81_FR_12919 81 FR 12871 - Countervailing Duty Investigation of Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

81 FR 12871 - Countervailing Duty Investigation of Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 48 (March 11, 2016)

Page Range12871-12873
FR Document2016-05575

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of welded stainless pressure pipe (``welded stainless pipe'') from India. The period of investigation is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. We invite interested parties to comment on this preliminary determination.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-868]


Countervailing Duty Investigation of Welded Stainless Pressure 
Pipe From India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination and Alignment of 
Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to 
producers and exporters of welded stainless pressure pipe (``welded 
stainless pipe'') from India. The period of investigation is January 1, 
2014, through December 31, 2014. We invite interested parties to 
comment on this preliminary determination.

DATES: Effective Date: March 11, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Medley at (202) 482-4987, or 
Amanda Mallott at (202) 482-6430, AD/

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CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is circular welded 
austenitic stainless pressure pipe not greater than 14 inches in 
outside diameter, from India. For a complete description of the scope 
of this investigation, see Appendix II.

Methodology

    The Department is conducting this countervailing duty (``CVD'') 
investigation in accordance with section 701 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 financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a 
benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\1\ For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\ The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file in 
the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), Room B8024 of the main Department 
of Commerce building, as well as electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (``ACCESS''). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
https://access.trade.gov and it is available to all parties in the CRU. 
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \1\ 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.
    \2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
``Countervailing Duty Investigation of Welded Stainless Pressure 
Pipe from India: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Determination'' (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum''), dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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New Subsidy Allegations

    On January 20, 2016, Bristol Metals, LLC, Felker Brothers Corp, 
Outokumpu Stainless Pipe, Inc., and Marcegaglia USA (collectively, 
``Petitioners'') submitted a request that the Department expand its 
investigation to include 16 additional subsidy programs.\3\ Based upon 
the information contained in Petitioner's New Subsidy Allegations and 
the Petition,\4\ the Department is initiating an investigation of 15 
additional subsidy programs concurrently with this preliminary 
determination.\5\ For these 15 programs, we have determined that 
Petitioners alleged the necessary elements of a subsidy, i.e., 
financial contribution, benefit, and specificity in accordance with 
sections 771(5)(B) and 771(5A) of the Act. We also find that these 
allegations are supported by reasonably available information 
sufficient to warrant an investigation of these subsidy programs, in 
accordance with section 702(b)(1) of the Act. We intend to examine 
these programs after the preliminary determination.
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    \3\ See Letter from Petitioners, ``Welded Stainless Pressure 
Pipe from India: New Subsidy Allegations'' (``New Subsidy 
Allegations'') dated January 20, 2016.
    \4\ See ``Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duties: Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India,'' 
dated September 30, 2015 (``Petition'').
    \5\ See Memorandum to Brendan Quinn, Acting Director, Office 
III, ``Certain Welded Stainless Steel Pressure Pipe from India: New 
Subsidy Allegations Initiation Memorandum,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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Preliminary Determination and Suspension of Liquidation \6\
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    \6\ As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has 
exercised its discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due to 
the recent closure of the Federal Government. See Memorandum to the 
Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting A/S for Enforcement & Compliance, 
regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the 
Government Closure During Snowstorm Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016. 
All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended 
by four business days. The revised deadline for the preliminary 
determination of this administrative review is now March 4, 2016.
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    In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we 
calculated an individual rate for each producer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise individually investigated. In accordance with sections 
703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for companies not individually 
examined, we apply an ``all-others'' rate, which is normally calculated 
by weighting the subsidy rates of the individual companies as 
respondents by those companies' exports of the subject merchandise to 
the United States. Under section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, the all-
others rate should exclude zero and de minimis rates or any rates based 
entirely on facts otherwise available pursuant to section 776 of the 
Act. Accordingly, in these preliminary results, we have calculated the 
``all-others'' rate by weight-averaging the calculated subsidy rates of 
the two individually investigated respondents, using the respondent's 
publicly-ranged sales data for exports of subject merchandise to the 
United States.\7\
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    \7\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Countervailing Duty 
Investigation of Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India: 
Preliminary Determination Margin Calculation for All-Others,'' dated 
concurrently with this memorandum.
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    We preliminarily determine the countervailable subsidy rates to be:

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                  Company                           Subsidy rate
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Steamline Industries Limited..............  2.96 percent.
Sunrise Stainless Private Limited, Sun      6.21 percent.
 Mark Stainless Pvt. Ltd., and Shah Foils
 Ltd. (collectively, ``Sunrise Group'').
All-Others................................  4.55 percent.
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    In accordance with sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we 
are directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation 
of all entries of welded stainless pipe from India that are entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of the 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, and to require a 
cash deposit for such entries of merchandise in the amounts indicated 
above.

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, we intend to verify 
the information submitted in response to the Department's 
questionnaires prior to making our final determination.

Alignment

    On February 9, 2016, in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the 
Act, Petitioners requested an alignment of the final CVD determination 
with the final antidumping duty (``AD'') determination of welded 
stainless pipe from India.\8\ Therefore, in accordance with section 
705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the 
final CVD determination in this investigation with the final AD 
determination. Consequently, the final CVD determination will be issued 
on the same date as the final AD determination, which is currently 
scheduled to be issued no later than July 18, 2016, unless postponed.
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    \8\ See Letter from Petitioners, ``Welded Stainless Pressure 
Pipe from India: Request for Alignment,'' dated February 9, 2016.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose calculations performed for this

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preliminary determination to the parties within five days of the date 
of public announcement of this determination in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to 
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 
seven days after the date on which the final verification report is 
issued in this proceeding, and rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 
raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after 
the deadline date for case briefs.\9\ A table of contents, list of 
authorities used, and an executive summary of issues should accompany 
any briefs submitted to the Department, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). This summary should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
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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 using ACCESS. An electronically-filed request must 
be received successfully, and in its entirety, by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time, within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Requests should contain the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; the number of participants; and a list of the issues 
to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the Department 
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a date, 
time, and specific location to be determined. Parties will be notified 
of the date, time, and location of any hearing. Parties should confirm 
by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days 
before the scheduled date.

International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, we will notify the 
International Trade Commission (``ITC'') of our determination. In 
addition, we are making available to the ITC all non-privileged and 
non-proprietary information relating to this investigation. We will 
allow the ITC access to all privileged and business proprietary 
information in our files, provided the ITC confirms that it will not 
disclose such information, either publicly or under an administrative 
protective order, without the written consent of the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
    In accordance with section 705(b)(2) of the Act, if our final 
determination is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination 
within 45 days after the Department makes its final determination.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: March 4, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope Comments
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Alignment
VI. Injury Test
VII. Subsidies Valuation
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Calculation of the All-Others Rate
X. ITC Notification
XI. Disclosure and Public Comment
XII. Verification
XIII. Conclusion

Appendix II

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is circular welded 
austenitic stainless pressure pipe not greater than 14 inches in 
outside diameter. References to size are in nominal inches and 
include all products within tolerances allowed by pipe 
specifications. This merchandise includes, but is not limited to, 
the American Society for Testing and Materials (``ASTM'') A-312 or 
ASTM A-778 specifications, or comparable domestic or foreign 
specifications. ASTM A-358 products are only included when they are 
produced to meet ASTM A-312 or ASTM A-778 specifications, or 
comparable domestic or foreign specifications.
    Excluded from the scope of the investigation are: (1) Welded 
stainless mechanical tubing, meeting ASTM A-554 or comparable 
domestic or foreign specifications; (2) boiler, heat exchanger, 
superheater, refining furnace, feedwater heater, and condenser 
tubing, meeting ASTM A-249, ASTM A-688 or comparable domestic or 
foreign specifications; and (3) specialized tubing, meeting ASTM A-
269, ASTM A-270 or comparable domestic or foreign specifications.
    The subject imports are normally classified in subheadings 
7306.40.5005, 7306.40.5040, 7306.40.5062, 7306.40.5064, and 
7306.40.5085 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS''). They may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 
7306.40.1010, 7306.40.1015, 7306.40.5042, 7306.40.5044, 
7306.40.5080, and 7306.40.5090. The HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes only; the written description 
of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

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                                                    electronically filed document must be                   warehouse, for consumption on or after                  The Department is issuing and
                                                    received successfully in its entirety by                the date of publication as provided by                publishing these results in accordance
                                                    the Department’s electronic records                     section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash            with sections 751(a)(1), 751(a)(2)(B),
                                                    system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern                    deposit rate with respect to the                      777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214
                                                    Time within 30 days after the date of                   administrative review respondent will                 and 351.221(b)(4).
                                                    publication of this notice.6 Requests                   be the rate established in the final                    Dated: March 4, 2016.
                                                    should contain: (1) The party’s name,                   results of the review; (2) for                        Paul Piquado,
                                                    address and telephone number; (2) the                   merchandise exported by manufacturers
                                                                                                                                                                  Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                    number of participants; and (3) a list of               or exporters not covered in these
                                                                                                                                                                  Compliance.
                                                    issues to be discussed. Issues raised in                reviews but covered in a prior segment
                                                    the hearing will be limited to those                    of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate              Appendix
                                                    raised in the respective case briefs. The               will continue to be the company-                      List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                                    Department will issue the final results                 specific rate published for the most                  Decision Memorandum
                                                    of this administrative and new shipper                  recent period; (3) if the exporter is not
                                                                                                                                                                  Summary
                                                    review, including the results of its                    a firm covered in these reviews, a prior              Background
                                                    analysis of the issues raised in any                    review, or the original investigation but             Scope of the Order
                                                    written briefs, not later than 120 days                 the manufacturer is, the cash deposit                 Rescission of Administrative Review in Part
                                                    after the date of publication of this                   rate will be the rate established for the             Bona Fides Analysis
                                                    notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A)                most recent period for the manufacturer               Comparisons to Normal Value
                                                    of the Act.                                             of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit              Determination of Comparison Method
                                                                                                            rate for all other manufacturers or                   Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
                                                    Assessment Rates                                                                                              Product Comparisons
                                                                                                            exporters will continue to be 0.98
                                                      If a respondent’s weighted-average                    percent,9 the all-others rate established             Date of Sale
                                                    dumping margin is above de minimis in                                                                         Level of Trade/CEP Offset
                                                                                                            in the less-than-fair-value investigation,
                                                    the final results of these reviews, we                                                                        Constructed Export Price
                                                                                                            adjusted for the export-subsidy rate in               Normal Value
                                                    will calculate an importer-specific                     the companion countervailing duty                       1. Overrun Sales
                                                    assessment rate on the basis of the ratio               investigation.                                          2. Selection of Comparison Market
                                                    of the total amount of antidumping                         With respect to Hyundai Steel, the                   3. Affiliated Parties
                                                    duties calculated for the importer’s                    new shipper respondent, the                             4. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’s-
                                                    examined sales and the total entered                    Department established a combination                       Length Test
                                                    value of the sales in accordance with 19                cash deposit rate for this company                      5. Cost of Production
                                                    CFR 351.212(b)(1).7 If the respondent’s                 consistent with its practice as follows:                6. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
                                                    weighted-average dumping margin is                      (1) For subject merchandise produced                       Comparison Market Prices
                                                    zero or de minimis in the final results                 and exported by Hyundai Steel, the cash               Currency Conversion
                                                    of reviews, we will instruct U.S.                                                                             Recommendation
                                                                                                            deposit rate will be the rate established
                                                    Customs and Border Protection (CBP)                     for Hyundai Steel in the final results of             [FR Doc. 2016–05567 Filed 3–10–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    not to assess duties on any of its entries              the NSR; (2) for subject merchandise                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                    in accordance with the Final                            exported by Hyundai Steel, but not
                                                    Modification for Reviews.8                              produced by Hyundai Steel, the cash
                                                      For entries of subject merchandise                    deposit rate will be the rate for the all-            DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                    during the POR produced by DSM or                       others rate established in the less-than-
                                                    Hyundai Steel for which they did not                    fair-value investigation; and (3) for                 International Trade Administration
                                                    know their merchandise was destined                     subject merchandise produced by                       [C–533–868]
                                                    for the United States, we will instruct                 Hyundai Steel but not exported by
                                                    CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at                  Hyundai Steel, the cash deposit rate will             Countervailing Duty Investigation of
                                                    the all-others rate if there is no rate for             be the rate applicable to the exporter.               Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From
                                                    the intermediate company(ies) involved                     These cash deposit requirements,                   India: Preliminary Affirmative
                                                    in the transaction.                                     when imposed, shall remain in effect                  Determination and Alignment of Final
                                                      We intend to issue liquidation                        until further notice.                                 Determination With Final Antidumping
                                                    instructions to CBP 15 days after                                                                             Duty Determination
                                                    publication of the final results of these               Notification to Importers
                                                    reviews.                                                  This notice serves as a preliminary                 AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                                                                            reminder to importers of their                        International Trade Administration,
                                                    Cash Deposit Requirements                               responsibility under 19 CFR                           Department of Commerce.
                                                      The following deposit requirements                    351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate                   SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                    will be effective upon publication of the               regarding the reimbursement of                        (‘‘Department’’) preliminarily
                                                    notice of final results of these reviews                antidumping duties prior to liquidation               determines that countervailable
                                                    for all shipments of CTL plate from                     of the relevant entries during this POR.              subsidies are being provided to
                                                    Korea entered, or withdrawn from                        Failure to comply with this requirement               producers and exporters of welded
                                                                                                            could result in the Department’s                      stainless pressure pipe (‘‘welded
                                                      6 See  19 CFR 351.310(c).                             presumption that reimbursement of                     stainless pipe’’) from India. The period
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                                                      7 In these preliminary results, the Department        antidumping duties occurred and the                   of investigation is January 1, 2014,
                                                    applied the assessment rate calculation method                                                                through December 31, 2014. We invite
                                                    adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
                                                                                                            subsequent assessment of double
                                                    of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and              antidumping duties.                                   interested parties to comment on this
                                                    Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty                                                                   preliminary determination.
                                                    Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101               9 See, e.g., Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality
                                                                                                                                                                  DATES: Effective Date: March 11, 2016.
                                                    (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for             Steel Plate Products From the Republic of Korea:
                                                    Reviews).                                                                                                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                            Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
                                                      8 See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at        Review; 2013–2014, 80 FR 22971, 22972 n.3 (April      Andrew Medley at (202) 482–4987, or
                                                    8102.                                                   24, 2015).                                            Amanda Mallott at (202) 482–6430, AD/


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                                                    CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement                 Stainless Pipe, Inc., and Marcegaglia                    these preliminary results, we have
                                                    and Compliance, International Trade                     USA (collectively, ‘‘Petitioners’’)                      calculated the ‘‘all-others’’ rate by
                                                    Administration, U.S. Department of                      submitted a request that the Department                  weight-averaging the calculated subsidy
                                                    Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution                  expand its investigation to include 16                   rates of the two individually
                                                    Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.                       additional subsidy programs.3 Based                      investigated respondents, using the
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              upon the information contained in                        respondent’s publicly-ranged sales data
                                                                                                            Petitioner’s New Subsidy Allegations                     for exports of subject merchandise to the
                                                    Scope of the Investigation                              and the Petition,4 the Department is                     United States.7
                                                      The merchandise covered by this                       initiating an investigation of 15                          We preliminarily determine the
                                                    investigation is circular welded                        additional subsidy programs                              countervailable subsidy rates to be:
                                                    austenitic stainless pressure pipe not                  concurrently with this preliminary
                                                    greater than 14 inches in outside                       determination.5 For these 15 programs,                                Company                        Subsidy rate
                                                    diameter, from India. For a complete                    we have determined that Petitioners
                                                                                                                                                                     Steamline Industries Limited               2.96 percent.
                                                    description of the scope of this                        alleged the necessary elements of a                      Sunrise Stainless Private                  6.21 percent.
                                                    investigation, see Appendix II.                         subsidy, i.e., financial contribution,                     Limited, Sun Mark Stain-
                                                                                                            benefit, and specificity in accordance                     less Pvt. Ltd., and Shah
                                                    Methodology                                             with sections 771(5)(B) and 771(5A) of                     Foils Ltd. (collectively,
                                                       The Department is conducting this                    the Act. We also find that these                           ‘‘Sunrise Group’’).
                                                    countervailing duty (‘‘CVD’’)                           allegations are supported by reasonably                  All-Others .............................   4.55 percent.
                                                    investigation in accordance with section                available information sufficient to
                                                    701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                       warrant an investigation of these                           In accordance with sections
                                                    amended (‘‘the Act’’). For each of the                  subsidy programs, in accordance with                     703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we are
                                                    subsidy programs found                                  section 702(b)(1) of the Act. We intend                  directing U.S. Customs and Border
                                                    countervailable, we preliminarily                       to examine these programs after the                      Protection to suspend liquidation of all
                                                    determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a              preliminary determination.                               entries of welded stainless pipe from
                                                    financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’                                                                       India that are entered, or withdrawn
                                                                                                            Preliminary Determination and                            from warehouse, for consumption on or
                                                    that gives rise to a benefit to the                     Suspension of Liquidation 6
                                                    recipient, and that the subsidy is                                                                               after the date of the publication of this
                                                    specific.1 For a full description of the                  In accordance with section                             notice in the Federal Register, and to
                                                    methodology underlying our                              703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we calculated                require a cash deposit for such entries
                                                    preliminary conclusions, see the                        an individual rate for each producer/                    of merchandise in the amounts
                                                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum.2                       exporter of the subject merchandise                      indicated above.
                                                    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum                     individually investigated. In accordance
                                                                                                                                                                     Verification
                                                    is a public document and is on file in                  with sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of
                                                                                                            the Act, for companies not individually                    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the
                                                    the Central Records Unit (‘‘CRU’’),
                                                                                                            examined, we apply an ‘‘all-others’’ rate,               Act, we intend to verify the information
                                                    Room B8024 of the main Department of
                                                                                                            which is normally calculated by                          submitted in response to the
                                                    Commerce building, as well as                                                                                    Department’s questionnaires prior to
                                                    electronically via Enforcement and                      weighting the subsidy rates of the
                                                                                                            individual companies as respondents by                   making our final determination.
                                                    Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                                    Countervailing Duty Centralized                         those companies’ exports of the subject                  Alignment
                                                    Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’).                 merchandise to the United States. Under
                                                                                                            section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, the all-                On February 9, 2016, in accordance
                                                    ACCESS is available to registered users                                                                          with section 705(a)(1) of the Act,
                                                                                                            others rate should exclude zero and de
                                                    at https://access.trade.gov and it is                                                                            Petitioners requested an alignment of
                                                                                                            minimis rates or any rates based entirely
                                                    available to all parties in the CRU. In                                                                          the final CVD determination with the
                                                                                                            on facts otherwise available pursuant to
                                                    addition, a complete version of the                                                                              final antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’)
                                                                                                            section 776 of the Act. Accordingly, in
                                                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum can                                                                              determination of welded stainless pipe
                                                    be accessed directly at http://                           3 See Letter from Petitioners, ‘‘Welded Stainless      from India.8 Therefore, in accordance
                                                    enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed                  Pressure Pipe from India: New Subsidy                    with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19
                                                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum and                     Allegations’’ (‘‘New Subsidy Allegations’’) dated        CFR 351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the
                                                    the electronic versions of the                          January 20, 2016.                                        final CVD determination in this
                                                                                                              4 See ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping
                                                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum are                                                                              investigation with the final AD
                                                                                                            and Countervailing Duties: Welded Stainless
                                                    identical in content.                                   Pressure Pipe from India,’’ dated September 30,          determination. Consequently, the final
                                                    New Subsidy Allegations                                 2015 (‘‘Petition’’).                                     CVD determination will be issued on
                                                                                                              5 See Memorandum to Brendan Quinn, Acting
                                                                                                                                                                     the same date as the final AD
                                                      On January 20, 2016, Bristol Metals,                  Director, Office III, ‘‘Certain Welded Stainless Steel   determination, which is currently
                                                    LLC, Felker Brothers Corp, Outokumpu                    Pressure Pipe from India: New Subsidy Allegations
                                                                                                            Initiation Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with,        scheduled to be issued no later than July
                                                                                                            and hereby adopted by, this notice.                      18, 2016, unless postponed.
                                                      1 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act             6 As explained in the memorandum from the
                                                    regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)     Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and           Disclosure and Public Comment
                                                    of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of    Compliance, the Department has exercised its
                                                    the Act regarding specificity.                                                                                     The Department intends to disclose
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                                                                                                            discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due
                                                      2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
                                                                                                            to the recent closure of the Federal Government.         calculations performed for this
                                                    Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and                 See Memorandum to the Record from Ron
                                                    Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,        Lorentzen, Acting A/S for Enforcement &                    7 See Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Countervailing

                                                    Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                 Compliance, regarding ‘‘Tolling of Administrative        Duty Investigation of Welded Stainless Pressure
                                                    Compliance, ‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation of      Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure          Pipe from India: Preliminary Determination Margin
                                                    Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India:              During Snowstorm Jonas,’’ dated January 27, 2016.        Calculation for All-Others,’’ dated concurrently
                                                    Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary                 All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding          with this memorandum.
                                                    Determination’’ (‘‘Preliminary Decision                 have been extended by four business days. The              8 See Letter from Petitioners, ‘‘Welded Stainless

                                                    Memorandum’’), dated concurrently with, and             revised deadline for the preliminary determination       Pressure Pipe from India: Request for Alignment,’’
                                                    hereby adopted by, this notice.                         of this administrative review is now March 4, 2016.      dated February 9, 2016.



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                                                    preliminary determination to the parties                   In accordance with section 705(b)(2)               purposes only; the written description of the
                                                    within five days of the date of public                  of the Act, if our final determination is             scope of this investigation is dispositive.
                                                    announcement of this determination in                   affirmative, the ITC will make its final              [FR Doc. 2016–05575 Filed 3–10–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).                      determination within 45 days after the                BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                    Case briefs or other written comments                   Department makes its final
                                                    may be submitted to the Assistant                       determination.
                                                    Secretary for Enforcement and                              This determination is issued and                   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                    Compliance no later than seven days                     published pursuant to sections 703(f)
                                                    after the date on which the final                                                                             International Trade Administration
                                                                                                            and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
                                                    verification report is issued in this                   351.205(c).                                           [A–201–842]
                                                    proceeding, and rebuttal briefs, limited
                                                    to issues raised in case briefs, may be                   Dated: March 4, 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                  Large Residential Washers From
                                                    submitted no later than five days after                 Paul Piquado,                                         Mexico: Preliminary Results of the
                                                    the deadline date for case briefs.9 A                   Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and               Antidumping Duty Administrative
                                                    table of contents, list of authorities used,            Compliance.                                           Review; 2014–2015
                                                    and an executive summary of issues                      Appendix I
                                                    should accompany any briefs submitted                                                                         AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                    to the Department, pursuant to 19 CFR                   List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary           International Trade Administration,
                                                    351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). This summary                  Decision Memorandum                                   Department of Commerce.
                                                    should be limited to five pages total,                  I. Summary                                            SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                    including footnotes.                                    II. Background                                        (the Department) is conducting an
                                                       Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                       III. Scope Comments                                   administrative review of the
                                                    interested parties who wish to request a                IV. Scope of the Investigation                        antidumping duty order on large
                                                    hearing must submit a written request to                V. Alignment                                          residential washers from Mexico. The
                                                    the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement                 VI. Injury Test                                       period of review (POR) is February 1,
                                                                                                            VII. Subsidies Valuation                              2014, through January 31, 2015. The
                                                    and Compliance, U.S. Department of
                                                                                                            VIII. Analysis of Programs                            review covers one producer/exporter of
                                                    Commerce, filed electronically using                    IX. Calculation of the All-Others Rate
                                                    ACCESS. An electronically-filed request                                                                       the subject merchandise, Electrolux
                                                                                                            X. ITC Notification
                                                    must be received successfully, and in its               XI. Disclosure and Public Comment                     Home Products Corp. N.V. and
                                                    entirety, by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.                        XII. Verification                                     Electrolux Home Products de Mexico,
                                                    Eastern Time, within 30 days after the                  XIII. Conclusion                                      S.A. de C.V. (collectively, Electrolux).
                                                    date of publication of this notice.                                                                           We preliminarily determine that sales of
                                                    Requests should contain the party’s                     Appendix II                                           subject merchandise by Electrolux have
                                                    name, address, and telephone number;                    Scope of the Investigation                            been made at prices below normal value
                                                    the number of participants; and a list of                 The merchandise covered by this                     (NV). We invite interested parties to
                                                    the issues to be discussed. If a request                investigation is circular welded austenitic           comment on these preliminary results.
                                                    for a hearing is made, the Department                   stainless pressure pipe not greater than 14           DATES: Effective Date: March 11, 2016.
                                                    intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.                 inches in outside diameter. References to size        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    Department of Commerce, 14th Street                     are in nominal inches and include all                 Brian Smith or Brandon Custard, AD/
                                                    and Constitution Avenue NW.,                            products within tolerances allowed by pipe            CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement
                                                    Washington, DC 20230, at a date, time,                  specifications. This merchandise includes,
                                                                                                            but is not limited to, the American Society
                                                                                                                                                                  and Compliance, International Trade
                                                    and specific location to be determined.                 for Testing and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’) A–312            Administration, U.S. Department of
                                                    Parties will be notified of the date, time,             or ASTM A–778 specifications, or                      Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
                                                    and location of any hearing. Parties                    comparable domestic or foreign                        Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
                                                    should confirm by telephone the date,                   specifications. ASTM A–358 products are               telephone: (202) 482–1766 or (202) 482–
                                                    time, and location of the hearing two                   only included when they are produced to               1823.
                                                    days before the scheduled date.                         meet ASTM A–312 or ASTM A–778                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                            specifications, or comparable domestic or
                                                    International Trade Commission                          foreign specifications.                               Scope of the Order
                                                    Notification                                              Excluded from the scope of the
                                                                                                                                                                     The products covered by the order are
                                                      In accordance with section 703(f) of                  investigation are: (1) Welded stainless
                                                                                                            mechanical tubing, meeting ASTM A–554 or              all large residential washers and certain
                                                    the Act, we will notify the International                                                                     subassemblies thereof from Mexico. The
                                                                                                            comparable domestic or foreign
                                                    Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) of our                       specifications; (2) boiler, heat exchanger,           products are currently classifiable under
                                                    determination. In addition, we are                      superheater, refining furnace, feedwater              subheadings 8450.20.0040 and
                                                    making available to the ITC all non-                    heater, and condenser tubing, meeting ASTM            8450.20.0080 of the Harmonized Tariff
                                                    privileged and non-proprietary                          A–249, ASTM A–688 or comparable                       System of the United States (HTSUS).
                                                    information relating to this                            domestic or foreign specifications; and (3)           Products subject to this order may also
                                                    investigation. We will allow the ITC                    specialized tubing, meeting ASTM A–269,               enter under HTSUS subheadings
                                                    access to all privileged and business                   ASTM A–270 or comparable domestic or
                                                                                                                                                                  8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080,
                                                    proprietary information in our files,                   foreign specifications.
                                                                                                              The subject imports are normally classified         8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000.
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                                                    provided the ITC confirms that it will                                                                        Although the HTSUS subheadings are
                                                                                                            in subheadings 7306.40.5005, 7306.40.5040,
                                                    not disclose such information, either                                                                         provided for convenience and customs
                                                                                                            7306.40.5062, 7306.40.5064, and
                                                    publicly or under an administrative                     7306.40.5085 of the Harmonized Tariff                 purposes, the written description of the
                                                    protective order, without the written                   Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’).            merchandise subject to this scope is
                                                    consent of the Assistant Secretary for                  They may also enter under HTSUS                       dispositive.1
                                                    Enforcement and Compliance.                             subheadings 7306.40.1010, 7306.40.1015,
                                                                                                            7306.40.5042, 7306.40.5044, 7306.40.5080,               1 A full description of the scope of the order is
                                                      9 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303         and 7306.40.5090. The HTSUS subheadings               contained in the memorandum entitled ‘‘Large
                                                    (for general filing requirements).                      are provided for convenience and customs                                                           Continued




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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ContactAndrew Medley at (202) 482-4987, or Amanda Mallott at (202) 482-6430, AD/ CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
FR Citation81 FR 12871 

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