[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82225-82226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23487]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-858]
Oil Country Tubular Goods From India: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to a
producer and exporter of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India.
The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2022, through December 31,
2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable October 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Cloyd, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1246.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 10, 2024, Commerce published the countervailing duty
(CVD) order on OCTG from India.\1\ On November 15, 2023, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the Order.\2\ On May 31, 2024, Commerce
extended the deadline for the preliminary results until September 27,
2024.\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by seven days.\4\ The deadline for these
preliminary results is now October 4, 2024.
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\1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India and the
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders and Amended
Affirmative Final Countervailing Duty Determination for India, 79 FR
53688 (September 10, 2014) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 78298 (November 15, 2023).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May
31, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\5\ A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included in the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Oil Country Tubular Goods from India; 2022,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by this Order is OCTG from India. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this CVD administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (The
Act). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, Commerce
preliminarily determines 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.\6\ For a full description
of the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following net countervailable subsidy rate for the period January 1,
2022, through December 31, 2022:
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Subsidy
rate 2022
Company (percent
ad
valorem)
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Surya Roshni Limited........................................ 2.31
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed in connection with this preliminary determination to
interested parties within five days of any public announcement or, if
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of publication
of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date of filing
case briefs.\7\ Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs
in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each
issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\8\ All briefs must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
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received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the established deadline.
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive
summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\9\ Further, we request
that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each
issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to
use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will
accompany the final determination in this investigation. We request
that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended
certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in
19 CFR 351.303(f).\10\
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\9\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\10\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should
contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants and whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. If a request for a
hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and
date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date of
the hearing.
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days
after the date of publication of the final results of this review in
the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injection has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also
intends, upon publication of the final results, to instruct CBP to
collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amount
shown for the company listed above with regard to shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final results of this review. For
all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most
recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate.
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Final Results
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised by parties in their comments, within 120
days after the date of publication of these preliminary results.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 4, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Benchmarks and Discount Rates
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Recommendation
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