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5See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (‘‘Assessment Practice 

Refinement’’); see also the ‘‘Assessment’’ section of 

this notice, below. 

6See Assessment Practice Refinement, 76 FR 

65694. 

7 Id., 76 FR at 65694. 

we did not receive any comments on the 

Preliminary Results. Therefore, we 

continue to determine that Baosteel had 

no reviewable transactions of subject 

merchandise during the POR. Consistent 

with our ‘‘automatic assessment’’ 

clarification, the Department will issue 

appropriate instructions to CBP based 

on our final results.5

Assessment 

Upon issuance of the final results, the 

Department will determine, and CBP 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.212. The Department 

intends to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP 15 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of 

review. The Department announced a 

refinement to its assessment practice in 

NME cases.6 Pursuant to this refinement 

in practice, for entries that were not 

reported in the U.S. sales databases 

submitted by companies individually 

examined during this review, the 

Department will instruct CBP to 

liquidate such entries at the NME-wide 

rate. In addition, if the Department 

determines that an exporter under 

review had no shipments of the subject 

merchandise, any suspended entries 

that entered under that exporter’s case 

number (i.e., at that exporter’s rate) will 

be liquidated at the NME-wide rate.7

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review for all shipments 

of the subject merchandise from the PRC 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date, as provided by section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for previously 

investigated or reviewed PRC and nonPRC exporters not listed above that have 

separate rates, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the exporter-specific rate 

published for the most recent period; (2) 

for all PRC exporters of subject 

merchandise which have not been 

found to be entitled to a separate rate, 

the cash deposit rate will be the PRCwide rate of 90.83 percent; and (3) for 

all non-PRC exporters of subject 

merchandise which have not received 

their own rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to the PRC 

exporters that supplied that non-PRC 

exporter. These deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Notifications 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to importers of their responsibility 

under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a 

certificate regarding the reimbursement 

of antidumping duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this review period. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in the Secretary’s presumption 

that reimbursement of antidumping 

duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of doubled antidumping 

duties. 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as 

a reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’) 

of their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO, 

which continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or destruction 

of APO materials, or conversion to 

judicial protective order, 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 this 

administrative review and notice in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: November 4, 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

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; 2013 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

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 January 1, 2013, through 

December 31, 2013. We preliminarily 

determine that Shanxi Yida Special 

Steel Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. and its crossowned affiliates received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

POR. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 13, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

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 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 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum 

for Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review: Drill Pipe from the People’s 

Republic of China’’ (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum), dated 

concurrently with this notice, and 

hereby adopted by 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 (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 


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1See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

2See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1). 

3See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

4See 19 CFR 351.310. 

building. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/

index.html. The signed Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum and the 

electronic version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. A list of topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

provided in the Appendix to this notice. 

Methodology 

The Department conducted this 

review in accordance with section 

751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For the program 

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 the preliminary findings, 

we 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 applied 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 Decision 

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 3.57 

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. (collectively, 

the Yida Group), for the period January 

1, 2013, through December 31, 2013. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

The Department intends to 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. 

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 

Enforcement and Compliance, 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. 

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 5:00PM 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 

Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 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 Requirements 

Also in accordance with section 

751(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 

intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 

deposits of estimated countervailing 

duties in the amount shown above for 

the reviewed company should the final 

results remain the same as these 

preliminary results. For all nonreviewed 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. 

These preliminary results of 

administrative review and notice are 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: November 4, 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix: List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

1. Summary 

2. Background 

3. Scope of the Order 

4. Subsidy Valuation Information 

5. Loan Benchmark Rates 

6. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

7. Analysis of Programs 

A. Program Preliminarily Determined To 

Be Countervailable 

Provision of Electricity for Less Than 

Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) 

B. Program Preliminarily Determined To 

Not Provide Benefits During the POR 

Central and Provincial Policy Lending to 

Chinese Drill Pipe Producers 

C. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not 

To Be Used 

• Export Loans From Policy Banks and 

State-Owned Commercial Banks 

• Treasury Bond Loans 

• Preferential Loans for State Owned 

Enterprises (SOEs) 

• Preferential Loans for Key Projects and 

Technologies 

• Preferential Lending To Drill Pipe 

Producers and Exporters Classified as 

Honorable Enterprises 

• Debt-to-Equity (D/E) Swaps 

• Loans and Interest Forgiveness for SOEs 

• Two Free, Three Half Tax Exemption for 

Foreign Invested Enterprises (FIEs) 

Exemption From City Construction Tax 

and Education Tax for FIEs 

• Local Income Tax Exemption and 

Reduction Programs for Productive FIEs 

Income Tax Reductions for ExportOriented FIEs 

• Preferential Tax Programs for FIEs 

Recognized as High or New Technology 

Enterprises 

• Reduction In or Exemption From Fixed 

Assets Investment Orientation 

Regulatory Tax 

• Deed Tax Exemption for SOEs 

Undergoing Mergers or Restructuring 

• Income Tax Credits for DomesticallyOwned Companies Purchasing 

Domestically-Produced Equipment 


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1See Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duties: Welded API Line Pipe 

from South Korea and Turkey, dated October 16, 

2014 (the Petitions). 

2See Volume I of the Petitions, at 2–3. 

3See Letter from the Department to the 

petitioners entitled ‘‘Re: Petitions for the Imposition 

of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on 

Imports of Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of 

Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated October 21, 2014 (General Issues 

Supplemental Questionnaire), Letter from the 

Department to the petitioners entitled ‘‘Re: Petition 

for the Imposition of Countervailing Duties on 

Imports of Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of 

Korea: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated October 21, 

2014, and Letter from the Department to the 

petitioners entitled ‘‘Re: Petition for the Imposition 

of Countervailing Duties on Imports of Welded Line 

Pipe from the Republic of Turkey: Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated October 21, 2014. 

4See ‘‘Welded API Line Pipe from Korea and 

Turkey: Response to Supplemental Questions,’’ 

dated October 24, 2014 (General Issues 

Supplement), ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from the Republic 

of Korea: Response to the Department’s 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated October 24, 2014, 

‘‘Welded API Line Pipe from Turkey: Response to 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated October 24, 2014, 

and ‘‘Welded API Line Pipe from Korea and Turkey: 

Submission of CSI Letter of Support with 2013 

Production and Revised Scope Language,’’ dated 

October 29, 2014 (Second General Issues 

Supplement). 

5See the ‘‘Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petitions’’ section below. 

6See General Issues Supplemental Questionnaire; 

see also General Issues Supplement. 

7See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; 

Final rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

• Import Tariff and Value-Added Tax 

(VAT) Exemptions for FIEs and Certain 

Domestic Enterprises Using Imported 

Equipment in Encouraged Industries 

• Export Incentive Payments Characterized 

as ‘‘VAT Rebates’’ 

• VAT Rebates to Welfare Enterprises 

• Provision of Green Tubes for LTAR 

• Provision of Steel Rounds for LTAR 

• Provision of Hot-Rolled Steel for LTAR 

• Provision of Coking Coal for LTAR 

• Provision of Land-Use Rights Within 

Designated Geographical Areas for LTAR 

• Provision of Land to SOEs for LTAR 

• Provision of Electricity at LTAR To Drill 

Pipe Producers Located in Jiangsu 

Province 

• Provision of Water at LTAR To Drill Pipe 

Producers Located in Jiangsu Province 

• Technology To Improve Trade R&D Fund 

• Outstanding Growth Private Enterprise 

and Small and Medium-Sized 

Enterprises 

• Development in Jiangyin Fund 

• GOC and Sub-Central Government 

Grants, Loans, and Other Incentives for 

Development of Famous Brands and 

China World Top Brands 

• Scientific Innovation Award 

• Development Fund Grant 

• State Key Technology Project Fund 

• Export Assistance Grants 

• Programs To Rebate Antidumping Legal 

Fees 

• Grants and Tax Benefits to Loss-Making 

SOEs at National and Local Level 

• Subsidies Provided To Drill Pipe 

Producers Located in Economic and 

Technological Development Zones 

(ETDZs) in Tianjin Binhai New Area 

• Subsidies Provided To Drill Pipe 

Producers Located in ETDZs in Tianjin 

Economic and Technological 

Development Areas 

• Subsidies Provided To Drill Pipe 

Producers Located in High-Tech 

Industrial Development Zones 

8. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–877, C–489–823] 

Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of 

Korea and the Republic of Turkey: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 13, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Trainor at (202) 482–4007 or 

Reza Karamloo at (202) 482–4470 

(Republic of Korea); Elizabeth Eastwood 

at (202) 482–3874 or Dennis McClure at 

(202) 482–5973 (Republic of Turkey), 

AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On October 16, 2014, the Department 

of Commerce (the Department) received 

countervailing duty (CVD) petitions 

concerning imports of welded line pipe 

from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and 

the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) filed in 

proper form on behalf of American Cast 

Iron Pipe Company, Energex (a division 

of JMC Steel Group), Maverick Tube 

Corporation, Northwest Pipe Company, 

Stupp Corporation (a division of Stupp 

Bros., Inc.), Tex-Tube Company, TMK 

IPSCO, and Welspun Tubular LLC USA 

(collectively, the petitioners). The CVD 

petitions were accompanied by two 

antidumping duty (AD) petitions.1 The 

petitioners are domestic producers of 

welded line pipe.2

On October 21, 2014, the Department 

requested information and clarification 

for certain areas of the Petitions.3 The 

petitioners filed responses to these 

requests on October 24, 2014, and 

October 29, 2014.4 On October 27 and 

October 31, 2014, we received 

submissions from United States Steel 

Corporation (U.S. Steel), a domestic 

producer of welded line pipe, in 

support of the Petitions. 

In accordance with section 702(b)(1) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act), the petitioners allege that the 

Government of Korea (GOK) and the 

Government of Turkey (GOT) are 

providing countervailable subsidies 

(within the meaning of sections 701 and 

771(5) of the Act) to imports of welded 

line pipe from Korea and Turkey, 

respectively, and that such imports are 

materially injuring, or threatening 

material injury to, an industry in the 

United States. Also, consistent with 

section 702(b)(1) of the Act, the 

Petitions are accompanied by 

information reasonably available to the 

petitioners supporting their allegations. 

The Department finds that the 

petitioners filed the Petitions on behalf 

of the domestic industry because the 

petitioners are interested parties as 

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. 

The Department also finds that the 

petitioners demonstrated sufficient 

industry support with respect to the 

initiation of the CVD investigations that 

the petitioners are requesting.5

Periods of Investigation 

The period of the investigation for 

both Korea and Turkey is January 1, 

2013, through December 31, 2013. 

Scope of the Investigations 

The product covered by these 

investigations is welded line pipe from 

Korea and Turkey. For a full description 

of the scope of these investigations, see 

the ‘‘Scope of the Investigations’’ in 

Appendix I of this notice. 

Comments on Scope of the 

Investigations 

During our review of the Petitions, the 

Department issued questions to, and 

received responses from, the petitioners 

pertaining to the proposed scope to 

ensure that the scope language in the 

Petitions would be an accurate 

reflection of the products for which the 

domestic industry is seeking relief.6

As discussed in the preamble to the 

Department’s regulations,7 we are 

setting aside a period for interested 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (scope). The period for scope 

comments is intended to provide the 

Department with ample opportunity to 

consider all comments and to consult 

with parties prior to the issuance of the 

preliminary determination. If scope 

comments include factual information 

(see 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21)), all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information. All such comments 

must be filed by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 


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