Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the First Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Rescission in Part and Intent To Rescind in Part

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-943] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (“the Department”) is conducting the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (“OCTG”) from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”), covering the period May 19, 2010, through April 30, 2011. [ 1 ] We have preliminarily determined that Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Share Co., Ltd. (“Jiangsu Chengde”), Taizhou Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd. (“Taizhou Chengde”), and Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd. (“Yangzhou Chengde”) (collectively “the Chengde Group”) are a single entity for purposes of this administrative review  [ 2 ] and that the Chengde Group made sales of subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value (“NV”) during the period of review (“POR”). If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise during the POR. The Department is rescinding this administrative review, in part, for 18 respondents with existing separate rate status for which the request for review has been timely withd…