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Agency: International Trade
Administration (ITA).
Title: Procedures for Considering
Requests and Comments from the Public
for Textile and Safeguard Actions on
Imports from Oman.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Control Number: 0625–0266.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents: 6 (1 for
Request; 5 for Comments).
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours
for a Request; and 4 hours for a
Comment.
Burden Hours: 24.
Needs and Uses: Title III, Subtitle B,
Section 321 through Section 328 of the
United States-Oman Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act (the
‘‘Act’’) implements the textile and
apparel safeguard provisions, provided
for in Article 3.1 of the United StatesOman Free Trade Agreement (the
‘‘Agreement’’). This safeguard
mechanism applies when, as a result of
the elimination of a customs duty under
the Agreement, an Omani textile or
apparel article is being imported into
the United States in such increased
quantities, in absolute terms or relative
to the domestic market for that article,
and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof
to a U.S. industry producing a like or
directly competitive article. In these
circumstances, Article 3.1 permits the
United States to increase duties on the
imported article from Oman to a level
that does not exceed the lesser of the
prevailing U.S. normal trade relations
(NTR)/most-favored-nation (MFN) duty
rate for the article or the U.S. NTR/MFN
duty rate in effect on the day before the
Agreement entered into force.
The Statement of Administrative
Action accompanying the Act provides
that the Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA) will issue procedures for
requesting such safeguard measures, for
making its determinations under section
322(a) of the Act, and for providing
relief under section 322(b) of the Act.
In Proclamation No. 8332 (73 FR
80289, December 31, 2008), the
President delegated to CITA his
authority under Subtitle B of Title III of
the Act with respect to textile and
apparel safeguard measures.
CITA must collect information in
order to determine whether a domestic
textile or apparel industry is being
adversely impacted by imports of these
products from Oman, thereby allowing
CITA to take corrective action to protect
the viability of the domestic textile or
apparel industry, subject to section
322(b) of the Act.
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Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request
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the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–915]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and
Tube From the People’s Republic of
China: Final Results of the Expedited
Second Five-Year Sunset Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited
sunset review, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of this countervailing duty
(CVD) order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of a
countervailable subsidy at the levels
indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of
Review’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable August 30, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian
Hamilton, AD/CVD Operations, Office
II, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4798.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On August 5, 2008, Commerce
published its CVD order on light-walled
rectangular pipe and tube from the
People’s Republic of China (China) in
the Federal Register.1 On August 30,
1 See Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: LightWalled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the
People’s Republic of China, 73 FR 45405 (August
5, 2008).
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2012, Commerce implemented its
revised countervailable subsidy rates
pursuant to the findings in the section
129 proceeding of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (URAA).2 On June 23,
2014, at the conclusion of the first
sunset review, Commerce issued a
notice of continuation of the order.3
On May 1, 2019, Commerce published
the notice of initiation of the second
sunset review of the countervailing duty
order on light-walled rectangular pipe
and tube from the China, in accordance
with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).4 Commerce
received a notice of intent to participate
from Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman
Industries, Bull Moose Tube Co.,
California Steel and Tube, Hannibal
Industries, Maruichi American
Corporation, Searing Industries, and
Vest, Inc. (domestic interested parties)
and from Independence Tube
Corporation, a Nucor company
(Independence Tube) and Southland
Tube, Incorporated, a Nucor company
(Southland Tube) (collectively, Nucor
Pipe Mills), within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).5 6
Each of the companies claimed
interested party status under section
771(9)(C) of the Act, as a domestic
producer of light-walled rectangular
pipe and tube.
Commerce received a substantive
response from domestic producers 7
2 See Implementation of Determinations Under
Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act:
Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires; Circular
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated
Woven Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe
and Tube from the People’s Republic of China, 77
FR 52683 (August 30, 2012).
3 See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube
from Mexico, Turkey, the People’s Republic of
China, and the Republic of Korea: Continuation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 79
FR 35522 (June 23, 2014).
4 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 84
FR 18477 (April 1, 2019).
5 See Domestic Interested Parties Letter, ‘‘Notice
of Intent to Participate in Second Five-Year Review
of the Countervailing Duty Order on Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from China,’’ dated May
13, 2019; see also, Nucor Pipe Mills Letter, ‘‘LightWalled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of Intent to
Participate,’’ dated May 16, 2019.
6 On July 15, 2019, Commerce was notified of the
inadvertent omission of Wheatland Tube Company,
a division of Zekelman Industries, from the notice
of appearance, application for administrative
protective orders, and notice of intent to participate,
although it was included in the domestic industry’s
substantive response dated May 31, 2019. See
Domestic Interested Parties Letter, ‘‘Second FiveYear Reviews of the Antidumping {sic} Duty Order
on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from
China, Korea, Mexico, and Turkey: Errata,’’ dated
July 15, 2019.
7 See Domestic Producers Letter, ‘‘Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People’s
Republic of China, Second Review: Substantive
Response to Notice of Initiation,’’ dated May 31,
2019, and filed on behalf of Atlas Tube; Bull Moose
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within the 30-day deadline specified in
19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We received no
substantive response from any other
domestic or interested parties in this
proceeding, nor was a hearing
requested.
On July 2, 2019, Commerce notified
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive
an adequate substantive response from
respondent interested parties.8 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 this countervailing
duty order.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is certain welded carbon quality lightwalled steel pipe and tube, of
rectangular (including square) cross
section, having a wall thickness of less
than 4 mm. The merchandise subject to
the order is currently classifiable under
items 7306.61.50.00 and 7306.61.70.60
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS). Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes,
the written description is dispositive.
For a full description of the scope of the
order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.9
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review
are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted
by this notice. The issues discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
are the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy
and the net countervailable subsidy
rates likely to prevail if this order were
revoked. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via the
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. A list of topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is included as an
Appendix to this notice. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the internet 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)(1) and (3) of the Act, we
determine that revocation of the
countervailing duty order on lightwalled rectangular pipe and tube from
the China would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of a
countervailable subsidy at the rates
listed below:
Net
countervailable
subsidy
(percent)
Manufacturers/producer/exporter
Zhangjiagang Zhongyuan Pipe-making Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Qiyuan Group Co., Ltd .....................................................................
Qingdao Xiangxing Steel Pipe Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Kunshan Lets Win Steel Machinery Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................
All-Others .......................................................................................................................................................................................
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an 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 terms of an
APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This five-year (sunset) review and
notice are in accordance with sections
751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: August 23, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
Science Advisory Board
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely To
Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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Tube Co.; California Steel and Tube; Hannibal
Industries; Independence Tube Corp., a Nucor
company; Maruichi American Corporation’ Searing
Industries, Inc.; Southland Tube, Inc., a Nucor
company; Vest, Inc.; and Wheatland Tube Company
(collectively Domestic Producers).
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8 See Commerce Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews Initiated
on May 1, 2019,’’ dated July 2, 2019.
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Expedited Second Sunset
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Light-
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
This is a virtual meeting.
However, members of the public may
also come to 1315 East-West Highway,
SSMC3 Room 8836. This notice sets
forth the schedule and proposed agenda
of a meeting of the NOAA Science
Advisory Board (SAB). The members
will discuss issues outlined in the
section on Matters to be considered.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Monday, September 9, 2019 from 11:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time (EDT). These times and the agenda
SUMMARY:
Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the
People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-915]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic
of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Five-Year Sunset Review
of the Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of this countervailing duty
(CVD) order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a
countervailable subsidy at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results
of Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable August 30, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Hamilton, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4798.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 5, 2008, Commerce published its CVD order on light-walled
rectangular pipe and tube from the People's Republic of China (China)
in the Federal Register.\1\ On August 30, 2012, Commerce implemented
its revised countervailable subsidy rates pursuant to the findings in
the section 129 proceeding of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
(URAA).\2\ On June 23, 2014, at the conclusion of the first sunset
review, Commerce issued a notice of continuation of the order.\3\
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\1\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR
45405 (August 5, 2008).
\2\ See Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road
Tires; Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated Woven
Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's
Republic of China, 77 FR 52683 (August 30, 2012).
\3\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico,
Turkey, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea:
Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 79 FR
35522 (June 23, 2014).
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On May 1, 2019, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the
second sunset review of the countervailing duty order on light-walled
rectangular pipe and tube from the China, in accordance with section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\4\ Commerce
received a notice of intent to participate from Atlas Tube, a division
of Zekelman Industries, Bull Moose Tube Co., California Steel and Tube,
Hannibal Industries, Maruichi American Corporation, Searing Industries,
and Vest, Inc. (domestic interested parties) and from Independence Tube
Corporation, a Nucor company (Independence Tube) and Southland Tube,
Incorporated, a Nucor company (Southland Tube) (collectively, Nucor
Pipe Mills), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).5 6 Each of the companies claimed
interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as a
domestic producer of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube.
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\4\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 84 FR 18477
(April 1, 2019).
\5\ See Domestic Interested Parties Letter, ``Notice of Intent
to Participate in Second Five-Year Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from China,'' dated
May 13, 2019; see also, Nucor Pipe Mills Letter, ``Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China:
Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated May 16, 2019.
\6\ On July 15, 2019, Commerce was notified of the inadvertent
omission of Wheatland Tube Company, a division of Zekelman
Industries, from the notice of appearance, application for
administrative protective orders, and notice of intent to
participate, although it was included in the domestic industry's
substantive response dated May 31, 2019. See Domestic Interested
Parties Letter, ``Second Five-Year Reviews of the Antidumping
{sic{time} Duty Order on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube
from China, Korea, Mexico, and Turkey: Errata,'' dated July 15,
2019.
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Commerce received a substantive response from domestic producers
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within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We
received no substantive response from any other domestic or interested
parties in this proceeding, nor was a hearing requested.
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\7\ See Domestic Producers Letter, ``Light-Walled Rectangular
Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China, Second Review:
Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated May 31, 2019,
and filed on behalf of Atlas Tube; Bull Moose Tube Co.; California
Steel and Tube; Hannibal Industries; Independence Tube Corp., a
Nucor company; Maruichi American Corporation' Searing Industries,
Inc.; Southland Tube, Inc., a Nucor company; Vest, Inc.; and
Wheatland Tube Company (collectively Domestic Producers).
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On July 2, 2019, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive
response from respondent interested parties.\8\ 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 this
countervailing duty order.
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\8\ See Commerce Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on May 1,
2019,'' dated July 2, 2019.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is certain welded carbon
quality light-walled steel pipe and tube, of rectangular (including
square) cross section, having a wall thickness of less than 4 mm. The
merchandise subject to the order is currently classifiable under items
7306.61.50.00 and 7306.61.70.60 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description is
dispositive. For a full description of the scope of the order, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube 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
All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. The
issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum are the
likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy
and the net countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if this
order were revoked. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically via the 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. A list of topics discussed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum is included as an Appendix to this notice. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the internet 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)(1) and (3) of the Act, we
determine that revocation of the countervailing duty order on light-
walled rectangular pipe and tube from the China would be likely to lead
to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the rates
listed below:
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Net
countervailable
Manufacturers/producer/exporter subsidy
(percent)
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Zhangjiagang Zhongyuan Pipe-making Co., Ltd., Jiangsu 15.28
Qiyuan Group Co., Ltd...............................
Qingdao Xiangxing Steel Pipe Co., Ltd................ 200.58
Kunshan Lets Win Steel Machinery Co., Ltd............ 2.20
All-Others........................................... 15.28
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
an 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 terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This five-year (sunset) review and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: August 23, 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
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely To Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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