Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 38213-38214 [2019-16754]
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of the final results of this administrative
review.
For the respondents that were not
selected for individual examination in
this administrative review and qualified
for a separate rate, we will instruct CBP
to assess dumping duties at the rate of
1.78 percent.
For Feidong, Xinhe, New Star, Ningbo
Afa, Guangdong G-Top, Jiangmen
Pioneer, and Superte, because
Commerce determined that these
companies did not qualify for a separate
rate, we will instruct CBP to assess
dumping duties on the companies’
entries of subject merchandise at the
rate of 76.45 percent, which is the rate
applicable to the China-wide entity.
For Zhuhai KOHLER and Yuyao Afa,
because Commerce determined that
these companies had no shipments of
the subject merchandise during the
POR, any suspended entries of subject
merchandise from these companies will
be liquidated at China-wide rate.14
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the
exporters listed above, the cash deposit
rate will be equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in
the final results of this review; (2) for
previously investigated or reviewed
China and non-China exporters not
listed above that currently have a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the exporter-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding
where the exporter received that
separate rate; (3) for all China exporters
of subject merchandise that have not
been found to be entitled to a separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate for the China-wide entity, 76.45
percent; and (4) for all non-China
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate applicable to the China exporter
that supplied that non-China exporter.
These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in the Secretary’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
International Trade Administration
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1. Liquidation Rate for Exporter
A’s Shipments of Xinhe-Produced
Subject Merchandise
Comment 2. Exporter A’s Separate Rate
Status
IV. Recommendation
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Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011).
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Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel
Line Pipe From the People’s Republic
of China: Final Results of the
Expedited Second Sunset Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
circular welded carbon quality steel line
pipe (welded line pipe) from the
People’s Republic of China (China)
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of a countervailable
subsidy at the levels indicated in the
‘‘Final Results of Sunset Review’’
section of this notice, infra.
DATES: Applicable August 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On January 23, 2009, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
CVD order on welded line pipe from
China.1 On June 9, 2016, Commerce
implemented its revised countervailable
subsidy rates pursuant to the findings in
the section 129 proceeding of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act.2 On
April 1, 2019, 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).3 On April 17, 2019,
Commerce received a notice of intent to
participate from California Steel
Industries, Inc., TMK IPSCO, Welspun
Tubular LLC, and Zekelman Industries
(collectively, the domestic interested
1 See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line
Pipe from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of
Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty
Order, 74 FR 4136 (January 23, 2009) (Order).
2 See Implementation of Determinations Pursuant
to Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, 81 FR 37180 (June 9, 2016); see also
Memorandum, ‘‘Section 129 Proceeding: United
States—Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain
Products from the People’s Republic of China
(WTO/DS 437): Final Determination for Pressure
Pipe, Line Pipe, OCTG, Wire Strand, and Solar
Panels,’’ dated May 19, 2016.
3 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84
FR 12227 (April 1, 2019).
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parties).4 The domestic interested
parties claimed interested party status
under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as
manufacturers in the United States of
the domestic like product.5
On April 30, 2019, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i), the domestic
interested parties filed a timely and
adequate substantive response.6
Commerce did not receive a substantive
response from the Government of China
or a respondent interested party to this
proceeding. On May 23, 2019,
Commerce notified the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC)
that it did not receive an adequate
substantive response from respondent
interested parties.7 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
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The merchandise covered by this
order is circular welded carbon quality
steel pipe of a kind used for oil and gas
pipelines (welded line pipe) not more
than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in outside
diameter, regardless of wall thickness,
length, surface finish, end finish or
stenciling.
The welded line pipe products that
are the subject of this order are currently
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under subheadings 7306.19.10.10,
7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and
7306.19.51.50. While HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.8
4 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Notice
of Intent to Participate in Second Five-Year Review
of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders on Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel
Line Pipe from the People’s Republic of China—
Request for Extension of Deadline and Acceptance
of Submission,’’ dated April 17, 2019 (Notice to
Participate); see also Commerce’s Letter,
‘‘Acceptance of Notice of Intent to Participate,’’
dated April 18, 2019.
5 See Notice to Participate at 2.
6 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Second
Five-Year Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
on Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe
from the People’s Republic of China: Substantive
Response to Notice of Initiation,’’ dated April 30,
2019.
7 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Review
Initiated on April 1, 2019,’’ dated May 23, 2019.
8 For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited
Second Sunset Review of Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Line Pipe from the People’s Republic
of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues
raised in this sunset review, including
the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy
and the net countervailable subsidy
rates likely to prevail if the Order were
to be revoked, is provided in the
accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
Appendix to this notice. 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 in the Central
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
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) and
752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines
that revocation of the Order would be
likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of a net countervailable
subsidy at the following rates: 9
Net
countervailable
subsidy
ad valorem rate
(percent)
Producers/exporters
Huludao Seven-Star Steel Pipe
Group Co., Ltd., Huludao Steel
Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd., and
Huludao Bohai Oil Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd. (collectively, the
Huludao Companies) ...............
Liaoning Northern Steel Pipe
Co., Ltd ....................................
All Others ....................................
32.65
40.05
36.35
Administrative Protective Order
This notice 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 order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is violation which is subject to
sanction.
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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing the
results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218 and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: July 30, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
A. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy
B. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates
Likely to Prevail
C. Nature of the Subsidy
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe From the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review
of the Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of
the countervailing duty (CVD) order on circular welded carbon quality
steel line pipe (welded line pipe) from the People's Republic of China
(China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a
countervailable subsidy at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results
of Sunset Review'' section of this notice, infra.
DATES: Applicable August 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 23, 2009, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
CVD order on welded line pipe from China.\1\ On June 9, 2016, Commerce
implemented its revised countervailable subsidy rates pursuant to the
findings in the section 129 proceeding of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act.\2\ On April 1, 2019, 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).\3\ On April 17, 2019,
Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from California
Steel Industries, Inc., TMK IPSCO, Welspun Tubular LLC, and Zekelman
Industries (collectively, the domestic interested
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parties).\4\ The domestic interested parties claimed interested party
status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as manufacturers in the
United States of the domestic like product.\5\
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\1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe from the
People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty
Order, 74 FR 4136 (January 23, 2009) (Order).
\2\ See Implementation of Determinations Pursuant to Section 129
of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 81 FR 37180 (June 9, 2016); see
also Memorandum, ``Section 129 Proceeding: United States--
Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain Products from the People's
Republic of China (WTO/DS 437): Final Determination for Pressure
Pipe, Line Pipe, OCTG, Wire Strand, and Solar Panels,'' dated May
19, 2016.
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84 FR 12227
(April 1, 2019).
\4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Notice of Intent
to Participate in Second Five-Year Review of the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders on Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel
Line Pipe from the People's Republic of China--Request for Extension
of Deadline and Acceptance of Submission,'' dated April 17, 2019
(Notice to Participate); see also Commerce's Letter, ``Acceptance of
Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated April 18, 2019.
\5\ See Notice to Participate at 2.
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On April 30, 2019, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i), the
domestic interested parties filed a timely and adequate substantive
response.\6\ Commerce did not receive a substantive response from the
Government of China or a respondent interested party to this
proceeding. On May 23, 2019, Commerce notified the U.S. International
Trade Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive
response from respondent interested parties.\7\ 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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\6\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Second Five-Year
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Line Pipe from the People's Republic of China:
Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated April 30,
2019.
\7\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Review Initiated on April 1,
2019,'' dated May 23, 2019.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is circular welded carbon
quality steel pipe of a kind used for oil and gas pipelines (welded
line pipe) not more than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in outside diameter,
regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish, end finish or
stenciling.
The welded line pipe products that are the subject of this order
are currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50,
7306.19.51.10, and 7306.19.51.50. While HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
scope of the order is dispositive.\8\
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\8\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Line Pipe from the People's Republic of China,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a
countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable subsidy rates
likely to prevail if the Order were to be revoked, is provided in the
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an
Appendix to this notice. 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 in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the
main 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) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of a net countervailable subsidy at the
following rates: \9\
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Net
countervailable
Producers/exporters subsidy ad
valorem rate
(percent)
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Huludao Seven-Star Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd., Huludao 32.65
Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd., and Huludao Bohai
Oil Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd. (collectively, the
Huludao Companies)...................................
Liaoning Northern Steel Pipe Co., Ltd................. 40.05
All Others............................................ 36.35
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice 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 order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is violation which
is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing the results and notice in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218 and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: July 30, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
A. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
B. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
C. Nature of the Subsidy
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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