[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33639-33640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13549]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-874]
Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel
From India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to Goodluck India
Limited (Goodluck) and Tube Investments of India Ltd. (TII), producers
and exporters of certain cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and
alloy steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) from India during the period
of review, January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 25, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Siordia or Eric Hawkins, 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) 482-3878 or (202) 482-1988,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 8, 2020, Commerce published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on cold-drawn
mechanical tubing from India.\1\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days.\2\ On July 21, 2020,
Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews by an
additional 60 days.\3\ On January 11, 2021, Commerce extended the
deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review.\4\ The
revised deadline for these preliminary results is now June 18, 2021.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 19730 (April 8, 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.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of
Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of 2019 Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review,'' dated January 11, 2021.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included at the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
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Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Certain Cold-
Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from India;
2019,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is cold-drawn mechanical
tubing from India. For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and the subsidy is
specific.\6\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
For the period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, we
preliminarily find that the following net subsidy rates exist:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Goodluck India Limited \7\.............................. 5.32
Tube Investments of India Ltd \8\....................... 7.70
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Assessment Rate
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\7\ This rate applies to the following entities: Goodluck India
Limited (formerly Good Luck Steel Tubes Limited); Good Luck Steel
Tubes Limited Good Luck House; and Good Luck Industries.
\8\ Tube Investments of India Ltd. is also known as Tube
Investments of India Limited.
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Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of
the final results, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review. Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
Cash Deposit Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amounts indicated above with regard to shipments of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this review. These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We will disclose to parties to this proceeding the calculations
performed in reaching the preliminary results within five days of the
date of publication of these preliminary results.\9\ Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs no 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.\10\ 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.\11\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS \12\ and must be served on
interested parties.\13\ Executive summaries should be limited to five
pages total, including footnotes. Note that Commerce has temporarily
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing
business proprietary information, until further notice.\14\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); see also
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-
19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020)
(Temporary Rule).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\12\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
\14\ See Temporary Rule.
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within
30 days of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance using Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS system.\15\
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a
foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs.\16\ If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be
determined. Parties should confirm the date and time of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date. Parties are reminded that all briefs
and hearing requests must be filed electronically using ACCESS and
received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
the due date.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after
publication of these preliminary results.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice are in issued and published
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213.
Dated: June 17, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting 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. Period of Review
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2021-13549 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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