[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73064-73065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20205]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-911]


Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Third 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 circular welded 
carbon quality steel pipe from the People's Republic of China (China) 
would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of 
countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the ``Final 
Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable September 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Hargett AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 481-4161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 22, 2008, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
CVD order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China.\1\ 
On August 21, 2012, Commerce implemented its revised countervailable 
subsidy rates pursuant to the findings in the section 129 proceeding of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.\2\ On May 1, 2024, Commerce published 
the notice of initiation of the third sunset review of the Order, 
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the 
Act).\3\
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the 
People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty 
Order, 73 FR 42545 (July 22, 2008) (Order).
    \2\ See Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road 
Tires; Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated Woven 
Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's 
Republic of China, 77 FR 52683 (August 30, 2012) (Section 129 
Implementation).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 35073 
(May 1, 2024).
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    On May 16, 2024, within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i) and section 771(9)(C) of the Act, Commerce received 
timely notices of intent to participate from Bull Moose Tube Company, 
Maruichi American Corporation, and Zekelman Industries,\4\ and from 
Nucor Tubular Products Inc.\5\ (collectively, the domestic interested 
parties). Each of the companies claimed to be a domestic interested 
party as producers of a domestic like product (circular welded carbon 
quality steel pipe) in the United States.
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    \4\ See Bull Moose Tube Company, Maruichi American Corporation, 
and Zekelman Industries' Letter, ``Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' dated May 16, 2024.
    \5\ See Nucor Tubular Products Inc.'s Letter, ``Notice of Intent 
to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated May 16, 2024.
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    On May 31, 2024, the domestic interested parties submitted a timely 
substantive response within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\6\ Commerce did not receive a substantive response 
from the Government of China, a respondent, or any other interested 
party to this proceeding. As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an 
expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order. On July 22, 2024, 
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 
seven days.\7\ The deadline for the final results is now September 5, 
2024.
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    \6\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Substantive 
Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated May 31, 2024.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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    On June 21, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade 
Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive response 
from respondent interested parties.\8\
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    \8\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on May 1, 
2024,'' dated May 1, 2024.
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of this Order covers certain welded carbon quality steel 
pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section. For a full description of 
the scope of this Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\
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    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\10\ A list of topics discussed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum is included 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). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. A 
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNotices/ListLayout.aspx.
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    \10\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the Order would likely lead to the 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the rates 
listed below:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                  Exporter/manufacturer                     (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (East Pipe)...........           29.83
Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline and Technologies Co., Ltd.;             48.18
 Kingland Group Co., Ltd; Beijing Kingland Century
 Technologies Co.; Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline Industry
 Co., Ltd.; and Shanxi Kingland Pipeline Co., Ltd.
 (collectively, Kingland Companies).....................

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Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Tianjin                   620.08
 Shuangjie Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Wa Song
 Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; and Tianjin Shuanglian
 Galvanizing Products Co., Ltd. (collectively,
 Shuangjie).............................................
All Others..............................................           39.01
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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 return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective orders 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: September 3, 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 Countervailable 
Subsidies
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-20205 Filed 9-6-24; 8:45 am]
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