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1See Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Welded 

Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from India, 

51 FR 17384 (May 12, 1986) (Order). 

2See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Certain 

Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes 

from India: Request for an Anti-Circumvention 

Inquiry,’’ dated December 16, 2021. 

3See Al Jazeera’s Letter, ‘‘Welded Carbon Steel 

Standard Pipe from India; Al Jazeera Comments on 

Petitioners’ Request for Anti-circumvention 

Inquiry,’’ dated December 24, 2021. 

4See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Certain 

Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes 

from India: Response to Al Jazeera’s Comments on 

Request for Anti-Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated 

January 5, 2022. 

5See Universal’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Welded Carbon 

Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from India— 

Response to Domestic Interested Parties’ Request for 

an Anti-Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated January 11, 

2022. 

6See Conares’ Letter, ‘‘Welded Carbon Steel 

Standard Pipe from India: Comments on AntiCircumvention Inquiry,’’ dated January 13, 2022. 

7See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Anti-Circumvention 

Inquiry of Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard 

Pipe and Tube from India: Supplemental 

Questionnaire,’’ dated January 6, 2022. 

8See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Certain 

Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes 

from India: Response to Supplemental 

Questionnaire,’’ dated January 18, 2022. 

9See UAE Producers’ Letter, ‘‘Certain Welded 

Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from 

India—Additional Information to Support a 

Rejection of an Anti-Circumvention Inquiry 

Request,’’ dated January 14, 2022; see also Conares’ 

Letter, ‘‘Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe from 

India: Rebuttal and Comments on Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Supplemental Response,’’ dated 

January 25, 2022. 

10See Memoranda, ‘‘Certain Welded Steel Carbon 

Standard Pipes and Tubes from India: Extension of 

Time to Determine Whether to Initiate AntiCircumvention Inquiry,’’ dated January 11, 2022; 

Continued 

For further information, contact 

Camille Evans at Camille.Evans@

trade.gov. 

Dated: February 16, 2022. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 2123] 

Approval of Subzone Status, OBlockz 

LLC, Lawrence, Massachusetts 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) adopts the following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the 

establishment . . . of foreign-trade 

zones in ports of entry of the United 

States, to expedite and encourage 

foreign commerce, and for other 

purposes,’’ and authorizes the ForeignTrade Zones Board to grant to qualified 

corporations the privilege of 

establishing foreign-trade zones in or 

adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection ports of entry; 

Whereas, the Board’s regulations (15 

CFR part 400) provide for the 

establishment of subzones for specific 

uses; 

Whereas, the Massachusetts Port 

Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade 

Zone 27, has made application to the 

Board for the establishment of a subzone 

at the facility of OBlockz LLC, located 

in Lawrence, Massachusetts (FTZ 

Docket B–65–2021, docketed September 

23, 2021); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (86 FR 53945–53946, 

September 29, 2021) and the application 

has been processed pursuant to the FTZ 

Act and the Board’s regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s memorandum, and finds that 

the requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

approves subzone status at the facility of 

OBlockz LLC, located in Lawrence, 

Massachusetts (Subzone 27S), as 

described in the application and 

Federal Register notice, subject to the 

FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.13. 

Dated: Feb. 15, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, Alternate Chairperson, ForeignTrade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03675 Filed 2–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–502] 

Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard 

Pipes and Tubes From India: Initiation 

of Circumvention Inquiry on the 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request from 

Bull Moose Tube Company (Bull 

Moose), Nucor Tubular Products Inc. 

(Nucor Tubular), Wheatland Tube 

Company (Wheatland) and the United 

Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union, AFL–CIO, CLC (the 

USW) (collectively, the domestic 

interested parties), the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a 

country-wide circumvention inquiry to 

determine whether imports of certain 

welded carbon steel standard pipes and 

tubes (pipe and tube), which are 

completed in Oman and the United 

Arab Emirates (UAE) from hot-rolled 

steel (HRS) produced in India, are 

circumventing the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on pipe and tube from India. 

DATES: Applicable February 22, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacob Keller, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4849. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 16, 2021, pursuant to 

section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 

351.226(c) domestic interested parties 

filed a circumvention inquiry request 

alleging that pipe and tube completed in 

Oman and the UAE using HRS 

manufactured in India are 

circumventing the Order 1 and, 

accordingly, should be included within 

the scope of the Order.2 On December 

24, 2021, Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. 

SAOG (Al Jazeera) filed opposition 

comments in response to the domestic 

interested parties’ request.3 On January 

5, 2022, the domestic interested parties 

filed rebuttal comments regarding Al 

Jazeera’s opposition comments.4 On 

January 11, 2022, Universal Tube and 

Plastic Industries, Ltd.; KHK Scaffolding 

and Formwork LLC; and THL Pipe and 

Tube Industries LLC (collectively, 

Universal) filed opposition comments.5

On January 13, 2022, Conares Metal 

Supply Limited (Conares) filed 

opposition comments.6

On January 6, 2022, we issued a 

supplemental questionnaire to the 

domestic interested parties regarding 

their circumvention inquiry request.7

On January 18, 2022, the domestic 

interested parties filed their response to 

our supplemental questionnaire.8 On 

January 24 and 25, 2022, Universal, 

Ajmal Steel Tubes and Pipes Ind., LLC, 

and K.D Industries Inc. (UAE 

Producers), and Conares filed additional 

opposition comments, respectively.9

On January 11, 2022, we extended the 

deadline to initiate these circumvention 

inquiries by 15 days, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.226(d)(1).10 On January 28, 


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and ‘‘Certain Welded Steel Carbon Standard Pipes 

and Tubes from India: Revised Extension of Time 

to Determine Whether to Initiate AntiCircumvention Inquiry,’’ dated January 12, 2022. 

11See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Welded Carbon 

Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from India: 

Extension of Time to Determine Whether to Initiate 

Anti-Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated January 28, 

2022. 

12See Statement of Administrative Action 

accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 

(SAA), H.R. Doc. No. 103–316 (1994) at 893. 

13See Uncovered Innerspring Units from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 65626 (December 

21, 2018), and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at 4. 

14See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Welded Carbon 

Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from India: 

Initiation of Circumvention Inquiries on the 

Antidumping Duty Order,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Circumvention Initiation Memo). This memo is a 

public document and available electronically online 

via ACCESS. 

2022, we extended, for good cause, the 

deadline to initiate by an additional 15 

days in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.302(b).11

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

include certain welded carbon steel 

standard pipes and tubes with an 

outside diameter of 0.375 inch or more 

but not over 16 inches. These products 

are commonly referred to in the 

industry as standard pipes and tubes 

produced to various American Society 

for Testing Materials (ASTM) 

specifications, most notably A–53, A– 

120, or A–135. The antidumping duty 

order on certain welded carbon steel 

standard pipes and tubes from India, 

published on May 12, 1986, included 

standard scope language which used the 

import classification system as defined 

by Tariff Schedules of the United States, 

Annotated (TSUSA). 

The United States developed a system 

of tariff classification based on the 

international harmonized system of 

customs nomenclature. On January 1, 

1989, the U.S. tariff schedules were 

fully converted from the TSUSA to the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). See, 

e.g., Certain Welded Carbon Steel 

Standard Pipes and Tubes from India; 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Reviews, 56 FR 

26650, 26651 (June 10, 1991). As a 

result of this transition, the scope 

language we used in the 1991 Federal 

Register notice is slightly different from 

the scope language of the original final 

determination and antidumping duty 

order. 

Until January 1, 1989, such 

merchandise was classifiable under item 

numbers 610.3231, 610.3234, 610.3241, 

610.3242, 610.3243, 610.3252, 610.3254, 

610.3256, 610.3258, and 610.4925 of the 

TSUSA. This merchandise is currently 

classifiable under HTS subheadings 

7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 

7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 

7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 

7306.30.5090. As with the TSUSA item 

numbers, the HTS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. 

The written product description 

remains dispositive. 

Merchandise Subject to the 

Circumvention Inquiry 

This circumvention inquiry covers 

pipe and tube completed in Oman and 

the UAE using India-origin HRS and 

subsequently exported from Oman and 

the UAE to the United States. 

Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry 

Section 351.226(d) of Commerce’s 

regulations states that if Commerce 

determines that a request for a 

circumvention inquiry satisfies the 

requirements of 19 CFR 351.226(c), then 

Commerce ‘‘will accept the request and 

initiate a circumvention inquiry.’’ 

Section 351.226(c)(1) of Commerce’s 

regulations, in turn, requires that each 

circumvention inquiry request allege 

‘‘that the elements necessary for a 

circumvention determination under 

section 781 of the Act exist’’ and be 

‘‘accompanied by information 

reasonably available to the interested 

party supporting these allegations.’’ 

Section 781(b)(1) of the Act provides 

that Commerce may find circumvention 

of an AD order when merchandise of the 

same class or kind subject to the order 

is completed or assembled in a foreign 

country other than the country to which 

the order applies. In conducting a 

circumvention inquiry, under section 

781(b)(1) of the Act, Commerce relies on 

the following criteria: (A) Merchandise 

imported into the United States is of the 

same class or kind as any merchandise 

produced in a foreign country that is the 

subject of an antidumping or 

countervailing duty order or finding; (B) 

before importation into the United 

States, such imported merchandise is 

completed or assembled in another 

foreign country from merchandise 

which is subject to the order or 

merchandise which is produced in the 

foreign country that is subject to the 

order; (C) the process of assembly or 

completion in the foreign country 

referred to in section (B) is minor or 

insignificant; (D) the value of the 

merchandise produced in the foreign 

country to which the AD or 

countervailing duty order applies is a 

significant portion of the total value of 

the merchandise exported to the United 

States; and (E) the administering 

authority determines that action is 

appropriate to prevent evasion of such 

order or finding. 

In determining whether the process of 

assembly or completion in a third 

country is minor or insignificant under 

section 781(b)(1)(C) of the Act, section 

781(b)(2) of the Act directs Commerce to 

consider: (A) The level of investment in 

the foreign country; (B) the level of 

research and development in the foreign 

country; (C) the nature of the production 

process in the foreign country; (D) the 

extent of production facilities in the 

foreign country; and (E) whether or not 

the value of processing performed in the 

foreign country represents a small 

proportion of the value of the 

merchandise imported into the United 

States. However, no single factor, by 

itself, controls Commerce’s 

determination of whether the process of 

assembly or completion in a third 

country is minor or insignificant.12

Accordingly, it is Commerce’s practice 

to evaluate each of these five factors as 

they exist in the third country, 

depending on the totality of the 

circumstances of the particular 

circumvention inquiry.13

In addition, section 781(b)(3) of the 

Act sets forth additional factors to 

consider in determining whether to 

include merchandise assembled or 

completed in a third country within the 

scope of an antidumping or 

countervailing duty order. Specifically, 

Commerce shall take into account such 

factors as: (A) The pattern of trade, 

including sourcing patterns; (B) whether 

the manufacturer or exporter of the 

merchandise is affiliated with the 

person who, in the third country, uses 

the merchandise to complete or 

assemble the merchandise which is 

subsequently imported into the United 

States; and (C) whether imports of the 

merchandise into the third country have 

increased after the initiation of the 

investigation that resulted in the 

issuance of such order or finding. 

Based on our analysis of the domestic 

interested parties’ circumvention 

request, Commerce determines that the 

domestic interested parties have 

satisfied the criteria under 19 CFR 

351.226(c) to warrant the initiation of a 

circumvention inquiry of the Order. For 

a full discussion of the basis for our 

decision to initiate this circumvention 

inquiry, see the Circumvention 

Initiation Memo.14 As explained in the 

Circumvention Initiation Memo, the 

information provided by domestic 

interested parties warrants initiating 


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15See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on the 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 

83 FR 37785 (August 2, 2018); Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry on 

the Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 40556, 40560 

(August 25, 2017) (stating at initiation that 

Commerce would evaluate the extent to which a 

country-wide finding applicable to all exports 

might be warranted); and Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic 

of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries 

on the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 

Orders, 81 FR 79454, 79458 (November 14, 2016) 

(stating at initiation that Commerce would evaluate 

the extent to which a country-wide finding 

applicable to all exports might be warranted). 16See Circumvention Initiation Memo. 

1See Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 

225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination and 

Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 12623 (March 4, 

2021) (Amended Final Determination and Order); 

see also Certain Large Vertical Shaft Engines 

Between 225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof, from 

the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Correction 

to the Amended Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 

13694 (March 10, 2021). 

2 Id., 86 FR at 12624. 

3See Honda’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Vertical Shaft 

Engines Between 225cc and 999cc, and Parts 

Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Request for Changed Circumstances Review,’’ dated 

September 20, 2021 (Honda’s CCR Request). 

4 Id. at 2. 

5 Id. 

6 Id. at 6. 

7See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Vertical Shaft 

Engines Between 225cc and 999cc, and Parts 

Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Changed Circumstances Review; Supplemental 

Questionnaire,’’ dated November 1, 2021. 

this circumvention inquiry on a 

country-wide basis. Commerce has 

taken this approach in prior 

circumvention inquiries, where the facts 

warranted initiation on a country-wide 

basis.15

Consistent with the approach in the 

prior circumvention inquiries that were 

initiated on a country-wide basis, 

Commerce intends to issue 

questionnaires to solicit information 

from producers and exporters in Oman 

and the UAE concerning their 

shipments of pipe and tube made from 

India-origin HRS to the United States. A 

company’s failure to respond 

completely to Commerce’s requests for 

information may result in the 

application of partial or total facts 

available, pursuant to section 776(a) of 

the Act, which may include adverse 

inferences, pursuant to section 776(b) of 

the Act. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.226(l)(1), 

Commerce will notify U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) of the initiation 

and direct CBP to continue the 

suspension of liquidation of entries of 

products subject to the circumvention 

inquiry that were already subject to the 

suspension of liquidation under the 

Order. Should Commerce issue 

preliminary or final circumvention 

determinations, Commerce will follow 

the suspension of liquidation rules 

under 19 CFR 351.226(l)(2)–(4). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(d) 

and section 781(b) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that the domestic interested 

parties’ request for this circumvention 

inquiry satisfies the requirements of 19 

CFR 351.226(c). Accordingly, Commerce 

is notifying all interested parties of the 

initiation of this circumvention inquiry 

to determine whether certain imports of 

pipe and tube, completed in and 

exported from Oman and the UAE using 

HRS inputs manufactured in India, are 

circumventing the Order. In addition, 

we have included a description of the 

products that are the subject of this 

inquiry, and an explanation of the 

reasons for Commerce’s decision to 

initiate this inquiry as provided above 

and in the accompanying 

Circumvention Initiation Memo.16 In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(e)(2), 

Commerce intends to issue its final 

circumvention determination within 

300 days from the date of publication of 

the notice of initiation of a 

circumvention inquiry in the Federal 

Register. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 781(b) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.226(d)(1)(ii). 

Dated: February 14, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the 

Circumvention Initiation Memo 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Merchandise Subject to the 

Circumvention Inquiry 

V. Statutory and Regulatory Framework for 

Circumvention Inquiries 

VI. Statutory Analysis for the Circumvention 

Inquiry 

VII. Comments Opposing the Initiation of a 

Circumvention Inquiry 

VIII. Country-Wide Circumvention Inquiries 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–119] 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty 

Changed Circumstances Review: 

Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 

225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof 

From the People’s Republic of China 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on a request from 

Honda Power Products (China) Co., Ltd. 

(Honda), the Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is initiating a changed 

circumstances review (CCR) of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 

vertical shaft engines between 225cc 

and 999cc, and parts thereof (vertical 

shaft engines) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). 

DATES: Applicable February 22, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leo 

Ayala, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3945. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 4, 2021, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register an 

amended final AD determination and 

order on vertical shaft engines from 

China.1 In the Amended Final 

Determination, Commerce determined 

an AD cash deposit rate for JialingHonda Motors Co., Ltd. (Jialing) of 

261.93 percent.2

On September 20, 2021, Honda 

informed Commerce that, as of July 1, 

2020, Jialing changed its name to Honda 

Power Products (China) Co., Ltd.3

Honda stated the change was in name 

only and that its business operations 

remain substantially unchanged.4

Honda requested that Commerce 

conduct a CCR and find that Honda is 

the successor-in-interest to Jialing and 

assign Jialing’s AD cash deposit rate for 

vertical shaft engines from China to 

Honda, pursuant to section 751(b) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

and 19 CFR 351.216(b).5 Honda made 

arguments as to why good cause exists 

for initiating a CCR pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.216(c) 6 and also requested that 

Commerce combine the notice of 

initiation with a preliminary results of 

the CCR pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(3)(ii). 

On November 21, 2021, Commerce 

deemed Honda’s request deficient and 

issued a supplemental questionnaire to 

Honda requesting additional 

information.7 On December 31, 2021, 


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