for the initial comments.
In the event the Department decides
it is necessary to limit individual
examination of respondents and
conduct respondent selection under
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
In general, the Department has found
that determinations concerning whether
particular companies should be
‘‘collapsed’’ (i.e., treated as a single
entity for purposes of calculating
antidumping duty rates) require a
substantial amount of detailed
information and analysis, which often
require follow-up questions and
analysis. Accordingly, the Department
will not conduct collapsing analyses at
the respondent selection phase of this
review and will not collapse companies
at the respondent selection phase unless
there has been a determination to
collapse certain companies in a
previous segment of this antidumping
proceeding (i.e., investigation,
administrative review, new shipper
review or changed circumstances
review). For any company subject to this
review, if the Department determined,
or continued to treat, that company as
collapsed with others, the Department
will assume that such companies
continue to operate in the same manner
and will collapse them for respondent
selection purposes. Otherwise, the
Department will not collapse companies
for purposes of respondent selection.
Parties are requested to (a) identify
which companies subject to review
previously were collapsed, and (b)
provide a citation to the proceeding in
which they were collapsed. Further, if
companies are requested to complete
the Quantity and Value (‘‘Q&V’’)
Questionnaire for purposes of
respondent selection, in general each
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-858]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India: Preliminary Results
and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain
oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India for the period of review
(POR) December 23, 2013 through December 31, 2014. We preliminarily
determine that Jindal SAW Ltd. (Jindal SAW) received countervailable
subsidies during the POR. See the ``Preliminary Results of Review''
section, below. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Effective October 14, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi Blum or Alexander Cipolla, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0197, and (202) 482-
4956, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
The Department initiated a review of four companies in this segment
of the proceeding.\1\ In response to timely filed withdrawal requests,
we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to GVN Fuels
Limited., Oil Country Tubular Ltd., and United Seamless Tubulaar Pvt.
Ltd. pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The remaining company
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subject to the instant review is Jindal SAW Ltd. (Jindal SAW), which
the Department has selected as the mandatory respondent.\2\
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\1\ See ``Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,'' 80 FR 69193, 69197 (November 9, 2015)
(Initiation Notice).
\2\ See ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results and
Partial Rescission of the Countervailing Duty (CVD) Administrative
Review of Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) from India,''
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is certain oil country tubular
goods (OCTG), which are hollow steel products of circular cross-
section, including oil well casing and tubing, of iron (other than cast
iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether seamless or welded,
regardless of end finish (e.g., whether or not plain end, threaded, or
threaded and coupled) whether or not conforming to American Petroleum
Institute (API) or non-API specifications, whether finished (including
limited service OCTG products) or unfinished (including green tubes and
limited service OCTG products), whether or not thread protectors are
attached. The scope of the order also covers OCTG coupling stock. For a
complete description of the scope of the order, see Appendix I to this
notice.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we preliminarily
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.\3\ For a full description of the
methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice. 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
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 on the Internet at https://trade.gov/enforcement/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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\3\ See Sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the total estimated net countervailable
subsidy rate for the period December 23, 2013 through December 31, 2014
\4\ to be:
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\4\ See Memorandum to All Interested Parties From Elfi Bum:
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Oil Country Tubular
Goods from India; Period of Rate Calculation for the First
Administrative Review, dated August 24, 2016. The Department invited
parties to comment on its stated intention to base the assessment
rate on subsidy information provided for calendar year 2014. The
Department received no comments.
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Subsidy rate
Manufacturer/Exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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Jindal SAW Ltd.......................................... 43.95
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\5\
Interested parties may submit written comments (case briefs) within 30
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.\6\ Rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues raised in the case
briefs.\7\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs are requested to
submit with the argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\8\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within
30 days of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, using Enforcement and
Compliance's ACCESS system.\9\ Requests should contain the party's
name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, and a
list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made,
we will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing which will
be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\10\
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the
hearing. Issues addressed at the hearing will be limited to those
raised in the briefs.\11\ All briefs and hearing requests must be filed
electronically and received successfully in their entirety through
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, the Department intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after
publication of these preliminary results.
Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit Requirement
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of review.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department also
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties, in the amounts shown above for each of the
respective companies shown above, on shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the final results of this review. For all non-
reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash
deposits at the most-recent company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
These preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 5, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I--Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is certain oil country
tubular goods (``OCTG''), which are hollow steel products of
circular cross-section, including oil well casing and tubing, of
iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy),
whether seamless or welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., whether
or not plain end, threaded, or
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threaded and coupled) whether or not conforming to American
Petroleum Institute (``API'') or non-API specifications, whether
finished (including limited service OCTG products) or unfinished
(including green tubes and limited service OCTG products), whether
or not thread protectors are attached. The scope of the order also
covers OCTG coupling stock.
Excluded from the scope of the order are: casing or tubing
containing 10.5 percent or more by weight of chromium; drill pipe;
unattached couplings; and unattached thread protectors.
The merchandise subject to 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 merchandise subject to 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, 7304.59.80.80, 7305.31.40.00, 7305.31.60.90,
7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.50.50, and 7306.50.50.70.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
Appendix II--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
4. Scope of the Order
5. Subsidies Valuation Information
6. Analysis of Programs
7. Disclosure and Public Comment
8. Recommendation
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