[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 44 (Thursday, March 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12897-12898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04511]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-874]
Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel
From India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that Goodluck India Limited (Goodluck) and Tube Investments of India
Ltd. (TII) received countervailable subsidies during the period of
review (POR), September 25, 2017 through December 31, 2018. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 5, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hannah Falvey or Genevieve Coen, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4889 and (202)
482-3251, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2019, Commerce published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain
cold-drawn mechanical tubing (CDMT) from India.\1\ On October 8, 2019,
Commerce extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of
this review.\2\ The revised deadline for these preliminary results is
now February 28, 2020.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 18777, 18792 (May 2, 2019).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of
Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,''
dated October 8, 2019.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included at the appendix 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 to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 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.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of
Carbon and Alloy Steel from India, 2017-2018,'' 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 certain cold-drawn
mechanical tubing. For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
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financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.\4\ For a full description of the
methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\4\ See 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.
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Preliminary Results of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.525, we calculated individual subsidy
rates for Goodluck and TII. For the period September 25, 2017 through
December 31, 2018, we preliminarily determine that the following net
subsidy rates exist:
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2017 2018
subsidy subsidy
Company rate rate
(percent (percent
ad valorem) ad valorem)
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Goodluck India Limited........................ 5.86 5.21
Tube Investments of India Ltd................. 4.27 5.17
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Assessment Rate
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of
the final results, Commerce shall determine, and Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP
15 days after publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amount indicated above with regard to shipments of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this review. These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We will disclose to parties to this proceeding the calculations
performed in reaching the preliminary results within five days of the
date of publication of these preliminary results.\5\ Interested parties
may submit written comments (case briefs) within 30 days of publication
of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs)
within five days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\6\
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be limited to
issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit arguments are
requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\7\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within
30 days of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance using Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS system.\8\
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a
foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the
scheduled date of the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a
time and date to be determined.\9\ Issues addressed during the hearing
will be limited to those raised in the briefs.\10\ Parties should
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Parties are reminded that all briefs and hearing requests must be
filed electronically using ACCESS and received successfully in their
entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after
publication of these preliminary results.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: February 28, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Period of Review
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks and Discount Rates
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2020-04511 Filed 3-4-20; 8:45 am]
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