Notice2022-14425
Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021
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Published
July 7, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) from India was sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) of June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 129 (Thursday, July 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40499-40500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14425]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-873]
Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel
From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that certain cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and
alloy steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) from India was sold in the
United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of
review (POR) of June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021.
DATES: Applicable July 7, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis Cherry or Samantha Kinney, 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) 482-0607 or (202)
482-2285, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 11, 2018, Commerce published the antidumping duty (AD)
order on cold-drawn mechanical tubing from India.\1\ On August 3, 2021,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(i), Commerce initiated an
administrative review of the Order, covering one producer/exporter,
Tube Products of India, Ltd., a unit of Tube Investments of India
Limited (collectively, TII).\2\
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\1\ See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy
Steel from the People's Republic of China, the Federal Republic of
Germany, India, Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland:
Antidumping Duty Orders; and Amended Final Determinations of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value for the People's Republic of China and
Switzerland, 83 FR 26962 (June 11, 2018); see also Certain Cold-
Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Notice
of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value; Notice of Amended Final Determination
Pursuant to Court Decision; and Notice of Revocation of Antidumping
Duty Order, in part, 85 FR 31742 (May 27, 2020); Certain Cold-Drawn
Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Notice of
Second Amended Final Determination; Notice of Amended Order; Notice
of Resumption of First and Reinitiation of Second Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews; Notice of Opportunity for Withdrawal; and
Notice of Assessment in Third Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 86 FR 74069 (December 29, 2021) (collectively, Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 41821 (August 3, 2021) (Initiation
Notice).
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Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), on February 14, 2022, Commerce determined that it
was not practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review
within 245 days and extended the deadline for the preliminary results
of this review until June 30, 2022.\3\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021,''
dated February 14, 2022.
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For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
available via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of
Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Decision Memorandum for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-
2021,'' 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 administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
margin for the period June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Tube Products of India, Ltd., a unit of Tube Investments 17.31
of India Limited.......................................
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Verification
On November 11, 2021, the petitioners, PTC Alliance Corp., Webco
Industries, Inc., and Zekelman Industries, requested that Commerce
conduct verification of TII's responses. Accordingly, as provided in
section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to verify the
information relied upon in making its final results of the review.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results of review to interested parties with an
Administrative Protective Order within five days of the date of public
announcement of the preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to Commerce.
A timeline for the submission of case briefs and written comments will
be provided to interested parties at a later date. Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than
seven days after the date for filing case briefs.\5\ 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.\6\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\7\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Temporary Rule
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19,85 FR 17006
(March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR
41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via ACCESS, within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's
name,
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address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends
to hold a hearing at a time and date to be determined.\8\ Parties
should confirm the date, time, and location of the hearing two days
before the scheduled date.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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An electronically filed document must be received successfully in
its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time on the date that the document is due. Commerce has
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing
business proprietary information until further notice.\9\
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\9\ See Temporary Rule.
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Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in
any case or rebuttal briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, unless this deadline is extended.\10\
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\10\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce intends to determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject merchandise 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
administrative 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).
If TII's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review,
Commerce intends to calculate an importer-specific assessment rate
based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where we do not have entered
values for all U.S. sales to a particular importer/customer, we will
calculate a per-unit assessment rate by aggregating the antidumping
duties due for all U.S. sales to that importer (or customer) and
dividing this amount by the total quantity sold to that importer (or
customer).\11\ We intend to instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-
specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review
is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). To determine whether the duty
assessment rates are de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set
forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we calculate importer (or customer)
specific ad valorem ratios based on the estimated entered value. Where
either a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de
minimis, or an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is
zero or de minimis, in the final results of review, we intend to
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\12\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8103 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by TII for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation.\13\ if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\14\
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\13\ See Order, 83 FR at 26965.
\14\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of this administrative
review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for TII will be that established in the final results
of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than 0.50
percent, and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for previously investigated companies not participating in this review,
the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit
rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the underlying
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be
5.87 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\15\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\15\ See Order, 83 FR at 26965.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary 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 Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 29, 2022.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2022-14425 Filed 7-6-22; 8:45 am]
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