[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6762-6764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2751]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-965]


Drill Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final 
Determination of Critical Circumstances

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

DATES: Effective Date: February 8, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Dach, Susan Pulongbarit, or 
Matthew Renkey, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-1655, (202) 482-4031, or (202) 482-2312, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 11, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the final determination in the 
antidumping duty

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investigation of drill pipe from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'').\1\
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    \1\ See Drill Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Critical 
Circumstances, 76 FR 1966 (January 11, 2011) (``Final 
Determination'').
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    On January 12, 2011, VAM Drilling USA, Inc., Texas Steel 
Conversion, Inc., Rotary Drilling Tools, TMK IPSCO, and the United 
Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 
Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC 
(collectively ``Petitioners''); and Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. 
(``Baoshan'') filed timely allegations that the Department made various 
ministerial errors in the Final Determination and requested, pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.224, that the Department correct the alleged ministerial 
errors. No other party in this proceeding submitted comments on the 
Department's final margin calculations.
    Based upon our analysis of the comments and allegations of 
ministerial errors, we made changes to the determination of critical 
circumstances for DP-Master Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Jiangyin 
Liangda Drill Pipe Co., Ltd. (collectively ``the DP-Master Group''). 
Furthermore, as a result of correcting the errors in the final 
determination of critical circumstances for the DP-Master Group, the 
determination of critical circumstances for the companies granted 
separate-rate status \2\ was also revised because the change in import 
volumes for those companies were derived from the calculation of 
changes in import volumes of the DP-Master Group, Baoshan, and Shanxi 
Yida Special Steel Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. (``Yida''). However, we have 
determined that, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), it is not appropriate 
to make changes to our calculation of freight with respect to Baoshan 
because this correction would not alter the de minimis margin found for 
Baoshan in the Final Determination.
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    \2\ Shanxi Fenglei Drilling Tools Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Shuguang 
Huayang Drilling Tool Co., Ltd., and Jiangyin Long-Bright Drill Pipe 
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Separate Rate 
Respondents'').
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Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by the investigation are steel drill pipe, and 
steel drill collars, whether or not conforming to American Petroleum 
Institute (``API'') or non-API specifications. Included are finished 
drill pipe and drill collars without regard to the specific chemistry 
of the steel (i.e., carbon, stainless steel, or other alloy steel), and 
without regard to length or outer diameter. Also included are 
unfinished drill collars (including all drill collar green tubes) and 
unfinished drill pipe (including drill pipe green tubes, which are 
tubes meeting the following description: Seamless tubes with an outer 
diameter of less than or equal to 6\5/8\ inches (168.28 millimeters), 
containing between 0.16 and 0.75 percent molybdenum, and containing 
between 0.75 and 1.45 percent chromium). The scope does not include 
tool joints not attached to the drill pipe, nor does it include 
unfinished tubes for casing or tubing covered by any other antidumping 
or countervailing duty order.
    The subject products are currently classified in the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') categories: 
7304.22.0030, 7304.22.0045, 7304.22.0060, 7304.23.3000, 7304.23.6030, 
7304.23.6045, 7304.23.6060, 8431.43.8040 and may also enter under 
8431.43.8060, 8431.43.4000, 7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 7304.39.0036, 
7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 
7304.49.0015, 7304.49.0060, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 7304.59.8030, 
7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, and 
7304.59.8055.
    While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the scope of the investigation is 
dispositive.

Amended Final Results of the Investigation

    The Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''), defines a 
``ministerial error'' as including ``errors in addition, subtraction, 
or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting from inaccurate 
copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type of unintentional 
error which the administering authority considers ministerial.'' See 
section 735(e) of the Act. After analyzing Petitioners' and Baoshan's 
comments, we have determined that we made certain ministerial errors, 
as defined by section 735(e) of the Act, in our calculations for the 
Final Determination with respect to our determination of critical 
circumstances for the DP-Master Group and our calculation of freight 
expenses for certain inputs for Baoshan. However, as noted above, we 
have found that, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), it is only appropriate 
to amend the Final Determination with respect to the DP-Master Group 
and the Separate Rate Respondents. For a detailed discussion of these 
ministerial errors, as well as the Department's analysis of these 
errors, see Memorandum to James C. Doyle, through Paul Walker, from 
Susan Pulongbarit and Toni Dach, regarding ``Investigation of Drill 
Pipe from the People's Republic of China: Ministerial Error 
Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
    Because we have revised the determination of critical circumstances 
for the DP-Master Group, we are also revising the determination of 
critical circumstances for the Separate Rate Respondents because the 
calculation of changes in import volumes for those companies was 
calculated as the weighted average of the changes in import volumes for 
DP-Master Group, Baoshan and Yida. In accordance with section 735(e) of 
the Act, we are amending the Final Determination. As a result of 
correcting the ministerial error discussed above, we determine that 
critical circumstances exist for the DP-Master Group and the Separate 
Rate Respondents.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to suspend liquidation of all entries of the merchandise 
under consideration from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after May 20, 2010, with respect to the DP-Master 
Group and the Separate Rate Respondents, which is 90 days prior to the 
date on which the suspension of liquidation was first ordered, i.e., 90 
days prior to the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination 
\3\ in the Federal Register. CBP shall continue to require a cash 
deposit or the posting of a bond equal to the estimated amount by which 
the normal value exceeds the U.S. price as shown above. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice. For a general discussion of the application of cash deposits, 
see Final Determination, 76 FR at 19706.
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    \3\ Drill Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative 
Determination of Critical Circumstances, and Postponement of Final 
Determination, 75 FR 51004 (August 18, 2010).
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also is 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 written 
notification of the 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.

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    This amended final determination and notice are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 735(e), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 
and 19 CFR 351.224.

    Dated: February 1, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-2751 Filed 2-7-11; 8:45 am]
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