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B. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
VIII. Date of Sale
IX. Product Comparisons
X. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
XI. Normal Value
A. Comparison Market Viability
B. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test
C. Level of Trade
D. Cost of Production Analysis
1. Calculation of Cost of Production
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
E. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
XII. Currency Conversion
XIII. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–910]
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel
Pipe From the People’s Republic of
China: Final Results of the Expedited
Second Sunset Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty order on circular
welded carbon quality steel pipe (CWP)
from the People’s Republic of China
(China) would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping,
at the level indicated in the ‘‘Final
Results of Sunset Review’’ section of
this notice, infra.
DATES: Applicable April 16, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Hill or Howard Smith, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3518 or (202) 482–5193,
respectively.
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AGENCY:
Background
On July 22, 2008, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on CWP from
China.1 On November 1, 2018,
Commerce published the notice of
initiation of this sunset review of the
Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
1 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s
Republic of China, 73 FR 42547 (July 22, 2008)
(Order).
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Act).2 From November 15, 2018,
through November 16, 2018, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.218(d)(1), Commerce
received timely and complete notices of
intent to participate in the sunset review
from Zekelman Industries (Zekelman),
Bull Moose Tube Company (Bull),
EXLTUBE (EXL), TMK IPSCO (TMK),
Wheatland Tube (Wheatland),
Independence Tube Corporation
(Independence), and Southland Tube
Incorporated (Southland) (collectively
domestic interested parties) in which
the domestic interested parties claimed
interested party status, as domestic
producers of CWP, under section
771(9)(C) of the Act.3 This notice was
filed within the time period specified in
19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).4 On November
29, 2018, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i), domestic interested
parties filed a timely and adequate
substantive response.5 Commerce did
not receive a substantive response from
any respondent interested party. As a
result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B)
of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the Order.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order
is certain welded carbon quality steel
pipes and tubes, of circular crosssection, and with an outside diameter of
0.372 inches (9.45 mm) or more, but not
more than 16 inches (406.4 mm),
whether or not stenciled, regardless of
wall thickness, surface finish (e.g.,
black, galvanized, or painted), end
finish (e.g., plain end, beveled end,
grooved, threaded, or threaded and
coupled), or industry specification (e.g.,
ASTM, proprietary, or other), generally
known as standard pipe and structural
pipe (they may also be referred to as
circular, structural, or mechanical
tubing).
The pipe products that are the subject
of the Order are currently classifiable in
HTSUS statistical reporting numbers
7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25,
7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40,
7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85,
7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.10.00,
7306.50.50.50, 7306.50.50.70,
7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50,
7306.19.51.10, and 7306.19.51.50.
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 83
FR 54915 (November 1, 2018).
3 See Zekelman’s Letter of Intent dated November
16, 2018; see also Bull, EXL, and TMK’s Letter of
Intent dated November 16, 2018, see also
Wheatland, Independence, and Southland’s Letter
of Intent dated November 16, 2018.
4 Id.
5 See domestic interested parties Substantive
Response dated November 29, 2018 (Substantive
Response).
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However, the product description, and
not the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’)
classification, is dispositive of whether
merchandise imported into the United
States falls within the scope of the
Order.6
Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues
raised in this sunset review, specifically
the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of dumping and the
magnitude of the margins likely to
prevail if the Order were to be revoked,
is provided in the accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum, which is
hereby adopted by this notice.7 The
Issues and 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed Issues and Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1),
752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order
would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping, and that the
magnitude of the dumping margins
likely to prevail would be weightedaverage dumping margins up to 85.55
percent.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Timely notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
6 For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see Commerce’s Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Expedited Second Sunset
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Circular
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s
Republic of China (Issues and Decision
Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice.
7 Id.
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with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the
results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: April 10, 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
International Trade Administration
[C–570–011]
Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
Products From the People’s Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, and Rescission of Review in
Part; 2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that producers and/or exporters subject
to this administrative review received
countervailable subsidies during the
period of review (POR), January 1, 2017,
through December 31, 2017. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 16, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gene H. Calvert, 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) 482–3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
Commerce published the initiation of
this administrative review on April 16,
2018.1 This review covers three
producers/exporters: Risen Energy Co.,
Ltd.; Shenzhen Sungold Solar Co., Ltd.;
and Sol-Lite Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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,
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
16298 (April 16, 2018).
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2019.2 As a result, the revised deadline
for these preliminary results was
extended to March 10, 2019.3 On March
8, 2019, we extended the deadline for
these preliminary results by 30 days to
April 9, 2019.4
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order are 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. For purposes of this order,
subject merchandise includes modules,
laminates and/or panels assembled in
the China consisting of crystalline
silicon photovoltaic cells produced in a
customs territory other than China. For
a complete description of the scope of
this administrative review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For
each of the subsidy programs found to
be countervailable, Commerce
preliminarily finds that there is a
subsidy (i.e., a financial contribution
from an authority that gives rise to a
benefit to the recipient) and that the
subsidy is specific.6 Commerce notes
that, in making these findings, we relied
on total facts available and, because we
find that the mandatory respondents did
2 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. As a result, all deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been extended by
40 days.
3 The March 10, 2019 deadline was a Sunday. As
a result, this deadline fell to the next business day.
See Notice of Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next
Business Day’’ Rule for Administrative
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act
of 1930, as Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the
People’s Republic of China, Second Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results,’’ dated March 8,
2019. We note that this 30-day extension is from the
March 10, 2019 deadline, which was a non-business
day. Accordingly, the revised deadline for these
preliminary results is April 9, 2019.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results in the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review of Certain Crystalline
Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the People’s
Republic of China; 2017,’’ dated concurrently with
and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
6 See section 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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not act to the best of their ability to
respond to Commerce’s request for
information, Commerce drew an adverse
inference in selecting from the facts
otherwise available.7 For further
information, see ‘‘Use of Facts
Otherwise Available and Application of
Adverse Inferences,’’ in the
accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. A list of topics discussed
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is provided at Appendix
I to 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 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 version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in
Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Secretary will rescind an administrative
review, in whole or in part, if the parties
that requested a review withdraw the
request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of
the requested review. This review was
initiated on April 16, 2018. On July 16,
2018, Shenzhen Letsolar Technology
Co., Ltd. (Letsolar) timely withdrew its
request for review of its own entries.8
As no other party requested an
administrative review of Letsolar, we
are rescinding this review with respect
to Letsolar, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1).
Further, we received timely filed
certifications of no shipments from
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
and Hefei JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
(collectively, JA Solar).9 To confirm JA
Solar’s statement, we issued a noshipment inquiry to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) with respect to
7 See
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
Letter from Letsolar, ‘‘Letsolar Withdrawal
of Review Request for Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Products from the People’s Republic of
China,’’ dated July 16, 2018.
9 See Letter from JA Solar, ‘‘Certain Crystalline
Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the People’s
Republic of China: No Shipment Certification of
Shanghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd. and Hefei
JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.,’’ dated May 16, 2018.
8 See
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-910]
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review
of the Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of
the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe
(CWP) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, at the level indicated
in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice,
infra.
DATES: Applicable April 16, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill or Howard Smith, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3518 or (202) 482-5193,
respectively.
Background
On July 22, 2008, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on CWP from China.\1\ On November 1, 2018,
Commerce published the notice of initiation of this sunset review of
the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\2\ From November 15, 2018, through November 16,
2018, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1), Commerce received timely and
complete notices of intent to participate in the sunset review from
Zekelman Industries (Zekelman), Bull Moose Tube Company (Bull), EXLTUBE
(EXL), TMK IPSCO (TMK), Wheatland Tube (Wheatland), Independence Tube
Corporation (Independence), and Southland Tube Incorporated (Southland)
(collectively domestic interested parties) in which the domestic
interested parties claimed interested party status, as domestic
producers of CWP, under section 771(9)(C) of the Act.\3\ This notice
was filed within the time period specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ On November 29, 2018, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i), domestic interested parties filed a timely and
adequate substantive response.\5\ Commerce did not receive a
substantive response from any respondent interested party. As a result,
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the Order.
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\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 42547
(July 22, 2008) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 83 FR 54915
(November 1, 2018).
\3\ See Zekelman's Letter of Intent dated November 16, 2018; see
also Bull, EXL, and TMK's Letter of Intent dated November 16, 2018,
see also Wheatland, Independence, and Southland's Letter of Intent
dated November 16, 2018.
\4\ Id.
\5\ See domestic interested parties Substantive Response dated
November 29, 2018 (Substantive Response).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is certain welded carbon
quality steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, and with an
outside diameter of 0.372 inches (9.45 mm) or more, but not more than
16 inches (406.4 mm), whether or not stenciled, regardless of wall
thickness, surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end
finish (e.g., plain end, beveled end, grooved, threaded, or threaded
and coupled), or industry specification (e.g., ASTM, proprietary, or
other), generally known as standard pipe and structural pipe (they may
also be referred to as circular, structural, or mechanical tubing).
The pipe products that are the subject of the Order are currently
classifiable in HTSUS statistical reporting numbers 7306.30.10.00,
7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55,
7306.30.50.85, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.10.00, 7306.50.50.50,
7306.50.50.70, 7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and
7306.19.51.50. However, the product description, and not the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') classification, is
dispositive of whether merchandise imported into the United States
falls within the scope of the Order.\6\
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\6\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
Commerce's Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Expedited Second
Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Circular Welded
Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China
(Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with this
notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
specifically the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping
and the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the Order were to
be revoked, is provided in the accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\7\ The Issues and
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 Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the
dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping
margins up to 85.55 percent.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure
to comply
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with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is
subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the results and notice in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218.
Dated: April 10, 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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