[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19282-19283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07979]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-944]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Expedited First Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that 
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain oil 
country tubular goods (OCTG) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) 
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: Effective Date: April 10, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
0189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 20, 2010, the Department published the CVD order on OCTG 
from the PRC.\1\ On December 1, 2014, the Department published a notice 
of initiation of the first sunset review of the CVD Order on OCTG from 
the PRC, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's 
Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 75 FR 3203 (January 20, 
2010) (CVD Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 79 FR 71091 
(December 1, 2014).
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    On December 3, 2014, Maverick Tube Corporation (Maverick) timely 
notified the Department of its intent to participate.\3\ On December 
10, 2014, Boomerang Tube (Boomerang), Energex Tube, a division of JMC 
Steel Group (Energex Tube), EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel (``EVRAZ''), 
IPSCO Tubulars, Inc. (IPSCO), Tejas Tubular Products, Inc. (Tejas 
Tubular), Vallourec Star, L.P. (Vallourec), and Welded Tube USA Inc. 
(Welded Tube) filed their intent to participate.\4\
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    \3\ See Letter to the Department from Maverick, dated December 
3, 2014.
    \4\ See Letter to the Department from Boomerang, Energex Tube, 
EVRAZ, IPSCO, Tejas Tubular, Vallourec, and Welded Tube, dated 
December 10, 2014.
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    On December 15, 2014, United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) 
likewise timely notified the Department of its intent to 
participate.\5\ On December 31, 2014, the Department received an 
adequate substantive response from Boomerang, Energex Tube, EVRAZ, 
IPSCO, Maverick, Tejas Tubular, U.S. Steel, Vallourec, and Welded Tube 
within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\6\ The 
Department did not receive substantive responses from any respondent 
interested party. As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department conducted an 
expedited (120-day) sunset review of the CVD order on OCTG from the 
PRC.
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    \5\ See Letter to the Department from U.S. Steel, dated December 
15, 2014.
    \6\ See Letter from domestic interested parties to the 
Department, entitled ``Oil Country Tubular Goods From China, First 
Sunset Review: Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated 
December 31, 2014.
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Scope of the Order

    This order covers OCTG. The Issues and Decision Memorandum, which 
is hereby adopted by this notice, provides a full description of the 
scope of the order.\7\
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    \7\ See ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of 
China,'' from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, dated 
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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    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).\8\ 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and 
in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \8\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the 
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS) to AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). The Web site location was 
changed from http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. 
The Final Rule changing the references to the Regulations can be 
found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    In the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we have addressed all issues 
that parties raised in this review. The issues include the likelihood 
of continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies and the net 
countervailable subsidies likely to prevail if the Department revoked 
the order.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the CVD Order would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the 
following net countervailable subsidy rates:

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                                                            Net subsidy
                  Exporter/manufacturer                        rate
                                                             (percent)
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Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co. and Jiangsu Changbao               22.87
 Precision Steel Tube Co., Ltd..........................
Tianjin Pipe (Group) Co., Tianjin Pipe Iron                        20.90
 Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tianguan Yuantong Pipe Product
 Co., Ltd., Tianjin Pipe International Economic and
 Trading Co., Ltd., and TPCO Charging Development Co.,
 Ltd....................................................
Wuxi Seamless Pipe Co, Ltd., Jiangsu Fanli Steel Pipe              25.36
 Co, Ltd., and Tuoketuo County Mengfeng Special Steel
 Co., Ltd...............................................
Zhejiang Jianli Enterprise Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Jianli              26.19
 Steel Tube Co., Ltd., Zhuji Jiansheng Machinery Co.,
 Ltd., and Zhejiang Jianli Industry Group Co., Ltd......
All Others..............................................           23.82
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
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. 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.
    We are issuing and publishing the results and notice in accordance 
with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218.

    Dated: March 31, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. History of the Order
5. Discussion of the Issues
    a. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    b. Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely To Prevail
6. Nature of the Subsidies
7. Final Results of Sunset Review
8. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2015-07979 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]
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