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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. 

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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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the most appropriate rate for all other producers 

and exporters. See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts 

Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and 

the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of 

Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of 

an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 

1, 2010). As complete publicly ranged sales data 

was available, the Department based the all-others 

rate on the publicly ranged sales data of the 

mandatory respondents. For a complete analysis of 

the data, please see the All-Others’’ Rate 

Calculation Memorandum. 

9As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, the Department finds the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Hongyi: Jiangsu 

Hongren Precision Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

and Changzhou Kemeng Mechanical Equipment 

Co., Ltd. 

10As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, the Department finds the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Huacheng I&E: 

Zhangjiagang Huacheng Industry Pipe Making 

Corporation, Zhangjiagang Salem Fine Tubing Co., 

Ltd., Zhangjiagang Huacheng Investment Holding 

Co., Ltd., Zhangjiagang HZB Special Material 

Technology Co., Ltd. and Zhangjiagang Huacheng 

Special Materials Corporation. 

11See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

Preliminary Determination 

The Department preliminarily 

determines that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(%) 

Jiangsu Hongyi Steel Pipe Co., 

Ltd 9 ........................................... 35.69 

Zhangjiagang Huacheng Import & 

Export Co., Ltd 10 ...................... 33.31 

All-Others ...................................... 34.5 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the 

Department will direct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), the Department will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

The Department intends to disclose 

its calculations and analysis performed 

to interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, the Department intends to verify 

the information relied upon in making 

its final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation 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. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, 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. 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, the Department 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, the Department will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after the final 

determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: September 18, 2017. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations 

performing the non-exclusive duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers colddrawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy 

steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) of 

circular cross-section, in actual outside 

diameters less than 331 mm, and regardless 

of wall thickness, surface finish, end finish 

or industry specification. The subject colddrawn mechanical tubing is a tubular 

product with a circular cross-sectional shape 

that has been cold-drawn or otherwise coldfinished after the initial tube formation in a 

manner that involves a change in the 

diameter or wall thickness of the tubing, or 

both. The subject cold-drawn mechanical 

tubing may be produced from either welded 

(e.g., electric resistance welded, continuous 

welded, etc.) or seamless (e.g. , pierced, 

pilgered or extruded, etc.) carbon or alloy 

steel tubular products. It may also be heat 

treated after cold working. Such heat 

treatments may include, but are not limited 

to, annealing, normalizing, quenching and 

tempering, stress relieving or finish 

annealing. Typical cold-drawing methods for 

subject merchandise include, but are not 

limited to, drawing over mandrel, rod 

drawing, plug drawing, sink drawing and 

similar processes that involve reducing the 

outside diameter of the tubing with a die or 

similar device, whether or not controlling the 

inside diameter of the tubing with an internal 

support device such as a mandrel, rod, plug 

or similar device. 

Subject cold-drawn mechanical tubing is 

typically certified to meet industry 

specifications for cold-drawn tubing 

including but not limited to: 

(1) American Society for Testing and 

Materials (ASTM) or American Society of 

Mechanical Engineers (ASME) specifications 

ASTM A–512, ASTM A–513 Type 3 (ASME 

SA513 Type 3), ASTM A–513 Type 4 (ASME 

SA513 Type 4), ASTM A–513 Type 5 (ASME 

SA513 Type 5), ASTM A–513 Type 6 (ASME 

SA513 Type 6), ASTM A–519 (cold-finished); 

(2) SAE International (Society of 

Automotive Engineers) specifications SAE 

J524, SAE J525, SAE J2833, SAE J2614, SAE 

J2467, SAE J2435, SAE J2613; 

(3) Aerospace Material Specification (AMS) 

AMS T–6736 (AMS 6736), AMS 6371, AMS 

5050, AMS 5075, AMS 5062, AMS 6360, 

AMS 6361, AMS 6362, AMS 6371, AMS 

6372, AMS 6374, AMS 6381, AMS 6415; 

(4) United States Military Standards (MIL) 

MIL–T–5066 and MIL–T–6736; 

(5) foreign standards equivalent to one of 

the previously listed ASTM, ASME, SAE, 

AMS or MIL specifications including but not 

limited to: 

(a) German Institute for Standardization 

(DIN) specifications DIN 2391–2, DIN 2393– 

2, DIN 2394–2); 

(b) European Standards (EN) EN 10305–1, 

EN 10305–2, EN 10305–4, EN 10305–6 and 


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European national variations on those 

standards (e.g., British Standard (BS EN), 

Irish Standard (IS EN) and German Standard 

(DIN EN) variations, etc.); 

(c) Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) JIS G 

3441 and JIS G 3445; and 

(6) proprietary standards that are based on 

one of the above-listed standards. 

The subject cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

may also be dual or multiple certified to 

more than one standard. Pipe that is multiple 

certified as cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

and to other specifications not covered by 

this scope, is also covered by the scope of 

this investigation when it meets the physical 

description set forth above. 

Steel products included in the scope of this 

investigation are products in which: 

(1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each 

of the other contained elements; and 

(2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less 

by weight. 

For purposes of this scope, the place of 

cold-drawing determines the country of 

origin of the subject merchandise. Subject 

merchandise that is subject to minor working 

in a third country that occurs after drawing 

in one of the subject countries including, but 

not limited to, heat treatment, cutting to 

length, straightening, nondestruction testing, 

deburring or chamfering, remains within the 

scope of the investigation. 

All products that meet the written physical 

description are within the scope of this 

investigation unless specifically excluded or 

covered by the scope of an existing order. 

Merchandise that meets the physical 

description of cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

above is within the scope of the investigation 

even if it is also dual or multiple certified to 

an otherwise excluded specification listed 

below. The following products are outside of, 

and/or specifically excluded from, the scope 

of this investigation: 

(1) Cold-drawn stainless steel tubing, 

containing 10.5 percent or more of chromium 

by weight and not more than 1.2 percent of 

carbon by weight; 

(2) products certified to one or more of the 

ASTM, ASME or American Petroleum 

Institute (API) specifications listed below: 

• ASTM A–53; 

• ASTM A–106; 

• ASTM A–179 (ASME SA 179); 

• ASTM A–192 (ASME SA 192); 

• ASTM A–209 (ASME SA 209); 

• ASTM A–210 (ASME SA 210); 

• ASTM A–213 (ASME SA 213); 

• ASTM A–334 (ASME SA 334); 

• ASTM A–423 (ASME SA 423); 

• ASTM A–498; 

• ASTM A–496 (ASME SA 496); 

• ASTM A–199; 

• ASTM A–500; 

• ASTM A–556; 

• ASTM A–565; 

• API 5L; and 

• API 5CT 

except that any cold-drawn tubing product 

certified to one of the above excluded 

specifications will not be excluded from the 

scope if it is also dual-or multiple-certified to 

any other specification that otherwise would 

fall within the scope of this investigation. 

The products subject to the investigation 

are currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under item numbers: 7304.31.3000, 

7304.31.6050, 7304.51.1000, 7304.51.5005, 

7304.51.5060, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020, 

7306.50.5030. Subject merchandise may also 

enter under numbers 7306.30.1000 and 

7306.50.1000. The HTSUS subheadings 

above are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes only. The written 

description of the scope of the investigation 

is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Injury Test 

VI. Application of the CVD Law to Imports 

from the PRC 

VII. Subsidies Valuation 

VIII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

IX. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

X. Analysis of Programs 

XI. ITC Notification 

XII. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XIII. Verification 

XIV. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Advisory Committee on Supply Chain 

Competitiveness; Notice of Public 

Meetings 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed topics of 

discussion for public meetings of the 

Advisory Committee on Supply Chain 

Competitiveness (Committee). 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

October 18, 2017, from 12:00 p.m. to 

3:00 p.m., and October 19, 2017, from 

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard 

Time (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The meetings on October 18 

and 19 will be held at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Research 

Library (Room 1894), Washington, DC 

20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Boll, Office of Supply Chain, 

Professional & Business Services 

(OSCPBS), International Trade 

Administration. (Phone: (202) 482–1135 

or Email: richard.boll@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Committee was 

established under the discretionary 

authority of the Secretary of Commerce 

and in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

App.). It provides advice to the 

Secretary of Commerce on the necessary 

elements of a comprehensive policy 

approach to supply chain 

competitiveness designed to support 

U.S. export growth and national 

economic competitiveness, encourage 

innovation, facilitate the movement of 

goods, and improve the competitiveness 

of U.S. supply chains for goods and 

services in the domestic and global 

economy; and provides advice to the 

Secretary on regulatory policies and 

programs and investment priorities that 

affect the competitiveness of U.S. 

supply chains. For more information 

about the Committee visit: http://

trade.gov/td/services/oscpb/ 

supplychain/acscc/. 

Matters to Be Considered: Committee 

members are expected to continue to 

discuss the major competitivenessrelated topics raised at the previous 

Committee meetings, including trade 

and competitiveness; freight movement 

and policy; trade innovation; regulatory 

issues; finance and infrastructure; and 

workforce development. The 

Committee’s subcommittees will report 

on the status of their work regarding 

these topics. The agenda may change to 

accommodate other Committee 

business. The Office of Supply Chain, 

Professional & Business Services will 

post the final detailed agendas on its 

Web site, http://trade.gov/td/services/ 

oscpb/supplychain/acscc/, at least one 

week prior to the meeting. 

The meetings will be open to the 

public and press on a first-come, firstserved basis. Space is limited. The 

public meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Individuals requiring accommodations, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other ancillary aids, are asked to notify 

Mr. Richard Boll, at (202) 482–1135 or 

richard.boll@trade.gov five (5) business 

days before the meeting. 

Interested parties are invited to 

submit written comments to the 

Committee at any time before and after 

the meeting. Parties wishing to submit 

written comments for consideration by 

the Committee in advance of this 

meeting must send them to the Office of 

Supply Chain, Professional & Business 

Services, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Room 11014, Washington, DC 20230, or 

email to richard.boll@trade.gov. 

For consideration during the 

meetings, and to ensure transmission to 

the Committee prior to the meetings, 

comments must be received no later 


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