• Effective Date: Jun 29, 2018
  • Cite as: 83 FR 30695 • Cite date: Jun 29, 2018

1. On 06/29/2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination and alignment of its final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of large diameter welded pipe from the People's Republic of China from 09/4/2018 until no later than 11/5/2018, thereby aligning it with the due date for the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of large diameter welded pipe from the People's Republic of China (83 FR 30695).

2. The merchandise covered by this investigation is welded carbon and alloy steel pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal outside diameter (large diameter welded pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish, grade, end finish, or stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may be used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or other fluids, liquids, or gases. It may also be used for structural purposes, including, but not limited to, piling. Specifically, not included is large diameter welded pipe produced only to specifications of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) for water and sewage pipe.

Large diameter welded pipe used to transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is normally produced to the American Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L. Large diameter welded pipe may also be produced to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252, or A53, or other relevant domestic specifications, grades and/or standards. Large diameter welded pipe can be produced to comparable foreign specifications, grades and/or standards or to proprietary specifications, grades and/or standards, or can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting the physical description set forth above is covered by the scope of this investigation, whether or not produced according to a particular standard.

Subject merchandise also includes large diameter welded pipe that has been further processed in a third country, including but not limited to coating, painting, notching, beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter welded pipe.

The large diameter welded pipe that is subject to this investigation is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060, 7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010, 7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and 7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-570-078.

4. For imports of large diameter welded pipe from the People's Republic of China, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 06/29/2018. Effective 06/29/2018, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit or the posting of a bond equal to the subsidy rates for the following companies:

All Others
Case number: C-570-078-000
Subsidy rate: 198.49%

Producer and/or Exporter: Hefei Zijin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co.
Case number: C-570-078-001
Subsidy rate: 198.49%

Producer and/or Exporter: Hefei Ziking Steel Pipe
Case number: C-570-078-002
Subsidy rate: 198.49%

Producer and/or Exporter: Panyu Chu Kong Steel Pipe Co. Ltd.
Case number: C-570-078-003
Subsidy rate: 198.49%

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 OV:BB.)

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

Alexander Amdur