Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders

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-570-910, C-570-911] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: In response to requests from Bull Moose Tube Company, Maruichi American Corporation, Wheatland Tube Company, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (collectively, the domestic interested parties), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a country-wide circumvention inquiry to determine whether circular welded carbon quality steel pipe (CWP) from the People's Republic of China (China), which is completed in the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) from hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in China, is circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on CWP from China. DATES: Applicable November 19, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4037. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 9, 2024, pursuant to section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.226(i) , the domestic interested parties filed circumvention inquiry requests alleging that CWP completed in Oman using HRS manufactured in China is circumventing the AD and CVD…