1. On 03/11/2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination and alignment of its final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of welded stainless pressure pipe from India from 05/14/2016 until no later than 07/18/2016, thereby aligning it with the due date for the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of welded stainless pressure pipe from India (81 FR 12872).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 5307301, dated 11/03/2015.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-533-868.

4. For imports of welded stainless pressure pipe from India, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 03/11/2016. Effective 03/11/2016, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the subsidy rates for the following companies:

Producer and/or Exporter: All Others
Case number: C-533-868-000
Subsidy rate: 4.55%

Producer and/or Exporter: Steamline Industries Limited
Case number: C-533-868-001
Subsidy rate: 2.96%

Producer and/or Exporter: Sunrise Stainless Private Limited, Sun Mark Stainless Pvt. Ltd., and Shah Foils Ltd. (collectively, “Sunrise Group”)
Case number: C-533-868-002
Subsidy rate: 6.21%

5. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OIII:AMM.)

6. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Alexander Amdur