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filed separately from the submissions on 

the issues under review and are not 

governed by the page limitations recited 

above. The complainants’ opening 

submission on the issues of remedy, the 

public interest and bonding is to 

include proposed remedial orders for 

the Commission’s consideration; the 

date that the asserted patents expire; the 

HTSUS numbers under which the 

accused products are imported; and the 

names of known importers of the 

products at issue in this investigation. 

Written submissions by the parties 

and the public must be filed no later 

than close of business on Friday, 

October 13, 2017. Reply submissions by 

the parties and the public must be filed 

no later than the close of business on 

Monday, October 23, 2017. No further 

submissions will be permitted unless 

otherwise ordered by the Commission. 

Persons filing written submissions 

must file the original document 

electronically on or before the deadlines 

stated above and submit 8 true paper 

copies to the Office of the Secretary by 

noon the next day pursuant to section 

210.4(f) of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 

210.4(f)). Submissions should refer to 

the investigation number (‘‘Inv. No. 

337–TA–1010’’) in a prominent place on 

the cover page and/or the first page. (See 

Handbook for Electronic Filing 

Procedures, https://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/ 

handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). 

Persons with questions regarding filing 

should contact the Secretary (202–205– 

2000). 

Any person desiring to submit a 

document to the Commission in 

confidence must request confidential 

treatment. All such requests should be 

directed to the Secretary to the 

Commission and must include a full 

statement of the reasons why the 

Commission should grant such 

treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents 

for which confidential treatment by the 

Commission is properly sought will be 

treated accordingly. All information, 

including confidential business 

information and documents for which 

confidential treatment is properly 

sought, submitted to the Commission for 

purposes of this Investigation may be 

disclosed to and used: (i) By the 

Commission, its employees and Offices, 

and contract personnel (a) for 

developing or maintaining the records 

of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in 

internal investigations, audits, reviews, 

and evaluations relating to the 

programs, personnel, and operations of 

the Commission including under 5 

U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. 

government employees and contract 

personnel, solely for cybersecurity 

purposes. All nonconfidential written 

submissions will be available for public 

inspection at the Office of the Secretary 

and on EDIS. 

The authority for the Commission’s 

determination is contained in section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in part 

210 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part 

210). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: September 29, 2017. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21426 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–576–577 and 

731–TA–1362–1367 (Final)] 

Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing From 

China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, 

and Switzerland; Scheduling of the 

Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and 

Antidumping Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of the final 

phase of antidumping and 

countervailing duty investigation Nos. 

701–TA–576–577 and 731–TA–1362– 

1367 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act 

of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine 

whether an industry in the United 

States is materially injured or 

threatened with material injury, or the 

establishment of an industry in the 

United States is materially retarded, by 

reason of imports of cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing from China, 

Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and 

Switzerland, provided for in 

subheadings 7304.31.30, 7304.31.60, 

7304.51.10, 7304.51.50, 7306.30.50, and 

7306.50.50 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States, 

preliminarily determined by the 

Department of Commerce to be 

subsidized by the Governments of China 

and India. Determinations with respect 

to imports of cold-drawn mechanical 

tubing alleged to be sold at less than fair 

value are pending. 

DATES: September 25, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keysha Martinez (202–205–2136), Office 

of Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these investigations may be viewed on 

the Commission’s electronic docket 

(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope.—For purposes of these 

investigations, the Department of 

Commerce has defined the subject 

merchandise as cold-drawn mechanical 

tubing of carbon and alloy steel (colddrawn 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 cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing is a tubular product 

with a circular cross-sectional shape 

that has been cold-drawn or otherwise 

cold-finished 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 colddrawn 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 

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(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 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 colddrawn 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. 

Background.—The final phase of 

these investigations is being scheduled 

pursuant to section 705(b) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)), as a 

result of affirmative preliminary 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce that certain benefits which 

constitute subsidies within the meaning 

of section 703 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

1671b) are being provided to 

manufacturers, producers, or exporters 

in China and India of cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing. The investigations 

were requested in petitions filed on 

April 19, 2017, by ArcelorMittal 

Tubular Products, Shelby, Ohio; 

Michigan Seamless Tube, LLC, South 

Lyon, Michigan; PTC Alliance Corp., 

Wexford, Pennsylvania; Webco 

Industries, Inc., Sand Springs, 

Oklahoma; and Zekelman Industries, 

Inc., Farrell, Pennsylvania. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this phase of the 

investigations, hearing procedures, and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations and 

public service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in the final phase of these 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

section 201.11 of the Commission’s 

rules, no later than 21 days prior to the 

hearing date specified in this notice. A 

party that filed a notice of appearance 

during the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not file an 

additional notice of appearance during 

this final phase. The Secretary will 

maintain a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the investigations. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s 

rules, the Secretary will make BPI 

gathered in the final phase of these 

investigations available to authorized 

applicants under the APO issued in the 

investigations, provided that the 

application is made no later than 21 

days prior to the hearing date specified 

in this notice. Authorized applicants 

must represent interested parties, as 

defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are 

parties to the investigations. A party 

granted access to BPI in the preliminary 

phase of the investigations need not 

reapply for such access. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the final phase of these 

investigations will be placed in the 

nonpublic record on November 21, 

2017, and a public version will be 

issued thereafter, pursuant to section 

207.22 of the Commission’s rules. 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the final 


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1A record of the Commissioners’ votes, the 

Commission’s statement on adequacy, and any 

individual Commissioner’s statements will be 

available from the Office of the Secretary and at the 

Commission’s Web site. 

2The Commission has found the responses 

submitted on behalf of Core Pipe Products, Inc., 

Shaw Alloying Piping Products, LLC, and Taylor 

Forge Stainless to be individually adequate. 

Comments from other interested parties will not be 

accepted (see 19 CFR 207.62(d)(2)). 

phase of these investigations beginning 

at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6, 

2017, at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building. Requests to 

appear at the hearing should be filed in 

writing with the Secretary to the 

Commission on or before December 1, 

2017. A nonparty who has testimony 

that may aid the Commission’s 

deliberations may request permission to 

present a short statement at the hearing. 

All parties and nonparties desiring to 

appear at the hearing and make oral 

presentations should participate in a 

prehearing conference to be held on 

December 4, 2017, at the U.S. 

International Trade Commission 

Building, if deemed necessary. Oral 

testimony and written materials to be 

submitted at the public hearing are 

governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 

201.13(f), and 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules. Parties must submit 

any request to present a portion of their 

hearing testimony in camera no later 

than 7 business days prior to the date of 

the hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party 

who is an interested party shall submit 

a prehearing brief to the Commission. 

Prehearing briefs must conform with the 

provisions of section 207.23 of the 

Commission’s rules; the deadline for 

filing is November 29, 2017. Parties may 

also file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, as 

provided in section 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules, and posthearing 

briefs, which must conform with the 

provisions of section 207.25 of the 

Commission’s rules. The deadline for 

filing posthearing briefs is December 12, 

2017. In addition, any person who has 

not entered an appearance as a party to 

the investigations may submit a written 

statement of information pertinent to 

the subject of the investigations, 

including statements of support or 

opposition to the petition, on or before 

December 12, 2017. On December 29, 

2017, the Commission will make 

available to parties all information on 

which they have not had an opportunity 

to comment. Parties may submit final 

comments on this information on or 

before January 3, 2018, but such final 

comments must not contain new factual 

information and must otherwise comply 

with section 207.30 of the Commission’s 

rules. All written submissions must 

conform with the provisions of section 

201.8 of the Commission’s rules; any 

submissions that contain BPI must also 

conform with the requirements of 

sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the 

Commission’s rules. The Commission’s 

Handbook on E-Filing, available on the 

Commission’s Web site at https://

www.usitc.gov/secretary/documents/ 

handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf, 

elaborates upon the Commission’s rules 

with respect to electronic filing. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to section 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules, 

each document filed by a party to the 

investigations must be served on all 

other parties to the investigations (as 

identified by either the public or BPI 

service list), and a certificate of service 

must be timely filed. The Secretary will 

not accept a document for filing without 

a certificate of service. 

Authority: These investigations are 

being conducted under authority of title 

VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice 

is published pursuant to section 207.21 

of the Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: September 29, 2017. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21428 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–865–867 (Third 

Review)] 

Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 

From Italy, Malaysia, and the 

Philippines; Scheduling of Expedited 

Five-Year Reviews 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of expedited 

reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 

1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine whether 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

orders on stainless steel butt-weld pipe 

fittings from Italy, Malaysia, and the 

Philippines would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury within a reasonably foreseeable 

time. 

DATES: September 5, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amanda Lawrence (202–205–3185), 

Office of Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. 

Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these reviews may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—On September 5, 2017, 

the Commission determined that the 

domestic interested party group 

response to its notice of institution (82 

FR 25324, June 1, 2017) of the subject 

five-year reviews was adequate and that 

the respondent interested party group 

response was inadequate for all reviews. 

The Commission did not find any other 

circumstances that would warrant 

conducting full reviews.1 Accordingly, 

the Commission determined that it 

would conduct expedited reviews 

pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(3)). 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of these reviews and rules 

of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 

207). 

Staff report.—A staff report 

containing information concerning the 

subject matter of the reviews will be 

placed in the nonpublic record on 

November 2, 2017, and made available 

to persons on the Administrative 

Protective Order service list for these 

reviews. A public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to section 

207.62(d)(4) of the Commission’s rules. 

Written submissions.—As provided in 

section 207.62(d) of the Commission’s 

rules, interested parties that are parties 

to the reviews and that have provided 

individually adequate responses to the 

notice of institution,2 and any party 

other than an interested party to the 

reviews may file written comments with 

the Secretary on what determinations 

the Commission should reach in the 


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