Antidumping Duty Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Affirmative Preliminary Determination, 46048-46050 [2016-16806]
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withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period
February 1, 2015, through January 31,
2016, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department
intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, if appropriate.
Notifications
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in the Department’s presumption
that reimbursement of the antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping
duties.
This notice also serves as a final
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(a)(3),
which continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. 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 terms of an APO is a
violation which is subject to sanction.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: July 11, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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Appendix I—Companies Rescinded
From Review
1.—Bac Lieu Fisheries Joint Stock Company
—Bac Lieu Fisheries Joint Stock Company
(‘‘Bac Lieu’’)
—Bac Lieu Fisheries Joint Stock Company
(‘‘Bac Lieu Fis’’)
2.—Ca Mau Seafood Joint Stock Company
(‘‘Seaprimexco Vietnam’’)
—Ca Mau Seafood Joint Stock Company
(‘‘Seaprimexco’’)
—Ca Mau Seafood Joint Stock Company
(‘‘SEAPRIMEXCO’’)
—Minh Hai Sea Products Import Export
Company (‘‘Seaprimex Co’’)
—Seaprimexco
—Seaprimexco Vietnam
3.—Camau Seafood Factory No.5
—Camau Seafood Factory No.4
—Camau Frozen Seafood Processing
ImportExport Corporation (‘‘CAMIMEX’’)
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—Camau Frozen Seafood Processing
Import Export Corporation (‘‘Camimex’’)
—Camau Frozen Seafood Processing
Import Export Corp. (CAMIMEX-FAC 25)
—Camau Frozen Seafood Processing
Import-Export Corporation
(‘‘CAMIMEX’’)
—Camau Frozen Seafood Processing
Import Export Corporation (‘‘Camimex’’)
—Ca Mau Frozen Seafood Processing
Import Export Corporation
(‘‘CAMIMEX’’)
4.—Camau Seafood and Service Joint Stock
Company (‘‘CASES’’)
—Camau Seafood Processing and Service
Jointstock Corporation (‘‘CASES’’)
—Camau Seafood Processing and Service
Joint-Stock Company (‘‘CASES’’)
—Camau Seafood Processing and Service
Joint Stock Corporation (and its affiliates,
Kien Giang Branch—Camau Seafood
Processing & Service Joint Stock
Corporation, collectively ‘‘CASES’’)
5. Can Tho Import Export Fishery Limited
Company (‘‘CAFISH’’)
6.—Cuu Long Seaproducts Company (‘‘Cuu
Long Seapro’’)
—Cuulong Seaproducts Company
(‘‘Cuulong Seapro’’)
—Cuulong Seaproducts Company (‘‘Cuu
Long Seapro’’)
—CL Fish Co., Ltd. (Cuu Long Fish
Company)
7.—Hai Viet Corporation (HAVICO)
—Hai Viet Corporation (‘‘HAVICO’’)
8.—Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafood
Processing Joint-Stock Company (‘‘Minh
Hai Jostoco’’)
—Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafood
Processing JointStock Company (‘‘Minh
Hai Jostoco’’)
9.—Minh Hai Joint-Stock Seafoods
Processing Company (Seaprodex Minh
Hai) (Sea Minh Hai)
—Minh Hai Joint-Stock Seafoods
Processing Company (‘‘Seaprodex Minh
Hai’’)
—Sea Minh Hai
—Seaprodex Minh Hai (Minh Hai Joint
Stock Seafoods Processing Co.)
—Seaprodex Minh Hai
10. Ngoc Tri Seafood Joint Stock Company
11.—Nha Trang Seaproduct Company (and
its affiliates NT Seafoods Corporation,
Nha Trang Seafoods—F.89 Joint Stock
Company, NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock
Company (collectively ‘‘Nha Trang
Seafoods Group’’)
—NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company
(‘‘NTSF Seafoods’’) (Nha Trang Seafoods
F89 Joint Stock Company) (Nha Trang
Seaproduct Company) (NT Seafoods
Corporation)
—Nha Trang Seaproduct Company (‘‘Nha
Trang Seafoods’’)
12.—Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing
Trading and Import-Export Co., Ltd.
—Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trade
and Import-Export Co., Ltd. (‘‘Quoc Viet
Co. Ltd.’’)
13.—Sao Ta Foods Joint Stock Company (Sao
Ta Seafood Factory) (FIMEX VN)
—Sao Ta Foods Joint Stock Company
(‘‘FIMEX VN’’) (and its factory ‘‘Sao Ta
Seafoods Factory’’)
—Fimex VN
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—Sao Ta Foods Joint Stock Company
(‘‘Fimex VN’’)
—Sao Ta Seafood Factory
14. Seavina Joint Stock Company
15.—Soc Trang Aquatic Products and
General Import Export Company
(‘‘Stapimex’’)
—Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company
(‘‘STAPIMEX’’)
—Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company
(‘‘Stapimex’’)
16.—Cong Ty Tnhh Thong Thuan (Thong
Thuan)
—Thong Thuan Company Limited
—Thong Thuan Company
17.—Thong Thuan Seafood Company
Limited
—Thong Thuan—Cam Ranh Seafood Joint
Stock Company
18.—Thuan Phuoc Seafoods and Trading
Corporation
—Thuan Phuoc Seafoods and Trading
Corporation (‘‘Thuan Phuoc Corp’’)
—Thuan Phuoc Seafoods and Trading
Corporation and its separate factories
Frozen Seafood Factory No. 32, Seafoods
and Foodstuff Factory, and My Son
Seafoods Factory (collectively ‘‘Thuan
Phuoc Corp.’’)
—Seafoods and Foodstuff Factory
—My Son Seafoods Factory
—Frozen Seafoods Factory No. 32
19.—Viet Foods Co., Ltd.
—Viet Foods Co., Ltd. (‘‘Viet Foods’’)
—Nam Hai Foodstuff and Export Company
Ltd
20.—Vietnam Clean Seafood Corporation
—Vietnam Clean Seafood Corporation
(‘‘Vina Cleanfood’’)
—Vietnam Clean Seafood Corporation
(VINA Cleanfood)
21.—Viet I-Mei Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
—Viet I-Mei Frozen Foods Co. Ltd (‘‘Viet
I-Mei’’)
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–552–820]
Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Amended Affirmative
Preliminary Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) is amending the
preliminary determination of the
antidumping duty (AD) investigation of
circular welded carbon-quality steel
pipe (CWP) from the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam (Vietnam) to correct
significant ministerial errors.
DATES: Effective July 15, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Decker or Andrew Huston, AD/
AGENCY:
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CVD Operations, Office VII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–0196 or (202) 482–4261,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 8, 2016, the Department
published its affirmative preliminary
determination that CWP from Vietnam
is being, or is likely to be, sold in the
United States at less than fair value, as
provided by section 733 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act).1 The
Department disclosed the calculations
performed on June 6, 2016. Therefore,
the deadline for submitting ministerial
error allegations under 19 CFR
351.224(c)(2) was June 13, 2016.
The petitioners 2 timely filed
comments alleging significant
ministerial errors in the margin
calculated for Vietnam Haiphong
Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co.,
Ltd. (Hongyuan).3 In addition, SeAH
Steel VINA Corporation (SeAH) timely
filed comments alleging ministerial
errors in its margin calculation.4
Scope of the Investigation
For a full description of the scope of
this investigation, see ‘‘Scope of
Investigation’’ at Appendix II of the
Preliminary Determination.
Analysis of Significant Ministerial
Error Allegations
The Department will analyze any
comments received and, if appropriate,
correct any significant ministerial error
by amending the preliminary
determination according to 19 CFR
351.224(e). A ministerial error is
defined in 19 CFR 351.224(f) as ‘‘an
error in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical error
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
similar type of unintentional error
which the Secretary considers
ministerial.’’ Further, a significant
ministerial error is defined in 19 CFR
351.224(g) as a ministerial error, the
correction of which, singly or in
combination with other errors, would
result in: (1) A change of at least five
absolute percentage points in, but not
less than 25 percent of, the weightedaverage dumping margin calculated in
the original (erroneous) preliminary
determination; or (2) a difference
between a weighted-average dumping
margin of zero (or de minimis) and a
weighted-average dumping margin of
greater than de minimis, or vice versa.
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e)
and (g)(2), the Department is amending
the Preliminary Determination to reflect
the corrections of significant ministerial
errors in Hongyuan’s margin
calculation. However, as the ministerial
errors alleged by SeAH are not
significant in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(g), the Department has not
analyzed SeAH’s comments, and is not
amending SeAH’s margin calculation.
As a result of amending Hongyuan’
margin, the Department is also revising
the margin for the separate rate
company.5
Ministerial Error Allegations
For a complete analysis of the
ministerial error allegations, see the
Ministerial Error Memorandum.6
Amended Preliminary Determination
We are correcting the preliminary
dumping margin for Hongyuan.
Consequently, we are also amending the
preliminary separate rate for Hoa Phat
Steel Pipe Co. (Hoa Phat). SeAH’s
preliminary dumping margin is
unchanged.
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter
Producer
Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd
Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co .............................................................
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation ....................................................
Vietnam-Wide Entity ...................................................................
Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd
Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co ............................................................
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation ...................................................
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Amended Cash Deposits and
Suspension of Liquidation
The collection of cash deposits and
suspension of liquidation will be
revised according to the rates calculated
in this amended preliminary
determination. Because Hongyuan’s and
Hoa Phat’s amended rates are now
above de minimis, we will direct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
suspend liquidation of entries of CWP
from Vietnam produced, as described in
the scope of the section, which were
produced and exported by these
1 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Affirmative
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Postponement of Final
Determination, 81 FR 36884 (June 8, 2016)
(Preliminary Determination).
2 The petitioners are Bull Moose Tube Company;
EXLTUBE; Wheatland Tube, a division of JMC Steel
Group; and Western Tube and Conduit.
3 See the petitioners’ June 13, 2016, letter.
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companies entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption. Because
the correction of the errors for
Hongyuan effectively results in
increased cash deposit rates for
Hongyuan and Hoa Phat, the revised
rates calculated for Hongyuan and Hoa
Phat will be effective on the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Parties will be notified of this
determination, in accordance with
sections 733(d) and (f) of the Act.
SeAH’s June 13, 2016, letter.
Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Ministerial Error
Memorandum for the Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of the Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality
Steel Pipe From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’
dated concurrently with this notice, for the analysis
performed (Ministerial Error Memorandum). This
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International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of
the Act, we notified the International
Trade Commission of our amended
preliminary determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
The Department intends to disclose
calculations performed in connection
with this amended preliminary
determination within five days of the
date of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
memorandum is on file electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is
available to all parties in the Department’s Central
Records Unit in Room B8024 of the Department of
Commerce building.
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This amended preliminary
determination is issued and published
in accordance with sections 733(f) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: July 6, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–489–805]
Certain Pasta From Turkey:
Preliminary Rescission of Antidumping
Duty New Shipper Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting a new
shipper review (NSR) of the
antidumping duty order on certain pasta
(pasta) from Turkey. The NSR covers
one exporter and producer of subject
merchandise, Durum Gida Sanayi ve
Ticaret A.S. (Durum). The period of
review (POR) is July 1, 2014 through
June 30, 2015. The Department
preliminarily determines that Durum
did not make a bona fide sale during the
POR; therefore, we are preliminarily
rescinding this NSR. Interested parties
are invited to comment on the
preliminary results of this review.
DATES: Effective July 15, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2924 and (202) 482–0649,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On September 2, 2015, the
Department published a notice of
initiation of a new shipper review of the
antidumping duty order on pasta from
Turkey.1 The Department subsequently
issued initial and supplemental
questionnaires to Durum, and received
timely responses thereto.
The Department has exercised its
discretion to toll all administrative
1 See Certain Pasta From Turkey: Initiation of
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 80 FR
53112 (September 2, 2015) (Initiation Notice).
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deadlines due to the closure of the
Federal Government because of
Snowstorm ‘‘Jonas.’’ Thus, all of the
deadlines in this segment of the
proceeding were extended by four
business days. The revised deadline for
the preliminary results of this review,
after the four business-day extension,
was February 29, 2016.2 However, on
February 29, 2016, the Department
extended the time period for issuing the
preliminary results of this NSR by 106
days, until June 14, 2016.3 We extended
it again by 14 days on June 8, 2016,
until June 28, 2016.4
Scope of the Order
Imports covered by this review are
shipments of certain non-egg dry pasta
in packages of five pounds (2.27
kilograms) or less, whether or not
enriched or fortified or containing milk
or other optional ingredients such as
chopped vegetables, vegetable purees,
milk, gluten, diastases, vitamins,
coloring and flavorings, and up to two
percent egg white.
For a full description of the scope of
the order, see the memorandum from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance,
‘‘Decision Memorandum for Certain
Pasta from Turkey: Preliminary Results
of New Shipper Review’’ (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum), which is dated
concurrently with this notice, and is
hereby incorporated by reference.5
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.214.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby
adopted by this notice. The Preliminary
2 See Memorandum to the Record from Ron
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement & Compliance, regarding ‘‘Tolling of
Administrative Deadlines as a Result of the
Government Closure during Snowstorm Jonas,’’
dated January 27, 2016.
3 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Certain Pasta
from Turkey: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review,’’ dated February 29, 2016.
4 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Certain Pasta
from Turkey: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review,’’ dated June 8, 2016.
5 A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum appears in Appendix I of
this notice.
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Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov and is available in the
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of
the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Rescission of the
Antidumping New Shipper Review of
Durum
As discussed in the Bona Fide Sales
Analysis Memorandum,6 the
Department preliminarily finds that the
sale made by Durum serving as the basis
for this review is not a bona fide sale.
The Department reached this conclusion
based on the totality of the
circumstances surrounding the reported
sale, including the sales price, the
number of sales that Durum reported,
the importer’s inability to prove that it
had received payment from its U.S.
customers, and the fact that the record
fails to establish that the U.S. importer
realized a profit on its re-sale of the
subject merchandise.
Because the non-bona fide sale was
the only reported sale of subject
merchandise during the POR, we find
there are no reviewable transactions
during this new shipper period of
review. Accordingly, we are
preliminarily rescinding this NSR.7
Because the factual information used in
our bona fides analysis of Durum’s sale
involves business proprietary
information, for a full discussion of the
basis for our preliminary determination
see the Bona Fide Sales Analysis
Memorandum.
Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the
date of publication of the preliminary
results of review.8 Rebuttals to case
6 See Memorandum from Fred Baker,
International Trade Analyst, Office VI AD/CVD
Operations, to Scot Fullerton, Director, Office VI,
AD/CVD Operations entitled ‘‘2014–2015
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Certain
Pasta From Turkey: Preliminary Bona Fide Sales
Analysis for Durum Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.,’’
(Bona Fide Sales Analysis Memorandum) dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice.
7 See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-552-820]
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality
Steel Pipe From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Affirmative
Preliminary Determination
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is amending the
preliminary determination of the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) to correct significant ministerial
errors.
DATES: Effective July 15, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Decker or Andrew Huston, AD/
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CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0196 or (202) 482-4261, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 8, 2016, the Department published its affirmative
preliminary determination that CWP from Vietnam is being, or is likely
to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided
by section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ The
Department disclosed the calculations performed on June 6, 2016.
Therefore, the deadline for submitting ministerial error allegations
under 19 CFR 351.224(c)(2) was June 13, 2016.
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\1\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Affirmative Preliminary Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final
Determination, 81 FR 36884 (June 8, 2016) (Preliminary
Determination).
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The petitioners \2\ timely filed comments alleging significant
ministerial errors in the margin calculated for Vietnam Haiphong
Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd. (Hongyuan).\3\ In addition,
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation (SeAH) timely filed comments alleging
ministerial errors in its margin calculation.\4\
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\2\ The petitioners are Bull Moose Tube Company; EXLTUBE;
Wheatland Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group; and Western Tube and
Conduit.
\3\ See the petitioners' June 13, 2016, letter.
\4\ See SeAH's June 13, 2016, letter.
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Scope of the Investigation
For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see
``Scope of Investigation'' at Appendix II of the Preliminary
Determination.
Analysis of Significant Ministerial Error Allegations
The Department will analyze any comments received and, if
appropriate, correct any significant ministerial error by amending the
preliminary determination according to 19 CFR 351.224(e). A ministerial
error is defined in 19 CFR 351.224(f) as ``an error in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other
similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers
ministerial.'' Further, a significant ministerial error is defined in
19 CFR 351.224(g) as a ministerial error, the correction of which,
singly or in combination with other errors, would result in: (1) A
change of at least five absolute percentage points in, but not less
than 25 percent of, the weighted-average dumping margin calculated in
the original (erroneous) preliminary determination; or (2) a difference
between a weighted-average dumping margin of zero (or de minimis) and a
weighted-average dumping margin of greater than de minimis, or vice
versa.
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e) and (g)(2), the Department is
amending the Preliminary Determination to reflect the corrections of
significant ministerial errors in Hongyuan's margin calculation.
However, as the ministerial errors alleged by SeAH are not significant
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(g), the Department has not analyzed
SeAH's comments, and is not amending SeAH's margin calculation. As a
result of amending Hongyuan' margin, the Department is also revising
the margin for the separate rate company.\5\
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\5\ See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Ministerial Error Memorandum for the Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Circular
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam,'' dated concurrently with this notice, for the analysis
performed (Ministerial Error Memorandum). This memorandum is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov,
and is available to all parties in the Department's Central Records
Unit in Room B8024 of the Department of Commerce building.
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Ministerial Error Allegations
For a complete analysis of the ministerial error allegations, see
the Ministerial Error Memorandum.\6\
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Amended Preliminary Determination
We are correcting the preliminary dumping margin for Hongyuan.
Consequently, we are also amending the preliminary separate rate for
Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co. (Hoa Phat). SeAH's preliminary dumping margin
is unchanged.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter Producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Vietnam Haiphong 2.32
Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd. Hongyuan Machinery
Manufactory Co., Ltd.
Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co......... Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co. 2.32
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation.... SeAH Steel VINA 0.00
Corporation.
Vietnam-Wide Entity............ ....................... 113.18
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Amended Cash Deposits and Suspension of Liquidation
The collection of cash deposits and suspension of liquidation will
be revised according to the rates calculated in this amended
preliminary determination. Because Hongyuan's and Hoa Phat's amended
rates are now above de minimis, we will direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of CWP from Vietnam
produced, as described in the scope of the section, which were produced
and exported by these companies entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption. Because the correction of the errors for Hongyuan
effectively results in increased cash deposit rates for Hongyuan and
Hoa Phat, the revised rates calculated for Hongyuan and Hoa Phat will
be effective on the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Parties will be notified of this determination, in accordance
with sections 733(d) and (f) of the Act.
International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we notified the
International Trade Commission of our amended preliminary
determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
The Department intends to disclose calculations performed in
connection with this amended preliminary determination within five days
of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
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This amended preliminary determination is issued and published in
accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: July 6, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-16806 Filed 7-14-16; 8:45 am]
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