Certain Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Termination of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 72766-72767 [E8-28469]
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review of entries covered by an order,
finding, or suspended investigation
listed in this notice and for the period
identified above, the Department will
instruct the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to assess antidumping or
countervailing duties on those entries at
a rate equal to the cash deposit of (or
bond for) estimated antidumping or
countervailing duties required on those
entries at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption and to continue to collect
the cash deposit previously ordered.
This notice is not required by statute
but is published as a service to the
international trading community.
Dated: November 25, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Duty
Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A–580–861)
Certain Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Line Pipe from the
Republic of Korea: Termination of
Antidumping Duty Investigation
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Edwards or Dena Crossland,
Office 7, AD/CVD Operations, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–8029 or (202) 482–
3362, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On April 3, 2008, the Department of
Commerce (Department) received
antidumping duty petitions filed in
proper form by the petitioners for the
imposition of antidumping duties on
certain circular welded carbon quality
steel line pipe (line pipe) from the
Republic of Korea (Korea) and the
People’s Republic of China (PRC),
alleging that line pipe from these
countries were being sold, or were likely
to be sold, in the United States at less
than fair value. The petitioners are
United States Steel Corporation,
Maverick Tube Corporation, Tex–Tube
Company, and the United Steel, Paper
and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing,
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Energy, Allied Industrial and Service
Workers International Union, and AFL–
CIO-CLC (collectively, Petitioners). On
April 23, 2008, the Department initiated
antidumping duty investigations of line
pipe from Korea and the PRC. See
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Quality
Steel Line Pipe From the Republic of
Korea and the People’s Republic of
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty
Investigations, 73 FR 23188 (April 29,
2008) (Initiation Notice).
On June 3, 2008, the International
Trade Commission preliminarily
determined that there is a reasonable
indication that an industry in the
United States is materially injured or
threatened with material injury by
reason of imports of line pipe from
Korea and the PRC. See Certain Circular
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe
from China and Korea, 73 FR 31712
(June 3, 2008).
On November 6, 2008, we published
in the Federal Register the preliminary
determination in the Korean
investigation, concurrently postponing
the final determination until no later
than March 21, 2009. See Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Postponement of the
Final Determination: Certain Circular
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe
from the Republic of Korea, 73 FR 66020
(November 6, 2008).
Scope of Investigation
The merchandise that is the subject of
this investigation is circular welded
carbon quality steel pipe of a kind used
for oil and gas pipelines (welded line
pipe), not more than 406.4 mm (16
inches) in outside diameter, regardless
of wall thickness, length, surface finish,
end finish or stenciling.
The term ‘‘carbon quality steel’’
includes both carbon steel and carbon
steel mixed with small amounts of
alloying elements that may exceed the
individual weight limits for nonalloy
steels imposed in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Specifically, the term ‘‘carbon quality’’
includes products in which (1) iron
predominates by weight over each of the
other contained elements, (2) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less by weight
and (3) none of the elements listed
below exceeds the quantity by weight
respectively indicated:
(i) 2.00 percent of manganese,
(ii) 2.25 percent of silicon,
(iii) 1.00 percent of copper,
(iv) 0.50 percent of aluminum,
(v) 1.25 percent of chromium,
(vi) 0.30 percent of cobalt,
(vii) 0.40 percent of lead,
(viii) 1.25 percent of nickel,
(ix) 0.30 percent of tungsten,
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(x) 0.012 percent of boron,
(xi) 0.50 percent of molybdenum,
(xii) 0.15 percent of niobium,
(xiii) 0.41 percent of titanium,
(xiv) 0.15 percent of vanadium, or
(xv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Welded line pipe is normally
produced to specifications published by
the American Petroleum Institute (API)
(or comparable foreign specifications)
including API A–25, 5LA, 5LB, and X
grades from 42 and above, and/or any
other proprietary grades or non–graded
material. Nevertheless, all pipe meeting
the physical description set forth above
that is of a kind used in oil and gas
pipelines, including all multiple–
stenciled pipe with an API line pipe
stencil is covered by the scope of this
investigation.
The line pipe products that are the
subject of this investigation are
currently classifiable in the HTSUS
under subheadings 7306.19.10.10,
7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and
7306.19.51.50. While HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this
investigation is dispositive.
Termination of Antidumping Duty
Investigation
On November 17, 2008, the
Department received a letter from
Petitioners notifying the Department
that they are no longer interested in
seeking relief and are withdrawing their
petition on line pipe from Korea. Under
section 734(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), upon
withdrawal of a petition, the
administering authority may terminate
an investigation after giving notice to all
parties to the investigation. Further, 19
CFR 351.207(b)(1) states that the
Department may terminate an
investigation upon withdrawal of a
petition, provided it concludes that
termination is in the public interest. On
November 18, 2008, we notified all
interested parties to the investigation of
our intent to terminate this
investigation, and provided them an
opportunity to comment on the
proposed termination. See
Memorandum to the File from Dena
Crossland, Case Analyst, through
Angelica L. Mendoza, Program Manager,
Office 7, dated November 21, 2008. We
received no comments from any party to
this investigation.
As no party objects to this termination
and the Department is not aware of any
evidence to the contrary, the
Department finds that termination of
this investigation is in the public
interest. As such, we are terminating
this antidumping duty investigation and
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will issue instructions directly to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
terminate the suspension of liquidation
of subject merchandise and release all
bonds and any cash deposits that have
been posted, where applicable.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
This determination and notice are
published in accordance with section
734(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.207(b).
Dated: November 21, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–882
Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide from
the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from
an interested party, the Department of
Commerce (the Department) is
conducting the 2006–2007
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on refined
brown aluminum oxide (RBAO) from
the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The review covers one exporter,
Qingdao Shunxingli Abrasives Co. Ltd.
(Qingdao Shunxingli). The period of
review (POR) is November 1, 2006, to
October 31, 2007.
We have preliminarily determined
that sales have been made at prices
below normal value by Qingdao
Shunxingli. If these preliminary results
are adopted in our final results of
administrative review, we will instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries.
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We invite interested parties to
comment on these preliminary results.
Parties who submit comments in this
review are requested to submit with
each argument (1) a statement of the
issue and (2) a brief summary of the
argument.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Goldberger or Kate Johnson, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 2, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;
telephone (202) 482–4136 or (202) 482–
4929, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 1, 2007, the Department
published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on, inter alia,
RBAO from the PRC. See Antidumping
or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding,
or Suspended Investigation;
Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 72 FR 61859 (November 1,
2007). In response, Fujimi Corporation
(Fujimi), an importer of the subject
merchandise, timely requested an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on RBAO from
the PRC for entries of the subject
merchandise during the POR from two
PRC producers/exporters: Henan Yilong
High and New Materials Co., Ltd.
(Henan Yilong), and Qingdao
Shunxingli.
On December 27, 2007, the
Department initiated a review on Henan
Yilong and Qingdao Shunxingli. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 72 FR 73315 (December 27,
2007).
The Department issued antidumping
duty questionnaires to Henan Yilong
and Qingdao Shunxingli on January 7,
2008. We received responses to these
questionnaires in March 2008. We
issued a supplemental questionnaire to
Henan Yilong in April 2008 and
received a response later that month.
We issued supplemental questionnaires
to Qingdao Shunxingli in March, May,
and July 2008. We received responses to
these supplemental questionnaires in
April, May, and July 2008, respectively.
On May 23, 2008, Fujimi withdrew its
request for review of Henan Yilong and
requested that the Department rescind
the review with respect to this
company. In accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), we granted Fujimi’s
request and rescinded this
administrative review with respect to
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Henan Yilong. In addition, we extended
the due date for completion of these
preliminary results until not later than
December 1, 2008. See Refined Brown
Aluminum Oxide from the People’s
Republic of China: Notice of Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Extension of
Time Limit for Preliminary Results, 73
FR 38173 (July 3, 2008).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order is ground, pulverized or refined
artificial corundum, also known as
brown aluminum oxide or brown fused
alumina, in grit size of 3/8 inch or less.
Excluded from the scope of the order is
crude artificial corundum in which
particles with a diameter greater than 3/
8 inch constitute at least 50 percent of
the total weight of the entire batch. The
scope includes brown artificial
corundum in which particles with a
diameter greater than 3/8 inch
constitute less than 50 percent of the
total weight of the batch. The
merchandise under investigation is
currently classifiable under subheadings
2818.10.20.00 and 2818.10.20.90 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Although the
HTSUS subheading is provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
covered by the order is dispositive.
NME Country Status
In every case conducted by the
Department involving the PRC, the PRC
has been treated as a non–market–
economy (NME) country. In accordance
with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), any
determination that a foreign country is
an NME country shall remain in effect
until revoked by the administering
authority. See Brake Rotors From the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of the
2004/2005 Administrative Review and
Notice of of Intent to Rescind the 2004/
2005 New Shipper Review, 71 FR 26736,
(May 8, 2006); unchanged in Brake
Rotors From the People’s Republic of
China: Final Results and Partial
Rescission of the 2004/2005
Administrative Review and Notice of
Rescission of 2004/2005 New Shipper
Review, 71 FR 66304 (November 14,
2006). None of the parties to this
proceeding has contested such
treatment. Accordingly, we have
calculated normal value in accordance
with section 773(c) of the Act, which
applies to NME countries.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-580-861)
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe from the
Republic of Korea: Termination of Antidumping Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards or Dena Crossland,
Office 7, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
8029 or (202) 482-3362, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 3, 2008, the Department of Commerce (Department) received
antidumping duty petitions filed in proper form by the petitioners for
the imposition of antidumping duties on certain circular welded carbon
quality steel line pipe (line pipe) from the Republic of Korea (Korea)
and the People's Republic of China (PRC), alleging that line pipe from
these countries were being sold, or were likely to be sold, in the
United States at less than fair value. The petitioners are United
States Steel Corporation, Maverick Tube Corporation, Tex-Tube Company,
and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing,
Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, and
AFL-CIO-CLC (collectively, Petitioners). On April 23, 2008, the
Department initiated antidumping duty investigations of line pipe from
Korea and the PRC. See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel
Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 73 FR 23188
(April 29, 2008) (Initiation Notice).
On June 3, 2008, the International Trade Commission preliminarily
determined that there is a reasonable indication that an industry in
the United States is materially injured or threatened with material
injury by reason of imports of line pipe from Korea and the PRC. See
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe from China and
Korea, 73 FR 31712 (June 3, 2008).
On November 6, 2008, we published in the Federal Register the
preliminary determination in the Korean investigation, concurrently
postponing the final determination until no later than March 21, 2009.
See Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of the Final Determination: Certain Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea, 73 FR 66020
(November 6, 2008).
Scope of Investigation
The merchandise that is the subject of this investigation is
circular welded carbon quality steel pipe of a kind used for oil and
gas pipelines (welded line pipe), not more than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in
outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish,
end finish or stenciling.
The term ``carbon quality steel'' includes both carbon steel and
carbon steel mixed with small amounts of alloying elements that may
exceed the individual weight limits for nonalloy steels imposed in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Specifically,
the term ``carbon quality'' includes products in which (1) iron
predominates by weight over each of the other contained elements, (2)
the carbon content is 2 percent or less by weight and (3) none of the
elements listed below exceeds the quantity by weight respectively
indicated:
(i) 2.00 percent of manganese,
(ii) 2.25 percent of silicon,
(iii) 1.00 percent of copper,
(iv) 0.50 percent of aluminum,
(v) 1.25 percent of chromium,
(vi) 0.30 percent of cobalt,
(vii) 0.40 percent of lead,
(viii) 1.25 percent of nickel,
(ix) 0.30 percent of tungsten,
(x) 0.012 percent of boron,
(xi) 0.50 percent of molybdenum,
(xii) 0.15 percent of niobium,
(xiii) 0.41 percent of titanium,
(xiv) 0.15 percent of vanadium, or
(xv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Welded line pipe is normally produced to specifications published
by the American Petroleum Institute (API) (or comparable foreign
specifications) including API A-25, 5LA, 5LB, and X grades from 42 and
above, and/or any other proprietary grades or non-graded material.
Nevertheless, all pipe meeting the physical description set forth above
that is of a kind used in oil and gas pipelines, including all
multiple-stenciled pipe with an API line pipe stencil is covered by the
scope of this investigation.
The line pipe products that are the subject of this investigation
are currently classifiable in the HTSUS under subheadings
7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and 7306.19.51.50. While
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes,
the written description of the scope of this investigation is
dispositive.
Termination of Antidumping Duty Investigation
On November 17, 2008, the Department received a letter from
Petitioners notifying the Department that they are no longer interested
in seeking relief and are withdrawing their petition on line pipe from
Korea. Under section 734(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), upon withdrawal of a petition, the administering authority
may terminate an investigation after giving notice to all parties to
the investigation. Further, 19 CFR 351.207(b)(1) states that the
Department may terminate an investigation upon withdrawal of a
petition, provided it concludes that termination is in the public
interest. On November 18, 2008, we notified all interested parties to
the investigation of our intent to terminate this investigation, and
provided them an opportunity to comment on the proposed termination.
See Memorandum to the File from Dena Crossland, Case Analyst, through
Angelica L. Mendoza, Program Manager, Office 7, dated November 21,
2008. We received no comments from any party to this investigation.
As no party objects to this termination and the Department is not
aware of any evidence to the contrary, the Department finds that
termination of this investigation is in the public interest. As such,
we are terminating this antidumping duty investigation and
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will issue instructions directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to terminate the suspension of liquidation of subject merchandise
and release all bonds and any cash deposits that have been posted,
where applicable.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
This determination and notice are published in accordance with
section 734(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.207(b).
Dated: November 21, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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