[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48416-48417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18969]


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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 First Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order

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


DATES: Effective Date: August 8, 2013.
SUMMARY: On April 2, 2013, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
initiated the first sunset review of the countervailing duty order on 
light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). The Department finds that revocation of the countervailing 
duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of net 
countervailable

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subsidies at the rates shown below under ``Final Results of Review.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Meek, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2778.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The countervailing duty order on light-walled rectangular pipe and 
tube from the PRC was published on August 5, 2008. 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).
    On April 2, 2013, the Department initiated the first sunset review 
of this order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 78 
FR 19647 (April 2, 2013). The Department received a notice of intent to 
participate from the following domestic parties: Bull Moose Tube 
Company; California Steel & Tube; Hannibal Industries; JMC Steel Group; 
Maruichi American Corporation; Searing Industries; Southland Tube; 
Vest, Inc.; and Western Tube & Conduit (collectively, domestic 
interested parties), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).
    The Department received an adequate substantive response from the 
domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department did not receive any other 
responses from interested parties or the Government of the PRC. As a 
result, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is 
conducting an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the countervailing 
duty order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from the PRC.

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.
    A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the 
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited 
Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China'' from 
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, dated concurrently with this determination 
and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
    The Issues and 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 Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

 Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. The issues include the likelihood of continuation 
or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable 
subsidy likely to prevail if the order was revoked.

Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to sections 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 PRC would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the 
following net countervailable subsidy rates:

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                                                              Net
           Manufacturers/producer/exporter              Countervailable
                                                      Subsidy  (percent)
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Zhangjiagang Zhongyuan Pipe-making Co., Ltd.,                      15.28
 Jiangsu Qiyuan Group Co., Ltd......................
Qingdao Xiangxing Steel Pipe Co., Ltd...............              200.58
Kunshan Lets Win Steel Machinery Co., Ltd...........                2.20
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    This notice also serves as 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 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing the final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: July 30, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-18969 Filed 8-7-13; 8:45 am]
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