[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11050-11051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05646]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-911]
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review
of the Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty order would
be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of a
countervailable subsidy at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results
of Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable March 25, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Hamilton, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4798.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 22, 2008, Commerce published its countervailing duty order
on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China.\1\ On August
21, 2012, Commerce implemented its revised countervailable subsidy
rates pursuant to the findings in the section 129 proceeding of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).\2\ On November 1, 2018, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of the second sunset review of the
countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe
from China, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, (the Act).\3\ On November 15, 2018, within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i) and section 771(9)(C) of the Act,
Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from Zekelman
Industries,\4\ and from Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, TMK IPSCO and
Wheatland Tube.\5\ On November 16, 2018, also within the deadline,
Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from Independence
Tube Corporation (Independence), a Nucor company, and Southland Tube,
Incorporated (Southland), a Nucor company.\6\ Each of the companies
claimed to be a domestic interested party as producers of a domestic
like product (circular welded carbon quality steel pipe) in the United
States.
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\1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the
People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty
Order, 73 FR 42545 (July 22, 2008) (Order).
\2\ See Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road
Tires; Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated Woven
Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's
Republic of China, 77 FR 52683 (August 30, 2012 (Section 129
Implementation).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 83 FR 54915
(November 1, 2018).
\4\ See Letter from Zekelman ``Circular Welded Carbon Quality
Steel Pipe from The People's Republic of China: Domestic Industry
Notice Of Intent To Participate In Sunset Reviews,'' dated November
24, 2018.
\5\ See Letter from Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, TMK IPSCO
and Wheatland Tube ``Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate in
Sunset Reviews,'' dated November 15, 2016).
\6\ See Letter from Independence and Southland ``Circular Welded
Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's Republic of China:
Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated November
16, 2018.
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On November 29, 2018, Commerce received complete substantive
responses to the notice of initiation from the domestic interested
parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).\7\ We received no
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substantive responses from respondent interested parties or from the
Government of China with respect to the order covered by this sunset
review.
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\7\ See Letter from Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, TMK IPSCO,
Wheatland Tube, Zekelman Industries, Independence Tube Corporation
and Southland Tube Incorporated (collectively, domestic interested
parties) ``Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from The
People's Republic of China: Domestic Industry Substantive
Response,'' dated November 29, 2018 (Domestic Industry Substantive
Response).
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On December 18, 2018, Commerce notified the U.S. International
Trade Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive
response from respondent interested parties.\8\ As a result, pursuant
to 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the countervailing
duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe.
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\8\ See Letter to the ITC re: ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on
November 1, 2018,'' dated December 18, 2018.
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Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through
the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\9\ If the new
deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's
practice, the deadline will become the next business day. The revised
deadline for the expedited final results of this sunset review is now
April 10, 2019.
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\9\ See Memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding
have been extended by 40 days.
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Scope of the Order
The scope of this order covers certain welded carbon quality steel
pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, and with an outside
diameter of 0.372 inches (9.45 mm) or more, but not more than 16 inches
(406.4 mm), whether or not stenciled, regardless of wall thickness,
surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end finish (e.g.,
plain end, beveled end, grooved, threaded, or threaded and coupled), or
industry specification (e.g., ASTM, proprietary, or other), generally
known as standard pipe and structural pipe (they may also be referred
to as circular, structural, or mechanical tubing).
The pipe products that are the subject of this order are currently
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
statistical reporting numbers 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25,
7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85,
7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.10.00, 7306.50.50.50, 7306.50.50.70,
7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and 7306.19.51.50. For a
full description of the scope of this order, see the accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\10\
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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic
of China,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum,\11\ which is hereby adopted by this notice.
The issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum are the
likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy
and the net countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if the
order were revoked. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and to all in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Issues
and Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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\11\ Id.
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Final Results of Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the countervailing duty order on circular
welded carbon quality steel pipe from China would be likely to lead to
the continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the
rates listed below: \12\
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\12\ See Section 129 Implementation, 77 FR at 52685.
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Net subsidy
Producer/exporter rate (percent)
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Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (East Pipe)........... 29.83
Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline and Technologies Co., Ltd., 48.18
Kingland Group Co., Ltd, Beijing Kingland Century
Technologies Co., Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline Industry
Co., Ltd., and Shanxi Kingland Pipeline Co., Ltd.
(collectively, Kingland Companies).....................
Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Tianjin 620.08
Shuangjie Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Wa Song
Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; and Tianjin Shuanglian
Galvanizing Products Co., Ltd. (collectively,
Shuangjie).............................................
All other producers and exporters....................... 39.01
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Notification to Interested Parties
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 this notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: March 20, 2019.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations, performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary,
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-05646 Filed 3-22-19; 8:45 am]
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