[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33639-33640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13549]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-874]


Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel 
From India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to Goodluck India 
Limited (Goodluck) and Tube Investments of India Ltd. (TII), producers 
and exporters of certain cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and 
alloy steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) from India during the period 
of review, January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. Interested 
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable June 25, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Siordia or Eric Hawkins, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3878 or (202) 482-1988, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 8, 2020, Commerce published a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on cold-drawn 
mechanical tubing from India.\1\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all 
deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days.\2\ On July 21, 2020, 
Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews by an 
additional 60 days.\3\ On January 11, 2021, Commerce extended the 
deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review.\4\ The 
revised deadline for these preliminary results is now June 18, 2021.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 19730 (April 8, 2020).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 
Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of 2019 Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review,'' dated January 11, 2021.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\ 
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included at the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision

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Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Certain Cold-
Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from India; 
2019,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is cold-drawn mechanical 
tubing from India. For a complete description of the scope of the 
order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting 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 financial contribution that 
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and the subsidy is 
specific.\6\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \6\ 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.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    For the period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, we 
preliminarily find that the following net subsidy rates exist:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Goodluck India Limited \7\..............................            5.32
Tube Investments of India Ltd \8\.......................            7.70
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Assessment Rate
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    \7\ This rate applies to the following entities: Goodluck India 
Limited (formerly Good Luck Steel Tubes Limited); Good Luck Steel 
Tubes Limited Good Luck House; and Good Luck Industries.
    \8\ Tube Investments of India Ltd. is also known as Tube 
Investments of India Limited.
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    Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of 
the final results, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review. Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal 
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).

Cash Deposit Rate

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to 
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amounts indicated above with regard to shipments of 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of 
this review. These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    We 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.\9\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later 
than seven days after the date for filing case briefs.\10\ Parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged 
to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\11\ Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS \12\ and must be served on 
interested parties.\13\ Executive summaries should be limited to five 
pages total, including footnotes. Note that Commerce has temporarily 
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing 
business proprietary information, until further notice.\14\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); see also 
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-
19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) 
(Temporary Rule).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \12\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
    \14\ See Temporary Rule.
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within 
30 days of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance using Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS system.\15\ 
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone 
number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a 
foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues 
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective 
case and rebuttal briefs.\16\ If a request for a hearing is made, 
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be 
determined. Parties should confirm the date and time of the hearing two 
days before the scheduled date. Parties are reminded that all briefs 
and hearing requests must be filed electronically using ACCESS and 
received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 
the due date.
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
publication of these preliminary results.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This administrative review and notice are in issued and published 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.213.

    Dated: June 17, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Period of Review
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2021-13549 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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