[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 66 (Friday, April 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20615-20616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08023]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-966]


Drill Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2011

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on drill 
pipe from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review 
(POR) is March 3, 2011, through December 31, 2011. We preliminary 
determine that Shanxi Yida Special Steel Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. and its 
cross-owned affiliates received countervailable subsidies during the 
POR.

DATES: Effective Date: April 5, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, 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) 482-4793.

Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order consists of steel drill pipe and steel drill 
collars, whether or not conforming to American Petroleum Institute 
(API) or non-API specifications. The merchandise subject to the order 
is currently classifiable under the 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. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written product description, available in Drill Pipe From the People's 
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 11758 (March 3, 
2011) (CVD Order), remains dispositive.
    A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the 
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ``Decision Memorandum 
for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: 
Drill Pipe from the People's Republic of China'' (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum), dated currently with this notice, and hereby adopted by 
this notice.
    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this 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 countervailable, we preliminarily 
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 
and that the subsidy is specific. See sections 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.
    In making these findings, we have relied, in part, on facts 
available and, because the Government of the PRC did not act to the 
best of its ability to respond to the Department's requests for 
information, we have drawn an adverse inference in selecting from among 
the facts otherwise available. See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 
For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 
Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary Determination Memorandum.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying the 
Department's conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine a net 
countervailable subsidy rate of 5.23 percent ad valorem for Shanxi Yida 
Special Steel Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. and its cross-owned affiliates 
Shanxi Yida Special Steel Group Co., Ltd. and Shanxi Yida Petroleum 
Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., for the period March 3, 2011, 
through December 31, 2011.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five 
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\1\ 
Interested parties may submit written arguments (case briefs) within 30 
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments 
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing the 
case briefs.\2\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must 
be limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) Statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \1\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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    Interested parties, who wish to request a hearing, or to 
participate if one is requested, must submit a written request to the 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\3\ Requests should contain the party's name, address, and 
telephone number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues 
to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, we will inform 
parties of the scheduled date for the hearing, which will be held at 
the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\4\ 
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the 
hearing.
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be 
filed electronically using IA ACCESS and that electronically filed 
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the due date.
    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised by parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
issuance of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts shown above. 
For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-
specific or all-others rate applicable to the company. These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: April 1, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:
    1. Summary.
    2. Background.
    3. Scope of the Order.
    4. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences.
    5. Subsidy Valuation Information.
    6. Loan Benchmark Rates.
    7. Analysis of Programs.
    8. Conclusion.


[FR Doc. 2013-08023 Filed 4-4-13; 8:45 am]
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