Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From India, Thailand, and Turkey; Final Results of Expedited Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders, 66893-66895 [2011-27957]
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revoking this order effective October 24,
2011, the date upon which USTR
directed the Department to implement
its final results.
We will instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to liquidate, without
regard to antidumping duties, all entries
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after October 24,
2011 (the effective date), and to
discontinue collection of cash deposits
of antidumping duties.2
This determination is issued and
published in accordance with section
129(c)(2)(A) of the URAA.
Dated: October 24, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix I
Issues raised in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Comment 1: Whether the Department of
Commerce has the authority to revoke the
antidumping duty order.
Comment 2: Whether the Department
should reset the cash deposit rates to zero in
lieu of revocation.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–502, A–549–502, and A–489–501]
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes From India, Thailand,
and Turkey; Final Results of Expedited
Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of
Antidumping Duty Orders
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department Commerce.
SUMMARY: On July 1, 2011, the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) initiated the third sunset
reviews of the antidumping duty orders
on certain circular welded carbon steel
pipes and tubes from India, Thailand,
and Turkey, pursuant to section 751(c)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(‘‘the Act’’). On the basis of a notice of
intent to participate and adequate
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AGENCY:
2 Pursuant to a Temporary Restraining Order
issued by the U.S. Court of International Trade on
October 13, 2011, the Department of Commerce and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection are restrained
from lifting the suspension of liquidation on
unliquidated entries of diamond sawblades and
parts thereof from the Republic of Korea. Pursuant
to this Federal Register notice, future entries of
such merchandise are subject to suspension of
liquidation at the cash deposit rate of zero. Changes
to the suspension of liquidation will be consistent
with the Court’s final ruling.
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substantive responses filed on behalf of
the domestic interested parties and
inadequate response from respondent
interested parties, the Department has
conducted expedited sunset reviews of
these antidumping duty orders. As a
result of these sunset reviews, the
Department finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty orders would likely
lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping at the level indicated in the
‘‘Final Results of Reviews’’ section of
this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: October 28, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis McClure, Antidumping/
Countervailing Duty Operations, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–5973.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Pursuant to section 736 of the Act, the
Department published in the Federal
Register the antidumping duty orders
on certain circular welded carbon steel
pipes and tubes from India, Thailand,
and Turkey. See Antidumping Duty
Order; Certain Welded Carbon Steel
Standard Pipes and Tubes from India,
51 FR 17384 (May 12, 1986);
Antidumping Duty Order; Circular
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes
From Thailand, 51 FR 8341 (March 11,
1986); and Antidumping Duty Order;
Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and
Tube Products From Turkey, 51 FR
17784 (May 15, 1986).
On July 1, 2011, the Department
published a notice of initiation of the
third sunset reviews of the antidumping
duty orders on certain circular welded
carbon steel pipes and tubes from India,
Thailand, and Turkey, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation
of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 76 FR
38613 (July 1, 2011).
For each of these sunset reviews, the
Department received notice of intent to
participate from Allied Tube and
Conduit, JMC Steel Group, Leavitt Tube,
Northwest Pipe Company, TMK IPSCO
Tubulars, U.S. Steel Corporation, and
Western Tube and Conduit,
(collectively, ‘‘the domestic interested
parties’’) within the deadline specified
in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). In addition,
Wheatland Tube Company
(‘‘Wheatland’’) filed an entry of
appearance and also requested
recognition as a domestic interested
party. The domestic interested parties
claim interested party status under
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as U.S.
producers of the subject merchandise.
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On July 4, 2011, the Government of
Turkey filed an entry of appearance as
an interested party for the Turkish
proceeding. On July 5, 2011, the
Government of Turkey requested the
Department to extend the 30-day
deadline for filing its substantive
response as specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i). On July 7, 2011, Saha
Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd.
(‘‘Saha Thai’’), a Thai producer and
exporter, entered an appearance as a
respondent interested party. On August
10, 2011, the Department extended the
deadline to file a substantive response
until August 10, 2011.
On July 29, August 1, and 10, 2011,
we received complete substantive
responses from the domestic interested
parties within the extended deadline
established by the Department.
Wheatland Tube Company did not file
a substantive response. Saha Thai did
not file a substantive response. On
August 9, 2011, the Government of
Turkey submitted a substantive
response within the extended deadline.1
On August 17, 2011, we received
rebuttal comments to the Government of
Turkey’s substantive response from U.S.
Steel Corporation. We received no other
substantive responses from respondent
interested parties on the three
antidumping duty orders currently
under review and, therefore, did not
have adequate respondent interested
party participation pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(A).
Based on these circumstances,
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2),
the Department has conducted
expedited sunset reviews of these
antidumping duty orders.
Scope of the Antidumping Duty Orders
See Appendix 1.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in these cases are
addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of
Expedited Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews
of the Antidumping Duty Orders on
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes from India, Thailand,
and Turkey from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration (‘‘Decision Memo’’),
dated concurrent with this final notice,
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
The issues discussed in the Decision
Memo include the likelihood of
1 The Government of Turkey did not claim to
have exported subject merchandise.
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continuation or recurrence of dumping
and the magnitude of the margin likely
to prevail if the orders were revoked.
Parties can find a complete discussion
of all issues raised in these sunset
reviews and the corresponding
recommendations in this public memo,
which is on file electronically via
Import Administration’s Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘IA
ACCESS’’). Access to IA ACCESS is
available in the Central Records Unit
(‘‘CRU’’), Room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the
Decision Memo can be accessed directly
on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn,
under the heading ‘‘November 2011’’.
The signed version and the electronic
versions are identical in content.
Final Results of Reviews
We determine that revocation of the
antidumping duty orders on certain
circular welded carbon steel pipes and
tubes from India, Thailand, and Turkey
would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping at the following
weighted-average percentage margins:
Weighted-average
margin
(percent)
Manufacturers/Exporters/Producers
India (A–533–502)
Tata Iron and Steel Company, Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
All Others ..........................................................................................................................................................................
Thailand (A–549–502)
Saha Thai Steel Pipe Co ..................................................................................................................................................
Thai Steel Pipe Industry Co .............................................................................................................................................
All Others ..........................................................................................................................................................................
Turkey (A–489–501)
Borusan Ithicat ve Dagitim ...............................................................................................................................................
Erkboru Profil Sanayi ve Ticaret ......................................................................................................................................
Mannesmann-Sumerbank Boru Industrisi ........................................................................................................................
All Others ..........................................................................................................................................................................
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’)
of their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Timely 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 terms of an
APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the
results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
Dated: October 24, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix 1
Scope of the Antidumping Duty Orders
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India—Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and
Tube (A–533–502)
The products covered by the order
include certain welded carbon steel
standard pipes and tubes with an
outside diameter of 0.375 inch or more
but not over 16 inches. These products
are commonly referred to in the
industry as standard pipes and tubes
produced to various American Society
for Testing Materials (ASTM)
specifications, most notably A–53, A–
120, or A–135.
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The antidumping duty order on
certain welded carbon steel standard
pipes and tubes from India, published
on May 12, 1986, included standard
scope language which used the import
classification system as defined by
Tariff Schedules of the United States,
Annotated (TSUSA). The United States
developed a system of tariff
classification based on the international
harmonized system of customs
nomenclature. On January 1, 1989, the
U.S. tariff schedules were fully
converted from the TSUSA to the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). See,
e.g., Certain Welded Carbon Steel
Standard Pipes and Tubes from India;
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Reviews, 56 FR
26650, 26651 (June 10, 1991). As a
result of this transition, the scope
language we used in the 1991 Federal
Register notice is slightly different from
the scope language of the original final
determination and antidumping duty
order.
Until January 1, 1989, such
merchandise was classifiable under item
numbers 610.3231, 610.3234, 610.3241,
610.3242, 610.3243, 610.3252, 610.3254,
610.3256, 610.3258, and 610.4925 of the
TSUSA. This merchandise is currently
classifiable under HTS item numbers
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025,
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085,
7306.30.5090. As with the TSUSA
numbers, the HTS numbers are
provided for convenience and customs
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7.08
15.69
15.60
15.67
1.26
23.12
23.12
14.74
purposes. The written product
description remains dispositive.2
Thailand—Welded Carbon Steel Pipe
and Tube (A–549–502)
The products covered by the order
include certain welded carbon steel
standard pipes and tubes with an
outside diameter of 0.375 inch or more
but not over 16 inches. These products
are commonly referred to in the
industry as standard pipes and tubes
produced to various American Society
for Testing Materials (ASTM)
specifications, most notably A–53, A–
120, or A–135.
The antidumping duty order on
certain welded carbon steel standard
pipes and tubes from India, published
on May 12, 1986, included standard
scope language which used the import
classification system as defined by
Tariff Schedules of the United States,
Annotated (TSUSA). The United States
developed a system of tariff
classification based on the international
harmonized system of customs
nomenclature. On January 1, 1989, the
U.S. tariff schedules were fully
converted from the TSUSA to the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). See,
e.g., Certain Welded Carbon Steel
Standard Pipes and Tubes from India;
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Reviews, 56 FR
26650, 26651 (June 10, 1991). As a
2 Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes
and Tubes From India: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR
69626, 69627 (November 15, 2010).
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result of this transition, the scope
language we used in the 1991 Federal
Register notice is slightly different from
the scope language of the original final
determination and antidumping duty
order.
Until January 1, 1989, such
merchandise was classifiable under item
numbers 610.3231, 610.3234, 610.3241,
610.3242, 610.3243, 610.3252, 610.3254,
610.3256, 610.3258, and 610.4925 of the
TSUSA. This merchandise is currently
classifiable under HTS item numbers
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025,
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085,
7306.30.5090. As with the TSUSA
numbers, the HTS numbers are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes. The written product
description remains dispositive.3 4
Turkey—Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and
Tube (A–489–501)
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The products covered by this order
include circular welded non-alloy steel
pipes and tubes, of circular crosssection, not more than 406.4 millimeters
(16 inches) in outside diameter,
regardless of wall thickness, surface
finish (black, or galvanized, painted), or
end finish (plain end, beveled end,
threaded and coupled). Those pipes and
tubes are generally known as standard
pipe, though they may also be called
structural or mechanical tubing in
certain applications. Standard pipes and
tubes are intended for the low pressure
conveyance of water, steam, natural gas,
air, and other liquids and gases in
plumbing and heating systems, air
conditioner units, automatic sprinkler
systems, and other related uses.
Standard pipe may also be used for light
load-bearing and mechanical
applications, such as for fence tubing,
and for protection of electrical wiring,
such as conduit shells.
The scope is not limited to standard
pipe and fence tubing, or those types of
mechanical and structural pipe that are
used in standard pipe applications. All
carbon steel pipes and tubes within the
physical description outlined above are
included in the scope of this order,
except for line pipe, oil country tubular
goods, boiler tubing, cold-drawn or
cold-rolled mechanical tubing, pipe and
tube hollows for redraws, finished
scaffolding, and finished rigid conduit.
3 Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes
From Thailand: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 64696 (October 20,
2010).
4 There was one scope ruling in which British
Standard light pipe 387/67, Class A–1 was found to
be within the scope of the order per remand. See
Scope Rulings, 58 FR 27542, (May 10, 1993).
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Imports of these products are
currently classifiable under the
following Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’)
subheadings: 7306.30.10.00,
7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32,
7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55,
7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, our written description of the
scope of this proceeding is dispositive.5
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–918]
Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the
People’s Republic of China:
Affirmative Final Determination of
Circumvention of the Antidumping
Duty Order
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) continues to
determine that steel wire garment
hangers (‘‘garment hangers’’) exported
by Angang Clothes Rack Manufacture
Co., Ltd. (‘‘Angang’’) and Quyky Yanglei
International Co., Ltd. (‘‘Quyky’’) are
circumventing the antidumping duty
order 1 on garment hangers from the
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’),
pursuant to section 781(b) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’).
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: October 28, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Irene Gorelik, Office 9, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–6905.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 10, 2011, the Department
published in the Federal Register the
affirmative preliminary determination
that garment hangers exported by
Angang and Quyky are circumventing
the Order on garment hangers from the
5 Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube
From Turkey: Notice of Final Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 64250.64251 (October
19, 2010).
1 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Steel
Wire Garment Hangers from the People’s Republic
of China, 73 FR 58111 (October 6, 2008) (‘‘Order’’).
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PRC, as provided in section 781(b) of
the Act.2
On June 13, 2011, Petitioner 3 and
Angang filed their case briefs. On June
20, 2011, Petitioner and Angang filed
their rebuttal briefs. Quyky did not file
either a case brief or rebuttal brief.
Based on the timely filed request by
Angang, the Department held a public
hearing on June 28, 2011.4 On July 1,
2011, Angang filed a letter requesting
the Department to strike portions of
Petitioner’s rebuttal brief dated June 20,
2011, alleging untimely filed new
factual information and arguments were
included.
Scope of the Antidumping Duty Order
The merchandise that is subject to the
order is steel wire garment hangers,
fabricated from carbon steel wire,
whether or not galvanized or painted,
whether or not coated with latex or
epoxy or similar gripping materials,
and/or whether or not fashioned with
paper covers or capes (with or without
printing) and/or nonslip features such
as saddles or tubes. These products may
also be referred to by a commercial
designation, such as shirt, suit, strut,
caped, or latex (industrial) hangers.
Specifically excluded from the scope of
the order are wooden, plastic, and other
garment hangers that are not made of
steel wire. Also excluded from the scope
of the order are chrome-plated steel wire
garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4
mm or greater. The products subject to
the order are currently classified under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings
7326.20.0020, 7323.99.9060 and
7323.99.9080.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
merchandise is dispositive.
Scope of the Anti-Circumvention
Inquiry
The products covered by this inquiry
are garment hangers, as described in the
‘‘Scope of the Antidumping Duty
Order’’ section above, that are exported
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(‘‘Vietnam’’), but manufactured from
2 See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the
People’s Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty Order and Extension of Final
Determination, 76 FR 27007 (May 10, 2011)
(‘‘Preliminary Determination’’).
3 Petitioner is M&B Metal Products Co.
4 During the public hearing, the Department noted
that Angang provided untimely new factual
information within its presentation, which was
stricken from the record within the hearing
transcript. See Memorandum to the File from Irene
Gorelik, regarding; ‘‘revised transcript of the public
hearing,’’ dated July 19, 2011.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-502, A-549-502, and A-489-501]
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From India,
Thailand, and Turkey; Final Results of Expedited Five-Year (``Sunset'')
Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department Commerce.
SUMMARY: On July 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') initiated the third sunset reviews of the antidumping
duty orders on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes
from India, Thailand, and Turkey, pursuant to section 751(c) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). On the basis of a notice
of intent to participate and adequate substantive responses filed on
behalf of the domestic interested parties and inadequate response from
respondent interested parties, the Department has conducted expedited
sunset reviews of these antidumping duty orders. As a result of these
sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping
duty orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping
at the level indicated in the ``Final Results of Reviews'' section of
this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: October 28, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure, Antidumping/
Countervailing Duty Operations, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5973.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Pursuant to section 736 of the Act, the Department published in the
Federal Register the antidumping duty orders on certain circular welded
carbon steel pipes and tubes from India, Thailand, and Turkey. See
Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and
Tubes from India, 51 FR 17384 (May 12, 1986); Antidumping Duty Order;
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand, 51 FR 8341
(March 11, 1986); and Antidumping Duty Order; Welded Carbon Steel
Standard Pipe and Tube Products From Turkey, 51 FR 17784 (May 15,
1986).
On July 1, 2011, the Department published a notice of initiation of
the third sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain
circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from India, Thailand, and
Turkey, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation of Five-
Year (``Sunset'') Review, 76 FR 38613 (July 1, 2011).
For each of these sunset reviews, the Department received notice of
intent to participate from Allied Tube and Conduit, JMC Steel Group,
Leavitt Tube, Northwest Pipe Company, TMK IPSCO Tubulars, U.S. Steel
Corporation, and Western Tube and Conduit, (collectively, ``the
domestic interested parties'') within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i). In addition, Wheatland Tube Company (``Wheatland'')
filed an entry of appearance and also requested recognition as a
domestic interested party. The domestic interested parties claim
interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as U.S.
producers of the subject merchandise.
On July 4, 2011, the Government of Turkey filed an entry of
appearance as an interested party for the Turkish proceeding. On July
5, 2011, the Government of Turkey requested the Department to extend
the 30-day deadline for filing its substantive response as specified in
19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). On July 7, 2011, Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public)
Company, Ltd. (``Saha Thai''), a Thai producer and exporter, entered an
appearance as a respondent interested party. On August 10, 2011, the
Department extended the deadline to file a substantive response until
August 10, 2011.
On July 29, August 1, and 10, 2011, we received complete
substantive responses from the domestic interested parties within the
extended deadline established by the Department. Wheatland Tube Company
did not file a substantive response. Saha Thai did not file a
substantive response. On August 9, 2011, the Government of Turkey
submitted a substantive response within the extended deadline.\1\ On
August 17, 2011, we received rebuttal comments to the Government of
Turkey's substantive response from U.S. Steel Corporation. We received
no other substantive responses from respondent interested parties on
the three antidumping duty orders currently under review and,
therefore, did not have adequate respondent interested party
participation pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(A).
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Based on these circumstances, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department has
conducted expedited sunset reviews of these antidumping duty orders.
Scope of the Antidumping Duty Orders
See Appendix 1.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in these cases are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of Expedited Five-Year
(Sunset) Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Circular
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from India, Thailand, and Turkey
from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration (``Decision Memo''),
dated concurrent with this final notice, which is hereby adopted by
this notice. The issues discussed in the Decision Memo include the
likelihood of
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continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margin
likely to prevail if the orders were revoked. Parties can find a
complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews and
the corresponding recommendations in this public memo, which is on file
electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA
ACCESS''). Access to IA ACCESS is available in the Central Records Unit
(``CRU''), Room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memo can be
accessed directly on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn, under the
heading ``November 2011''. The signed version and the electronic
versions are identical in content.
Final Results of Reviews
We determine that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on
certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from India,
Thailand, and Turkey would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping at the following weighted-average percentage margins:
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Weighted-average
Manufacturers/Exporters/Producers margin (percent)
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India (A-533-502)
Tata Iron and Steel Company, Ltd.............. 7.08
All Others.................................... 7.08
Thailand (A-549-502)
Saha Thai Steel Pipe Co....................... 15.69
Thai Steel Pipe Industry Co................... 15.60
All Others.................................... 15.67
Turkey (A-489-501)
Borusan Ithicat ve Dagitim.................... 1.26
Erkboru Profil Sanayi ve Ticaret.............. 23.12
Mannesmann-Sumerbank Boru Industrisi.......... 23.12
All Others.................................... 14.74
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This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Timely 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 terms of an APO is a violation which
is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the results and notice in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: October 24, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix 1
Scope of the Antidumping Duty Orders
India--Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube (A-533-502)
The products covered by the order include certain welded carbon
steel standard pipes and tubes with an outside diameter of 0.375 inch
or more but not over 16 inches. These products are commonly referred to
in the industry as standard pipes and tubes produced to various
American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) specifications, most
notably A-53, A-120, or A-135.
The antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon steel standard
pipes and tubes from India, published on May 12, 1986, included
standard scope language which used the import classification system as
defined by Tariff Schedules of the United States, Annotated (TSUSA).
The United States developed a system of tariff classification based on
the international harmonized system of customs nomenclature. On January
1, 1989, the U.S. tariff schedules were fully converted from the TSUSA
to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). See, e.g., Certain Welded
Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from India; Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 56 FR 26650, 26651 (June
10, 1991). As a result of this transition, the scope language we used
in the 1991 Federal Register notice is slightly different from the
scope language of the original final determination and antidumping duty
order.
Until January 1, 1989, such merchandise was classifiable under item
numbers 610.3231, 610.3234, 610.3241, 610.3242, 610.3243, 610.3252,
610.3254, 610.3256, 610.3258, and 610.4925 of the TSUSA. This
merchandise is currently classifiable under HTS item numbers
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055,
7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090. As with the TSUSA numbers, the HTS numbers
are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written product
description remains dispositive.\2\
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\2\ Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes From
India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75
FR 69626, 69627 (November 15, 2010).
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Thailand--Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube (A-549-502)
The products covered by the order include certain welded carbon
steel standard pipes and tubes with an outside diameter of 0.375 inch
or more but not over 16 inches. These products are commonly referred to
in the industry as standard pipes and tubes produced to various
American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) specifications, most
notably A-53, A-120, or A-135.
The antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon steel standard
pipes and tubes from India, published on May 12, 1986, included
standard scope language which used the import classification system as
defined by Tariff Schedules of the United States, Annotated (TSUSA).
The United States developed a system of tariff classification based on
the international harmonized system of customs nomenclature. On January
1, 1989, the U.S. tariff schedules were fully converted from the TSUSA
to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). See, e.g., Certain Welded
Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from India; Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 56 FR 26650, 26651 (June
10, 1991). As a
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result of this transition, the scope language we used in the 1991
Federal Register notice is slightly different from the scope language
of the original final determination and antidumping duty order.
Until January 1, 1989, such merchandise was classifiable under item
numbers 610.3231, 610.3234, 610.3241, 610.3242, 610.3243, 610.3252,
610.3254, 610.3256, 610.3258, and 610.4925 of the TSUSA. This
merchandise is currently classifiable under HTS item numbers
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055,
7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090. As with the TSUSA numbers, the HTS numbers
are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written product
description remains dispositive.3 4
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\3\ Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 64696
(October 20, 2010).
\4\ There was one scope ruling in which British Standard light
pipe 387/67, Class A-1 was found to be within the scope of the order
per remand. See Scope Rulings, 58 FR 27542, (May 10, 1993).
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Turkey--Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube (A-489-501)
The products covered by this order include circular welded non-
alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, not more than
406.4 millimeters (16 inches) in outside diameter, regardless of wall
thickness, surface finish (black, or galvanized, painted), or end
finish (plain end, beveled end, threaded and coupled). Those pipes and
tubes are generally known as standard pipe, though they may also be
called structural or mechanical tubing in certain applications.
Standard pipes and tubes are intended for the low pressure conveyance
of water, steam, natural gas, air, and other liquids and gases in
plumbing and heating systems, air conditioner units, automatic
sprinkler systems, and other related uses. Standard pipe may also be
used for light load-bearing and mechanical applications, such as for
fence tubing, and for protection of electrical wiring, such as conduit
shells.
The scope is not limited to standard pipe and fence tubing, or
those types of mechanical and structural pipe that are used in standard
pipe applications. All carbon steel pipes and tubes within the physical
description outlined above are included in the scope of this order,
except for line pipe, oil country tubular goods, boiler tubing, cold-
drawn or cold-rolled mechanical tubing, pipe and tube hollows for
redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished rigid conduit.
Imports of these products are currently classifiable under the
following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'')
subheadings: 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32,
7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, our written description of the scope of this proceeding is
dispositive.\5\
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\5\ Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube From Turkey:
Notice of Final Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR
64250.64251 (October 19, 2010).
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