80_FR_63739 80 FR 63537 - Final Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States

80 FR 63537 - Final Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Court No. 12-00296]


Final Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, Wheatland Tube 
Co. v. United States

Summary

    On August 3, 2015, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT or 
Court) granted the request of the Department of Commerce (Department) 
for a voluntary remand in the above-referenced proceeding.\1\ The 
Remand Order involves a challenge to the Department's final 
determination in a proceeding conducted under Section 129 of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Section 129) related to the Department's 
final affirmative antidumping duty (AD) determination on circular 
welded carbon quality steel pipe (CWP) from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC) for the period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.\2\
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    \1\ See Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, Court No. 12-00296 
(August 3, 2015) (Remand Order).
    \2\ See Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road 
Tires; Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated Woven 
Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's 
Republic of China, 77 FR 52683 (August 30, 2012) (Implementation 
Notice); See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, ``Final Determination: Section 129 Proceeding 
Pursuant to the WTO Appellate Body's Findings in WTO DS379 Regarding 
the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations of Circular 
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of 
China,'' (July 31, 2012) (Final Determination Memorandum); see also 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Affirmative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances: Circular 
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of 
China, 73 FR 31970 (June 5, 2008) (Final Determination).
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    The CIT granted the Department's request for a voluntary remand 
``in light of Commerce's remand redetermination in Wheatland Tube Co. 
v. United States, Consol. Court No. 12-00298, Redetermination Pursuant 
to Court Remand, April 27, 2015, ECF No. 70'' (CVD Remand 
Redetermination), which dealt with the companion CWP countervailing 
duty (CVD) proceeding.\3\ In the CVD Remand Redetermination, the 
Department found ``that there is no basis for making an adjustment to 
the companion AD rates under'' 19 U.S.C. 1677f-1(f), because no party 
in the companion CVD proceeding responded to the Department's request 
for information concerning the issue of ``double remedies.''
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    \3\ See Remand Order.
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    In light of the CVD Remand Redetermination, we have reconsidered 
our finding regarding the double remedies adjustment afforded to 
respondents in the underlying AD proceeding, and found that there is no 
basis for making an adjustment to the AD rates under 19 U.S.C. 1677f-
1(f). As such, in the draft redetermination, we denied the adjustment 
that we granted the respondents in the Final Determination Memorandum.
    The Department offered interested parties an opportunity to comment 
on the Draft Remand.\4\ On September 23, 2015, Plaintiff Wheatland Tube 
Company (Wheatland) and Consolidated Plaintiff United States Steel 
Corporation (U.S. Steel Corporation) submitted comments on the Draft 
Remand.\5\ In their letter, they stated the following:
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    \4\ See ``Draft Remand Redetermination, Wheatland Tube Co. v. 
United States, Consol. Court No. 12-00296,'' (September 18, 2015) 
(Draft Remand).
    \5\ See Letter from the Domestic Interested Parties to the 
Department, ``Comments On The Draft Remand Redetermination, 
Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, Court No. 12-00296'' (September 
23, 2015).

    We support the Department's determination to ``deny { {time}  
the adjustment that we granted respondents in the CWP AD Section 129 
determination.'' We have no other comments.\6\ (footnote omitted)
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    \6\ Id. at 1.

    No other interested party submitted comments.
    For the reasons discussed below, our Draft Remand remains 
unchanged, and we continue to deny the adjustment that we granted the 
respondents in the Final Determination Memorandum.

Background

Section 129 Proceeding

    On July 22, 2008, upon final affirmative determinations by the 
Department and the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Department 
published AD and CVD orders on CWP from the PRC.\7\ The Government of 
the

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People's Republic of China (GOC) challenged the CWP orders and three 
other sets of simultaneously imposed AD and CVD orders before the 
Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO 
Appellate Body, in March 2011, found that the United States had acted 
inconsistently with its international obligations in several respects, 
including the potential imposition of overlapping remedies.\8\
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    \7\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular Welded Carbon 
Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 42547 
(July 22, 2008).
    \8\ See United States--Definitive Anti-Dumping and 
Countervailing Duties on Certain Products from China, 611, WT/DS379/
AB/R (Mar. 11, 2011) (WTO AB Report).
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    The U.S. Trade Representative then announced the United States' 
intention to comply with the WTO's rulings and recommendations, and 
requested that the Department make a determination ``not inconsistent 
with'' the WTO AB Report.\9\ In the CVD proceeding, the GOC did not 
provide CWP-specific industry information for cost recovery and 
specific cost categories in the proceeding, but rather provided 
manufacturing-level data.
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    \9\ See Implementation Notice, 77 FR at 52684 (citing 19 U.S.C. 
3538(b)(2)).
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    Based upon its preliminary findings in the companion CVD proceeding 
using the non-CWP specific information mentioned above, the Department 
issued a preliminary determination memorandum on May 31, 2012, granting 
a double remedies adjustment to all respondents.\10\
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    \10\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
``Section 129 Proceeding Pursuant to the WTO Appellate Body's 
Findings in WTO DS379 Regarding the Antidumping Duty Investigation 
of Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe (CWP) from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Adjustments to the 
Antidumping Duty Cash Deposit Rates'' (May 31, 2012) (Preliminary 
Determination Memorandum), at 7-8 and Attachment 1.
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    After allowing parties to the proceeding an opportunity to submit 
factual information and comment on the Preliminary Determination 
Memorandum, the Department on July 31, 2012, issued its Final 
Determination Memorandum in the Section 129 proceeding on, inter alia, 
the double remedies issue.\11\ Based on its analysis, the Department 
found that there was a demonstration of:
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    \11\ See Final Determination Memorandum.

    {A{time}  subsidy-(variable) cost-price link in the case of 
input price subsidies (i.e., subsidized inputs) for the CWP industry 
during the period of investigation (POI), from which we 
preliminarily estimated that 63.07 percent of the value of the 
subsidies that have impacted variable costs were ``passed through'' 
to export prices for the CWP industry during the POI.\12\
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    \12\ See Preliminary Determination Memorandum at 3; unchanged in 
the Final Determination Memorandum.

    As a result, the Department issued amended AD cash deposit rates, 
which reduced the weighted-average dumping margin for separate rate 
companies from 69.2 percent to 45.35 percent.\13\ The PRC-wide entity 
dumping margin also was reduced from 85.55 percent to 68.24 
percent.\14\ Following consultations prescribed by Section 129, the 
Department, at the direction of the U.S. Trade Representative, 
published the Implementation Notice on August 30, 2012.
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    \13\ See Implementation Notice, 77 FR at 52687.
    \14\ Id.
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    Wheatland, U.S. Steel Corporation, and Plaintiff-Intervenors Allied 
Tube and Conduit and TMK IPSCO Tubulars (collectively, the Domestic 
Interested Parties) challenged the Department's AD and CVD Section 129 
CWP determinations. In the litigation concerning the CVD determination 
(CVD Litigation), the Domestic Interested Parties challenged the 
Department's decision that an adjustment to the AD duty on U.S. CWP 
imports from the PRC is warranted to account for remedies that overlap 
those imposed by the CVD order.

CVD Litigation

    In November 2014, the CIT issued an opinion and order in the CVD 
Litigation remanding the CWP CVD Section 129 determination to the 
Department for further consideration of its finding that certain 
countervailable subsidies reduced the average price of U.S. CWP 
imports, such that the reduction warranted a ``double remedies'' 
adjustment to the companion AD rates.\15\ In April 2015, the Department 
filed its remand redetermination in the CVD case.\16\
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    \15\ See Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, 26 F. Supp. 3d 
1372 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2014).
    \16\ See CVD Remand Redetermination.
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    In the CVD Remand Redetermination, the Department found ``that 
there is no basis for making an adjustment to the companion AD rates 
under'' 19 U.S.C. 1677f-1(f)(1)(b).\17\ In the CVD remand proceeding, 
the Department sent questionnaires to the original CVD respondents to 
obtain industry and respondent specific information necessary for its 
``double remedies'' analysis.\18\ The Department also issued copies of 
the questionnaire to the GOC.\19\ Neither the CVD mandatory respondents 
nor the GOC, however, filed a questionnaire response, comments, or an 
extension request by the due date. Without the requested information 
from the respondents, the Department found that an adjustment under 19 
U.S.C. 1677f-1(f) was not warranted.\20\
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    \17\ Id. at 10.
    \18\ Id. at 2.
    \19\ Id.
    \20\ Id. at 8-9.
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    In May 2015, the CIT sustained the Department's CVD Remand 
Redetermination and entered a final judgment in the CVD case.\21\ No 
party appealed the CIT's final judgment in the CVD case.
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    \21\ Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 12-
00298, slip op. 15-44 (Ct. Int'l Trade May 7, 2015).
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AD Litigation

    On January 2, 2013, the CIT issued an order staying the litigation 
concerning the CWP AD Section 129 determination (AD Litigation), 
``pending the final disposition of Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, 
Consol. Court No. 12-00298, including all appeals.'' \22\ Following the 
final disposition of the CVD Litigation, the CIT's stay of the AD 
Litigation lifted on July 8, 2015. On August 3, 2015, the CIT granted 
the Department's request for voluntary remand.\23\
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    \22\ Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, Court No. 12-00296, 
Order, January 2, 2013, ECF No. 32.
    \23\ See Remand Order.
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Final Redetermination

    In light of the CVD Remand Redetermination, we have reconsidered 
our finding regarding the double remedies adjustment granted to 
respondents in the CWP AD Section 129 determination. In the CVD Remand 
Redetermination, we found that an adjustment under 19 U.S.C. 1677f-1(f) 
requires a demonstration of a reduction in the average price of 
imports, for which the Department, in part, examines the links between 
the countervailed subsidy programs and the impact on the respondents' 
costs.
    Without the requested information from respondents in the CVD 
Remand Redetermination, the Department determined that such a 
demonstration has not been made at the CWP industry-specific level and 
there is no basis for making an adjustment to the AD rates under 19 
U.S.C. 1677f-1(f). As such, for this final redetermination, we are 
denying the adjustment that we granted respondents in the CWP AD 
Section 129 determination.
    Accordingly, we have revised the AD rates that we calculated in the 
CWP AD Section 129 determination. The revised AD rates are listed in 
the attached Appendix, ``Revised Antidumping Duty

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Cash Deposit Rates Pursuant to Remand Redetermination.''

     Dated: October 8, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix: Revised Antidumping Duty Cash Deposit Rates Pursuant To 
Remand Redetermination

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                                                            Revised AD
             Exporter                     Producer         cash deposit
                                                             rate  (%)
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BEIJING SAI LIN KE HARDWARE CO.,    XUZHOU GUANG HUAN               69.2
 LTD.                                STEEL TUBE PRODUCTS
                                     CO., LTD.
BENXI NORTHERN PIPES CO., LTD.....  BENXI NORTHERN PIPES            69.2
                                     CO., LTD.
DALIAN BROLLO STEEL TUBES LTD.....  DALIAN BROLLO STEEL             69.2
                                     TUBES LTD.
GUANGDONG WALSALL STEEL PIPE        GUANGDONG WALSALL               69.2
 INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.                 STEEL PIPE
                                     INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.
HENGSHUI JINGHUA STEEL PIPE CO.,    HENGSHUI JINGHUA                69.2
 LTD.                                STEEL PIPE CO., LTD.
HULUDAO STEEL PIPE INDUSTRIAL CO..  HULUDAO STEEL PIPE              69.2
                                     INDUSTRIAL CO.
JIANGSU GUOQIANG ZINC-PLATING       JIANGSU GUOQIANG                69.2
 INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.                ZINC-PLATING
                                     INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
JIANGYIN JIANYE METAL PRODUCTS      JIANGYIN JIANYE                 69.2
 CO., LTD.                           METAL PRODUCTS CO.,
                                     LTD.
KUNSHAN HONGYUAN MACHINERY          KUNSHAN HONGYUAN                69.2
 MANUFACTURE CO., LTD.               MACHINERY
                                     MANUFACTURE CO.,
                                     LTD.
KUNSHAN LETS WIN STEEL MACHINERY    KUNSHAN LETS WIN                69.2
 CO., LTD.                           STEEL MACHINERY
                                     CO., LTD.
QINGDAO XIANGXING STEEL PIPE CO.,   QINGDAO XIANGXING               69.2
 LTD.                                STEEL PIPE CO., LTD.
QINGDAO YONGJIE IMPORT & EXPORT     SHANDONG                        69.2
 CO., LTD.                           XINYUANGROUP CO.,
                                     LTD.
RIZHAO XINGYE IMPORT & EXPORT CO.,  SHANDONG XINYUAN                69.2
 LTD.                                GROUP CO., LTD.
SHANGHAI METALS & MINERALS IMPORT   BENXI NORTHERN PIPES            69.2
 & EXPORT CORP.                      CO., LTD.
SHENYANG BOYU M/E CO., LTD........  BAZHOU DONG SHENG               69.2
                                     HOT-DIPPED
                                     GALVANIZED STEEL
                                     PIPE CO., LTD.
SHIJIAZHUANG ZHONGQING IMP & EXP    BAZHOU ZHUOFA STEEL             69.2
 CO., LTD.                           PIPE CO. LTD.
TIANJIN BAOLAI INT'L TRADE CO.,     TIANJIN JINGHAI                 69.2
 LTD.                                COUNTY BAOLAI
                                     BUSINESS AND
                                     INDUSTRY CO. LTD.
TIANJIN NO. 1 STEEL ROLLED CO.,     TIANJIN HEXING STEEL            69.2
 LTD.                                CO., LTD.
TIANJIN NO. 1 STEEL ROLLED CO.,     TIANJIN RUITONG                 69.2
 LTD.                                STEEL CO., LTD.
TIANJIN NO. 1 STEEL ROLLED CO.,     TIANJIN YAYI                    69.2
 LTD.                                INDUSTRIAL CO.
TIANJIN XINGYUDA IMPORT & EXPORT    TANGSHAN FENGNAN                69.2
 CO., LTD.                           DISTRICT XINLIDA
                                     STEEL PIPE CO., LTD.
TIANJIN XINGYUDA IMPORT & EXPORT    TIANJIN LIFENGYUANDA            69.2
 CO., LTD.                           STEEL GROUP.
TIANJIN XINGYUDA IMPORT & EXPORT    TIANJIN LITUO STEEL             69.2
 CO., LTD.                           PRODUCTS CO.
TIANJIN XINGYUDA IMPORT & EXPORT    TIANJIN XINGYUNDA               69.2
 CO., LTD.                           STEEL PIPE CO.
WAH CIT ENTERPRISE................  GUANGDONG WALSALL               69.2
                                     STEEL PIPE
                                     INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.
WAI MING (TIANJIN) INT'L TRADING    BAZHOU DONG SHENG               69.2
 CO., LTD.                           HOT-DIPPED
                                     GALVANIZED STEEL
                                     PIPE CO., LTD.
WEIFANG EAST STEEL PIPE CO., LTD..  WEIFANG EAST STEEL              69.2
                                     PIPE CO., LTD.
WUXI ERIC STEEL PIPE CO., LTD.....  WUXI ERIC STEEL PIPE            69.2
                                     CO., LTD.
WUXI FASTUBE INDUSTRY CO., LTD....  WUXI FASTUBE                    69.2
                                     INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
ZHANGJIAGANG ZHONGYUAN PIPE-MAKING  ZHANGJIAGANG                    69.2
 CO., LTD.                           ZHONGYUAN PIPE-
                                     MAKING CO., LTD.
PRC-WIDE ENTITY...................  ....................           85.55
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                                                  written description of the scope of the                   Comment 20: Whether Subsidies are                   Redetermination Pursuant to Court
                                                  investigation is dispositive.                                Extinguished by Changes in Ownership             Remand, April 27, 2015, ECF No. 70’’
                                                                                                          VIII. Conclusion                                      (CVD Remand Redetermination), which
                                                  Appendix 2                                              Appendix I: Acronym and Abbreviation
                                                                                                                                                                dealt with the companion CWP
                                                  List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and                   Table
                                                                                                          Appendix II: Litigation Table                         countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding.3
                                                  Decision Memorandum
                                                                                                          Appendix III: Administrative Determinations           In the CVD Remand Redetermination,
                                                  I. Summary                                                                                                    the Department found ‘‘that there is no
                                                                                                               and Notices Table
                                                  II. Background                                                                                                basis for making an adjustment to the
                                                                                                          Appendix IV: Case-Related Documents
                                                  III. Scope of the Investigation
                                                  IV. Subsidies Valuation
                                                                                                          Appendix V: Miscellaneous Table                       companion AD rates under’’ 19 U.S.C.
                                                                                                               (Regulatory, Statutory, Articles, etc.)          1677f–1(f), because no party in the
                                                     a. Period of Investigation
                                                     b. Allocation Period                                 [FR Doc. 2015–26634 Filed 10–19–15; 8:45 am]          companion CVD proceeding responded
                                                     c. Attribution of Subsidies                          BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                to the Department’s request for
                                                     d. Denominators                                                                                            information concerning the issue of
                                                     e. Loan Interest Rate Benchmarks and                                                                       ‘‘double remedies.’’
                                                        Discount Rates                                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                   In light of the CVD Remand
                                                  V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and                                                                       Redetermination, we have reconsidered
                                                        Adverse Inferences                                International Trade Administration                    our finding regarding the double
                                                  VI. Analysis of Programs
                                                     a. Programs Determined to be                         [Court No. 12–00296]
                                                                                                                                                                remedies adjustment afforded to
                                                        Countervailable                                                                                         respondents in the underlying AD
                                                     b. Programs Determined To Be Not Used or             Final Redetermination Pursuant to                     proceeding, and found that there is no
                                                        Not to Confer a Benefit During the POI            Court Remand, Wheatland Tube Co. v.                   basis for making an adjustment to the
                                                     c. Program Determined To Be Not                      United States                                         AD rates under 19 U.S.C. 1677f–1(f). As
                                                        Countervailable                                                                                         such, in the draft redetermination, we
                                                  VII. Analysis of Comments                               Summary                                               denied the adjustment that we granted
                                                     Comment 1: The Department’s Selection of                                                                   the respondents in the Final
                                                        Mandatory and Voluntary Respondents                  On August 3, 2015, the U.S. Court of
                                                     Comment 2: The Calculation of the All                International Trade (CIT or Court)                    Determination Memorandum.
                                                        Other’s Rate                                      granted the request of the Department of                 The Department offered interested
                                                     Comment 3: Whether the Department                    Commerce (Department) for a voluntary                 parties an opportunity to comment on
                                                        Should Allow Irving to Post Bonds Until           remand in the above-referenced                        the Draft Remand.4 On September 23,
                                                        the Final Results of an Expedited Review          proceeding.1 The Remand Order                         2015, Plaintiff Wheatland Tube
                                                     Comment 4: Whether Port Hawkesbury is                involves a challenge to the Department’s              Company (Wheatland) and Consolidated
                                                        Creditworthy                                                                                            Plaintiff United States Steel Corporation
                                                     Comment 5: Whether the GNS’ Hot Idle
                                                                                                          final determination in a proceeding
                                                                                                          conducted under Section 129 of the                    (U.S. Steel Corporation) submitted
                                                        Funding is Extinguished                                                                                 comments on the Draft Remand.5 In
                                                     Comment 6: Whether the GNS’ FIF                      Uruguay Round Agreements Act
                                                        Funding is Extinguished                           (Section 129) related to the                          their letter, they stated the following:
                                                     Comment 7: Whether Assistance Under the              Department’s final affirmative                          We support the Department’s
                                                        Outreach Agreement is Countervailable             antidumping duty (AD) determination                   determination to ‘‘deny { } the adjustment
                                                     Comment 8: Whether Port Hawkesbury’s                 on circular welded carbon quality steel               that we granted respondents in the CWP AD
                                                        Private Stumpage Purchases Provide an             pipe (CWP) from the People’s Republic                 Section 129 determination.’’ We have no
                                                        Appropriate Benchmark for Port                                                                          other comments.6 (footnote omitted)
                                                        Hawkesbury’s Crown Stumpage
                                                                                                          of China (PRC) for the period October 1,
                                                        Purchases                                         2006, through March 31, 2007.2                          No other interested party submitted
                                                     Comment 9: Land for MTAR                                The CIT granted the Department’s                   comments.
                                                     Comment 10 Whether the NSUARB is an                  request for a voluntary remand ‘‘in light               For the reasons discussed below, our
                                                        Authority                                         of Commerce’s remand redetermination                  Draft Remand remains unchanged, and
                                                     Comment 11: Whether the Government                   in Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States,               we continue to deny the adjustment that
                                                        Entrusted or Directed NSPI to Provide a           Consol. Court No. 12–00298,                           we granted the respondents in the Final
                                                        Financial Contribution                                                                                  Determination Memorandum.
                                                     Comment 12: Whether to Use a Tier 1                    1 See Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, Court
                                                        Benchmark                                                                                               Background
                                                                                                          No. 12–00296 (August 3, 2015) (Remand Order).
                                                     Comment 13: Whether the Port
                                                        Hawkesbury LRR is based on Market
                                                                                                            2 See Implementation of Determinations Under
                                                                                                                                                                Section 129 Proceeding
                                                                                                          Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act:
                                                        Principles                                        Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires; Circular       On July 22, 2008, upon final
                                                     Comment 14: Whether Steam for LTAR                   Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated           affirmative determinations by the
                                                        Provides a Countervailable Subsidy                Woven Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe        Department and the U.S. International
                                                     Comment 15: Whether the Property Tax                 and Tube From the People’s Republic of China, 77
                                                                                                          FR 52683 (August 30, 2012) (Implementation            Trade Commission, the Department
                                                        Reduction in Richmond County Provides
                                                        a Countervailable Subsidy                         Notice); See Memorandum from Christian Marsh,         published AD and CVD orders on CWP
                                                     Comment 16: Whether the PWCC                         Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and        from the PRC.7 The Government of the
                                                                                                          Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
                                                        Indemnity Loan Program Should be                  Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and                 3 See  Remand Order.
                                                        Excluded from Port Hawkesbury’s Cash              Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Final                 4 See  ‘‘Draft Remand Redetermination, Wheatland
                                                        Deposit Rate                                      Determination: Section 129 Proceeding Pursuant to
                                                     Comment 17: Whether to Apply AFA to                  the WTO Appellate Body’s Findings in WTO DS379        Tube Co. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 12–
                                                        Resolute                                          Regarding the Antidumping and Countervailing          00296,’’ (September 18, 2015) (Draft Remand).
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                                                                                                                                                                  5 See Letter from the Domestic Interested Parties
                                                     Comment 18: Whether the Support for the              Duty Investigations of Circular Welded Carbon
                                                                                                          Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of      to the Department, ‘‘Comments On The Draft
                                                        Forest Industry Program (Investissement                                                                 Remand Redetermination, Wheatland Tube Co. v.
                                                        Québec Loans) Provides Countervailable           China,’’ (July 31, 2012) (Final Determination
                                                                                                          Memorandum); see also Notice of Final                 United States, Court No. 12–00296’’ (September 23,
                                                        Subsidies to Resolute’s SC Paper                                                                        2015).
                                                                                                          Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
                                                        Production                                        Affirmative Final Determination of Critical             6 Id. at 1.
                                                     Comment 19: Whether Certain Programs                 Circumstances: Circular Welded Carbon Quality           7 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular
                                                        Provides Countervailable Subsidies to             Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of China, 73    Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s
                                                        Resolute’s SC Paper Production                    FR 31970 (June 5, 2008) (Final Determination).        Republic of China, 73 FR 42547 (July 22, 2008).



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                                                  People’s Republic of China (GOC)                        through’’ to export prices for the CWP                respondents nor the GOC, however,
                                                  challenged the CWP orders and three                     industry during the POI.12                            filed a questionnaire response,
                                                  other sets of simultaneously imposed                      As a result, the Department issued                  comments, or an extension request by
                                                  AD and CVD orders before the Dispute                    amended AD cash deposit rates, which                  the due date. Without the requested
                                                  Settlement Body of the World Trade                      reduced the weighted-average dumping                  information from the respondents, the
                                                  Organization (WTO). The WTO                             margin for separate rate companies from               Department found that an adjustment
                                                  Appellate Body, in March 2011, found                    69.2 percent to 45.35 percent.13 The                  under 19 U.S.C. 1677f–1(f) was not
                                                  that the United States had acted                        PRC-wide entity dumping margin also                   warranted.20
                                                  inconsistently with its international                   was reduced from 85.55 percent to 68.24                  In May 2015, the CIT sustained the
                                                  obligations in several respects,                        percent.14 Following consultations                    Department’s CVD Remand
                                                  including the potential imposition of                   prescribed by Section 129, the                        Redetermination and entered a final
                                                  overlapping remedies.8                                  Department, at the direction of the U.S.              judgment in the CVD case.21 No party
                                                                                                          Trade Representative, published the                   appealed the CIT’s final judgment in the
                                                     The U.S. Trade Representative then
                                                                                                          Implementation Notice on August 30,                   CVD case.
                                                  announced the United States’ intention
                                                  to comply with the WTO’s rulings and                    2012.                                                 AD Litigation
                                                  recommendations, and requested that                       Wheatland, U.S. Steel Corporation,
                                                                                                          and Plaintiff-Intervenors Allied Tube                   On January 2, 2013, the CIT issued an
                                                  the Department make a determination                                                                           order staying the litigation concerning
                                                  ‘‘not inconsistent with’’ the WTO AB                    and Conduit and TMK IPSCO Tubulars
                                                                                                          (collectively, the Domestic Interested                the CWP AD Section 129 determination
                                                  Report.9 In the CVD proceeding, the                                                                           (AD Litigation), ‘‘pending the final
                                                  GOC did not provide CWP-specific                        Parties) challenged the Department’s AD
                                                                                                          and CVD Section 129 CWP                               disposition of Wheatland Tube Co. v.
                                                  industry information for cost recovery                                                                        United States, Consol. Court No. 12–
                                                                                                          determinations. In the litigation
                                                  and specific cost categories in the                                                                           00298, including all appeals.’’ 22
                                                                                                          concerning the CVD determination
                                                  proceeding, but rather provided                                                                               Following the final disposition of the
                                                                                                          (CVD Litigation), the Domestic
                                                  manufacturing-level data.                                                                                     CVD Litigation, the CIT’s stay of the AD
                                                                                                          Interested Parties challenged the
                                                     Based upon its preliminary findings                  Department’s decision that an                         Litigation lifted on July 8, 2015. On
                                                  in the companion CVD proceeding using                   adjustment to the AD duty on U.S. CWP                 August 3, 2015, the CIT granted the
                                                  the non-CWP specific information                        imports from the PRC is warranted to                  Department’s request for voluntary
                                                  mentioned above, the Department                         account for remedies that overlap those               remand.23
                                                  issued a preliminary determination                      imposed by the CVD order.                             Final Redetermination
                                                  memorandum on May 31, 2012, granting
                                                  a double remedies adjustment to all                     CVD Litigation                                           In light of the CVD Remand
                                                  respondents.10                                             In November 2014, the CIT issued an                Redetermination, we have reconsidered
                                                                                                          opinion and order in the CVD Litigation               our finding regarding the double
                                                     After allowing parties to the                                                                              remedies adjustment granted to
                                                  proceeding an opportunity to submit                     remanding the CWP CVD Section 129
                                                                                                          determination to the Department for                   respondents in the CWP AD Section 129
                                                  factual information and comment on the                                                                        determination. In the CVD Remand
                                                  Preliminary Determination                               further consideration of its finding that
                                                                                                          certain countervailable subsidies                     Redetermination, we found that an
                                                  Memorandum, the Department on July                                                                            adjustment under 19 U.S.C. 1677f–1(f)
                                                  31, 2012, issued its Final Determination                reduced the average price of U.S. CWP
                                                                                                          imports, such that the reduction                      requires a demonstration of a reduction
                                                  Memorandum in the Section 129                                                                                 in the average price of imports, for
                                                  proceeding on, inter alia, the double                   warranted a ‘‘double remedies’’
                                                                                                          adjustment to the companion AD                        which the Department, in part,
                                                  remedies issue.11 Based on its analysis,                                                                      examines the links between the
                                                  the Department found that there was a                   rates.15 In April 2015, the Department
                                                                                                          filed its remand redetermination in the               countervailed subsidy programs and the
                                                  demonstration of:                                                                                             impact on the respondents’ costs.
                                                                                                          CVD case.16
                                                    {A} subsidy-(variable) cost-price link in                In the CVD Remand Redetermination,                    Without the requested information
                                                  the case of input price subsidies (i.e.,                                                                      from respondents in the CVD Remand
                                                                                                          the Department found ‘‘that there is no
                                                  subsidized inputs) for the CWP industry                                                                       Redetermination, the Department
                                                  during the period of investigation (POI), from          basis for making an adjustment to the
                                                                                                          companion AD rates under’’ 19 U.S.C.                  determined that such a demonstration
                                                  which we preliminarily estimated that 63.07
                                                                                                          1677f–1(f)(1)(b).17 In the CVD remand                 has not been made at the CWP industry-
                                                  percent of the value of the subsidies that
                                                  have impacted variable costs were ‘‘passed              proceeding, the Department sent                       specific level and there is no basis for
                                                                                                          questionnaires to the original CVD                    making an adjustment to the AD rates
                                                     8 See United States—Definitive Anti-Dumping          respondents to obtain industry and                    under 19 U.S.C. 1677f–1(f). As such, for
                                                  and Countervailing Duties on Certain Products from      respondent specific information                       this final redetermination, we are
                                                  China, 611, WT/DS379/AB/R (Mar. 11, 2011) (WTO          necessary for its ‘‘double remedies’’                 denying the adjustment that we granted
                                                  AB Report).
                                                                                                          analysis.18 The Department also issued                respondents in the CWP AD Section 129
                                                     9 See Implementation Notice, 77 FR at 52684
                                                                                                          copies of the questionnaire to the                    determination.
                                                  (citing 19 U.S.C. 3538(b)(2)).
                                                     10 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh,              GOC.19 Neither the CVD mandatory                         Accordingly, we have revised the AD
                                                  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and                                                                rates that we calculated in the CWP AD
                                                  Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,           12 See Preliminary Determination Memorandum        Section 129 determination. The revised
                                                  Assistant Secretary for Import Administration,          at 3; unchanged in the Final Determination            AD rates are listed in the attached
                                                  ‘‘Section 129 Proceeding Pursuant to the WTO
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                                                                                                          Memorandum.                                           Appendix, ‘‘Revised Antidumping Duty
                                                  Appellate Body’s Findings in WTO DS379                     13 See Implementation Notice, 77 FR at 52687.
                                                  Regarding the Antidumping Duty Investigation of            14 Id.                                               20 Id.   at 8–9.
                                                  Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe (CWP)            15 See Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, 26       21 Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, Consol.
                                                  from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
                                                  Determination of Adjustments to the Antidumping         F. Supp. 3d 1372 (Ct. Int’l Trade 2014).              Court No. 12–00298, slip op. 15–44 (Ct. Int’l Trade
                                                                                                             16 See CVD Remand Redetermination.
                                                  Duty Cash Deposit Rates’’ (May 31, 2012)                                                                      May 7, 2015).
                                                                                                             17 Id. at 10.                                        22 Wheatland Tube Co. v. United States, Court
                                                  (Preliminary Determination Memorandum), at 7–8
                                                  and Attachment 1.                                          18 Id. at 2.                                       No. 12–00296, Order, January 2, 2013, ECF No. 32.
                                                     11 See Final Determination Memorandum.                  19 Id.                                               23 See Remand Order.




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                                                                                    Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 202 / Tuesday, October 20, 2015 / Notices                                                                                       63539

                                                  Cash Deposit Rates Pursuant to Remand                              Dated: October 8, 2015.
                                                  Redetermination.’’                                               Paul Piquado,
                                                                                                                   Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                                                                                   Compliance.
                                                                                                                   Appendix: Revised Antidumping Duty
                                                                                                                   Cash Deposit Rates Pursuant To
                                                                                                                   Remand Redetermination

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Revised AD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               cash deposit
                                                                                      Exporter                                                                                     Producer                                                        rate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (%)

                                                  BEIJING SAI LIN KE HARDWARE CO., LTD ...........................                       XUZHOU GUANG HUAN STEEL TUBE PRODUCTS CO.,                                                                     69.2
                                                                                                                                           LTD.
                                                  BENXI NORTHERN PIPES CO., LTD .......................................                  BENXI NORTHERN PIPES CO., LTD .......................................                                          69.2
                                                  DALIAN BROLLO STEEL TUBES LTD .....................................                    DALIAN BROLLO STEEL TUBES LTD .....................................                                            69.2
                                                  GUANGDONG WALSALL STEEL PIPE INDUSTRIAL CO.                                            GUANGDONG WALSALL STEEL PIPE INDUSTRIAL CO.                                                                    69.2
                                                    LTD.                                                                                   LTD.
                                                  HENGSHUI JINGHUA STEEL PIPE CO., LTD .........................                         HENGSHUI JINGHUA STEEL PIPE CO., LTD .........................                                                 69.2
                                                  HULUDAO STEEL PIPE INDUSTRIAL CO ...............................                       HULUDAO STEEL PIPE INDUSTRIAL CO ...............................                                               69.2
                                                  JIANGSU GUOQIANG ZINC-PLATING INDUSTRIAL CO.,                                          JIANGSU GUOQIANG ZINC–PLATING INDUSTRIAL CO.,                                                                  69.2
                                                    LTD.                                                                                   LTD.
                                                  JIANGYIN JIANYE METAL PRODUCTS CO., LTD ..................                             JIANGYIN JIANYE METAL PRODUCTS CO., LTD ..................                                                     69.2
                                                  KUNSHAN HONGYUAN MACHINERY MANUFACTURE CO.,                                            KUNSHAN HONGYUAN MACHINERY MANUFACTURE CO.,                                                                    69.2
                                                    LTD.                                                                                   LTD.
                                                  KUNSHAN LETS WIN STEEL MACHINERY CO., LTD ............                                 KUNSHAN LETS WIN STEEL MACHINERY CO., LTD ............                                                         69.2
                                                  QINGDAO XIANGXING STEEL PIPE CO., LTD .......................                          QINGDAO XIANGXING STEEL PIPE CO., LTD .......................                                                  69.2
                                                  QINGDAO YONGJIE IMPORT & EXPORT CO., LTD ..............                                SHANDONG XINYUANGROUP CO., LTD ................................                                                69.2
                                                  RIZHAO XINGYE IMPORT & EXPORT CO., LTD ....................                            SHANDONG XINYUAN GROUP CO., LTD ...............................                                                69.2
                                                  SHANGHAI METALS & MINERALS IMPORT & EXPORT                                             BENXI NORTHERN PIPES CO., LTD .......................................                                          69.2
                                                    CORP.
                                                  SHENYANG BOYU M/E CO., LTD ............................................                BAZHOU DONG SHENG HOT-DIPPED GALVANIZED STEEL                                                                  69.2
                                                                                                                                           PIPE CO., LTD.
                                                  SHIJIAZHUANG ZHONGQING IMP & EXP CO., LTD ..............                               BAZHOU ZHUOFA STEEL PIPE CO. LTD ...............................                                               69.2
                                                  TIANJIN BAOLAI INT’L TRADE CO., LTD ................................                   TIANJIN JINGHAI COUNTY BAOLAI BUSINESS AND INDUS-                                                              69.2
                                                                                                                                           TRY CO. LTD.
                                                  TIANJIN     NO. 1 STEEL ROLLED CO., LTD ...............................                TIANJIN HEXING STEEL CO., LTD ..........................................                                       69.2
                                                  TIANJIN     NO. 1 STEEL ROLLED CO., LTD ...............................                TIANJIN RUITONG STEEL CO., LTD .......................................                                         69.2
                                                  TIANJIN     NO. 1 STEEL ROLLED CO., LTD ...............................                TIANJIN YAYI INDUSTRIAL CO ................................................                                    69.2
                                                  TIANJIN     XINGYUDA IMPORT & EXPORT CO., LTD ...............                          TANGSHAN FENGNAN DISTRICT XINLIDA STEEL PIPE                                                                   69.2
                                                                                                                                           CO., LTD.
                                                  TIANJIN XINGYUDA IMPORT & EXPORT CO., LTD ...............                              TIANJIN LIFENGYUANDA STEEL GROUP ..............................                                                69.2
                                                  TIANJIN XINGYUDA IMPORT & EXPORT CO., LTD ...............                              TIANJIN LITUO STEEL PRODUCTS CO ..................................                                             69.2
                                                  TIANJIN XINGYUDA IMPORT & EXPORT CO., LTD ...............                              TIANJIN XINGYUNDA STEEL PIPE CO ...................................                                            69.2
                                                  WAH CIT ENTERPRISE ............................................................        GUANGDONG WALSALL STEEL PIPE INDUSTRIAL CO.                                                                    69.2
                                                                                                                                           LTD.
                                                  WAI MING (TIANJIN) INT’L TRADING CO., LTD .....................                        BAZHOU DONG SHENG HOT-DIPPED GALVANIZED STEEL                                                                  69.2
                                                                                                                                           PIPE CO., LTD.
                                                  WEIFANG EAST STEEL PIPE CO., LTD ..................................                    WEIFANG EAST STEEL PIPE CO., LTD ..................................                                           69.2
                                                  WUXI ERIC STEEL PIPE CO., LTD ..........................................               WUXI ERIC STEEL PIPE CO., LTD ..........................................                                      69.2
                                                  WUXI FASTUBE INDUSTRY CO., LTD ....................................                    WUXI FASTUBE INDUSTRY CO., LTD ....................................                                           69.2
                                                  ZHANGJIAGANG ZHONGYUAN PIPE-MAKING CO., LTD ......                                     ZHANGJIAGANG ZHONGYUAN PIPE-MAKING CO., LTD ......                                                            69.2
                                                  PRC-WIDE ENTITY ....................................................................      ................................................................................................          85.55



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