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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 10, 2021 / Notices
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Scope of the Anti-Circumvention Inquiries These anti-circumvention inquiries cover welded OCTG completed in Brunei or the Philippines using inputs manufactured in China and subsequently exported from Brunei or the Philippines to the United States.

inputs in a third country, i.e., Brunei or the Philippines, and exported to the United States.

Suspension of Liquidation As stated above, Commerce has made preliminary affirmative findings of circumvention of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on OCTG
from China for welded OCTG completed in Brunei or the Philippines using inputs manufactured in China and Methodology subsequently exported from Brunei or Commerce is conducting these antithe Philippines to the United States.
circumvention inquiries in accordance These preliminary circumvention with section 781b of the Tariff Act of findings apply to welded OCTG
1930, as amended the Act, and 19 CFR assembled or completed in Brunei or the 351.225h. Because China is a nonPhilippines using inputs manufactured market economy country within the in China and subsequently exported meaning of section 77118 of the Act, from Brunei or the Philippines to the Commerce relied on surrogate values to United States. In accordance with value the purchases of Chinese hotsection 19 CFR 351.225l2, Commerce rolled steel, as discussed in section will direct CBP to suspend liquidation 773c of the Act. For a complete and to require a cash deposit of description of the events that followed estimated duties on unliquidated entries the initiation of these antiof welded OCTG completed in Brunei or circumvention inquiries, see the the Philippines using inputs Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A
manufactured in China, subsequently list of topics included in the exported from Brunei or the Philippines Preliminary Decision Memorandum is to the United States, and entered, or included as an Appendix to this notice.
withdrawn from warehouse, for The Preliminary Decision Memorandum consumption on or after November 3, is a public document and is on file 2020, the date of initiation of these antielectronically via Enforcement and circumvention inquiries. The Compliances Antidumping and suspension of liquidation will remain in Countervailing Duty Centralized effect until further notice. For entries of Electronic Service System ACCESS.
such merchandise produced in Brunei ACCESS is available to registered users or the Philippines, Commerce will at https access.trade.gov. In addition, a instruct CBP to require antidumping complete version of the Preliminary duty cash deposits equal to the rate Decision Memorandum can be accessed established for the China-wide entity, directly at http enforcement.trade.gov/ i.e., 99.14 percent,3 and countervailing frn/.
duty cash deposits equal to the current all-others rate, i.e., 27.08 percent.4
Preliminary Determinations Welded OCTG assembled or As detailed in the Preliminary completed in Brunei or the Philippines Decision Memorandum, Commerce using non-Chinese inputs is not subject preliminarily determines that welded to these anti-circumvention inquiries.
OCTG assembled or completed in However, because the mandatory Brunei or the Philippines using inputs respondents are unable to track welded manufactured in China and OCTG to the country of origin of inputs subsequently exported from Brunei or used in the production of welded the Philippines to the United States are OCTG,5 Commerce will not implement circumventing the antidumping and a certification process at this countervailing duty orders on OCTG
preliminary stage, and Commerce will from China. We therefore preliminarily require cash deposits on all entries of determine that it is appropriate to include this merchandise within the 3 See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the antidumping and countervailing duty Peoples Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017
orders on OCTG from China and to 2018, 84 FR 32125, 32126 July 5, 2019.
instruct U.S. Customs and Border 4 See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Protection CBP to suspend entries of Peoples Republic of China: Notice of Court merchandise produced using Chinese Decision Not in Harmony With the Amended Final 2 See
Memorandum, Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Peoples Republic of China: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of Circumvention, dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 3.

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Determination of the Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 25770 June 5, 2017.
5 See, e.g., HLDS B Steel Sdn. Bhd.s Letter, HLDSB Initial Questionnaire Response, dated March 16, 2021 at 25; and HLD Clark Steel Pipe Co., Inc.s Letter, HLD Clark Initial Questionnaire Response, dated March 16, 2021 at 26.

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welded OCTG from Brunei and the Philippines.6 However, we intend to implement a certification process in the future for any companies that may be established in Brunei or the Philippines, and we plan to issue draft certifications shortly after these preliminary determinations of circumvention. With respect to the mandatory respondents, Commerce will reconsider eligibility to participate in a certification process if a party demonstrates in a future segment of the proceeding i.e., a changed circumstances review or an administrative review that the OCTG
being entered into the United States that it produces is not produced using Chinese inputs. Interested parties are invited to comment on this issue in their case briefs.
Public Comment Commerce intends to disclose the analysis used in these preliminary findings within five days of publication of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary determinations of these anticircumvention inquiries. Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309b2, interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 30
days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may not be filed later than seven days after the time limit for filing case briefs.7 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309c2 and d2, parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in these anti-circumvention inquiries are encouraged to submit with each argument: 1 A statement of the issue;
2 a brief summary of the argument;
and 3 a table of authorities.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310c, 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, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain the partys name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, and a list of the 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 6 See, e.g., Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the Peoples Republic of China: Final Determination of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry, 84
FR 33920, 33921 July 16, 2019.
7 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303
for general filing requirements; Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID19, 85 FR 17006 March 26, 2020; and Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 July 10, 2020.

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