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1See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People’s Republic 

of China: Affirmative Final Determination of Sales 

at Less-Than-Fair Value and Final Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part, 83 FR 16322 (April 

16, 2018) (China Final); Certain Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from 

the Federal Republic of Germany: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 

FR 16326 (April 16, 2018) (Germany Final); Certain 

Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and 

Alloy Steel from India: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, 83 

FR 16296 (April 16, 2018) (India Final); Certain 

Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and 

Alloy Steel from Italy: Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 83 

FR 16289 (April 16, 2018) (Italy Final); Certain 

Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and 

Alloy Steel from the Republic of Korea: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, 83 FR 16319 (April 16, 

2018) (Korea Final); Certain Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from 

Switzerland: Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value, 83 FR 16293 (April 16, 2018) 

(Switzerland Final). 

2See China Final, 83 FR at 16322; Italy Final, 83 

FR at 16290; and Korea Final, 83 FR at 16320. 

3See section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.224(f). 

4See Goodluck’s letter, ‘‘Goodluck’s Final 

Determination Ministerial Error Comments: 

Antidumping Duty Investigation on Certain ColdDrawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy 

Steel from India (A–533–873),’’ dated April 17, 

2018 (Goodluck’s Allegation). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical 

Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: 

Ministerial Error Allegation Memorandum,’’ dated 

May 16, 2018. 

6ArcelorMittal Tubular Products, Michigan 

Seamless Tube, LLC, Plymouth Tube Co. USA, PTC 

Alliance Corp., Webco Industries, Inc., and 

Zekelman Industries, Inc. (collectively, the 

petitioners). 

7See the petitioners’ letter, ‘‘Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing from Germany—Petitioners’ 

Ministerial Error Allegations Regarding BENTELER 

Steel/Tube GmbH,’’ dated April 23, 2018 

(Petitioners’ Allegation regarding Benteler); the 

petitioners’ letter, ‘‘Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing 

from Germany—Petitioners’ Ministerial Error 

Allegations Regarding Salzgitter Mannesmann Line 

Pipe GmbH and Salzgitter Mannesmann Precision 

GmbH,’’ dated April 23, 2018 (Petitioners’ 

Allegation regarding Salzgitter). 

8See Benteler’s letter, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical 

Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from Germany: 

Reply to Ministerial Error Comments for the Final 

Determination,’’ dated April 30, 2018 (Benteler’s 

Rebuttal Comments). 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical 

Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from the Federal 

Republic of Germany: Ministerial Error Allegation 

Memorandum,’’ dated June 6, 2018. 

10See Benteler Rothrist’s letter, ‘‘Antidumping 

Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from 

Switzerland: Ministerial Error Comments for the 

Final Determination,’’ dated April 23, 2018 

(Benteler Rothrist’s Allegation). 

11See the petitioners’ letter, ‘‘Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing from Switzerland—Petitioners’ 

Response to Benteler Rothrist’s Ministerial Error 

Allegation,’’ dated April 30, 2018 (Petitioners’ 

Rebuttal Comments to Benteler Rothrist). 

12See the petitioners’ letter, ‘‘Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing from China—Petitioners’ 

Ministerial Error Allegations,’’ dated April 24, 2018 

(Petitioners’ China Allegation). 

13See Huacheng’s letter, ‘‘Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from 

and ASTM specifications are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12482 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–058, A–428–845, A–533–873, A–475– 

838, A–580–892, A–441–801] 

Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing 

of Carbon and Alloy Steel From the 

People’s Republic of China, the 

Federal Republic of Germany, India, 

Italy, the Republic of Korea, and 

Switzerland: Antidumping Duty 

Orders; and Amended Final 

Determinations of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value for the People’s Republic of 

China and Switzerland 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (the 

ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping 

duty orders on certain cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy 

steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China), the Federal Republic of 

Germany (Germany), India, Italy, the 

Republic of Korea (Korea), and 

Switzerland. In addition, Commerce is 

amending its final determination of 

sales at less than fair value (LTFV) for 

China and Switzerland as a result of 

ministerial errors. 

DATES: Applicable June 11, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Stolz at (202) 482–4474 or Keith Haynes 

at (202) 482–5139 (China), Frances 

Veith at (202) 482–4295 (Germany), 

Susan Pulongbarit at (202) 482–4031 or 

Omar Qureshi at (202) 482–5307 (India), 

Carrie Bethea at (202) 482–1491 (Italy), 

Annathea Cook at (202) 482–0250 

(Korea), and Laurel LaCivita at (202) 

482–4243 (Switzerland), AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 735(a), 

735(d), and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.210(c), Commerce published its 

affirmative final determinations in the 

LTFV investigations of cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing from China, 

Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland on April 16, 2018.1 In 

addition, Commerce made affirmative 

determinations of critical circumstances 

with respect to China and Italy, in part, 

and with respect to Korea, pursuant to 

section 735(a)(3) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.206.2

Commerce received numerous 

ministerial error allegations and 

comments in the various investigations. 

A ministerial error is defined as an error 

in addition, subtraction, or other 

arithmetic function, clerical error 

resulting from inaccurate copying, 

duplication, or the like, and any other 

similar type of unintentional error 

which the Secretary considers 

ministerial.3

On April 17, 2018, Goodluck India 

Limited (Goodluck) alleged that 

Commerce made a ministerial error in 

the India Final.4 However, we find that 

the alleged error is methodological, 

rather than ministerial, in nature.5

On April 23, 2018, the petitioners 6

alleged that Commerce made certain 

ministerial errors in the Germany Final 

with respect to Benteler Steel/Tube 

GmbH (Benteler), Salzgitter 

Mannesmann Line Pipe GmbH 

(Salzgitter Line Pipe) and Salzgitter 

Mannesmann Precision GmbH 

(Salzgitter Precision).7 On April 30, 

2018, Benteler submitted rebuttal 

comments to the petitioners’ allegation.8

Neither Salzgitter Line Pipe nor 

Salzgitter Precision submitted rebuttal 

comments. However, we find that the 

alleged errors regarding our Final 

Determination with respect to Benteler’s 

margin calculation and our treatment of 

Salzgitter Line Pipe, Salzgitter 

Precision, or any other Salzgitter 

company are methodological, rather 

than ministerial, in nature.9

On April 23, 2018, Benteler Rothrist 

AG (Benteler Rothrist) alleged that 

Commerce made certain ministerial 

errors in the Switzerland Final.10 On 

April 30, 2018, the petitioners 

submitted rebuttal comments to 

Benteler Rothrist’s allegation.11 See the 

‘‘Amendment to Switzerland Final’’ 

section below for further information. 

On April 24, 2018, the petitioners 

alleged that Commerce made certain 

ministerial errors in the China Final 

with respect to Zhangjiagang Huacheng 

Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Huacheng).12

On April 30, 2018, Huacheng submitted 

rebuttal comments to the petitioners’ 

allegation.13 See the ‘‘Amendment to 


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the People’s Republic of China; Reply to Petitioner’s 

Ministerial Error Comments,’’ dated April 30, 2018 

(Huacheng’s Rebuttal Comments). 

14See letter from the ITC to the Honorable Gary 

Taverman, May 31, 2018 (Notification of ITC Final 

Determinations) (ITC Letter); see also ITC 

publication 4790 (May 2018), Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing from China, Germany, India, 

Italy, Korea, and Switzerland, Investigation Nos. 

731–TA–1362–1367 (Final). 

15At Appendix I of the India Final and the Italy 

Final, we inadvertently published an incorrect 

scope of the investigation. See Appendix 1 of this 

notice for a complete description of the scope of 

these orders. 

16See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical 

Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People’s 

Republic of China: Allegation of Ministerial Errors 

in the Final Determination,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (China 

Amended Final Determination Memorandum). 

17 Id. 

18 Id. 

19See China Amended Final Determination 

Memorandum. 

20See China Final, 83 FR at 16324 (citing 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from 

the People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Determination, and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 82 

FR 58175 (December 11, 2017) and accompanying 

Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

21See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical 

Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from Switzerland: 

Ministerial Error Allegation Memorandum,’’ dated 

June 6, 2018. 

22 Id. 

23 Id. 

24 Id. 

25See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from 

Switzerland: Calculation of the All-Others Rate in 

the Amended Final Determination,’’ dated June 6, 

2018. 

26See ITC Letter. 

27Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value and Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, and Postponement of Final 

Determination, 82 FR 55574 (November 22, 2017) 

(China Prelim); Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical 

Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from the Federal 

Republic of Germany: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Continued 

China Final’’ section below for further 

discussion. 

On May 31, 2018, the ITC notified 

Commerce of its affirmative 

determination that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured 

within the meaning of section 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of 

LTFV imports of cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing from China, 

Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland, and of its determination 

that critical circumstances do not exist 

with respect to imports of cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing from China, Italy, 

and Korea.14

Scope of the Orders 

The product covered by these orders 

is cold-drawn mechanical tubing from 

China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland.15 For a complete 

description of the scope of these orders, 

see the Appendix to this notice. 

Amendment to China Final 

Commerce reviewed the record and 

agrees that one of the two alleged errors 

referenced in the petitioners’ allegation 

constitutes a ministerial error within the 

meaning of section 735(e) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.224(f).16 Specifically, 

Commerce erroneously valued 

international freight for shipments of 

subject merchandise to a particular U.S. 

destination using inconsistent values.17

Additionally, we find that the second 

alleged error regarding the surrogate 

international freight rate calculation for 

those U.S. destinations for which no 

rates were available is not an error in 

addition, subtraction, or other 

arithmetic function within the meaning 

of 19 CFR 351.224(f).18 Pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is amending 

the China Final to correct the 

ministerial error described above by 

applying a single international freight 

surrogate value for shipments of subject 

merchandise to the U.S. destination in 

question. Based on our correction, 

Huacheng’s estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin increases from 44.92 

percent to 45.15 percent.19 Because 

Huacheng’s estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin is the sole basis for the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for the separate rate companies 

which were not individually examined, 

the correction noted above also 

increases the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for the nonexamined, separate rate companies from 

44.92 to 45.15 percent, as reflected in 

the rate chart below. In addition, 

consistent with the China Final, we 

have continued to adjust the 

antidumping duty cash deposit rates for 

Huacheng and the separate-rate 

companies by 0.02 percent to account 

for appropriate export subsidies 

determined in the companion 

countervailing duty investigation.20

Amendment to Switzerland Final 

Commerce reviewed the record and 

agrees that one of the two alleged errors 

referenced in Benteler Rothrist’s 

allegation constitutes a ministerial error 

within the meaning of section 735(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).21

Specifically, Commerce inadvertently 

included certain prototype and 

developmental project sample sales it 

had found to be sold outside the 

ordinary course of trade in the margin 

calculation for Benteler Rothrist.22

Additionally, we find that the alleged 

ministerial error regarding our 

application of adverse facts available 

(AFA) for certain of Benteler Rothrist 

comparison market sales is 

methodological, rather than ministerial, 

in nature.23 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.224(e), Commerce is amending the 

Switzerland Final to reflect the 

correction of the ministerial error 

described above. Based on our 

correction, Benteler Rothrist’s estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

decreased from 12.50 percent to 7.66 

percent.24 Because the Switzerland ‘‘allothers’’ rate is based in part on Benteler 

Rothrist’s estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin, the correction noted 

above also decreases the all-others rate 

determined in the Switzerland Final 

from 13.55 percent to 9.00 percent, as 

reflected in the rate chart below.25

Antidumping Duty Orders 

In accordance with sections 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Act, the 

ITC has notified Commerce of its final 

determination that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured by 

reason of the LTFV imports of colddrawn mechanical tubing from China, 

Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland.26 Therefore, in accordance 

with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are 

issuing these antidumping duty orders. 

Because the ITC determined that 

imports of cold-drawn mechanical 

tubing from China, Germany, India, 

Italy, Korea, and Switzerland are 

materially injuring a U.S. industry, 

unliquidated entries of such 

merchandise from these countries, 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse 

for consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of antidumping duties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will 

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, antidumping 

duties equal to the amount by which the 

normal value of the merchandise 

exceeds the export price (or constructed 

export price) of the merchandise, for all 

relevant entries of cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing from China, 

Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland. Antidumping duties will 

be assessed on unliquidated entries of 

cold-drawn mechanical tubing from 

China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

November 22, 2017, the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determination,27 but will not include 


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Postponement of Final Determination, 82 FR 55558 

(November 22, 2017) (Germany Prelim); Certain 

Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and 

Alloy Steel from India: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, in 

Part, Postponement of Final Determination, and 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 82 FR 55567 

(November 22, 2017) (India Prelim); Certain ColdDrawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy 

Steel from Italy: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 82 FR 55561 (November 22, 2017) (Italy 

Prelim); Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 

Postponement of Final Determination, and 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 82 FR 55541 

(November 22, 2017) (Korea Prelim); and ColdDrawn Mechanical Tubing from Switzerland: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 82 FR 55571 (November 22, 2017) 

(Switzerland Prelim). 

28See section 736(a)(3) of the Act. 

29See China Final and India Final. 

30See China Prelim, Germany Prelim, India 

Prelim, Italy Prelim, Korea Prelim, and Switzerland 

Prelim. 

31See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of 

China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 

Determination for India and Taiwan, and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 

2016). 

entries occurring after the expiration of 

the provisional measures period and 

before publication of the ITC’s final 

injury determination as further 

described below. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct 

CBP to suspend liquidation on all 

relevant entries of cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing from China, 

Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland, effective the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determinations. These 

instructions suspending liquidation will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

We will also instruct CBP to require 

cash deposits equal to the amounts as 

indicated below. Accordingly, effective 

on the date of publication of the ITC’s 

final affirmative injury determinations, 

CBP will require, at the same time as 

importers would normally deposit 

estimated duties on this subject 

merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins listed below.28 The ‘‘all others’’ 

rate applies to all producers or exporters 

not specifically listed, as appropriate. 

For the purpose of determining cash 

deposit rates, the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins for imports of 

subject merchandise from China and 

India have been adjusted, as 

appropriate, for export subsidies found 

in the final determinations of the 

companion countervailing duty 

investigations of this merchandise 

imported from China and India.29

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

instructions issued pursuant to an 

affirmative preliminary determination 

may not remain in effect for more than 

four months, except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request Commerce to extend that fourmonth period to no more than six 

months. At the request of exporters that 

account for a significant proportion of 

cold-drawn mechanical tubing from 

China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland, Commerce extended the 

four-month period to six months in each 

proceeding.30 In the underlying 

investigations, Commerce published the 

preliminary determinations on 

November 22, 2017. Therefore, the 

extended period, beginning on the date 

of publication of the preliminary 

determination, ended on May 20, 2018. 

Furthermore, section 737(b) of the Act 

states that definitive duties are to begin 

on the date of publication of the ITC’s 

final affirmative injury determination. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

733(d) of the Act and our practice,31 we 

will instruct CBP to terminate the 

suspension of liquidation and to 

liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

from China, Germany, India, Italy, 

Korea, and Switzerland entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after May 21, 2018, 

until and through the day preceding the 

date of publication of the ITC’s final 

affirmative injury determinations in the 

Federal Register. Suspension of 

liquidation and the collection of cash 

deposits will resume on the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final 

determinations in the Federal Register. 

Critical Circumstances 

With regard to the ITC’s negative 

critical circumstances determination on 

imports of cold-drawn mechanical 

tubing from China, Italy, and Korea 

discussed above, we will instruct CBP to 

lift suspension and to refund any cash 

deposits made to secure the payment of 

estimated antidumping duties with 

respect to entries of cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing from China, Italy, 

and Korea, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

August 24, 2017 (i.e., 90 days prior to 

the date of publication of the 

preliminary determinations), but before 

November 22, 2018 (i.e., the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determination for each of these 

investigations). 

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping 

Margins 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

CHINA

Producer Exporter 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash 

deposit 

rate 

(percent) 32

Jiangsu Huacheng Industry Pipe Making Corporation, and 

Zhangjiagang Salem Fine Tubing Co., Ltd.

Zhangjiagang Huacheng Import & Export Co., Ltd 33 ................... 45.15 45.13 

Anji Pengda Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ................................................... Anji Pengda Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ................................................... 45.15 45.13 

Changshu Fushilai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ......................................... Changshu Fushilai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ......................................... 45.15 45.13 

Changshu Special Shaped Steel Tube Co., Ltd ........................... Changshu Special Shaped Steel Tube Co., Ltd ........................... 45.15 45.13 

Jiangsu Liwan Precision Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd ................ Suzhou Foster International Co., Ltd ............................................ 45.15 45.13 

Zhangjiagang Precision Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

(Zhangjiangang Tube).

Suzhou Foster International Co., Ltd ............................................ 45.15 45.13 

Wuxi Dajin High-Precision Cold-Drawn Steel Tube Co., Ltd ........ Wuxi Huijin International Trade Co., Ltd ....................................... 45.15 45.13 

Zhangjiagang Shengdingyuan Pipe-Making Co., Ltd ................... Zhangjiagang Shengdingyuan Pipe-Making Co., Ltd ................... 45.15 45.13 

Zhejiang Minghe Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ............................................ Zhejiang Minghe Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ............................................ 45.15 45.13 

Zhejiang Dingxin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd ................... Zhejiang Dingxin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd ................... 45.15 45.13 


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32Commerce normally adjusts antidumping duty 

cash deposit rates to offset for certain subsidies 

found in companion countervailing duty 

proceedings. Accordingly, the rate charts for China 

and India, below, include an additional column to 

indicate the applicable cash deposit rates adjusted 

for certain subsidies in the companion 

countervailing duty investigations. As there were 

no companion countervailing duty investigations 

with respect to Germany, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland, the rate charts listed below with 

Continued 

CHINA—Continued 

Producer Exporter 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash 

deposit 

rate 

(percent) 32

China-Wide Entity 34 ............................................................... ........................................................................................................ * 186.89 186.89 

* (Based on AFA). 

GERMANY

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

BENTELER Steel/Tube GmbH/BENTELER Distribution International GmbH 35 .................................................................................................................. 3.11 

Mubea Fahrwerksfedern GmbH ............................................................................................................................................................................................ * 209.06 

Salzgitter Mannesmann Line Pipe GmbH ............................................................................................................................................................................ * 209.06 

All-Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3.11 

* (AFA). 

INDIA

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash-deposit 

rate 

(percent) 

Goodluck India Limited ............................................................................................................................................................................. * 33.80 33.70 

Tube Products of India, Ltd. a unit of Tube Investments of India Limited (collectively, TPI) .................................................................. 8.26 5.87 

All-Others .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8.26 5.87 

* (AFA). 

ITALY

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Dalmine, S.p.A ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... * 68.95 

Metalfer, S.p.A ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... * 68.95 

All-Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 47.87 

* (AFA). 

KOREA

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Sang Shin Ind. Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ * 48.00 

Yulchon Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... * 48.00 

All-Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 30.67 

* (AFA). 

SWITZERLAND

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Benteler Rothrist AG ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7.66 

Mubea Prazisionsstahlrohr AG ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 30.48 

All-Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9.00 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty orders with respect to 

cold-drawn mechanical tubing from 

China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland pursuant to section 736(a) 

of the Act. Interested parties can find a 

list of antidumping duty orders 

currently in effect at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/stats/ 

iastats1.html. 


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respect to those countries include only a column for 

the weighted-average margin determined in those 

investigations. 

33 In the China Prelim, Commerce found that 

Zhangjiagang Huacheng Import & Export Co., Ltd., 

Jiangsu Huacheng Industry Pipe Making 

Corporation, and Zhangjiagang Salem Fine Tubing 

Co., Ltd. are a single entity and, because there were 

no changes to the facts which supported that 

decision since that determination was made, we 

continue to find that these companies are part of a 

single entity for this order; see China Final. 

34Commerce notes that Hongyi Steel Pipe Co., 

Ltd. is a part of the China-wide entity. 

35 In the Germany Prelim, Commerce found that 

BENTELER Steel/Tube GmbH and BENTELER 

Distribution International GmbH are a single entity 

and, because there were no changes to the facts 

which supported that decision since that 

determination was made, we continue to find that 

these companies are part of a single entity for this 

order; see Germany Final. 

These amended final determinations 

and antidumping duty orders are 

published in accordance with sections 

735(e) and 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.224(e) and 351.211(b). 

Dated: June 6, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by these orders are 

cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and 

alloy steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) of 

circular cross-section, 304.8 mm or more in 

length, in actual outside diameters less than 

331mm, and regardless of wall thickness, 

surface finish, end finish or industry 

specification. The subject cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing is a tubular product with 

a circular cross-sectional shape that has been 

cold-drawn or otherwise cold-finished after 

the initial tube formation in a manner that 

involves a change in the diameter or wall 

thickness of the tubing, or both. The subject 

cold-drawn mechanical tubing may be 

produced from either welded (e.g., electric 

resistance welded, continuous welded, etc.) 

or seamless (e.g., pierced, pilgered or 

extruded, etc.) carbon or alloy steel tubular 

products. It may also be heat treated after 

cold working. Such heat treatments may 

include, but are not limited to, annealing, 

normalizing, quenching and tempering, stress 

relieving or finish annealing. Typical colddrawing methods for subject merchandise 

include, but are not limited to, drawing over 

mandrel, rod drawing, plug drawing, sink 

drawing and similar processes that involve 

reducing the outside diameter of the tubing 

with a die or similar device, whether or not 

controlling the inside diameter of the tubing 

with an internal support device such as a 

mandrel, rod, plug or similar device. Other 

cold-finishing operations that may be used to 

produce subject merchandise include coldrolling and cold-sizing the tubing. 

Subject cold-drawn mechanical tubing is 

typically certified to meet industry 

specifications for cold-drawn tubing 

including but not limited to: 

(1) American Society for Testing and 

Materials (ASTM) or American Society of 

Mechanical Engineers (ASME) specifications 

ASTM A–512, ASTM A–513 Type 3 (ASME 

SA513 Type 3), ASTM A–513 Type 4 (ASME 

SA513 Type 4), ASTM A–513 Type 5 (ASME 

SA513 Type 5), ASTM A–513 Type 6 (ASME 

SA513 Type 6), ASTM A–519 (cold-finished); 

(2) SAE International (Society of 

Automotive Engineers) specifications SAE 

J524, SAE J525, SAE J2833, SAE J2614, SAE 

J2467, SAE J2435, SAE J2613; 

(3) Aerospace Material Specification (AMS) 

AMS T–6736 (AMS 6736), AMS 6371, AMS 

5050, AMS 5075, AMS 5062, AMS 6360, 

AMS 6361, AMS 6362, AMS 6371, AMS 

6372, AMS 6374, AMS 6381, AMS 6415; 

(4) United States Military Standards (MIL) 

MIL–T–5066 and MIL–T–6736; 

(5) foreign standards equivalent to one of 

the previously listed ASTM, ASME, SAE, 

AMS or MIL specifications including but not 

limited to: 

(a) German Institute for Standardization 

(DIN) specifications DIN 

2391–2, DIN 2393–2, DIN 2394–2); 

(b) European Standards (EN) EN 10305–1, 

EN 10305–2, EN 10305–4, EN 10305–6 and 

European national variations on those 

standards (e.g., British Standard (BS EN), 

Irish Standard (IS EN) and German Standard 

(DIN EN) variations, etc.); 

(c) Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) JIS G 

3441 and JIS G 3445; and 

(6) proprietary standards that are based on 

one of the above-listed standards. 

The subject cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

may also be dual or multiple certified to 

more than one standard. Pipe that is multiple 

certified as cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

and to other specifications not covered by 

this scope, is also covered by the scope of 

these order when it meets the physical 

description set forth above. 

Steel products included in the scope of 

these orders are products in which: (1) Iron 

predominates, by weight, over each of the 

other contained elements; and (2) the carbon 

content is 2 percent or less by weight. 

For purposes of this scope, the place of 

cold-drawing determines the country of 

origin of the subject merchandise. Subject 

merchandise that is subject to minor working 

in a third country that occurs after drawing 

in one of the subject countries including, but 

not limited to, heat treatment, cutting to 

length, straightening, nondestruction testing, 

deburring or chamfering, remains within the 

scope of these orders. 

All products that meet the written physical 

description are within the scope of these 

orders unless specifically excluded or 

covered by the scope of an existing order. 

Merchandise that meets the physical 

description of cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

above is within the scope of these orders 

even if it is also dual or multiple certified to 

an otherwise excluded specification listed 

below. The following products are outside of, 

and/or specifically excluded from, the scope 

of these orders: 

(1) Cold-drawn stainless steel tubing, 

containing 10.5 percent or more of chromium 

by weight and not more than 1.2 percent of 

carbon by weight; 

(2) products certified to one or more of the 

ASTM, ASME or American Petroleum 

Institute (API) specifications listed below: 

• ASTM A–53; 

• ASTM A–106; 

• ASTM A–179 (ASME SA 179); 

• ASTM A–192 (ASME SA 192); 

• ASTM A–209 (ASME SA 209); 

• ASTM A–210 (ASME SA 210); 

• ASTM A–213 (ASME SA 213); 

• ASTM A–334 (ASME SA 334); 

• ASTM A–423 (ASME SA 423); 

• ASTM A–498; 

• ASTM A–496 (ASME SA 496); 

• ASTM A–199; 

• ASTM A–500; 

• ASTM A–556; 

• ASTM A–565; 

• API 5L; and 

• API 5CT 

except that any cold-drawn tubing product 

certified to one of the above excluded 

specifications will not be excluded from the 

scope if it is also dual- or multiple-certified 

to any other specification that otherwise 

would fall within the scope of these orders. 

The products subject to these orders are 

currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

item numbers: 7304.31.3000, 7304.31.6050, 

7304.51.1000, 7304.51.5005, 7304.51.5060, 

7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020, 7306.50.5030. 

Subject merchandise may also enter under 

numbers 7306.30.1000 and 7306.50.1000. 

The HTSUS subheadings above are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes only. 

The written description of the scope of these 

orders are dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12593 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG230 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish 

Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands; Exempted Fishing 

Permit 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of an 

application for an exempted fishing 

permit; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt 

of an application for an exempted 

fishing permit (EFP) from Puerto Rico’s 

Department of Natural and 

Environmental Resources (DNER). If 

granted, the EFP would authorize 

persons aboard DNER research vessels 

and commercial fishing vessels 

contracted through DNER to collect 

selected reef fish species in waters of 

the U.S. Caribbean exclusive economic 


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