Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

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 [C-552-810] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (“circular welded pipe”) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (“Vietnam”). For information on the estimated subsidy rates, see the “Suspension of Liquidation” section of this notice. DATES: Effective Date: March 30, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Austin Redington or Christopher Siepmann, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1664 or (202) 482-7958, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Petitioners The petitioners in this investigation are Wheatland Tube, Allied Tube and Conduit, JMC Steel Group, and United States Steel Corporation (collectively, “Petitioners”). Case History The following events have occurred since the publication of the Department of Commerce's (“Department”) notice of initiation in the Federal Register . See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From India, the Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investig…