Automatic liquidation instruction for certain oil country tubular goods from the People's Republic of China for the period 01/01/2023 through 12/31/2023 (C-570-944)

1. Commerce does not automatically conduct administrative reviews of countervailing duty orders. Instead, reviews must be requested pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213. 2. Commerce has not received a request for an administrative review of the countervailing duty order for the period and on the merchandise identified below. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c), you are to assess countervailing duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption at the cash deposit rate in effect on the date of entry. Liquidate all entries for all firms. Product: Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods Country: The People's Republic of China Case number: C-570-944 Period: 01/01/2023 through 12/31/2023 3. In order to ensure that requisite countervailing duty entries with a country of origin for Customs' purposes other than the People's Republic of China can be properly reported as subject merchandise at the time of entry, Commerce designated third-country case numbers in the ACE case reference file for this countervailing duty order on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of China. For more information regarding third countries, see message 3186301, dated 7/05/2013. For the period 01/01/2023 through 12/31/2023, liquidate all entries for all firms under the third-country case numbers listed below: Country Case Number: Argentina: C-357-992 Austria: C-433-992 Belarus: C-462-235 Brazil: C-351-992 Brunei: C-561-992 Canada: C-122-992 Columbia: C-301-992 Czech Republic: C-435-992 Finland: C-405-992 France: C-427-992 Germany: C-428-992 India: C-533-992 Indonesia: C-560-992 Italy: C-475-992 Japan: C-588-992 Korea, Republic of: C-580-992 Mexico: C-201-992 Norway: C-403-992 Philippines: C-565-993 Poland: C-455-992 Romania: C-485-992 Russia: C-462-992 Saudi Arabia: C-517-992 South Africa: C-791-992 Spain: C-470-992 Taiwan: C-583-992 Thailand: C-549-992 Ukraine: C-462-326 United Kingdom: C-412-992 Vietnam: C-552-992 4. The injunction with court number 21-00638 discussed in message number 2038404, dated 02/07/2022, is applicable to the entries were produced and exported by HLDS (B) Steel Sdn Bhd or HLD Clark Steel Pipe Co., Inc. and that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after 11/12/2020. Accordingly, continue to suspend liquidation of such entries until liquidation instructions are issued. 5. Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise covered by paragraph 2 occurred with the publication of the notice of initiation of administrative review for the 01/2024 anniversary month (89 FR 15827, 03/05/2024). Unless instructed otherwise, for all other shipments of certain oil country tubular goods from the People's Republic of China you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the merchandise at the current rates. 6. The assessment of countervailing duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties. The interest provisions are not applicable to cash posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order. Interest shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated countervailing duties is required through the date of liquidation. The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period. 7. This instruction to liquidate entries covered by this message does not limit CBP's independent authority, including its authority to suspend, continue to suspend, or extend liquidation of entries addressed by this message. Accordingly, CBP should examine all entries for which this message directs liquidation to determine whether any such entries are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's independent authority (e.g., Enforce and Protect Act under section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended). If entries of subject merchandise covered by this message are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's own authority, CBP port officials should follow CBP's internal procedures with respect to continuing any suspension, the lifting of suspension, and/or continuing any extension of liquidation for such entries. 8. 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 OI:MPM.) 9. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur