[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31742-31743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11325]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-873]


Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel 
From India: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Notice of Amended Final 
Determination Pursuant to Court Decision; and Notice of Revocation of 
Antidumping Duty Order, in Part

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

SUMMARY: On April 30, 2020, the United States Court of International 
Trade (the CIT) sustained the final results of redetermination 
pertaining to the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of certain 
cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel (cold-drawn 
mechanical tubing) from India. The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is 
notifying the public that the final judgment in this case is not in 
harmony with the final determination in the LTFV investigation, and 
that Commerce is amending the final determination and resulting 
antidumping duty (AD) order with respect to the dumping margin assigned 
to Goodluck India Limited (Goodluck). We are also revoking the AD 
order, in part, with respect to Goodluck.

DATES: Applicable May 10, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Huang, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4047.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 16, 2018, Commerce published its Final Determination in 
the LTFV investigation of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from India.\1\ 
In the Final Determination, Commerce applied a rate based on adverse 
facts available to Goodluck after finding that the company failed to 
accurately report product ``control numbers'' in its home market sales 
and cost of production databases.\2\ Although Goodluck attempted to 
submit new databases at the start of verification of Goodluck's 
questionnaire responses, Commerce declined to accept the revised 
information, determining that such a revision did not constitute a 
``minor correction.'' \3\ On June 11, 2018, Commerce published its AD 
order on cold-drawn mechanical tubing from India.\4\
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    \1\ See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy 
Steel from India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 
than Fair Value, 83 FR 16296 (April 16, 2018) (Final Determination) 
and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
    \2\ See IDM at Comments 1 and 2.
    \3\ Id. at Comment 1.
    \4\ See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy 
Steel From the People's Republic of China, the Federal Republic of 
Germany, India, Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland: 
Antidumping Duty Orders; and Amended Final Determinations of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value for the People's Republic of China and 
Switzerland, 83 FR 26962 (June 11, 2018) (AD Order).
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    On August 13, 2019, the CIT remanded the Final Determination to 
Commerce and instructed Commerce to consider the revised databases 
provided

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by Goodluck.\5\ On remand, and under respectful protest, Commerce 
issued its final results of redetermination in accordance with the 
Court's order.\6\ In calculating an AD margin for Goodluck, Commerce 
relied on the corrections provided by Goodluck. On April 30, 2020, the 
CIT sustained Commerce's Final Remand Redetermination.\7\
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    \5\ See Goodluck India Limited v. United States, Court No. 18-
00162, Slip Op. 19-110 (CIT August 13, 2019) (Remand Order).
    \6\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Goodluck India Limited v. United States, Court No. 18-00162, 
Slip Op. 19-110 (CIT August 13, 2019), dated December 23, 2019 
(Final Remand Redetermination).
    \7\ See Goodluck India Limited v. United States, Court No. 18-
00162, Slip Op. 20-57 (CIT April 30, 2020).
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken,\8\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\9\ 
the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) held that, pursuant 
to section 516A of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
Commerce must publish a notice of a court decision that is not ``in 
harmony'' with a Commerce determination and must suspend liquidation of 
entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's April 30, 
2020 judgment sustaining the Final Remand Redetermination constitutes a 
final decision of the CIT that is not in harmony with Commerce's Final 
Determination. This notice is published in fulfillment of the 
publication requirements of Timken.
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    \8\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (Timken).
    \9\ See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626 
F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Determination

    Because there is now a final court decision, Commerce is amending 
its Final Determination with respect to Goodluck.\10\ Goodluck's 
revised dumping margin is as follows:
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    \10\ For purposes of this notice, the all-others rate for the AD 
Order will not be amended. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides 
that the estimated all-others rate shall be an amount equal to the 
weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 
established for exporters and producers individually investigated, 
excluding any zero or de minimis margins, and any margins determined 
entirely under section 776 of the Act. As discussed above, 
Goodluck's margin has been changed from a rate determined entirely 
under section 776 of the Act to zero. Therefore, Tube Products of 
India, Ltd. a unit of Tube Investments of India Limited 
(collectively, TPI) remains the only respondent in the underlying 
investigation for which Commerce calculated a company-specific rate 
which is not zero, de minimis or based entirely on facts available. 
As a result, pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the 
weighted-average dumping margin calculated for TPI continues to be 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margin assigned to all other 
producers and exporters of the merchandise under consideration. See 
Final Determination, 83 FR at 16296-97; AD Order, 83 FR at 26964.

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Producer and exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Goodluck India Limited.....................................        0.00
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Partial Exclusion from Antidumping Duty Order

    Pursuant to section 735(a)(4) of the Act, Commerce ``shall 
disregard any weighted average dumping margin that is de minimis as 
defined in section 733(b)(3) of the Act.'' \11\ Furthermore, section 
735(c)(2) of the Act states that ``the investigation shall be 
terminated upon publication of that negative determination'' and 
Commerce shall ``terminate the suspension of liquidation'' and 
``release any bond or other security, and refund any cash deposit.'' 
\12\ As a result of this amended final determination, in which Commerce 
has calculated an estimated weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 
percent for Goodluck, Commerce is hereby excluding merchandise produced 
and exported by Goodluck from the AD Order. Accordingly, Commerce will 
direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to release any bonds or 
other security and refund cash deposits pertaining to any suspended 
entries from Goodluck. Pursuant to Timken, the suspension of 
liquidation must continue during the pendency of the appeals process. 
Additionally, we will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation of all 
unliquidated entries from Goodluck at a cash deposit rate of 0.00 
percent which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after May 10, 2020, which is ten days after the CIT's final 
decision, in accordance with section 516A of the Act.\13\ In the event 
the CIT's ruling is not appealed, or if appealed and upheld by the 
CAFC, Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate entries produced and exported by Goodluck 
without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \11\ Section 733(b)(3) of the Act defines de minimis dumping 
margin as ``less than 2 percent ad valorem or the equivalent 
specific rate for the subject merchandise.''
    \12\ See sections 735(c)(2)(A) and (B) of the Act.
    \13\ See, e.g., Drill Pipe from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony with International Trade 
Commission's Injury Determination, Revocation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders Pursuant to Court Decision, and 
Discontinuation of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 79 FR 
78037, 78038 (December 29, 2014); High Pressure Steel Cylinders From 
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in 
Harmony With Final Determination in Less Than Fair Value 
Investigation, Notice of Amended Final Determination Pursuant to 
Court Decision, Notice of Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order in 
Part, and Discontinuation of Fifth Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 82 FR 46758, 46760 (October 6, 2017).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(c)(1) and (e) of the Act.

    Dated: May 19, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-11325 Filed 5-26-20; 8:45 am]
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