[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47275-47276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18856]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-966]


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

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has completed its 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on drill 
pipe from the People's Republic of China for the period March 3, 2011, 
through December 31, 2011. On April 5, 2013, we published the 
preliminary results of this review.\1\
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    \1\ See Drill Pipe from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2011, 78 FR 20615 (April 5, 2013) (Preliminary Results).
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    We provided interested parties with an opportunity to comment on 
the Preliminary Results. Our analysis of the comments submitted has 
resulted in a change to the net subsidy rate for Shanxi Yida Special 
Steel Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. and its cross-owned affiliates 
(collectively, Yida Group). The final net subsidy rate is listed below 
in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

DATES: Effective Date: August 5, 2013

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 8, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-4793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Following the Preliminary Results, we received case briefs from the 
Government of the People's Republic of China (GOC) and Yida Group on 
May 6, 2013. On June 24, 2013, we rejected the GOC's case brief because 
it contained untimely filed new factual information and informed the 
GOC that it could re-submit its case brief excluding the new 
information; on June 26, 2013, the GOC re-submitted its case brief. No 
interested party submitted a rebuttal brief. We did not hold a hearing 
in this review, as one was not requested.

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.\2\ 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.
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    \2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
regarding ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Drill Pipe from the 
People's Republic of China,'' signed concurrently with this notice 
and herein incorporated by reference (Final Decision Memorandum) for 
a complete description of the scope of the order.

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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs are addressed in the Final 
Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of the issues raised is attached to this 
notice as an Appendix. The Final 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 Final Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on 
the internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Final Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Final Decision Memorandum 
are identical in content.
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    \3\ See id.
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Final Results of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated a subsidy 
rate for the mandatory respondent, Yida Group.

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                                                             Net subsidy
                     Producer/exporter                          rate
                                                              (percent)
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Shanxi Yida Special Steel Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. and its             5.07
 cross-owned affiliates Shanxi Yida Special Steel Group
 Co., Ltd. and Shanxi Yida Petroleum Equipment
 Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (collectively, Yida Group).......
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Assessment Rates

    The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the 
date of publication of these final results, to liquidate shipments of 
subject merchandise by Yida Group entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after March 3, 2011, through December 31, 2011.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated CVDs in the amount shown above on shipments of 
subject merchandise by Yida Group entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this review. For all non-reviewed companies, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most recent 
company-specific or country-wide rate applicable to the company. 
Accordingly, the cash deposit rates that will be applied to companies 
covered by this order, but not examined in this review, are those 
established in the most recently completed segment of the proceeding 
for each company.\4\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \4\ See CVD Order, 76 FR at 11759.
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a 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). Timely written 
notification of 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 a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: July 29, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary+ for Import Administration.

Appendix--Issues in Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Double Counting
Comment 2: Policy Lending to Drill Pipe Producers
Comment 3: Calculation of Benefit under Policy Lending to Drill Pipe 
Producers
Comment 4: Electricity Benchmark Rates
Comment 5: Calculation of Benefit under Provision of Electricity for 
Less Than Adequate Remuneration
Comment 6: Sales Denominator for Shanxi Yida Special Steel Imp. & 
Exp. Co., Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2013-18856 Filed 8-2-13; 8:45 am]
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