[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28551-28554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12370]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-943]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of 
China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: May 21, 2010.

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the ``Department'') and the International Trade Commission 
(``ITC''), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order on 
certain oil country tubular goods (``OCTG'') from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC''). On May 14, 2010 the ITC notified the Department of 
its affirmative determination of threat of material injury to a U.S. 
industry, and its negative determination of critical circumstances. See 
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from China (Investigation No. 731-TA-
1159 (Final), USITC Publication 4152 (May 2010)). In addition, the 
Department is amending its final determination as a result of 
ministerial errors.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz or Eugene Degnan, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4474 or (202) 482-0414, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with sections 735(d) and 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (``Act''), the 
Department published the final determination of sales at less than fair 
value in the antidumping investigation of OCTG from the PRC. See 
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Affirmative Final 
Determination of Critical Circumstances and Final Determination of 
Targeted Dumping, 75 FR 20335 (April 19, 2010) (``Final 
Determination'').

Amendment to the Final Determination

    On April 19, 2010, the Department published its affirmative final 
determination in this proceeding. See Final Determination. On April 21, 
2010, Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation (``TPCO''), a mandatory 
respondent, and Petitioners \1\ submitted ministerial error allegations 
and requested, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224, that the Department correct 
the alleged ministerial errors in the calculation of TPCO's dumping 
margin. Petitioners submitted rebuttal comments on April 26, 2010. TPCO 
submitted rebuttal comments on April 23, 2010 and on April 27, 2010.\2\ 
No other interested party submitted ministerial error allegations or 
rebuttal comments.
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    \1\ United States Steel Corporation, Maverick Tube Corporation, 
TMK IPSCO, V&M Star L.P., Wheatland Tube Corp., Evraz Rocky Mountain 
Steel, and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 
Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, 
AFL-CIO-CLC are the petitioners (collectively ``Petitioners'') in 
this investigation.
    \2\ This second set of rebuttal comments was submitted by TPCO 
in response to Petitioners' rebuttal comments submitted on April 23, 
2010.
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    After analyzing all interested party comments and rebuttals, we 
have determined, in accordance with section 735(e) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.224(e), that we made ministerial errors in our calculations for 
the Final Determination with respect to TPCO. For a detailed discussion 
of these ministerial errors, as well as the Department's analysis of 
the errors and allegations, see the Memorandum to the File, 
``Ministerial Error Memorandum, Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 
the People's Republic of China, Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value,'' dated May 18, 2010.
    Additionally, in the Final Determination, we determined that 
numerous companies qualified for a separate rate. See Final 
Determination. Because the only other mandatory respondent in this 
investigation, Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu 
Changbao Precision Tube Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Changbao''), was 
determined to be part of the PRC-wide entity in the Final 
Determination, the cash deposit rate for these separate-rate companies 
is based on the calculated rate of the sole remaining mandatory 
respondent: TPCO. See id.; see also Final Determination and 
accompanying ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty 
Investigation of Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's 
Republic of China'', at Comment 30. Therefore, because the margin for 
TPCO has changed since the Final Determination, the separate rate has 
changed as well. It is now 32.07 percent. See Memorandum to the File, 
``Investigation of Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's 
Republic of China: Amended Final Determination Analysis Memorandum, 
Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation,'' dated May 18, 2010. The amended 
weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                        Weighted-average
           Exporter                    Producer          margin percent
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Tianjin Pipe International      Tianjin Pipe (Group)               32.07
 Economic and Trading            Corporation.
 Corporation.
Angang Group Hong Kong Co.,     Angang Steel Co. Ltd..             32.07
 Ltd.
Angang Steel Co., Ltd., and     Angang Steel Co. Ltd..             32.07
 Angang Group International
 Trade Corporation.
Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd  Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe              32.07
                                 Co., Ltd.
Anshan Zhongyou Tipo Pipe &     Anshan Zhongyou Tipo               32.07
 Tubing Co., Ltd.                Pipe & Tubing Co.,
                                 Ltd.
Baotou Steel International      Seamless Tube Mill of              32.07
 Economic and Trading Co., Ltd.  Inner Mongolia Baotou
                                 Steel Union Co.,
                                 Ltd.\3\.
Benxi Northern Steel Pipes      Benxi Northern Steel               32.07
 Co., Ltd.                       Pipes Co., Ltd.

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Chengdu Wanghui Petroleum Pipe  Chengdu Wanghui                    32.07
 Co. Ltd.                        Petroleum Pipe Co.
                                 Ltd.
Dalipal Pipe Company..........  Dalipal Pipe Company..             32.07
Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co.  Faray Petroleum Steel              32.07
 Ltd.                            Pipe Co. Ltd.
Freet Petroleum Equipment Co.,  Freet Petroleum                    32.07
 Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field,      Equipment Co., Ltd.
 The Thermal Recovery            of Shengli Oil Field,
 Equipment, Zibo Branch.         The Thermal Recovery
                                 Equipment, Zibo
                                 Branch.
Hengyang Steel Tube Group       Hengyang Valin MPM                 32.07
 International Trading, Inc.     Tube Co., Ltd.;
                                 Hengyang Valin Steel
                                 Tube Co., Ltd.
Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial   Huludao Steel Pipe                 32.07
 Co., Ltd./Huludao City Steel    Industrial Co., Ltd./
 Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.       Huludao City Steel
                                 Pipe Industrial Co.,
                                 Ltd.
Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube      Jiangsu Chengde Steel              32.07
 Share Co., Ltd.                 Tube Share Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel  Jiangyin City                      32.07
 Pipe Co., Ltd.                  Changjiang Steel Pipe
                                 Co., Ltd.
Pangang Group Beihai Steel      Pangang Group Beihai               32.07
 Pipe Corporation.               Steel Pipe
                                 Corporation.
Pangang Group Chengdu Iron &    Pangang Group Chengdu              32.07
 Steel.                          Iron & Steel.
Qingdao Bonded Logistics Park   Shengli Oilfield                   32.07
 Products International          Highland Petroleum
 Trading Co., Ltd.               Equipment Co., Ltd.;.
                                Shandong Continental               32.07
                                 Petroleum Equipment
                                 Co., Ltd.;
                                Aofei Tele Dongying
                                 Import & Export Co.,
                                 Ltd.;
                                Highgrade Tubular
                                 Manufacturing
                                 (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.;
                                Cangzhou City Baohai
                                 Petroleum Material
                                 Co., Ltd.
Qiqihaer Haoying Iron and       Qiqihaer Haoying Iron              32.07
 Steel Co., Ltd. of Northeast    and Steel Co., Ltd.
 Special Steel Group.            of Northeast Special
                                 Steel Group.
Shandong Dongbao Steel Pipe     Shandong Dongbao Steel             32.07
 Co., Ltd.                       Pipe Co., Ltd.
ShanDong HuaBao Steel Pipe      ShanDong HuaBao Steel              32.07
 Co., Ltd.                       Pipe Co., Ltd.
Shandong Molong Petroleum       Shandong Molong                    32.07
 Machinery Co., Ltd.             Petroleum Machinery
                                 Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Metals & Minerals      Jiangsu Changbao Steel             32.07
 Import & Export Corp./          Pipe Co., Ltd.;.
 Shanghai Minmetals Materials
 & Products Corp.
                                Huludao Steel Pipe
                                 Industrial Co., Ltd.;
                                Northeast Special
                                 Steel Group Qiqihaer
                                 Haoying Steel and
                                 Iron Co., Ltd.;
                                Beijing Youlu Co.,
                                 Ltd.
Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel    Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo             32.07
 Pipe Co., Ltd.                  Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
Shengli Oil Field Freet         Freet Petroleum                    32.07
 Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.   Equipment Co., Ltd.
                                 of Shengli Oil Field,
                                 The Thermal Recovery
                                 Equipment, Zibo
                                 Branch;.
                                Faray Petroleum Steel
                                 Pipe Co., Ltd.;
                                 Shengli Oil Field
                                 Freet Petroleum Steel
                                 Pipe Co., Ltd.
Shengli Oil Field Freet         Freet Petroleum                    32.07
 Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.  Equipment Co., Ltd.
                                 of Shengli Oil Field,
                                 The Thermal Recovery
                                 Equipment, Zibo
                                 Branch;.
                                Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe
                                 Co., Ltd;
                                Wuxi Fastube Dingyuan
                                 Precision Steel Pipe
                                 Co., Ltd.
Shengli Oilfield Highland       Tianjin Pipe Group                 32.07
 Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.   Corp.;.
                                Goods & Materials
                                 Supply Dept. of
                                 Shengli Oilfield
                                 SinoPEC;
                                Dagang Oilfield Group
                                 New Century Machinery
                                 Co. Ltd.;
                                Tianjin Seamless Steel
                                 Pipe Plant; Baoshan
                                 Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
Shengli Oilfield Shengji        Shengli Oilfield                   32.07
 Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.   Shengji Petroleum
                                 Equipment Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Xingyuda Import and     Tianjin Lifengyuanda               32.07
 Export Co., Ltd. & Hong Kong    Steel Group Co., Ltd.
 Gallant Group Limited.
Tianjin Seamless Steel Pipe     Tianjin Seamless Steel             32.07
 Plant.                          Pipe Plant.
Tianjin Tiangang Special        Tianjin Tiangang                   32.07
 Petroleum Pipe Manufacturer     Special Petroleum
 Co., Ltd.                       Pipe Manufacturer
                                 Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Baoda Petroleum Special    Wuxi Baoda Petroleum               32.07
 Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd.    Special Pipe
                                 Manufacturing Co.,
                                 Ltd.
Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co.,     Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe             32.07
 Ltd.                            Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Sp. Steel Tube             Wuxi Precese Special               32.07
 Manufacturing Co., Ltd.         Steel Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Zhenda Special Steel Tube  Huai'an Zhenda Steel               32.07
 Manufacturing Co., Ltd.         Tube Manufacturing
                                 Co., Ltd.
Xigang Seamless Steel Tube      Xigang Seamless Steel              32.07
 Co., Ltd.                       Tube Co., Ltd.;.
                                Wuxi Seamless Special
                                 Pipe Co., Ltd.
Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube     Yangzhou Lontrin Steel             32.07
 Co., Ltd.                       Tube Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jianli Co., Ltd. &     Zhejiang Jianli Co.,               32.07
 Zhejiang Jianli Steel Tube      Ltd.;.
 Co., Ltd.
                                Zhejiang Jianli Steel
                                 Tube Co., Ltd.
PRC-wide Entity \*\...........  ......................             99.14
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* Includes: Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Changbao
  Precision Tube Co., Ltd. and Shengli Oil Field Freet Import & Export
  Trade Co., Ltd.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On May 14, 2010, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the 
ITC notified the Department of its final determination in this 
investigation. In its determination, the ITC found a threat

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of material injury. According to section 736(b)(2) of the Act, duties 
shall be assessed on subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
ITC's notice of final determination if that determination is based on 
the threat of material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that 
injury would have resulted without the imposition of suspension of 
liquidation of entries since the Department's preliminary 
determination. In addition, section 736(b)(2) of the Act requires U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to refund any cash deposits or 
bonds of estimated antidumping duties posted since the preliminary 
antidumping determination if the ITC's final determination is threat-
based. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of OCTG from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after November 17, 2009, and before 
the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal 
Register. Suspension of liquidation will continue after this date. See 
the Suspension of Liquidation section below. In addition, with regard 
to the ITC's negative critical circumstances determination, and 
regarding to exports from the PRC-wide entity, we will also instruct 
CBP to lift suspension, release any bond or other security, and refund 
any cash deposit made to secure the payment of antidumping duties with 
respect to entries of the merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after August 19, 2009 \4\ (i.e., 90 
days prior to the date of publication of the preliminary determination 
in the Federal Register), through November 16, 2009.
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    \3\ In Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, Affirmative Preliminary Determination of 
Critical Circumstances and Postponement of Final Determination, 74 
FR 59117 (November 17, 2009) and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods 
From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR 69065 
(December 30, 2009), we inadvertently identified the producer as 
Baotou Steel International Economic and Trading Co., Ltd.
    \4\ This date was incorrectly identified as ``April 19, 2009'' 
in the Final Determination.

    Scope of the Order
    The scope of this order consists of certain OCTG, which are hollow 
steel products of circular cross-section, including oil well casing and 
tubing, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and 
alloy), whether seamless or welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., 
whether or not plain end, threaded, or threaded and coupled) whether or 
not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (``API'') or non-API 
specifications, whether finished (including limited service OCTG 
products) or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG 
products), whether or not thread protectors are attached. The scope of 
the order also covers OCTG coupling stock. Excluded from the scope of 
the order are casing or tubing containing 10.5 percent or more by 
weight of chromium; drill pipe; unattached couplings; and unattached 
thread protectors.
    The merchandise covered by the order is currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') under item 
numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 
7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 
7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 
7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 
7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 
7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30, 
7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 
7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 
7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30, 7304.29.61.45, 
7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 
7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90, 
7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00, 7306.29.60.10, 
7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and 7306.29.81.50.
    The OCTG coupling stock covered by the order may also enter under 
the following HTSUS item numbers: 7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28, 
7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44, 
7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62, 
7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72, 7304.39.00.76, 7304.39.00.80, 
7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, 7304.59.80.25, 
7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45, 
7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65, 
7304.59.80.70, and 7304.59.80.80.
    The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes only; the written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.

Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct CBP to suspend liquidation on all entries of subject 
merchandise from the PRC. We will also instruct CBP to require cash 
deposits equal to the estimated amount by which the normal value 
exceeds the U.S. price as indicated in the chart above. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    Additionally, in the Final Determination, the Department noted that 
in Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of 
China: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 
Countervailing Duty Order, 75 FR 3203 (January 20, 2010) (``CVD 
Final'') the Department determined that the products under 
investigation, exported and produced by TPCO, benefitted from an export 
subsidy. Therefore, we will instruct CBP to require an antidumping cash 
deposit or posting of a bond equal to the weighted-average amount by 
which the normal value exceeds the U.S. price for TPCO, as indicated 
above, minus the amount determined to constitute an export subsidy.
    Further, for the two separate-rate companies in this investigation 
that also participated as mandatory respondents in the CVD 
investigation (i.e., Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang 
Jianli Co., Ltd. & Zhejiang Jianli Steel Tube Co., Ltd.), because it 
was determined in the CVD Final that these companies did not benefit 
from any export subsidy, we will not make an adjustment to the 
antidumping duty rate of these companies for purposes of cash deposits.
    For the remaining separate-rate companies, we will instruct CBP to 
adjust the dumping margin by the amount of export subsidies included in 
the All Others rate from the CVD Final.
    Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's 
final affirmative injury determination, CBP will require, at the same 
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average antidumping duty margins as discussed above. See section 
735(c)(3) of the Act. The ``PRC-wide'' rate applies to all exporters of 
subject merchandise not specifically listed.
    In accordance with section 736 of the Act, the Department will also 
direct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all unliquidated entries of 
OCTG from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after the date on which the ITC published its notice of final 
determination of threat of material injury in the Federal Register.
    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
OCTG from the PRC pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested 
parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, Room 1117 of 
the main

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Commerce building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty 
orders currently in effect.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: May 19, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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