Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 184 / Monday, September 25, 2017 / Notices 44561 

1See Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy 

Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe from 

Romania: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2015–2016, 82 FR 26452 

(June 7, 2017) (Preliminary Results), and 

accompanying Memorandum ‘‘Certain Small 

Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, 

Line and Pressure Pipe from Romania: Decision 

Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015– 

2016,’’ dated June 1, 2017 (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

2Preliminary Results, 82 FR at 26453. 

3See Notice of Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 

Duty Order: Certain Small Diameter Carbon and 

Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe 

from Romania, 65 FR 48963 (August 10, 2000) (the 

Order). 

4See Preliminary Decision Memorandum for a 

complete description of the scope of the Order. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–485–805] 

Certain Small Diameter Carbon and 

Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and 

Pressure Pipe From Romania: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2015–2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 7, 2017, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on certain 

small diameter carbon and alloy 

seamless standard, line and pressure 

pipe from Romania. The review covers 

one producer/exporter of the subject 

merchandise, S.C. Silcotub S.A. 

(Silcotub). The period of review (POR) 

is August 1, 2015, through July 31, 2016. 

No interested party submitted 

comments on the preliminary results. 

We made no changes to the margin 

calculations for the final results of this 

review. Therefore, the final results do 

not differ from the preliminary results. 

The final weighted-average dumping 

margin for Silcotub is listed below in 

the ‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Applied September 25, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Johnson or Denisa Ursu, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4929 or 

(202) 482–2285, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This review covers one producer/ 

exporter of the subject merchandise, 

Silcotub. On June 7, 2017, the 

Department published the Preliminary 

Results in the Federal Register.1 We 

invited parties to comment on the 

Preliminary Results.2 No interested 

party submitted comments. Further, no 

party submitted a request for a hearing 

in the instant review. The Department 

conducted this administrative review in 

accordance with section 751(a) of the 

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

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the 

Order 3 is small diameter seamless pipe. 

The product is currently classified 

under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 7304.10.10.20, 

7304.10.50.20, 7304.19.10.20, 

7304.19.50.20, 7304.31.30.00, 

7304.31.60.50, 7304.39.00.16, 

7304.39.00.20, 7304.39.00.24, 

7304.39.00.28, 7304.39.00.32, 

7304.51.50.05, 7304.51.50.60, 

7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.10, 

7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, and 

7304.59.80.25. The HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes only; the written 

product description of the scope of the 

Order is dispositive.4

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

As no parties submitted comments on 

the margin calculation methodology 

used in the Preliminary Results, the 

Department made no adjustments to that 

methodology in the final results of this 

review. 

Final Results of the Review 

As a result of this review, the 

Department determines that the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margin exists for entries of subject 

merchandise that were produced and/or 

exported by the following company 

during the POR: 

Manufacturer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

S.C. Silcotub S.A. ....................... 0.00 

Assessment Rates 

The Department shall determine, and 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties 

on all appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise in accordance with the 

final results of this review, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.212(b). Because we calculated 

a zero margin for Silcotub in the final 

results of this review, we intend to 

instruct CBP to liquidate without regard 

to antidumping duties all shipments of 

subject merchandise manufactured and 

exported by Silcotub, entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse during the 

POR. 

The Department intends to issue the 

appropriate assessment instructions to 

CBP 15 days after the date of 

publication of these final results of 

review. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the notice of these final 

results for all shipments of certain small 

diameter carbon and alloy seamless 

standard, line and pressure pipe from 

Romania entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the publication date as provided by 

section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for entries of subject 

merchandise manufactured and/or 

exported by Silcotub will be zero; (2) for 

merchandise exported by manufacturers 

or exporters not covered in this review 

but covered in a completed prior 

segment of the proceeding, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

company-specific rate published for the 

most recentlycompleted segment; (3) if 

the exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, a prior review, or the original 

investigation, but the manufacturer is, 

the cash deposit rate will be the rate 

established for the most recentlycompleted segment for the manufacturer 

of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit 

rate for all other manufacturers or 

exporters will continue to be 13.06 

percent, the all-others rate established 

in the Order. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also 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 POR. 

Failure to comply with this requirement 

could result in the Department’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties has occurred and 

the subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

Administrative Protective Order 

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 


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44562 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 184 / Monday, September 25, 2017 / Notices 

1See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from India and the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 82 FR 22486 (May 16, 2017) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from India and the People’s 

Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 82 FR 28641 (June 23, 2017). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination: 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain ColdDrawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy 

Steel from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

5See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 22486, 22487. 

6See 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. 

7See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

8With two respondents under examination, the 

Department normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of 

the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents using each company’s 

publicly-ranged values for the merchandise under 

consideration. The Department then compares (B) 

and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as 

information disclosed under the 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 subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We intend to issue and publish these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: September 19, 2017. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20401 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–059] 

Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing 

of Carbon and Alloy Steel From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of certain colddrawn mechanical tubing of carbon and 

alloy steel (cold-drawn mechanical 

tubing) from the People’s Republic of 

China (PRC). The period of investigation 

is January 1, 2016, through December 

31, 2016. 

DATES: Applied September 25, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shanah Lee at (202) 482–6386 or Laurel 

LaCivita at (202) 482–4243, AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). The Department published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on May 16, 2017.1 On June 23, 2017, the 

Department postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation and 

the revised deadline is now September 

18, 2017.2 For a complete description of 

the events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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, and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

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

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is cold-drawn mechanical 

tubing from the PRC. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

the Department’s regulations,4 the 

Initiation Notice set aside a period of 

time for parties to raise issues regarding 

product coverage, (i.e., scope).5 Certain 

interested parties commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice, as well as 

additional language proposed by the 

Department. The Department intends to 

issue its preliminary decision regarding 

comments concerning the scope of the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigations in the preliminary 

determination of the companion AD 

investigation. 

Methodology 

The Department is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, the 

Department preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.6

The Department notes that in making 

these findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to the 

Department’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.7 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, the Department shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. In 

this investigation, the Department 

calculated individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates for Jiangsu 

Hongyi Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (Hongyi) and 

Zhangjiagang Huacheng Import & Export 

Co., Ltd. (Huacheng I&E) that are not 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 

facts otherwise available. The 

Department calculated the all-others’’ 

rate using a simple average of the 

individual estimated subsidy rates 

calculated for the examined 

respondents.8


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