[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44961-44962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11207]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-882]


Large Diameter Welded Pipe From India: Final Results of the 
Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on large diameter 
welded pipe (LDWP) from India would be likely to lead to continuation 
or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in 
the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable May 22, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noah Wetzel, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7466.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 6, 2019, Commerce published the Order on LDWP from 
India.\1\ On February 1, 2024, Commerce published the notice of 
initiation of the first sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 
351.218(c).\2\ On February 16, 2024, Commerce received a timely notice 
of intent to participate from the domestic interested party in the 
underlying investigation, American Line Pipe Producers Association 
Trade Committee,\3\ within the 15-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The domestic interested party claimed interested 
party status within the meaning of section 771(9)(F) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.102(b)(29)(viii) as an association in which the majority of its 
members are producers of the domestic like product.\5\
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    \1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India: Countervailing 
Duty Order, 84 FR 8085 (March 6, 2019) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 6499 
(February 1, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
    \3\ American Line Pipe Producers Association Trade Committee was 
the petitioner in the underlying investigation.
    \4\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Notice of Intent 
to Participate,'' dated February 16, 2024.
    \5\ Id. at 2.
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    On March 4, 2024, Commerce received an adequate substantive 
response to the Initiation Notice from the domestic interested party 
within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\6\ 
Commerce received no responses from the Government of India (GOI) or 
from any other interested party. In accordance with section 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act, because Commerce did not receive a substantive 
response from the GOI or a respondent party, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) and (e)(1)(ii)(C), respectively, we determined 
that the respondent interested parties did not provide an adequate 
response to the Initiation Notice. Therefore, consistent with 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), on March 22, 2024, 
Commerce notified the International Trade Commission that it did not 
receive an adequate substantive response from respondent interested 
parties, and that it would conduct an expedited (120-day) sunset review 
of the Order.\7\
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    \6\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Large Diameter 
Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe from India: Substantive 
Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated March 4, 2024 (Substantive 
Response).
    \7\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for February 2024,'' 
dated March 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is large diameter welded pipe from 
India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\
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    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review, 
including the likelihood of the continuation or recurrence of 
subsidization in the event of revocation of the Order and the 
countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Order were to be 
revoked, is provided in the accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and 
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), which is available to 
registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly

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at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNotices/ListLayout.aspx.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net 
countervailable subsidy rates:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Bhushan Steel...........................................          541.15
Welspun Trading Limited.................................          541.15
All Others..............................................          541.15
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Administrative Protective Order

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

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and this 
notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act, and 19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: May 15, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely To Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-11207 Filed 5-21-24; 8:45 am]
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