Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 64483-64486 [2012-25952]
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determined in this final determination;
(2) if the exporter is not a firm identified
in this investigation but the producer is,
the rate will be the rate established for
the producer of the subject
merchandise; (3) the rate for all other
producers or exporters will be 5.81
percent, as discussed in the ‘‘All Others
Rate’’ section, below. These suspensionof-liquidation instructions will remain
in effect until further notice.
All Others Rate
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act
provides that the estimated all others
rate shall be an amount equal to the
weighted average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins
established for exporters and producers
individually investigated, excluding any
zero or de minimis margins and any
margins determined entirely under
section 776 of the Act. Al Jazeera is the
only respondent in this investigation for
which we calculated a company-specific
rate that is not zero or de minimis.
Therefore, for purposes of determining
the ‘‘all others’’ rate and pursuant to
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we are
using the dumping margin calculated
for Al Jazeera, 5.81 percent, for the ‘‘all
others’’ rate, as referenced above.
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose to parties in
this proceeding the calculations
performed within five days of the date
of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, we have notified the
International Trade Commission (ITC) of
our final determination. As our final
determination is affirmative, in
accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the
Act the ITC will determine within 45
days whether the domestic industry in
the United States is materially injured,
or threatened with material injury, by
reason of imports or sales (or the
likelihood of sales) for importation of
the subject merchandise. If the ITC
determines that such injury does exist,
the Department will issue an
antidumping duty order directing CBP
to assess, upon further instruction by
the Department, antidumping duties on
all imports of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the effective
date of the suspension of liquidation.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to
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administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CPR 351.305. Timely
notification of the 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 is issued and
published pursuant to sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(l) of the Act.
Dated: October 15, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix I
Issues and Decision Memorandum
Comment 1: Date of Sale
Comment 2: Targeted Dumping
Comment 3: Hot-Rolled Steel Coil Cost and
Yield Ratio
Comment 4: Model Matching Hierarchy
Comment 5: Double-Counting of Certain
Export Charges
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–552–811]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Notice of Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) has determined that
imports of circular welded carbonquality steel pipe (circular welded pipe)
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(Vietnam) are being, or are likely to be,
sold in the United States at less-thanfair value (LTFV), as provided in section
735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). The estimated
margins of sales at LTFV are listed in
the ‘‘Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: October 22, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 7, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–2924 or (202) 482–
0649, respectively.
AGENCY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 1, 2012, the Department
published in the Federal Register its
preliminary determination in the
antidumping duty investigation of
circular welded pipe from Vietnam.1
On June 8, 2012, we placed on the
record of this investigation a
memorandum describing a revision to
the methodology announced in our
preliminary determination for
calculating the rate assigned to
cooperative respondents not selected for
individual analysis.
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Act, we conducted sales and factors of
production (FOP) verifications of the
questionnaire responses submitted by
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation (SeAH
VINA) and Haiphong Hongyuan
Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd.
(Haiphong Hongyuan) as well as their
respective U.S. affiliates. We used
standard verification procedures,
including examination of relevant
accounting and production records, as
well as original source documents
provided by the company.2
On June 29, 2012, SeAH VINA,
pursuant to the Department’s
regulations at 19 CFR 351.310(c),
requested a hearing. On July 2, 2012,
Allied Tube and Conduit, and the JMC
Steel Group (petitioners), also,
requested a hearing pursuant to the
Department’s regulations at 19 CFR
351.310(c). On September 21, 2012, and
September 24, 2012, SeAH VINA and
petitioners, respectively, withdrew their
requests for a hearing.
On July 11, 2012, petitioners and
Haiphong Hongyuan submitted
surrogate values with which to value
factors in the final determination.
1 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination, 77 FR 32552
(June 1, 2012) (Preliminary Determination).
2 See Memoranda to the File entitled
‘‘Verification of the Sales and Factors Response of
Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery
Manufactory Co., Ltd., in the Antidumping
Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality
Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;’’
‘‘Verification of the Sales Response of Midwest Air
Technologies, Inc., in the Antidumping
Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality
Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;’’
‘‘Verification of the Sales and Factors Response of
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation in the Antidumping
Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality
Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;’’
‘‘Verification of the Sales Response of State Pipe &
Supply, Inc., in the Antidumping Investigation of
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam;’’ ‘‘Verification of the
Sales Response of SeAH Steel America, Inc., in the
Antidumping Investigation of Circular Welded
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam,’’ all dated August 29, 2012.
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We received case briefs from
petitioners, SeAH VINA, Haiphong
Hongyuan, and Sun Steel Joint Stock
Company (SUNSCO) on September 11,
2012. On September 17, 2012,
petitioners, SeAH VINA, and Haiphong
Hongyuan filed rebuttal briefs.
On September 21, 2012, the
Department placed on the record of the
investigation back-up documentation to
support the surrogate value it used for
brokerage and handling in the
preliminary determination, and invited
interested parties to submit comments
on that documentation. We received
comments from Haiphong Hongyuan
and SeAH VINA on September 25, 2012,
and rebuttal comments from petitioners
on September 27, 2012.
Period of Investigation
The period of investigation (POI) is
April 1, 2011, to September 30, 2011.
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Scope of the Investigation
This investigation covers welded
carbon-quality steel pipes and tube, of
circular cross-section, with an outside
diameter (O.D.) not more than 16 inches
(406.4 mm), regardless of wall
thickness, surface finish (e.g., black,
galvanized, or painted), end finish
(plain end, beveled end, grooved,
threaded, or threaded and coupled), or
industry specification (e.g., American
Society for Testing and Materials
International (ASTM), proprietary, or
other) generally known as standard
pipe, fence pipe and tube, sprinkler
pipe, and structural pipe (although
subject product may also be referred to
as mechanical tubing). Specifically, the
term ‘‘carbon quality’’ includes products
in which: (a) Iron predominates, by
weight, over each of the other contained
elements; (b) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight; and (c) none
of the elements listed below exceeds the
quantity, by weight, as indicated:
(i) 1.80 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) 0.15 percent of molybdenum;
(xi) 0.10 percent of niobium;
(xii) 0.41 percent of titanium;
(xiii) 0.15 percent of vanadium;
(xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Subject pipe is ordinarily made to
ASTM specifications A53, A135, and
A795, but can also be made to other
specifications. Structural pipe is made
primarily to ASTM specifications A252
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and A500. Standard and structural pipe
may also be produced to proprietary
specifications rather than to industry
specifications. Fence tubing is included
in the scope regardless of certification to
a specification listed in the exclusions
below, and can also be made to the
ASTM A513 specification. Sprinkler
pipe is designed for sprinkler fire
suppression systems and may be made
to industry specifications such as ASTM
A53 or to proprietary specifications.
These products are generally made to
standard O.D. and wall thickness
combinations. Pipe multi-stenciled to a
standard and/or structural specification
and to other specifications, such as
American Petroleum Institute (API)
API–5L specification, is also covered by
the scope of this investigation when it
meets the physical description set forth
above, and also has one or more of the
following characteristics: is 32 feet in
length or less; is less than 2.0 inches
(50mm) in outside diameter; has a
galvanized and/or painted (e.g.,
polyester coated) surface finish; or has
a threaded and/or coupled end finish.
The scope of this investigation does
not include: (a) Pipe suitable for use in
boilers, superheaters, heat exchangers,
refining furnaces and feedwater heaters,
whether or not cold drawn; (b) finished
electrical conduit; (c) finished
scaffolding; 3 (d) tube and pipe hollows
for redrawing; (e) oil country tubular
goods produced to API specifications; (f)
line pipe produced to only API
specifications; and (g) mechanical
tubing, whether or not cold-drawn.
However, products certified to ASTM
mechanical tubing specifications are not
excluded as mechanical tubing if they
otherwise meet the standard sizes (e.g.,
outside diameter and wall thickness) of
standard, structural, fence and sprinkler
pipe. Also, products made to the
following outside diameter and wall
thickness combinations, which are
recognized by the industry as typical for
fence tubing, would not be excluded
from the scope based solely on their
being certified to ASTM mechanical
tubing specifications:
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.035 inch wall
thickness (gage 20)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall
thickness (gage 18)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall
thickness (gage 17)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall
thickness (gage 16)
3 Finished scaffolding is defined as component
parts of a final, finished scaffolding that enters the
United States unassembled as a ‘‘kit.’’ A ‘‘kit’’ is
understood to mean a packaged combination of
component parts that contain, at the time of
importation, all the necessary component parts to
fully assemble a final, finished scaffolding.
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1.315 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall
thickness (gage 15)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.083 inch wall
thickness (gage 14)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall
thickness (gage 13)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall
thickness (gage 18)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall
thickness (gage 17)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall
thickness (gage 16)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall
thickness (gage 15)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.083 inch wall
thickness (gage 14)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall
thickness (gage 13)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall
thickness (gage 12)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall
thickness (gage 18)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall
thickness (gage 17)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall
thickness (gage 16)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall
thickness (gage 15)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall
thickness (gage 13)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall
thickness (gage 12)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall
thickness (gage 18)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall
thickness (gage 17)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall
thickness (gage 16)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall
thickness (gage 15)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall
thickness (gage 13)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall
thickness (gage 12)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.120 inch wall
thickness (gage 11)
2.875 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall
thickness (gage 12)
2.875 inch O.D. and 0.134 inch wall
thickness (gage 10)
2.875 inch O.D. and 0.165 inch wall
thickness (gage 8)
3.500 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall
thickness (gage 12)
3.500 inch O.D. and 0.148 inch wall
thickness (gage 9)
3.500 inch O.D. and 0.165 inch wall
thickness (gage 8)
4.000 inch O.D. and 0.148 inch wall
thickness (gage 9)
4.000 inch O.D. and 0.165 inch wall
thickness (gage 8)
4.500 inch O.D. and 0.203 inch wall
thickness (gage 7)
The pipe subject to this investigation
is currently classifiable in Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) statistical reporting numbers
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7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050,
7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150,
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025,
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085,
7306.30.5090, 7306.50.1000,
7306.50.5050, and 7306.50.5070.
However, the product description, and
not the HTSUS classification, is
dispositive of whether the merchandise
imported into the United States falls
within the scope of the investigation.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties to this
antidumping investigation are
addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum From Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration
(Issues and Decision Memorandum),
which is dated concurrently with and
hereby adopted by this notice. A list of
the issues raised is attached to this
notice as Appendix I. The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Import Administration’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central
Records Unit (CRU), Room 7046 of the
Main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the Internet at https://www.trade.gov/
ia/. The signed Issues and Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination
Based on our analysis of the
comments received and our findings at
verifications, we have made certain
changes to the margin calculations for
SeAH VINA and Haiphong Hongyuan.
For a discussion of these changes, see
Memorandum to the File, through
Robert James, Program Manager, from
Fred Baker, International Trade
Analysts, entitled ‘‘Analysis of Data
Submitted by SeAH Steel VINA
Corporation for the Final Determination
of the Antidumping Duty Investigation
of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam’’ dated October 15, 2012; see
also Memorandum to the File, through
Robert James, Program Manager, from
Fred Baker, International Trade
Analysts, entitled ‘‘Analysis of Data
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Submitted by Haiphong Hongyuan
Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd., for
the Final Determination of the
Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam’’ dated October 15, 2012.
Combination Rates
As stated in the preliminary
determination, all separate rates the
Department now assigns to exporters
will be specific to those producers that
supplied the exporter during the POI.
See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at
32560. This practice applies both to
mandatory respondents receiving an
individually-calculated separate rate, as
well as the pool of non-investigated
firms receiving the average of rates
applied in this investigation. This
practice is referred to as the application
of ‘‘combination rates,’’ because such
rates apply to the specific combination
of exporters and their supplying
producers. The cash-deposit rate
assigned to an exporter will apply only
to merchandise both exported by the
firm in question and produced by a firm
that supplied the exporter during the
POI.
Vietnam-Wide Rate
Because we begin with the
presumption that all companies within
an NME country are subject to
governmental control, and because only
the companies listed under the ‘‘Final
Determination Dumping Margins’’
section, below, have overcome that
presumption, we are assigning a single
weighted-average dumping margin (i.e.,
the Vietnam-wide rate) to all other
exporters of the merchandise under
consideration. These other companies
did not demonstrate entitlement to a
separate rate.4 The Vietnam-wide rate
applies to all entries of the merchandise
under consideration except for entries
from the Separate Rate Companies.
In the preliminary determination, the
Department determined that there were
exporters/producers of the merchandise
subject to this investigation during the
POI from Vietnam that did not respond
to the Department’s request for
information.5 Further, we treated these
Vietnamese exporters/producers as part
of the Vietnam-wide entity because they
did not qualify for a separate rate.
Therefore, we find the use of facts
available (FA) is necessary and
appropriate to determine the Vietnam4 Those companies are Daiwa Lance International
Co., Ltd., Hoa Sen Group, Vietnam Steel Pipe Co.,
Ltd. (a/k/a Vinapipe), Hyundai-Huy Hoang Pipe,
Tianjin Lida Steel Pipe Group, Vietnam Germany
Steel Pipe, and Vingal Industries Co., Ltd.
5 See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at 32557.
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wide rate pursuant to section
776(a)(2)(A) of the Act.6
In the preliminary determination, the
Department also determined that, in
selecting from the FA, an adverse
inference is appropriate because the
Vietnam-wide entity failed to co-operate
by not acting to the best of its ability to
comply with requests for information.
As adverse facts available (AFA), we
preliminary assigned to the Vietnamwide entity a rate of 27.96 percent, the
highest margin alleged in the petition,
as corrected by the Department at our
initiation of this investigation.7
Section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides
that, if an interested party (A) withholds
information requested by the
Department, (B) fails to provide such
information by the deadline, or in the
form or manner requested, (C)
significantly impedes a proceeding, or
(D) provides information that cannot be
verified, the Department shall use,
subject to section 782(d) of the Act, facts
otherwise available in reaching the
applicable determination. Section
776(b) of the Act provides that, in
selecting from among the facts
otherwise available, the Department
may employ an adverse inference if an
interested party fails to cooperate by not
acting to the best of its ability to comply
with requests for information.8 We find
that, because the Vietnam-wide entity
did not respond to our request for
information, it has failed to cooperate to
the best of its ability. Therefore, the
Department finds that, in selecting from
among the facts otherwise available, an
adverse inference is appropriate.
In deciding which facts to use as
AFA, section 776(b) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.308(c)(1) provide that the
Department may rely on information
derived from (1) the petition, (2) a final
determination in the investigation, (3)
any previous review or determination,
or (4) any information placed on the
record. In selecting a rate for AFA, the
Department selects a rate that is
sufficiently adverse ‘‘so as to effectuate
the statutory purposes of the adverse
facts available rule to induce
respondents to provide the Department
with complete and accurate information
in a timely manner.’’ 9 It is also the
6 See
id.
id.
8 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cold-Rolled FlatRolled Carbon Quality Steel Products From the
Russian Federation, 65 FR 5510, 5518 (February 4,
2000). See also Statement of Administrative Action
accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act,
H.R. Doc. 103–316, vol. 1, at 870 (1994) (SAA).
9 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value: Static Random Access
7 See
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Department’s practice to select a rate
that ensures ‘‘that the party does not
obtain a more favorable result by failing
to cooperate than if it had cooperated
fully.’’ 10
In the preliminary determination, the
Department selected as AFA, a rate of
27.96 percent, the highest margin
alleged in the petition, as corrected by
the Department at our initiation of this
investigation.11 For the final
determination, the Department
continues to use the same methodology
to determine the AFA rate used in the
preliminary determination.12
Final Determination Dumping Margins
We determine that the following
dumping margins exist for the following
entities for the POI:
Weightedaverage
margin (in
percent)
Exporter
Producer
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation ......................................................
Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd ..
Sun Steel Joint Stock Company ...................................................
Huu Lien Asia Corporation ............................................................
Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co. ...............................................................
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation .....................................................
Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd
Sun Steel Joint Stock Company ..................................................
Huu Lien Asia Corporation ..........................................................
Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co. .............................................................
Vietnam-Wide Rate 13
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B) of the
Act, we will instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to continue to
suspend liquidation of all entries of
circular welded pipe from Vietnam
which were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
June 1, 2012, the date of publication of
the preliminary determination. We will
instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or
the posting of a bond equal to the
weighted-average margins, as indicated
below, as follows: (1) The rate for the
exporter/producer combinations listed
in the chart above will be the rate we
have determined in this final
determination; (2) for all Vietnamese
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own rate, the
cash-deposit rate will be the Vietnamwide rate; (3) for all non-Vietnamese
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own rate, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the Vietnamese exporter/
producer combination that supplied that
non-Vietnamese exporter. These
suspension-of-liquidation instructions
will remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure
We intend to disclose to parties in
this proceeding the calculations
performed within five days of the date
of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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International Trade Commission
Notification
27.96
International Trade Commission (ITC) of
our final determination. As our final
determination is affirmative and in
accordance with section 735(b)(2)(B) of
the Act, the ITC will determine, within
45 days, whether the domestic industry
in the United States is materially
injured, or threatened with material
injury, by reason of imports or sales (or
the likelihood of sales) for importation
of the subject merchandise. If the ITC
determines that such injury does exist,
the Department will issue an
antidumping duty order directing CBP
to assess, upon further instruction by
the Department, antidumping duties on
all imports of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the effective
date of the suspension of liquidation.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
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 CPR 351.305. Timely
notification of the 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 is issued and
published pursuant to sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(l) of the Act.
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, we have notified the
Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan, 63 FR 8909,
8932 (February 23, 1998).
10 See SAA at 870.
11 See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at 32558.
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Dated: October 15, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix I
General Issues
Comment 1: Calculating Weighted-Average
Margins and Cash Deposit Rates Using
Only Positive Dumping Margins
Comment 2: Financial Statements Used for
Calculating Financial Ratios
Comment 3: Use of Factors of Production
Methodology
Comment 4: Targeted Dumping
Comment 5: Surrogate Value for Labor
Comment 6: Surrogate Value for Brokerage
and Handling
Comment 7: Surrogate Value for Steel Straps
Comment 8: Whether the Department Should
Update Certain Surrogate Values
Comment 9: Rate Applicable to the SeparateRate Applicants Not Selected for
Individual Analysis
Issues Regarding Haiphong Hongyuan
Comment 10: The Department Should Make
Adjustments to the Quantity of Certain
U.S. Sales
Comment 11: Inputs That Should Be
Included in Packing, Rather Than Cost of
Manufacture
Comment 12: The Department Should Use
the Most Recently Submitted Factors of
Production and U.S. Sales Databases
Comment 13: Ministerial Error
Issues Regarding SeAH VINA
Comment 14: Date of Sale for U.S. Sales
through SSA
Comment 15: Credit Period for ‘‘Back-toBack’’ Sales
Comment 16: Double Counting
Countervailable Subsidies
Comment 17: Ministerial Error
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64483-64486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25952]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-552-811]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined
that imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (circular
welded pipe) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) are
being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less-than-fair
value (LTFV), as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). The estimated margins of sales at LTFV are listed in
the ``Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation'' section of this
notice.
DATES: Effective Date: October 22, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2924 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 1, 2012, the Department published in the Federal Register
its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of
circular welded pipe from Vietnam.\1\
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\1\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 77 FR
32552 (June 1, 2012) (Preliminary Determination).
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On June 8, 2012, we placed on the record of this investigation a
memorandum describing a revision to the methodology announced in our
preliminary determination for calculating the rate assigned to
cooperative respondents not selected for individual analysis.
As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we conducted sales and
factors of production (FOP) verifications of the questionnaire
responses submitted by SeAH Steel VINA Corporation (SeAH VINA) and
Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd. (Haiphong Hongyuan)
as well as their respective U.S. affiliates. We used standard
verification procedures, including examination of relevant accounting
and production records, as well as original source documents provided
by the company.\2\
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\2\ See Memoranda to the File entitled ``Verification of the
Sales and Factors Response of Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery
Manufactory Co., Ltd., in the Antidumping Investigation of Circular
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam;'' ``Verification of the Sales Response of Midwest Air
Technologies, Inc., in the Antidumping Investigation of Circular
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam;'' ``Verification of the Sales and Factors Response of SeAH
Steel VINA Corporation in the Antidumping Investigation of Circular
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam;'' ``Verification of the Sales Response of State Pipe &
Supply, Inc., in the Antidumping Investigation of Circular Welded
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;''
``Verification of the Sales Response of SeAH Steel America, Inc., in
the Antidumping Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality
Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,'' all dated
August 29, 2012.
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On June 29, 2012, SeAH VINA, pursuant to the Department's
regulations at 19 CFR 351.310(c), requested a hearing. On July 2, 2012,
Allied Tube and Conduit, and the JMC Steel Group (petitioners), also,
requested a hearing pursuant to the Department's regulations at 19 CFR
351.310(c). On September 21, 2012, and September 24, 2012, SeAH VINA
and petitioners, respectively, withdrew their requests for a hearing.
On July 11, 2012, petitioners and Haiphong Hongyuan submitted
surrogate values with which to value factors in the final
determination.
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We received case briefs from petitioners, SeAH VINA, Haiphong
Hongyuan, and Sun Steel Joint Stock Company (SUNSCO) on September 11,
2012. On September 17, 2012, petitioners, SeAH VINA, and Haiphong
Hongyuan filed rebuttal briefs.
On September 21, 2012, the Department placed on the record of the
investigation back-up documentation to support the surrogate value it
used for brokerage and handling in the preliminary determination, and
invited interested parties to submit comments on that documentation. We
received comments from Haiphong Hongyuan and SeAH VINA on September 25,
2012, and rebuttal comments from petitioners on September 27, 2012.
Period of Investigation
The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2011, to September
30, 2011.
Scope of the Investigation
This investigation covers welded carbon-quality steel pipes and
tube, of circular cross-section, with an outside diameter (O.D.) not
more than 16 inches (406.4 mm), regardless of wall thickness, surface
finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end finish (plain end,
beveled end, grooved, threaded, or threaded and coupled), or industry
specification (e.g., American Society for Testing and Materials
International (ASTM), proprietary, or other) generally known as
standard pipe, fence pipe and tube, sprinkler pipe, and structural pipe
(although subject product may also be referred to as mechanical
tubing). Specifically, the term ``carbon quality'' includes products in
which: (a) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; (b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity,
by weight, as indicated:
(i) 1.80 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) 0.15 percent of molybdenum;
(xi) 0.10 percent of niobium;
(xii) 0.41 percent of titanium;
(xiii) 0.15 percent of vanadium;
(xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Subject pipe is ordinarily made to ASTM specifications A53, A135,
and A795, but can also be made to other specifications. Structural pipe
is made primarily to ASTM specifications A252 and A500. Standard and
structural pipe may also be produced to proprietary specifications
rather than to industry specifications. Fence tubing is included in the
scope regardless of certification to a specification listed in the
exclusions below, and can also be made to the ASTM A513 specification.
Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire suppression systems and
may be made to industry specifications such as ASTM A53 or to
proprietary specifications. These products are generally made to
standard O.D. and wall thickness combinations. Pipe multi-stenciled to
a standard and/or structural specification and to other specifications,
such as American Petroleum Institute (API) API-5L specification, is
also covered by the scope of this investigation when it meets the
physical description set forth above, and also has one or more of the
following characteristics: is 32 feet in length or less; is less than
2.0 inches (50mm) in outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or painted
(e.g., polyester coated) surface finish; or has a threaded and/or
coupled end finish.
The scope of this investigation does not include: (a) Pipe suitable
for use in boilers, superheaters, heat exchangers, refining furnaces
and feedwater heaters, whether or not cold drawn; (b) finished
electrical conduit; (c) finished scaffolding; \3\ (d) tube and pipe
hollows for redrawing; (e) oil country tubular goods produced to API
specifications; (f) line pipe produced to only API specifications; and
(g) mechanical tubing, whether or not cold-drawn. However, products
certified to ASTM mechanical tubing specifications are not excluded as
mechanical tubing if they otherwise meet the standard sizes (e.g.,
outside diameter and wall thickness) of standard, structural, fence and
sprinkler pipe. Also, products made to the following outside diameter
and wall thickness combinations, which are recognized by the industry
as typical for fence tubing, would not be excluded from the scope based
solely on their being certified to ASTM mechanical tubing
specifications:
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\3\ Finished scaffolding is defined as component parts of a
final, finished scaffolding that enters the United States
unassembled as a ``kit.'' A ``kit'' is understood to mean a packaged
combination of component parts that contain, at the time of
importation, all the necessary component parts to fully assemble a
final, finished scaffolding.
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.035 inch wall thickness (gage 20)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall thickness (gage 18)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall thickness (gage 17)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall thickness (gage 16)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall thickness (gage 15)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.083 inch wall thickness (gage 14)
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall thickness (gage 13)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall thickness (gage 18)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall thickness (gage 17)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall thickness (gage 16)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall thickness (gage 15)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.083 inch wall thickness (gage 14)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall thickness (gage 13)
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gage 12)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall thickness (gage 18)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall thickness (gage 17)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall thickness (gage 16)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall thickness (gage 15)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall thickness (gage 13)
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gage 12)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall thickness (gage 18)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall thickness (gage 17)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall thickness (gage 16)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall thickness (gage 15)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall thickness (gage 13)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gage 12)
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.120 inch wall thickness (gage 11)
2.875 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gage 12)
2.875 inch O.D. and 0.134 inch wall thickness (gage 10)
2.875 inch O.D. and 0.165 inch wall thickness (gage 8)
3.500 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gage 12)
3.500 inch O.D. and 0.148 inch wall thickness (gage 9)
3.500 inch O.D. and 0.165 inch wall thickness (gage 8)
4.000 inch O.D. and 0.148 inch wall thickness (gage 9)
4.000 inch O.D. and 0.165 inch wall thickness (gage 8)
4.500 inch O.D. and 0.203 inch wall thickness (gage 7)
The pipe subject to this investigation is currently classifiable in
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) statistical
reporting numbers
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7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150, 7306.30.1000,
7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085,
7306.30.5090, 7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5050, and 7306.50.5070. However,
the product description, and not the HTSUS classification, is
dispositive of whether the merchandise imported into the United States
falls within the scope of the investigation.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
this antidumping investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum From Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration (Issues and Decision
Memorandum), which is dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by
this notice. A list of the issues raised is attached to this notice as
Appendix I. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS).
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov
and in the Central Records Unit (CRU), Room 7046 of the Main Department
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at https://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on our analysis of the comments received and our findings at
verifications, we have made certain changes to the margin calculations
for SeAH VINA and Haiphong Hongyuan. For a discussion of these changes,
see Memorandum to the File, through Robert James, Program Manager, from
Fred Baker, International Trade Analysts, entitled ``Analysis of Data
Submitted by SeAH Steel VINA Corporation for the Final Determination of
the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality
Steel Pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam'' dated October 15,
2012; see also Memorandum to the File, through Robert James, Program
Manager, from Fred Baker, International Trade Analysts, entitled
``Analysis of Data Submitted by Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory
Co., Ltd., for the Final Determination of the Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam'' dated October 15, 2012.
Combination Rates
As stated in the preliminary determination, all separate rates the
Department now assigns to exporters will be specific to those producers
that supplied the exporter during the POI. See Preliminary
Determination, 77 FR at 32560. This practice applies both to mandatory
respondents receiving an individually-calculated separate rate, as well
as the pool of non-investigated firms receiving the average of rates
applied in this investigation. This practice is referred to as the
application of ``combination rates,'' because such rates apply to the
specific combination of exporters and their supplying producers. The
cash-deposit rate assigned to an exporter will apply only to
merchandise both exported by the firm in question and produced by a
firm that supplied the exporter during the POI.
Vietnam-Wide Rate
Because we begin with the presumption that all companies within an
NME country are subject to governmental control, and because only the
companies listed under the ``Final Determination Dumping Margins''
section, below, have overcome that presumption, we are assigning a
single weighted-average dumping margin (i.e., the Vietnam-wide rate) to
all other exporters of the merchandise under consideration. These other
companies did not demonstrate entitlement to a separate rate.\4\ The
Vietnam-wide rate applies to all entries of the merchandise under
consideration except for entries from the Separate Rate Companies.
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\4\ Those companies are Daiwa Lance International Co., Ltd., Hoa
Sen Group, Vietnam Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (a/k/a Vinapipe), Hyundai-
Huy Hoang Pipe, Tianjin Lida Steel Pipe Group, Vietnam Germany Steel
Pipe, and Vingal Industries Co., Ltd.
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In the preliminary determination, the Department determined that
there were exporters/producers of the merchandise subject to this
investigation during the POI from Vietnam that did not respond to the
Department's request for information.\5\ Further, we treated these
Vietnamese exporters/producers as part of the Vietnam-wide entity
because they did not qualify for a separate rate. Therefore, we find
the use of facts available (FA) is necessary and appropriate to
determine the Vietnam-wide rate pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(A) of the
Act.\6\
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\5\ See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at 32557.
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In the preliminary determination, the Department also determined
that, in selecting from the FA, an adverse inference is appropriate
because the Vietnam-wide entity failed to co-operate by not acting to
the best of its ability to comply with requests for information. As
adverse facts available (AFA), we preliminary assigned to the Vietnam-
wide entity a rate of 27.96 percent, the highest margin alleged in the
petition, as corrected by the Department at our initiation of this
investigation.\7\
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Section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides that, if an interested party
(A) withholds information requested by the Department, (B) fails to
provide such information by the deadline, or in the form or manner
requested, (C) significantly impedes a proceeding, or (D) provides
information that cannot be verified, the Department shall use, subject
to section 782(d) of the Act, facts otherwise available in reaching the
applicable determination. Section 776(b) of the Act provides that, in
selecting from among the facts otherwise available, the Department may
employ an adverse inference if an interested party fails to cooperate
by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with requests for
information.\8\ We find that, because the Vietnam-wide entity did not
respond to our request for information, it has failed to cooperate to
the best of its ability. Therefore, the Department finds that, in
selecting from among the facts otherwise available, an adverse
inference is appropriate.
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\8\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Certain Cold-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products
From the Russian Federation, 65 FR 5510, 5518 (February 4, 2000).
See also Statement of Administrative Action accompanying the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act, H.R. Doc. 103-316, vol. 1, at 870 (1994)
(SAA).
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In deciding which facts to use as AFA, section 776(b) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.308(c)(1) provide that the Department may rely on
information derived from (1) the petition, (2) a final determination in
the investigation, (3) any previous review or determination, or (4) any
information placed on the record. In selecting a rate for AFA, the
Department selects a rate that is sufficiently adverse ``so as to
effectuate the statutory purposes of the adverse facts available rule
to induce respondents to provide the Department with complete and
accurate information in a timely manner.'' \9\ It is also the
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Department's practice to select a rate that ensures ``that the party
does not obtain a more favorable result by failing to cooperate than if
it had cooperated fully.'' \10\
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\9\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan, 63 FR
8909, 8932 (February 23, 1998).
\10\ See SAA at 870.
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In the preliminary determination, the Department selected as AFA, a
rate of 27.96 percent, the highest margin alleged in the petition, as
corrected by the Department at our initiation of this
investigation.\11\ For the final determination, the Department
continues to use the same methodology to determine the AFA rate used in
the preliminary determination.\12\
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\11\ See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at 32558.
\12\ See id.
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Final Determination Dumping Margins
We determine that the following dumping margins exist for the
following entities for the POI:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter Producer margin (in
percent)
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SeAH Steel VINA Corporation...... SeAH Steel VINA 3.96
Corporation.
Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Vietnam Haiphong 5.17
Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd. Hongyuan Machinery
Manufactory Co., Ltd.
Sun Steel Joint Stock Company.... Sun Steel Joint Stock 4.57
Company.
Huu Lien Asia Corporation........ Huu Lien Asia 4.57
Corporation.
Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co........... Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co.. 4.57
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Vietnam-Wide Rate \13\ 27.96
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation
of all entries of circular welded pipe from Vietnam which were entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 1, 2012,
the date of publication of the preliminary determination. We will
instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or the posting of a bond equal
to the weighted-average margins, as indicated below, as follows: (1)
The rate for the exporter/producer combinations listed in the chart
above will be the rate we have determined in this final determination;
(2) for all Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise which have not
received their own rate, the cash-deposit rate will be the Vietnam-wide
rate; (3) for all non-Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate applicable to the Vietnamese exporter/producer combination that
supplied that non-Vietnamese exporter. These suspension-of-liquidation
instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
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\13\ The Vietnam-wide entity includes: Daiwa Lance International
Co., Ltd., Hoa Sen Group, Vietnam Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (a/k/a
Vinapipe), Hyundai-Huy Hoang Pipe, Tianjin Lida Steel Pipe Group,
Vietnam Germany Steel Pipe, and Vingal Industries Co., Ltd.
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose to parties in this proceeding the
calculations performed within five days of the date of publication of
this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we have notified the
International Trade Commission (ITC) of our final determination. As our
final determination is affirmative and in accordance with section
735(b)(2)(B) of the Act, the ITC will determine, within 45 days,
whether the domestic industry in the United States is materially
injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports or
sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of the subject
merchandise. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, the
Department will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties
on all imports of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the
suspension of liquidation.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final 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 CPR 351.305. Timely notification of the
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 is issued and published pursuant to sections
735(d) and 777(i)(l) of the Act.
Dated: October 15, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix I
General Issues
Comment 1: Calculating Weighted-Average Margins and Cash Deposit
Rates Using Only Positive Dumping Margins
Comment 2: Financial Statements Used for Calculating Financial
Ratios
Comment 3: Use of Factors of Production Methodology
Comment 4: Targeted Dumping
Comment 5: Surrogate Value for Labor
Comment 6: Surrogate Value for Brokerage and Handling
Comment 7: Surrogate Value for Steel Straps
Comment 8: Whether the Department Should Update Certain Surrogate
Values
Comment 9: Rate Applicable to the Separate-Rate Applicants Not
Selected for Individual Analysis
Issues Regarding Haiphong Hongyuan
Comment 10: The Department Should Make Adjustments to the Quantity
of Certain U.S. Sales
Comment 11: Inputs That Should Be Included in Packing, Rather Than
Cost of Manufacture
Comment 12: The Department Should Use the Most Recently Submitted
Factors of Production and U.S. Sales Databases
Comment 13: Ministerial Error
Issues Regarding SeAH VINA
Comment 14: Date of Sale for U.S. Sales through SSA
Comment 15: Credit Period for ``Back-to-Back'' Sales
Comment 16: Double Counting Countervailable Subsidies
Comment 17: Ministerial Error
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