AD/CVD message 8098207 - LIQ. INST. FOR THE DISCONTINUATION OF SUSPENSION IN THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CIRCULAR WELDED- CARBON QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM CHINA (C-570-911)

8098207
Apr 07, 2008
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Category: Countervailing • Type: Liquidation Instructions • Cases: C-570-911

MESSAGE NO: 8098207 DATE: 04 07 2008
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: LIQ
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 570 - 911 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 03 12 2008 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: LIQ. INST. FOR THE DISCONTINUATION OF SUSPENSION IN THE
COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CIRCULAR WELDED-
CARBON QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM CHINA (C-570-911)

1. IN KEEPING WITH THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT ON
SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES, THE DEPARTMENT IS
DISCONTINUING THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION ON THE
COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CIRCULAR WELDED-CARBON
QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA EFFECTIVE
MARCH 12, 2008, WHICH IS 120 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION
OF THE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION.

2. THE MERCHANDISE COVERED BY THIS INVESTIGATION INCLUDES
CERTAIN WELDED CARBON QUALITY STEEL PIPES AND TUBES, OF
CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION, AND WITH AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF 0.372
INCHES (9.45 MM) OR MORE, BUT NOT MORE THAN 16 INCHES (406.4
MM), WHETHER OR NOT STENCILED, REGARDLESS OF WALL THICKNESS,
SURFACE FINISH (E.G., BLACK, GALVANIZED, OR PAINTED), END
FINISH (E.G., PLAIN END, BEVELED END, GROOVED, THREADED, OR
THREADED AND COUPLED), OR INDUSTRY SPECIFICATION (E.G., ASTM,
PROPRIETARY, OR OTHER), GENERALLY KNOWN AS STANDARD PIPE AND
STRUCTURAL PIPE (THEY MAY ALSO BE REFERRED TO AS CIRCULAR,
STRUCTURAL, OR MECHANICAL TUBING).

SPECIFICALLY, THE TERM CARBON QUALITY INCLUDES PRODUCTS IN
WHICH (A) IRON PREDOMINATES, BY WEIGHT, OVER EACH OF THE OTHER
CONTAINED ELEMENTS; (B) THE CARBON CONTENT IS 2 PERCENT OR
LESS, BY WEIGHT; AND (C) NONE OF THE ELEMENTS LISTED BELOW
EXCEEDS THE QUANTITY, BY WEIGHT, AS INDICATED:

(I) 1.80 PERCENT OF MANGANESE;

(II) 2.25 PERCENT OF SILICON;

(III) 1.00 PERCENT OF COPPER;

(IV) 0.50 PERCENT OF ALUMINUM;

(V) 1.25 PERCENT OF CHROMIUM;

(VI) 0.30 PERCENT OF COBALT;

(VII) 0.40 PERCENT OF LEAD;

(VIII) 1.25 PERCENT OF NICKEL;

(IX) 0.30 PERCENT OF TUNGSTEN;

(X) 0.15 PERCENT OF MOLYBDENUM;

(XI) 0.10 PERCENT OF NIOBIUM;

(XII) 0.41 PERCENT OF TITANIUM;

(XIII) 0.15 PERCENT OF VANADIUM; OR

(XIV) 0.15 PERCENT OF ZIRCONIUM.

STANDARD PIPE IS MADE PRIMARILY TO AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING
AND MATERIALS (ASTM) SPECIFICATIONS, BUT CAN BE MADE TO OTHER
SPECIFICATIONS. STANDARD PIPE IS MADE PRIMARILY TO ASTM
SPECIFICATIONS A-53, A-135, AND A-795. STRUCTURAL PIPE IS MADE
PRIMARILY TO ASTM SPECIFICATIONS A-252 AND A-500. STANDARD AND
STRUCTURAL PIPE MAY ALSO BE PRODUCED TO PROPRIETARY
SPECIFICATIONS RATHER THAN TO INDUSTRY SPECIFICATIONS. THIS IS
OFTEN THE CASE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH FENCE TUBING. PIPE
MULTIPLE-STENCILED TO A STANDARD AND/OR STRUCTURAL
SPECIFICATION AND TO ANY OTHER SPECIFICATION, SUCH AS THE
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (API) API-5L OR 5L X-42
SPECIFICATIONS, IS ALSO COVERED BY THE SCOPE OF THIS
INVESTIGATION WHEN IT MEETS THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION SET FORTH
ABOVE AND ALSO SATISFIES ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
CHARACTERISTICS: IS A SINGLE RANDOM LENGTH; LESS THAN 2.0
INCHES (50 MM) IN OUTSIDE DIAMETER; HAS A GALVANIZED AND/OR
PAINTED SURFACE FINISH; OR HAS A THREADED AND/OR COUPLED END
FINISH.

THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT INCLUDE: (A) PIPE
SUITABLE FOR USE IN BOILERS, SUPERHEATERS, HEAT EXCHANGERS,
CONDENSERS, REFINING FURNACES AND FEEDWATER HEATERS, WHETHER OR
NOT COLD DRAWN; (B) MECHANICAL TUBING, WHETHER OR NOT
COLD-DRAWN; (C) FINISHED ELECTRICAL CONDUIT; (D) FINISHED

SCAFFOLDING; (E) TUBE AND PIPE HOLLOWS FOR REDRAWING; (F) OIL
COUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS PRODUCED TO API SPECIFICATIONS; AND (G)
LINE PIPE PRODUCED TO ONLY API SPECIFICATIONS.

THE PIPE PRODUCTS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS INVESTIGATION
ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN HTSUS STATISTICAL REPORTING
NUMBERS 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32,
7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, 7306.30.50.90,
7306.50.10.00, 7306.50.50.50, 7306.50.50.70, 7306.19.10.10,
7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, AND 7306.19.51.50. HOWEVER, THE
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION, AND NOT THE HTSUS CLASSIFICATION, IS
DISPOSITIVE OF WHETHER MERCHANDISE IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED
STATES FALLS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER (C-570-911).

4. FIELD OFFICERS SHALL DISCONTINUE THE SUSPENSION OF
LIQUIDATION FOR COUNTERVAILING DUTY PURPOSES ON ALL SHIPMENTS
OF THE SUBJECT MERCHANDISE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER MARCH 12, 2008. THE
SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION WILL NOT BE RESUMED UNLESS AND UNTIL
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHES COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS
IN THIS CASE. FIELD OFFICERS SHALL CONTINUE TO SUSPEND
LIQUIDATION ON ALL SHIPMENTS ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION MADE DURING THE PERIOD, NOVEMBER 13,
2007, THROUGH MARCH 12, 2008, UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THIS
COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION. ALL ENTRIES OF THE SUBJECT
PRODUCT THAT WERE SUSPENDED ON OR AFTER 03/12/2008 SHOULD BE
LIQUIDATED WITHOUT REGARD TO COUNTERVAILING DUTIES (I.E.,
RELEASE ALL BONDS AND REFUND ALL CASH DEPOSITS). INTEREST
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930 DO NOT APPLY.

5. THESE INSTRUCTIONS CONSTITUTE NOTICE OF THE LIFTING OF
SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION OF THE ENTRIES OF THE SUBJECT
MERCHANDISE LISTED ABOVE OF CIRCULAR WELDED-CARBON QUALITY STEEL
PIPE FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA SUSPENDED ON OR AFTER
03/12/2008.

6. THE DISCONTINUATION DOES NOT AFFECT THE REQUIREMENTS OF A
CASH DEPOSIT OR BOND ON ENTRIES SUBJECT TO THE SUSPENSION OF
LIQUIDATION ANNOUNCED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN THE COMPANION ANTIDUMPING DUTY
INVESTIGATION OF CIRCULAR WELDED-CARBON QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM
THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

7. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CBP
OFFICERS, THE IMPORTING PUBLIC OR INTERESTED PARTIES, PLEASE
CONTACT DAVINA HASHMI OR RON TRENTHAM AT OFFICE OF AD/CVD

OPERATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-0984
OR (202) 482-3577 RESPECTIVELY (GENERATED BY O1:DJF).

8. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS
INFORMATION.

DAVID M. GENOVESE