[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 66 (Friday, April 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20615-20616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08023]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-966]
Drill Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2011
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on drill
pipe from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review
(POR) is March 3, 2011, through December 31, 2011. We preliminary
determine that Shanxi Yida Special Steel Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. and its
cross-owned affiliates received countervailable subsidies during the
POR.
DATES: Effective Date: April 5, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4793.
Scope of the Order
The scope of the order consists of steel drill pipe and steel drill
collars, whether or not conforming to American Petroleum Institute
(API) or non-API specifications. The merchandise subject to the order
is currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) categories: 7304.22.0030, 7304.22.0045,
7304.22.0060, 7304.23.3000, 7304.23.6030, 7304.23.6045, 7304.23.6060,
8431.43.8040 and may also enter under 8431.43.8060, 8431.43.4000,
7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044,
7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 7304.49.0015, 7304.49.0060,
7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040,
7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, and 7304.59.8055. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written product description, available in Drill Pipe From the People's
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 11758 (March 3,
2011) (CVD Order), remains dispositive.
A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ``Decision Memorandum
for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review:
Drill Pipe from the People's Republic of China'' (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum), dated currently with this notice, and hereby adopted by
this notice.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on
file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS).
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov
and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
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Methodology
The Department has conducted 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 government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific. 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.
In making these findings, we have relied, in part, on facts
available and, because the Government of the PRC did not act to the
best of its ability to respond to the Department's requests for
information, we have drawn an adverse inference in selecting from among
the facts otherwise available. See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary Determination Memorandum.
For a full description of the methodology underlying the
Department's conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine a net
countervailable subsidy rate of 5.23 percent ad valorem for Shanxi Yida
Special Steel Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. and its cross-owned affiliates
Shanxi Yida Special Steel Group Co., Ltd. and Shanxi Yida Petroleum
Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., for the period March 3, 2011,
through December 31, 2011.
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department 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.\1\
Interested parties may submit written arguments (case briefs) within 30
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing the
case briefs.\2\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must
be limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) Statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.
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\1\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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Interested parties, who wish to request a hearing, or to
participate if one is requested, must submit a written request to the
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\3\ Requests should contain the party's name, address, and
telephone number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues
to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, we will inform
parties of the scheduled date for the hearing, which will be held at
the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\4\
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the
hearing.
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\4\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be
filed electronically using IA ACCESS and that electronically filed
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised by parties in their comments, within 120 days after
issuance of these preliminary results.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Instructions
The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts shown above.
For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-
specific or all-others rate applicable to the company. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: April 1, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:
1. Summary.
2. Background.
3. Scope of the Order.
4. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences.
5. Subsidy Valuation Information.
6. Loan Benchmark Rates.
7. Analysis of Programs.
8. Conclusion.
[FR Doc. 2013-08023 Filed 4-4-13; 8:45 am]
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