[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33916-33918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15074]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-502]


Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes From India: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
producers or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales 
of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of 
review (POR) May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018. We invite interested 
parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable July 16, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, Office I, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes (pipe and 
tube) from India. 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.\1\
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    \1\ 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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    The review covers 27 producers or exporters of the subject 
merchandise. We selected Apl Apollo Tubes Limited (Apollo) and Garg 
Tube Export LLP for individual examination.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is pipe and tube. The pipe and 
tube subject to the order is currently classifiable under subheadings 
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 
7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS). While 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and 
Tubes from India: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Use of Facts Otherwise Available

    We determine that the use of facts otherwise available with an 
adverse inference is appropriate for these preliminary results with 
respect to Apollo.\3\
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    \3\ For further discussion, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 
section titled ``Application of Facts Available with an Adverse 
Inference.''
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Treatment of Affiliated Parties as a Single Entity

    We preliminarily determine that Garg Tube Export LLP and Garg Tube 
Limited, are affiliated as defined by section 771(33) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and should be treated as a single entity 
(herein after referred to as Garg Tube) for the purposes of Commerce's 
analysis in this administrative review.\4\
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    \4\ For further discussion, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 
section titled ``Affiliation and Collapsing.''
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Methodology

    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(2) 
of the Act. Export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 
of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 
of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the 
public 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 it is 
available to all parties in Commerce's Central Records Unit, located at 
Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A list of the topics discussed in 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this 
notice.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping

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margins exist for the period May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Producer or exporter                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Apl Apollo Tubes Limited....................................       87.39
Garg Tube Export LLP and Garg Tube Limited (collectively           18.55
 Garg Tube).................................................
Asian Contec Ltd............................................       18.55
Bhandari Foils & Tubes Ltd..................................       18.55
Bhushan Steel Ltd...........................................       18.55
Blue Moon Logistics Pvt. Ltd................................       18.55
CH Robinson Worldwide.......................................       18.55
Ess-Kay Engineers...........................................       18.55
Manushi Enterprise..........................................       18.55
Nishi Boring Corporation....................................       18.55
Fiber Tech Composite Pvt. Ltd...............................       18.55
GCL Private Limited.........................................       18.55
Goodluck India Ltd..........................................       18.55
GVN Fuels Ltd...............................................       18.55
Hydromatik..................................................       18.55
Jindal Quality Tubular Ltd..................................       18.55
KLT Automatic & Tubular Products Ltd........................       18.55
Lloyds Line Pipes Ltd.......................................       18.55
MARINEtrans India Private Ltd...............................       18.55
Patton International Ltd....................................       18.55
SAR Transport Systems Pvt. Ltd..............................       18.55
Surya Global Steel Tubes Ltd................................       18.55
Surya Roshni Ltd............................................       18.55
Welspun India Ltd...........................................       18.55
Zenith Birla (India) Ltd....................................       18.55
Zenith Birla Steels Private Ltd.............................       18.55
Zenith Dyeintermediates Ltd.................................       18.55
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days after public announcement of the 
preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\5\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\6\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, must submit a written request to the Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed 
electronically via ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) The party's 
name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and 
(3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will 
be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. Commerce 
intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice, unless extended, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act.
    An electronically filed document must be received successfully in 
its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\7\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the final results, Commerce shall determine and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries. If Garg Tube's weighted-average 
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results of this 
review, we will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate on the 
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each 
importer's examined sales and the total entered value of such sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If Garg Tube's weighted-average 
dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, or 
if an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce 
will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regards to 
antidumping duties.
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Garg 
Tube for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries in 
accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews.\8\
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    For Apollo and the 25 companies which were not selected for 
individual examination,\9\ we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties at a rate equal to each company's weighted-average dumping 
margin in the final results of this review.\10\
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    \9\ These companies are Asian Contec Ltd., Bhandari Foils & 
Tubes Ltd., Bhushan Steel Ltd., Blue Moon Logistics Pvt. Ltd., CH 
Robinson Worldwide, Ess-Kay Engineers, Manushi Enterprise, Nishi 
Boring Corporation, Fiber Tech Composite Pvt. Ltd., GCL Private 
Limited, Goodluck India Ltd., GVN Fuels Ltd., Hydromatik, Jindal 
Quality Tubular Ltd., KLT Automatic & Tubular Products Ltd., Lloyds 
Line Pipes Ltd., MARINEtrans India Private Ltd., Patton 
International Ltd., SAR Transport Systems Pvt. Ltd., Surya Global 
Steel Tubes Ltd., Surya Roshni Ltd., Welspun India Ltd., Zenith 
Birla (India) Ltd., Zenith Birla Steels Private Ltd., and Zenith 
Dyeintermediates Ltd.
    \10\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum, section titled ``Rates 
for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination.''
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    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP fifteen days 
after publication of the final results of this review. The final 
results of this administrative review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review 
and for future cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where 
applicable.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of 
administrative review for all shipments of pipe and tube from India 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) 
The cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review will be 
equal to the company-specific weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of the review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by a company not covered in this review but covered in a prior 
segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the producer 
is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed 
segment for the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; 
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will be 
the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation for this proceeding, 7.08 percent.\11\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \11\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Standard Pipes and Tubes from India, 51 FR 17384 (May 12, 1986).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties

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occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221.

    Dated: July 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Application of Facts Available with an Adverse Inference
V. Affiliation and Collapsing
VI. Rates for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation

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