AD/CVD message 8212206 - LIQUIDATION INST. AND THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER IN THE INVESTIGATION OF CIRCULAR WELDED CARBON-QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM CHINA (C-570-911-000/001/002/003)

8212206
Jul 30, 2008
Active

Period Covered: 08/15/2007 to 11/13/2007

Category: Countervailing • Type: Liquidation Instructions • Cases: C-570-911

MESSAGE NO: 8212206 DATE: 07 30 2008
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: LIQ
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 570 - 911 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 08 15 2007 TO 11 13 2007

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: LIQUIDATION INST. AND THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER IN
THE INVESTIGATION OF CIRCULAR WELDED CARBON-QUALITY
STEEL PIPE FROM CHINA (C-570-911-000/001/002/003)

1. ON 7/22/2008, (73 FR 42545) THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WILL
PUBLISH IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER
AND AMENDED FINAL DETERMINATION, IN THE INVESTIGATION OF
CIRCULAR WELDED CARBON-QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM THE PEOPLES
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

2. THE MERCHANDISE COVERED BY THIS ORDER 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 ORDER 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 ORDER 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 ORDER 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 ORDER.

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

4. THE U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (ITC) DETERMINED
THAT CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES DO NOT EXIST WITH RESPECT TO
SUBJECT IMPORTS FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA. AS A
RESULT OF THE COMMISSION'S NEGATIVE CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES
DETERMINATION, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WILL REFUND ALL
CASH DEPOSITS AND RELEASE ALL BONDS COLLECTED ON CIRCULAR
WELDED CARBON-QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF
CHINA ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON
OR AFTER 8/15/2007, AND BEFORE 11/13/2007. INTEREST PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930 DO NOT APPLY.

FOR IMPORTS OF CIRCULAR WELDED CARBON-QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM
THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
SHALL CONTINUE TO SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF SUCH SHIPMENTS ENTERED
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER
11/13/2007 AND BEFORE 3/12/2008 (EXCEPT FOR WEIFANG EAST STEEL
PIPE CO., LTD. (C-570-911-002) WHICH HAD A ZERO MARGIN AT THE
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION). FOR FURTHER REFERENCE SEE MESSAGE
NUMBERS 7337203, DATED 12/13/2007 AND 8098207, DATED 4/7/2008.
EFFECTIVE 7/21/2008, FOR SUCH ENTRIES, CBP SHALL REQUIRE CASH
DEPOSITS EQUAL TO THE SUBSIDY RATES SHOWN BELOW.

MFR/PRODUCER CBP ID SUBSIDY
NUMBER RATE
EXPORTER

WEIFANG EAST STEEL PIPE CO., LTD. C-570-911-002 29.62%

ZHEJIANG KINGLAND PIPELINE AND C-570-911-003 44.93%
TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.; KINGLAND
GROUP CO., LTD; BEIJING KINGLAND
CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES CO.; ZHEJIANG
KINGLAND PIPELINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.;
AND SHANXI KINGLAND PIPELINE CO., LTD.

TIANJIN SHUANGJIE STEEL PIPE C-570-911-001 616.83%
CO., LTD.;
TIANJIN SHUANGJIE STEEL PIPE
GROUP CO.,
LTD.; TIANJIN WA SONG IMP. &
EXP. CO.,
LTD.; AND TIANJIN SHUANGLIAN
GALVANIZING PRODUCTS CO., LTD.

ALL OTHERS C-570-911-000 37.28%

5. 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: ARW).

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

DAVID M. GENOVESE