[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 143 (Friday, July 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44860-44861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16075]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-502]


Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes From India: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-
2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
the sole producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made 
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the 
period of review (POR) May 1, 2018 through April 30, 2019. We invite 
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable July 24, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun, Office I, Enforcement 
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-5760.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes 
(pipes and tubes) from India. Commerce extended the time limit for the 
preliminary results of this review to May 29, 2020, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of The Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).\1\ Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 
days, thereby extending the deadline for the preliminary results of 
this administrative review to July 20, 2020.\2\
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    \1\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes 
and Tubes from India: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated January 13, 2020.
    \2\ See Memorandum ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
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    We initiated this administrative review with respect to 29 
companies.\3\ On December 31, 2019, we rescinded this administrative 
review with respect to 28 companies.\4\ Garg Tube is the sole remaining 
respondent in this administrative review.\5\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 33739, 33741 (July 15, 2019).
    \4\ See Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from India: 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, in Part; 2018-
2019, 84 FR 72298 (December 31, 2019).
    \5\ Consistent with the last administrative review, we continue 
to treat Garg Tube Export LLP and Garg Tube Limited as a single 
collapsed entity and refer to this single entity as Garg Tube. See 
Memorandum, ``Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes 
from India: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019,'' dated 
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum) at 2, n.6.
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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.

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. In addition, 
a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content. 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 margin exists for the period May 1, 2018 through April 30, 
2019.

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Garg Tube Export LLP and Garg Tube Limited (collectively           8.42
 Garg Tube)................................................
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
administrative review 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 seven days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\6\ Commerce has modified certain of its requirements for 
serving documents containing business proprietary information until 
further notice.\7\ 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.\8\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary Rule Modifying AD/
CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 
26, 2020) (``To provide adequate time for release of case briefs via 
ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date for all rebuttal briefs 
to be 7 days after case briefs are filed (while these modifications 
remain in effect).'').
    \7\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 
to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 
2020).
    \8\ 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 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. An electronically filed 
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by 
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\9\ If a 
request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at 
a time and date to be determined.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review,

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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.

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 a respondent's weighted-average 
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results of this 
review, then we will calculate importer-specific antidumping duty 
assessment rates 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).\10\ If Garg Tube's weighted-average dumping margin is 
zero or de minimis in the final results of review, or if an importer-
specific antidumping duty assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regards to 
antidumping duties.\11\
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    \10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
    \11\ Id. at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    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.\12\
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    \12\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 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 pipes and tubes 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.\13\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \13\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Standard Pipes and Tubes from India, 51 FR 17384, 17385 (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 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 20, 2020.
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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

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