Notice2024-31411
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
December 31, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing this notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 250 (Tuesday, December 31, 2024)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 107107-107108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31411]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-910, C-570-911]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the People's
Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty
(CVD) orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from
the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and
material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is
publishing this notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.
DATES: Applicable December 17, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Smith, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5193.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 22, 2008, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD
and CVD orders on CWP from China.\1\ On May 1, 2024, the ITC
instituted,\2\ and Commerce initiated,\3\ the third sunset review of
the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). As a result of its review, Commerce determined that
revocation of the CVD Order would likely lead to the continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies and notified the ITC of the
magnitude of the subsidy rates likely to prevail were the order
revoked,\4\ and Commerce determined that revocation of the AD Order
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and
therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins of dumping
rates likely to prevail should the Order be revoked.\5\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the
People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty
Order, 73 FR 42545 (July 22, 2008) (CVD Order); Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order: Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe
from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 42547 (July 22, 2008) (AD
Order) (collectively, Orders).
\2\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from China;
Institution of Five-Year Review, 89 FR 35244 (May 1, 2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 35073
(May 1, 2024).
\4\ See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the
People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Third
Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 89 FR 73064
(September 9, 2024), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
(IDM).
\5\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the
People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Third
Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 89 FR 73632 (September
11, 2024), and accompanying IDM.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
On December 17, 2024, the ITC published its determination, pursuant
to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.\6\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\6\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from China
Determination, 89 FR 102163 (December 17, 2024) (ITC Final
Determination).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise subject of these Orders are certain welded carbon
quality steel pipes and tubes. See the
[[Page 107108]]
appendix to this notice for the full scope of the Orders.
Continuation of the Orders on CWP From China
As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that
revocation of the Orders would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury
to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the continuation
of the Orders. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to
collect AD and CVD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of
entry for all imports of subject merchandise. The effective date of the
continuation of the Orders will be December 17, 2024.\7\ Pursuant to
section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends
to initiate the next sunset review of the Orders not later than 30 days
prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective date of this
continuation.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\7\ See ITC Final Determination.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return, destruction, or
conversion to judicial protective order of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with this request is a violation of the APO which may be subject
to sanctions.
Notification to Interested Parties
These sunset reviews and notice are in accordance with sections
751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and this notice is published pursuant
to section 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: December 23, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
The merchandise subject of these Orders are certain welded
carbon quality steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, and
with an outside diameter of 0.372 inches (9.45 mm) or more, but not
more than 16 inches (406.4 mm), whether or not stenciled, regardless
of wall thickness, surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or
painted), end finish (e.g., plain end, beveled end, grooved,
threaded, or threaded and coupled), or industry specification (e.g.,
ASTM, proprietary, or other), generally known as standard pipe and
structural pipe (they may also be referred to as circular,
structural, or mechanical tubing).
Specifically, the term ``carbon quality'' includes products in
which (a) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; (b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the
quantity, by weight, as indicated: (i) 1.80 percent of manganese;
(ii) 2.25 percent of silicon; (iii) 1.00 percent of copper; (iv)
0.50 percent of aluminum; (v) 1.25 percent of chromium; (vi) 0.30
percent of cobalt; (vii) 0.40 percent of lead; (viii) 1.25 percent
of nickel; (ix) 0.30 percent of tungsten; (x) 0.15 percent of
molybdenum; (xi) 0.10 percent of niobium; (xii) 0.41 percent of
titanium; (xiii) 0.15 percent of vanadium; or (xiv) 0.15 percent of
zirconium.
Standard pipe is made primarily to American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM) specifications but can be made to other
specifications. Standard pipe is made primarily to ASTM
specifications A-53, A-135, and A-795. Structural pipe is made
primarily to ASTM specifications A-252 and A-500. Standard and
structural pipe may also be produced to proprietary specifications
rather than to industry specifications. This is often the case, for
example, with fence tubing. Pipe multiple stenciled to a standard
and/or structural specification and to any other specification, such
as the American Petroleum Institute (API) API-5L specification, is
also covered by the scope of the Orders when it meets the physical
description set forth above and also has one or more of the
following characteristics: is 32 feet in length or less; is less
than 2.0 inches (50 mm) in outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or
painted surface finish; or has a threaded and/or coupled end finish.
(The term ``painted'' does not include coatings to inhibit rust in
transit, such as varnish, but includes coatings such as polyester.)
The scope of these Orders does not include: (a) pipe suitable
for use in boilers, superheaters, heat exchangers, condensers,
refining furnaces and feedwater heaters, whether or not cold drawn;
(b) mechanical tubing, whether or not cold-drawn; (c) finished
electrical conduit; (d) finished scaffolding; (e) tube and pipe
hollows for redrawing; (f) oil country tubular goods produced to API
specifications; and (g) line pipe produced to only API
specifications.
The pipe products that are the subject of these Orders are
currently classifiable in Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) statistical reporting numbers 7306.30.10.00,
7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40,7306.30.50.55,
7306.30.50.85, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.10.00, 7306.50.50.50,
7306.50.50.70,7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and
7306.19.51.50. However, the product description, and not the HTSUS
classification, is dispositive of whether merchandise imported into
the United States falls within the scope of the Orders.
[FR Doc. 2024-31411 Filed 12-30-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
</pre></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on December 31, 2024.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.