Countervailing Duty Investigation of Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination, 56804-56805 [2018-24805]
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the Agreement. Therefore, we intend to
continue our examination after the
issuance of these preliminary results as
to whether the Agreement has been
complied with during the POR and
whether the Agreement continues to
meet the statutory requirements set forth
in section 734(l) of the Act and intend
to issue a post-preliminary analysis as
soon as practicable. For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Disclosure and Public Comment
As discussed above, Commerce needs
additional information and additional
time to review the information received
before making a definitive preliminary
finding. Therefore, we intend to issue a
post-preliminary analysis on these
issues as soon as practicable. The
comment period on these preliminary
results as well as the post-preliminary
analysis will be stated with the release
of the post-preliminary analysis. At that
time, interested parties will have the
opportunity to submit case and rebuttal
briefs.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by Commerce’s electronic
records system ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.
Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
parties will be notified of the time and
date for the hearing to be held at the
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.7
Postponement of Final Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act,
requires Commerce to complete the final
results of an administrative review
within 120 days after the date on which
the preliminary results are published. If
it is not practicable to complete the
review within this time period, section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2) allow Commerce to extend
the time limit for the final results to a
maximum of 180 days after the date on
which the preliminary results are
published.
7 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
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We determine that it is not practicable
to complete the final results of this
administrative review within 120 days
from the date of publication of these
preliminary results. Commerce requires
additional time to analyze supplemental
questionnaire responses, complete our
examination, issue our post-preliminary
analysis, conduct verification of
questionnaire responses, and allow for
case briefs and rebuttal briefs on our
preliminary and post-preliminary
results. Accordingly, Commerce is
extending the deadline for the final
results of this administrative review by
60 days. The final results of the review
will now be due no later than 180 days
from the date of publication of these
preliminary results.
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results of review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and
777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: November 5, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
Duty and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–078]
Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers/exporters of large
diameter welded pipe from the People’s
Republic of China (China).
DATES: Applicable November 14, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Neuman at (202) 482–0486 or
Benito Ballesteros at (202) 482–7425,
AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On June 29, 2018, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Determination of this
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countervailing duty (CVD) investigation
and invited interested parties to
comment.1 We received no comments
from any interested parties.
Period of Investigation
The period of investigation is January
1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is large diameter welded
pipe from China. For a full description
of the scope of this investigation, see the
‘‘Scope of the Investigation,’’ at the
Appendix to this notice.
Scope Comments
During the course of this investigation
and the concurrent LTFV investigations
of large diameter welded pipe from
Canada, Greece, Korea, China and
Turkey, and the concurrent
countervailing duty investigations of
large diameter welded pipe from India,
Korea and Turkey, Commerce received
numerous scope comments from
interested parties. We issued a
Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum 2 to address these
comments. Further, in the Preliminary
Determination, we set aside a period of
time for parties to address scope issues
in scope case and rebuttal briefs. No
interested parties submitted scope
comments in case or rebuttal briefs.
Therefore, for this final determination,
the scope of this investigation remains
unchanged from that published in the
Preliminary Determination.
Use of Adverse Facts Available
As noted above, we received no
comments pertaining to the Preliminary
Determination. As stated in the
Preliminary Determination, we found
that the mandatory respondents in this
investigation, Hefei Zijin Steel Tube
Manufacturing Co., Hefei Ziking Steel
Pipe, and Panyu Chu Kong Steel Pipe
Co. Ltd., did not cooperate to the best
of their abilities and, accordingly, we
determined it appropriate to apply facts
otherwise available with adverse
inferences, in accordance with section
776(a)–(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).3 For this final
determination, Commerce has made no
1 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment
of Final Determination with Final Antidumping
Determination, 83 FR 30695 (June 29, 2018)
(Preliminary Determination).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Scope Comments Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,’’
dated June 19, 2018 (Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum).
3 See Preliminary Determination.
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changes to the Preliminary
Determination.
All-Others Rate
As discussed in the Preliminary
Determination, Commerce based the
selection of the ‘‘All-Others’’ rate on the
countervailable subsidy rate established
for the mandatory respondents in
accordance with section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii)
of the Act.4 We made no changes to the
selection of this rate for this final
determination.
Final Determination
Commerce determines that the
following estimated countervailable
subsidy rates exist:
Company
Subsidy rate
(percent)
Hefei Zijin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co ......................................
Hefei Ziking Steel Pipe ...................
Panyu Chu Kong Steel Pipe Co.
Ltd ................................................
All-Others ........................................
198.49
198.49
198.49
198.49
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
As a result of our Preliminary
Determination and pursuant to section
703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act,
Commerce directed U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to suspend
liquidation of entries of subject
merchandise as described in the Scope
of the Investigation section, entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. In accordance with section
703(d) of the Act, we issued instructions
to CBP to discontinue the suspension of
liquidation for CVD purposes for subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, on or after October 27,
2018, but to continue the suspension of
liquidation of all entries from June 29,
2018, through October 26, 2018.
If the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) issues a final
affirmative injury determination, we
will issue a CVD order, reinstate the
suspension of liquidation under section
706(a) of the Act, and will require a cash
deposit of estimated countervailing
duties for such entries of subject
merchandise in the amounts indicated
above. If the ITC determines that
material injury, or threat of material
injury, does not exist, this proceeding
will be terminated, and all estimated
duties deposited or securities posted as
a result of the suspension of liquidation
will be refunded or canceled.
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International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 705(d) of
the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC
of its determination. In addition, we are
making available to the ITC all nonprivileged and non-proprietary
information related to this investigation.
We will allow the ITC access to all
privileged and business proprietary
information in our files, provided the
ITC confirms that it will not disclose
such information, either publicly or
under an administrative protective order
(APO), without the written consent of
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice will serve as a reminder
to parties subject to an administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of propriety information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of return or
destruction of APO materials, or
conversion to judicial protective order,
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
produced to American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252,
or A53, or other relevant domestic
specifications, grades and/or standards. Large
diameter welded pipe can be produced to
comparable foreign specifications, grades
and/or standards or to proprietary
specifications, grades and/or standards, or
can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting
the physical description set forth above is
covered by the scope of this investigation,
whether or not produced according to a
particular standard.
Subject merchandise also includes large
diameter welded pipe that has been further
processed in a third country, including but
not limited to coating, painting, notching,
beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any
other processing that would not otherwise
remove the merchandise from the scope of
the investigation if performed in the country
of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter
welded pipe.
The large diameter welded pipe that is
subject to this investigation is currently
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060,
7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060,
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060,
7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010,
7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and
7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
scope of this investigation is dispositive.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and
published pursuant to sections 705(d)
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(c).
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Dated: November 5, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[A–489–826]
Appendix
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by this
investigation is welded carbon and alloy steel
pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more
than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal
outside diameter (large diameter welded
pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length,
surface finish, grade, end finish, or
stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may
be used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or
other fluids, liquids, or gases. It may also be
used for structural purposes, including, but
not limited to, piling. Specifically, not
included is large diameter welded pipe
produced only to specifications of the
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
for water and sewage pipe.
Large diameter welded pipe used to
transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is
normally produced to the American
Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L.
Large diameter welded pipe may also be
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56805
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From Republic of Turkey: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Preliminary
Determination of No Shipments; 2016–
2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. and
Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively,
Colakoglu) did not sell subject
merchandise in the United States at
prices below normal value during the
period of review (POR). Additionally,
Commerce preliminarily determines
that three other companies for which we
initiated reviews had no shipments
during the POR. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable November 14, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lingjun Wang, AD/CVD Operations,
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-078]
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Large Diameter Welded Pipe
From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers/exporters of
large diameter welded pipe from the People's Republic of China (China).
DATES: Applicable November 14, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Neuman at (202) 482-0486 or
Benito Ballesteros at (202) 482-7425, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 29, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Determination of this countervailing duty (CVD)
investigation and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ We received
no comments from any interested parties.
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping
Determination, 83 FR 30695 (June 29, 2018) (Preliminary
Determination).
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Period of Investigation
The period of investigation is January 1, 2017, through December
31, 2017.
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is large diameter welded
pipe from China. For a full description of the scope of this
investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' at the Appendix
to this notice.
Scope Comments
During the course of this investigation and the concurrent LTFV
investigations of large diameter welded pipe from Canada, Greece,
Korea, China and Turkey, and the concurrent countervailing duty
investigations of large diameter welded pipe from India, Korea and
Turkey, Commerce received numerous scope comments from interested
parties. We issued a Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum \2\ to
address these comments. Further, in the Preliminary Determination, we
set aside a period of time for parties to address scope issues in scope
case and rebuttal briefs. No interested parties submitted scope
comments in case or rebuttal briefs. Therefore, for this final
determination, the scope of this investigation remains unchanged from
that published in the Preliminary Determination.
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Determinations,'' dated June 19, 2018 (Preliminary Scope
Decision Memorandum).
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Use of Adverse Facts Available
As noted above, we received no comments pertaining to the
Preliminary Determination. As stated in the Preliminary Determination,
we found that the mandatory respondents in this investigation, Hefei
Zijin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Hefei Ziking Steel Pipe, and Panyu
Chu Kong Steel Pipe Co. Ltd., did not cooperate to the best of their
abilities and, accordingly, we determined it appropriate to apply facts
otherwise available with adverse inferences, in accordance with section
776(a)-(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ For this
final determination, Commerce has made no
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changes to the Preliminary Determination.
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\3\ See Preliminary Determination.
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All-Others Rate
As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, Commerce based the
selection of the ``All-Others'' rate on the countervailable subsidy
rate established for the mandatory respondents in accordance with
section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act.\4\ We made no changes to the
selection of this rate for this final determination.
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\4\ Id.
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated countervailable
subsidy rates exist:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent)
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Hefei Zijin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co................. 198.49
Hefei Ziking Steel Pipe................................. 198.49
Panyu Chu Kong Steel Pipe Co. Ltd....................... 198.49
All-Others.............................................. 198.49
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
As a result of our Preliminary Determination and pursuant to
section 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, Commerce directed U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries
of subject merchandise as described in the Scope of the Investigation
section, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we issued instructions to
CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation for CVD purposes for
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after
October 27, 2018, but to continue the suspension of liquidation of all
entries from June 29, 2018, through October 26, 2018.
If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final
affirmative injury determination, we will issue a CVD order, reinstate
the suspension of liquidation under section 706(a) of the Act, and will
require a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties for such
entries of subject merchandise in the amounts indicated above. If the
ITC determines that material injury, or threat of material injury, does
not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and all estimated duties
deposited or securities posted as a result of the suspension of
liquidation will be refunded or canceled.
International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 705(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify
the ITC of its determination. In addition, we are making available to
the ITC all non-privileged and non-proprietary information related to
this investigation. We will allow the ITC access to all privileged and
business proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC
confirms that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or
under an administrative protective order (APO), without the written
consent of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice will serve as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of propriety information disclosed under APO
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of
return or destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial
protective order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections
705(d) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(c).
Dated: November 5, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by this investigation is welded carbon
and alloy steel pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more than
406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal outside diameter (large diameter
welded pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish,
grade, end finish, or stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may be
used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or other fluids, liquids,
or gases. It may also be used for structural purposes, including,
but not limited to, piling. Specifically, not included is large
diameter welded pipe produced only to specifications of the American
Water Works Association (AWWA) for water and sewage pipe.
Large diameter welded pipe used to transport oil, gas, or
natural gas liquids is normally produced to the American Petroleum
Institute (API) specification 5L. Large diameter welded pipe may
also be produced to American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) standards A500, A252, or A53, or other relevant domestic
specifications, grades and/or standards. Large diameter welded pipe
can be produced to comparable foreign specifications, grades and/or
standards or to proprietary specifications, grades and/or standards,
or can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting the physical
description set forth above is covered by the scope of this
investigation, whether or not produced according to a particular
standard.
Subject merchandise also includes large diameter welded pipe
that has been further processed in a third country, including but
not limited to coating, painting, notching, beveling, cutting,
punching, welding, or any other processing that would not otherwise
remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if
performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope large
diameter welded pipe.
The large diameter welded pipe that is subject to this
investigation is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings
7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030,
7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060,
7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010, 7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000
and 7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
scope of this investigation is dispositive.
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