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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 516A(e)(1),
751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: March 1, 2019.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing an antidumping
duty order on large diameter welded
carbon and alloy steel line pipe from
India.
DATES:
Applicable March 6, 2019.
Kate
Johnson at (202) 482–4929 or Jaron
Moore at (202) 482–3640, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
International Trade Administration
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
On November 14, 2018, Commerce
published its affirmative final
determination in the less-than-fair-value
(LTFV) investigation of large diameter
welded pipe from India.1 The scope of
the investigation in Commerce’s final
determination covered large diameter
welded carbon and alloy steel line pipe
(welded line pipe), large diameter
welded carbon and alloy steel structural
pipe (welded structural pipe), and
24 See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2016–
2017, 83 FR 46704 (September 14, 2018) (AR12
Final Results).
25 See AR12 Final Results at Appendix II.
26 In addition to Stapimex, as noted above, both
Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trading and
Import-Export Co., Ltd. and Viet I-Mei Frozen
Foods Co., Ltd. were rescinded from the eleventh
and twelfth antidumping duty administrative
reviews. See AR11 Partial Rescission at Appendix
I and AR12 Partial Rescission, 82 FR at 37563.
27 Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd. and Trong Nhan
Seafood Company Limited both certified they had
no shipments of subject merchandise in the
eleventh and twelfth administrative reviews, with
no information on those records contradicting their
certifications. Neither of these companies received
revised cash deposit rates in the final results of the
eleventh and twelfth administrative reviews. See
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2015–
2016, 82 FR 11431–11432 (February 23, 2017) and
AR12 Final Results, 83 FR at 46704, respectively.
1 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value; 2017, 83 FR 56811 (November 14, 2018).
2 Id.
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stainless steel large diameter welded
pipe (stainless steel pipe) from India.2
As discussed below, the ITC
subsequently found three domestic like
products covered by the scope of the
investigation (welded line pipe, welded
structural pipe, and stainless steel pipe)
and accordingly made a separate injury
determination with respect to each
domestic like product. On January 30,
2019, the ITC notified Commerce of its
final determination, pursuant to 735(d)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), that an industry in the United
States is materially injured within the
meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the
Act, by reason of LTFV imports of
welded line pipe from India.3
Additionally, the ITC made a
negligibility determination with respect
to welded structural pipe and a negative
determination of material injury or
threat of material injury with respect to
stainless steel pipe.4 On February 13,
2019, Commerce released draft revised
scope language for comment by parties.
No party objected to the revised scope
language in this proceeding.
3 See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, referencing ITC Investigation Nos.
701–TA–593–594, 731–TA–1402, and 731–TA–
1404 (January 30, 2019) (ITC Notification). See also
Large Diameter Welded Pipe from China and India;
Determinations, 84 FR 1785 (February 5, 2019) (ITC
Final Determination) and Large Diameter Welded
Pipe from China and India, Investigation Nos. 701–
TA–593–594, 731–TA–1402 and 731–TA–1404
(Final), Publication 4859, January 2019 (Final ITC
Report).
4 Id.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is
welded line pipe from India. For a
complete description of the scope of this
order, see the Appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Order
On January 30, 2019, in accordance
with section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d)
of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce
of its final determination in this
investigation, in which it found that
imports of large diameter welded line
pipe are materially injuring a U.S.
industry.5 As a result, and in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) and
736 of the Act, we are publishing this
antidumping duty order. As noted
above, in its determination, the ITC
found three domestic like products
covered by the scope of the LTFV
investigation: Welded line pipe, welded
structural pipe, and stainless steel pipe.
The ITC made a negative determination
with respect to stainless steel pipe from
India, and found that imports of welded
structural pipe from India are negligible.
The ITC made an affirmative
determination with respect to welded
line pipe imported from India. Because
the ITC made distinct and different
injury determinations for separate
domestic like products, Commerce will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping
duties on entries of welded line pipe
(subject merchandise) from India, and
not on entries of welded structural pipe
and stainless steel pipe (excluded
merchandise) from India.
Welded Line Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes
welded line pipe as a tubular product
produced from carbon and alloy steel,
produced to American Petroleum
Instiute (API) 5L specifications, and
designed for conveying liquids and
gases.6 Because the ITC determined that
LTFV imports of welded line pipe from
India are materially injuring a U.S.
industry,7 all unliquidated entries of
subject merchandise from India, entered
or withdrawn from warehouse, are
subject to the assessment of
antidumping duties, as described below.
As a result of the ITC Final
Determination, in accordance with
section 736(a) of the Act, Commerce
will direct CBP to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, antidumping
duties for all relevant entries of welded
line pipe from India. Antidumping
duties will be assessed on unliquidated
entries of welded line pipe from India
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after August 27,
2018, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination,8 but will
not be assessed on entries occurring
after the expiration of the provisional
measures period (December 24, 2018),
in accordance with section 733(d) of the
Act), until the date of publication of the
ITC Final Determination in the Federal
Register.
Welded Structural Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes
welded structural pipe as a tubular
product produced from carbon and alloy
steel, produced to American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM)
specifications, and designed for support
in construction projects and piling.9
Because the ITC found that imports of
welded structural pipe from India are
negligible, Commerce will direct CBP to
terminate the suspension of liquidation
for entries of welded structural pipe
from India entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, and to refund all cash
deposit with respect to these entries
pursuant to section 705(c)(2) of the Act.
Stainless Steel Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes
stainless steel pipe as being produced
from stainless steel for its high-chrome
chemistry and corrosion-resistant
properties.10 Because the ITC made a
negative determination of material
injury or threat of material injury by
reason of LTFV imports of stainless steel
pipe from India,11 Commerce will direct
CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation for entries of stainless steel
pipe from India entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, and to refund all cash
deposits with respect to these entries
pursuant to section 735(c)(2) of the Act.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 736 of the
Act, Commerce will direct CBP to
reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
of subject merchandise (i.e., welded line
pipe) from India, effective the date of
publication of the ITC Final
Determination in the Federal Register,
and to assess, upon further instruction
by Commerce pursuant to section
736(a)(1) of the Act, antidumping duties
for each entry of the subject
merchandise equal to the amount by
which the normal value of the
merchandise exceeds the export price
(or constructed export price) of the
merchandise. We intend to instruct CBP
to require, at the same time as importers
would normally deposit estimated
import duties on this merchandise, cash
deposits for each entry of subject
merchandise equal to the rates noted
below. These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice. For the purpose of
determining cash deposit rates, the
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins for imports of subject
merchandise from India have been
adjusted, as appropriate, for export
subsidies found in the final
determination of the companion
countervailing duty investigation of this
merchandise imported from India. The
all-others rate applies to all other
producers or exporters not specifically
listed.
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Bhushan Steel .........................................................................................................................................................
Welspun Trading Limited .........................................................................................................................................
All-Others .................................................................................................................................................................
5 See ITC Notification; ITC Final Determination,
84 FR 1785.
6 See Final ITC Report at 11–12.
7 Id. at 1 and 3.
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Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty order with respect to
welded line pipe from India pursuant to
section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties can find a list of antidumping
duty orders currently in effect at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/stats/
iastats1.html.
This order is published in accordance
with sections 735(c) and 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: February 28, 2019.
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 Order
The merchandise covered by this order is
welded carbon and alloy steel line pipe
(other than stainless steel pipe), more than
406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal outside
diameter (large diameter welded line 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.
Large diameter welded line pipe is used to
transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids and
is normally produced to the American
Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L.
Large diameter welded line 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
line pipe meeting the physical description set
forth above, including any dual- or multiplecertified/stenciled pipe with an API (or
comparable) welded line pipe certification/
stencil, is covered by the scope of this order.
Subject merchandise also includes large
diameter welded line 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 order if
performed in the country of manufacture of
the in-scope large diameter welded line pipe.
Excluded from the scope of this order is
structural pipe, which is produced only to
American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) standards A500, A252, or A53, or
other relevant domestic specifications, or
comparable foreign specifications, grades
and/or standards or to proprietary
specifications, grades and/or standards. Also
excluded is large diameter welded pipe
produced only to specifications of the
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
for water and sewage pipe.
The large diameter welded line pipe that
is subject to this order 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,
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7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060,
and 7305.19.5000. Merchandise currently
classifiable under subheadings 7305.31.4000,
7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and
7305.39.5000 and that otherwise meets the
above scope language is also covered. While
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this order
is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2019–04048 Filed 3–5–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–010]
Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
Products From the People’s Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that Sol-lite Manufacturing Company
Limited (Sol-lite), Ri Shen Products (SZ)
(Ri Shen), and Shenzhen Sungold Solar
Co., Ltd. (Sungold) have not
demonstrated their eligibility for a
separate rate during the period of review
(POR) February 1, 2017 through January
31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable March 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement & Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce published the notice of
initiation of this review with respect to
12 companies/company groups on April
16, 2018.1 On September 7, 2018,
Commerce published a notice
rescinding the review with respect to
nine companies for which all review
requests had been withdrawn.2 The only
three companies remaining under
review are Sol-lite, Ri Shen, and
Sungold. On October 19, 2018,
Commerce postponed the preliminary
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
16298 (April 16, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
2 See Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
Products From the People’s Republic of China:
Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 83 FR 45417
(September 7, 2018) (Partial Rescission Notice).
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results of this review until January 29,
2019.3 Subsequent to that
postponement, Commerce exercised its
discretion to toll all deadlines affected
by the partial federal government
closure from December 22, 2018,
through the resumption of operations on
January 29, 2019.4 If the new deadline
falls on a non-business day, in
accordance with Commerce’s practice,
the deadline will become the next
business day. The revised deadline for
the preliminary results decision is now
March 11, 2019. For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this administrative
review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.5
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is modules, laminates and/or panels
consisting of crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells, whether or not
partially or fully assembled into other
products, including building integrated
materials.6 Merchandise covered by the
order is currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) under
subheadings 8501.61.0000,
8507.20.8030, 8507.20.8040,
8507.20.8060, 8507.20.8090,
8541.40.60.15, 8541.40.6020,
8541.40.6030, 8541.40.60.35 and
8501.31.8000. These HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes; the
written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff
3 See memorandum to James Maeder Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations performing the
duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
‘‘Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products
from the People’s Republic of China: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review’’ dated October 19,
2018.
4 See memorandum to the Record from 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, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Partial
Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of
the proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
5 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
Products from the People’s Republic of China;
2017–2018’’, issued concurrently with and hereby
adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
6 For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-881]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From India: Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty order on large diameter welded
carbon and alloy steel line pipe from India.
DATES: Applicable March 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Johnson at (202) 482-4929 or
Jaron Moore at (202) 482-3640, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 14, 2018, Commerce published its affirmative final
determination in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of large
diameter welded pipe from India.\1\ The scope of the investigation in
Commerce's final determination covered large diameter welded carbon and
alloy steel line pipe (welded line pipe), large diameter welded carbon
and alloy steel structural pipe (welded structural pipe), and stainless
steel large diameter welded pipe (stainless steel pipe) from India.\2\
As discussed below, the ITC subsequently found three domestic like
products covered by the scope of the investigation (welded line pipe,
welded structural pipe, and stainless steel pipe) and accordingly made
a separate injury determination with respect to each domestic like
product. On January 30, 2019, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
determination, pursuant to 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), that an industry in the United States is materially injured
within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of
LTFV imports of welded line pipe from India.\3\ Additionally, the ITC
made a negligibility determination with respect to welded structural
pipe and a negative determination of material injury or threat of
material injury with respect to stainless steel pipe.\4\ On February
13, 2019, Commerce released draft revised scope language for comment by
parties. No party objected to the revised scope language in this
proceeding.
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; 2017, 83 FR 56811
(November 14, 2018).
\2\ Id.
\3\ See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, referencing ITC
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-593-594, 731-TA-1402, and 731-TA-1404
(January 30, 2019) (ITC Notification). See also Large Diameter
Welded Pipe from China and India; Determinations, 84 FR 1785
(February 5, 2019) (ITC Final Determination) and Large Diameter
Welded Pipe from China and India, Investigation Nos. 701-TA-593-594,
731-TA-1402 and 731-TA-1404 (Final), Publication 4859, January 2019
(Final ITC Report).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is welded line pipe from India.
For a complete description of the scope of this order, see the Appendix
to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Order
On January 30, 2019, in accordance with section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination
in this investigation, in which it found that imports of large diameter
welded line pipe are materially injuring a U.S. industry.\5\ As a
result, and in accordance with section 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act, we
are publishing this antidumping duty order. As noted above, in its
determination, the ITC found three domestic like products covered by
the scope of the LTFV investigation: Welded line pipe, welded
structural pipe, and stainless steel pipe. The ITC made a negative
determination with respect to stainless steel pipe from India, and
found that imports of welded structural pipe from India are negligible.
The ITC made an affirmative determination with respect to welded line
pipe imported from India. Because the ITC made distinct and different
injury determinations for separate domestic like products, Commerce
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on entries of welded line pipe (subject merchandise)
from India, and not on entries of welded structural pipe and stainless
steel pipe (excluded merchandise) from India.
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\5\ See ITC Notification; ITC Final Determination, 84 FR 1785.
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Welded Line Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes welded line pipe as a tubular
product produced from carbon and alloy steel, produced to American
Petroleum Instiute (API) 5L specifications, and designed for conveying
liquids and gases.\6\ Because the ITC determined that LTFV imports of
welded line pipe from India are materially injuring a U.S. industry,\7\
all unliquidated entries of subject merchandise from India, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse, are subject to the assessment of antidumping
duties, as described below.
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\6\ See Final ITC Report at 11-12.
\7\ Id. at 1 and 3.
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As a result of the ITC Final Determination, in accordance with
section 736(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct CBP to assess, upon
further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties for all relevant
entries of welded line pipe from India. Antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of welded line pipe from India
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
August 27, 2018, the date of publication of the Preliminary
Determination,\8\ but will not be assessed on entries occurring after
the expiration of the provisional measures period (December 24, 2018),
in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act), until the date of
publication of the ITC Final Determination in the Federal Register.
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\8\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe From India: Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 43653 (August
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Welded Structural Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes welded structural pipe as a tubular
product produced from carbon and alloy steel, produced to American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications, and designed
for support in construction projects and piling.\9\ Because the ITC
found that imports of welded structural pipe from India are negligible,
Commerce will direct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation for
entries of welded structural pipe from India entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, and to refund all cash deposit with respect to these entries
pursuant to section 705(c)(2) of the Act.
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Stainless Steel Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes stainless steel pipe as being
produced from stainless steel for its high-chrome chemistry and
corrosion-resistant properties.\10\ Because the ITC made a negative
determination of material injury or threat of material injury by reason
of LTFV imports of stainless steel pipe from India,\11\ Commerce will
direct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation for entries of
stainless steel pipe from India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
and to refund all cash deposits with respect to these entries pursuant
to section 735(c)(2) of the Act.
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\10\ Id. at 10.
\11\ Id. at 1 and 3.
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce will direct CBP
to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of subject merchandise
(i.e., welded line pipe) from India, effective the date of publication
of the ITC Final Determination in the Federal Register, and to assess,
upon further instruction by Commerce pursuant to section 736(a)(1) of
the Act, antidumping duties for each entry of the subject merchandise
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the
merchandise. We intend to instruct CBP to require, at the same time as
importers would normally deposit estimated import duties on this
merchandise, cash deposits for each entry of subject merchandise equal
to the rates noted below. These instructions suspending liquidation
will remain in effect until further notice. For the purpose of
determining cash deposit rates, the estimated weighted-average dumping
margins for imports of subject merchandise from India have been
adjusted, as appropriate, for export subsidies found in the final
determination of the companion countervailing duty investigation of
this merchandise imported from India. The all-others rate applies to
all other producers or exporters not specifically listed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated
weighted-
Estimated average
weighted- dumping margin
Exporter or producer average adjusted for
dumping margin subsidy
(percent) offset(s)
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bhushan Steel........................... 50.55 16.85
Welspun Trading Limited................. 50.55 16.85
All-Others.............................. 50.55 16.85
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Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
welded line pipe from India pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently
in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
This order is published in accordance with sections 735(c) and
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: February 28, 2019.
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 Order
The merchandise covered by this order is welded carbon and alloy
steel line pipe (other than stainless steel pipe), more than 406.4
mm (16 inches) in nominal outside diameter (large diameter welded
line 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.
Large diameter welded line pipe is used to transport oil, gas,
or natural gas liquids and is normally produced to the American
Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L. Large diameter welded
line 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 line pipe
meeting the physical description set forth above, including any
dual- or multiple-certified/stenciled pipe with an API (or
comparable) welded line pipe certification/stencil, is covered by
the scope of this order.
Subject merchandise also includes large diameter welded line
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 order if performed in
the country of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter welded
line pipe.
Excluded from the scope of this order is structural pipe, which
is produced only to American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) standards A500, A252, or A53, or other relevant domestic
specifications, or comparable foreign specifications, grades and/or
standards or to proprietary specifications, grades and/or standards.
Also excluded is large diameter welded pipe produced only to
specifications of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) for
water and sewage pipe.
The large diameter welded line pipe that is subject to this
order 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, and 7305.19.5000.
Merchandise currently classifiable under subheadings 7305.31.4000,
7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and 7305.39.5000 and that otherwise meets
the above scope language is also covered. While the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this order is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2019-04048 Filed 3-5-19; 8:45 am]
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