[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 177 (Friday, September 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56213-56214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-857]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Determination of No 
Shipments; 2018-2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Jindal 
SAW Ltd., the sole company for which a review was requested, made no 
shipments of certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India during 
the period of review (POR) from September 1, 2018 through August 31, 
2019.

DATES: Applicable September 11, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Turlo, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3870.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 22, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this administrative review.\1\ Interested parties were invited to 
comment on the Preliminary Results within 30 days of publication.\2\ We 
received no comments.
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    \1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India: 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments in the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 44280 (July 22, 2020) 
(Preliminary Results).
    \2\ Id. at 44281.
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Scope of the Order 3
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    \3\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the 
Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 
53691 (September 10, 2014) (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is OCTG, which are hollow 
steel products of circular cross-section, including oil well casing and 
tubing, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and 
alloy), whether seamless or welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., 
whether or not plain end, threaded, or threaded and coupled) whether or 
not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (API) or non-API 
specifications, whether finished (including limited service OCTG 
products) or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG 
products), whether or not thread protectors are attached. The scope of 
the Order also covers OCTG coupling stock.
    Excluded from the scope of the Order are: Casing or tubing 
containing 10.5 percent or more by weight of chromium; drill pipe; 
unattached couplings; and unattached thread protectors.
    The merchandise subject to the Order is currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item 
numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 
7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 
7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 
7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 
7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 
7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30, 
7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 
7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 
7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30, 7304.29.61.45,

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7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 
7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90, 
7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00, 7306.29.60.10, 
7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and 7306.29.81.50.
    The merchandise subject to the Order may also enter under the 
following HTSUS item numbers: 7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28, 
7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44, 
7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62, 
7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72, 7304.39.00.76, 7304.39.00.80, 
7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, 7304.59.80.25, 
7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45, 
7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65, 
7304.59.80.70, 7304.59.80.80, 7305.31.40.00, 7305.31.60.90, 
7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.50.50, and 7306.50.50.70.
    The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the 
order is dispositive.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, we found that Jindal SAW, Ltd. (JSL), 
the sole company for which a review was requested, made no shipments of 
OCTG from India during the POR. We also stated in the Preliminary 
Results that consistent with Commerce's practice, it was not 
appropriate to preliminarily rescind the review, but rather to complete 
the review and issue appropriate instructions to U.S Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) based on the final results.\4\
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 85 FR at 44280; see also Certain 
Frozen Warm water Shrimp from Thailand; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of 
Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2012-2013, 79 FR 
15951, 15952 (March 24, 2014), unchanged in Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, Final Determination of No Shipments, and 
Partial Rescission of Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 51306 (August 28, 
2014).
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    We received no information that contradicted our findings in the 
Preliminary Results, and no interested party commented on the 
Preliminary Results. Therefore, for these final results, we continue to 
find that JSL made no shipments of OCTG from India during the POR.

Assessment Rates

    Commerce determines, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with these 
final results of review.\5\ Consistent with Commerce's clarification to 
its assessment practice, because we determined that JSL had no 
shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by JSL, for 
which this company did not know that the merchandise was destined for 
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate any entries at the 
all-others rate (i.e., zero percent) \6\ if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\7\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \6\ See Order, 79 FR at 53694 n.17.
    \7\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for JSL will remain 
unchanged from the rate assigned to them in the most recently completed 
segment for the company; \8\ (2) for merchandise exported by 
manufacturers or exporters 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 for the most recently-completed 
segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in a prior review, 
or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently 
completed segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the 
cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be zero percent, the all-others cash deposit rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\9\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \8\ See Order, 79 FR at 53694 n.17.
    \9\ Id.
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final 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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction 
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: September 4, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-20072 Filed 9-10-20; 8:45 am]
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