Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Pakistan: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 75028-75030 [2016-26113]
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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; or
(xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Covered 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, may also be covered by the
scope of these investigations. In particular,
such multi-stenciled merchandise is covered
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 (50 mm) in
outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or
painted (e.g., polyester coated) surface finish;
or has a threaded and/or coupled end finish.
Standard 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.
Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire
suppression systems and may be made to
industry specifications such as ASTM A53 or
to proprietary 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.
Products that meet the physical description
set forth above but are made to the following
nominal outside diameter and wall thickness
combinations, which are recognized by the
industry as typical for fence tubing, are
included despite being certified to ASTM
mechanical tubing specifications:
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES
O.D. in
inches
(nominal)
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.660
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Wall
thickness
in inches
(nominal)
Gage
0.035
0.047
0.055
0.065
0.072
0.083
0.095
0.055
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O.D. in
inches
(nominal)
Wall
thickness
in inches
(nominal)
1.660
1.660
1.660
1.660
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.900
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.875
2.875
3.500
3.500
4.000
4.000
4.500
0.065
0.083
0.095
0.109
0.047
0.055
0.065
0.072
0.095
0.109
0.047
0.055
0.065
0.072
0.095
0.109
0.120
0.109
0.165
0.109
0.165
0.148
0.165
0.203
above are provided for convenience and U.S.
Customs purposes only. The written
description of the scope of the investigation
is dispositive.
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Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Investigation
IV. Margin Calculations
V. Discussion of Issues
1. Al Jazeera’s Reported System Weights
2. Al Jazeera’s Pipe Coating Reporting
3. Returned Sales in the Home Market
Sales Database
4. Reported Production Quantities
5. Weighted-Average Costs
6. General & Administrative Expense Ratio
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–535–903]
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, which are defined by
standards such as ASTM A178 or ASTM
A192;
(b) finished electrical conduit, i.e.,
Electrical Rigid Steel Conduit (also known as
Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit and Electrical
Rigid Metal Steel Conduit), Finished
Electrical Metallic Tubing, and Electrical
Intermediate Metal Conduit, which are
defined by specifications such as American
National Standard (ANSI) C80.1–2005, ANSI
C80.3–2005, or ANSI C80.6–2005, and
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) UL–6,
UL–797, or UL–1242;
(c) finished scaffolding, i.e., component
parts of final, finished scaffolding that enter
the United States unassembled as a ‘‘kit.’’ A
kit is understood to mean a packaged
combination of component parts that
contains, at the time of importation, all of the
necessary component parts to fully assemble
final, finished scaffolding;
(d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing;
(e) oil country tubular goods produced to
API specifications;
(f) line pipe produced to only API
specifications, such as API 5L, and not multistenciled; and
(g) mechanical tubing, whether or not colddrawn, other than what is included in the
above paragraphs.
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classifiable in Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
statistical reporting numbers 7306.19.1010,
7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150,
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020,
7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090,
7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050,
and 7306.50.5070. The HTSUS subheadings
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Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From Pakistan: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (the Department) determines
that circular welded carbon-quality steel
pipe (circular welded pipe) from
Pakistan is being, or is likely to be, sold
in the United States at less than fair
value (LTFV). The period of
investigation (POI) is October 1, 2014,
through September 30, 2015. The final
dumping margins of sales at LTFV are
listed below in the ‘‘Final
Determination’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Effective October 28, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Lindgren, AD/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) 482–3870.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On June 8, 2016, the Department
published the Preliminary
Determination.1 We invited interested
1 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
From Pakistan: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 81 FR 36867
(June 8, 2016) (Preliminary Determination).
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parties to submit comments on the
Preliminary Determination, but we
received no comments. Additionally, no
party requested a hearing.
Scope of the Investigation
The scope of the investigation covers
circular welded pipe from Pakistan. For
a complete description of the scope of
this investigation, see Appendix I.
Analysis of Comments Received
As noted above, we received no
comments since the publication of the
Preliminary Determination.
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Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination and Use of Adverse
Facts Available
As stated in the Preliminary
Determination, we found that the sole
mandatory respondent, International
Industries Limited (IIL) did not
cooperate to the best of its ability and,
accordingly we determined it
appropriate to apply facts otherwise
available with adverse inferences in
accordance with section 776(a)–(b) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For the purposes of this final
determination, the Department has
made no changes to the Preliminary
Determination.
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend
liquidation of all appropriate entries of
circular welded pipe from Pakistan, as
described in Appendix I of this notice,
which were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
June 8, 2016, the date of publication of
the Preliminary Determination.
Further, CBP will instruct CBP to
require a cash deposit equal to the
estimated amount by which the normal
value exceeds the U.S. price as shown
above. Where the subject merchandise
under investigation is also subject to a
concurrent countervailing duty (CVD)
investigation, we normally instruct CBP
to require a cash deposit less the
amount of any countervailing duties
determined to be export subsidies.2 In
the concurrent CVD investigation in this
case, the Department did not determine
any of the countervailable subsidies to
be export subsidies. Accordingly, in the
event that a CVD order is issued and
suspension of liquidation is resumed in
the companion CVD investigation, the
Department will make no adjustment to
the cash deposit rate to account for
export subsidies.
International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
All-Others Rate
the Act, we will notify the U.S.
As discussed in the Preliminary
International Trade Commission (ITC) of
Determination, in accordance with
the final affirmative determination of
section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the
sales at LTFV. Because the final
Department based the selection of the
determination in this proceeding is
‘‘All-Others’’ rate on the petition rate of
affirmative, in accordance with section
11.80 percent. We have made no
735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make
changes to the selection of this rate for
its final determination as to whether the
this final determination.
domestic industry in the United States
is materially injured, or threatened with
Final Determination
material injury by reason of imports of
The final weighted-average dumping
circular welded pipe from Pakistan no
margins are as follows:
later than 45 days after this final
Weighted- determination. If the ITC determines
that material injury or threat of material
Exporter/
average
Producer
margin
injury does not exist, the proceeding
(percent)
will be terminated and all cash deposits
will be refunded. If the ITC determines
International Industries Limited ..
11.80.
All-Others ....................................
11.80. that such injury does exist, the
Department will issue an antidumping
duty order directing CBP to assess, upon
Disclosure
further instruction by the Department,
The weighted-average dumping
antidumping duties on all imports of the
margin assigned to IIL in the
subject merchandise entered, or
Preliminary Determination was based
withdrawn from warehouse, for
on adverse facts available. As we have
consumption on or after the effective
made no changes to the margin since the date of the suspension of liquidation.
Preliminary Determination, no
disclosure of calculations is necessary
2 See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales
for this final determination.
at Less Than Fair Value: Carbazole Violet Pigment
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
In accordance with section
735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department
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2004); and Notice of Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value and Negative Critical
Circumstances Determination: Bottom Mount
Combination Refrigerator-Freezers From the
Republic of Korea, 77 FR 17413 (March 26, 2012).
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Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to an administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
notification of the return of 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 in accordance with sections
735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: October 21, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
This investigation covers welded carbonquality steel pipes and tube, of circular crosssection, with an outside diameter (O.D.) not
more than nominal 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; or
(xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Covered 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, may also be covered by the
scope of these investigations. In particular,
such multi-stenciled merchandise is covered
when it meets the physical description set
forth above, and also has one or more of the
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following characteristics: Is 32 feet in length
or less; is less than 2.0 inches (50 mm) in
outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or
painted (e.g., polyester coated) surface finish;
or has a threaded and/or coupled end finish.
Standard 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.
Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire
suppression systems and may be made to
industry specifications such as ASTM A53 or
to proprietary 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.
Products that meet the physical description
set forth above but are made to the following
nominal outside diameter and wall thickness
combinations, which are recognized by the
industry as typical for fence tubing, are
included despite being certified to ASTM
mechanical tubing specifications:
Wall
thickness
in inches
(nominal)
O.D. in
inches
(nominal)
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.315
1.660
1.660
1.660
1.660
1.660
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.900
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.375
2.875
2.875
3.500
3.500
4.000
4.000
4.500
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Gage
0.035
0.047
0.055
0.065
0.072
0.083
0.095
0.055
0.065
0.083
0.095
0.109
0.047
0.055
0.065
0.072
0.095
0.109
0.047
0.055
0.065
0.072
0.095
0.109
0.120
0.109
0.165
0.109
0.165
0.148
0.165
0.203
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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, which are defined by
standards such as ASTM A178 or ASTM
A192;
(b) finished electrical conduit, i.e.,
Electrical Rigid Steel Conduit (also known as
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:12 Oct 27, 2016
Jkt 241001
Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit and Electrical
Rigid Metal Steel Conduit), Finished
Electrical Metallic Tubing, and Electrical
Intermediate Metal Conduit, which are
defined by specifications such as American
National Standard (ANSI) C80.1–2005, ANSI
C80.3–2005, or ANSI C80.6–2005, and
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) UL–6,
UL–797, or UL–1242;
(c) finished scaffolding, i.e., component
parts of final, finished scaffolding that enter
the United States unassembled as a ‘‘kit.’’ A
kit is understood to mean a packaged
combination of component parts that
contains, at the time of importation, all of the
necessary component parts to fully assemble
final, finished scaffolding;
(d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing;
(e) oil country tubular goods produced to
API specifications;
(f) line pipe produced to only API
specifications, such as API 5L, and not multistenciled; and
(g) mechanical tubing, whether or not colddrawn, other than what is included in the
above paragraphs.
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classifiable in Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
statistical reporting numbers 7306.19.1010,
7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150,
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020,
7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090,
7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050,
and 7306.50.5070. The HTSUS subheadings
above are provided for convenience and U.S.
Customs purposes only. The written
description of the scope of the investigation
is dispositive.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–520–807]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From the United Arab Emirates:
Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) determines that
circular welded carbon-quality steel
pipe (CWP) from the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) is being, or is likely to
be, sold in the United States at less than
fair value (LTFV). The period of
investigation (POI) is October 1, 2014,
through September 30, 2015. The final
dumping margins of sales at LTFV are
listed below in the ‘‘Final
Determination’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Effective October 28, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Blaine Wiltse or Manuel Rey, AD/CVD
AGENCY:
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Operations, Office II, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–6345 and (202) 482–5518,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 8, 2016, the Department
published the Preliminary
Determination.1 A summary of the
events that occurred since the
Department published the Preliminary
Determination, as well as a full
discussion of the issues raised by parties
for this final determination, may be
found in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted
by this notice.2
Scope of the Investigation
The scope of the investigation covers
CWP from the UAE. For a complete
description of the scope of the
investigation, see Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In the Preliminary Determination, the
Department set aside a period of time
for parties to address scope issues in
case briefs or other written comments
on scope issues. No interested parties
submitted scope comments in case or
rebuttal briefs; therefore, for this final
determination, the scope of this
investigation remains unchanged from
that published in the Preliminary
Determination.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties in this
investigation are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum. A list of
the issues raised is attached to this
notice as Appendix II. The Issues and
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 it is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
1 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
From the United Arab Emirates: Affirmative
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Postponement of Final
Determination, 81 FR 36881 (June 8, 2016)
(Preliminary Determination).
2 See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen,
‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final
Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigation of Circular Welded CarbonQuality Steel Pipe From the United Arab Emirates,’’
dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-535-903]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Pakistan: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) determines
that circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (circular welded pipe)
from Pakistan is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States
at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is
October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015. The final dumping margins
of sales at LTFV are listed below in the ``Final Determination''
section of this notice.
DATES: Effective October 28, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren, AD/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-
3870.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 8, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary
Determination.\1\ We invited interested
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parties to submit comments on the Preliminary Determination, but we
received no comments. Additionally, no party requested a hearing.
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\1\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Pakistan:
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value and Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 81 FR 36867 (June 8, 2016) (Preliminary
Determination).
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Scope of the Investigation
The scope of the investigation covers circular welded pipe from
Pakistan. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see Appendix I.
Analysis of Comments Received
As noted above, we received no comments since the publication of
the Preliminary Determination.
Changes Since the Preliminary Determination and Use of Adverse Facts
Available
As stated in the Preliminary Determination, we found that the sole
mandatory respondent, International Industries Limited (IIL) did not
cooperate to the best of its ability and, accordingly we determined it
appropriate to apply facts otherwise available with adverse inferences
in accordance with section 776(a)-(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). For the purposes of this final determination, the
Department has made no changes to the Preliminary Determination.
All-Others Rate
As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, in accordance with
section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department based the selection of
the ``All-Others'' rate on the petition rate of 11.80 percent. We have
made no changes to the selection of this rate for this final
determination.
Final Determination
The final weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted-
average
Exporter/ Producer margin
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
International Industries Limited............................ 11.80.
All-Others.................................................. 11.80.
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Disclosure
The weighted-average dumping margin assigned to IIL in the
Preliminary Determination was based on adverse facts available. As we
have made no changes to the margin since the Preliminary Determination,
no disclosure of calculations is necessary for this final
determination.
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to
suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of circular welded pipe
from Pakistan, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June
8, 2016, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination.
Further, CBP will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to
the estimated amount by which the normal value exceeds the U.S. price
as shown above. Where the subject merchandise under investigation is
also subject to a concurrent countervailing duty (CVD) investigation,
we normally instruct CBP to require a cash deposit less the amount of
any countervailing duties determined to be export subsidies.\2\ In the
concurrent CVD investigation in this case, the Department did not
determine any of the countervailable subsidies to be export subsidies.
Accordingly, in the event that a CVD order is issued and suspension of
liquidation is resumed in the companion CVD investigation, the
Department will make no adjustment to the cash deposit rate to account
for export subsidies.
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\2\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From India, 69 FR
67306, 67307 (November 17, 2004); and Notice of Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Negative Critical Circumstances
Determination: Bottom Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers From
the Republic of Korea, 77 FR 17413 (March 26, 2012).
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International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) of the final affirmative
determination of sales at LTFV. Because the final determination in this
proceeding is affirmative, in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the
Act, the ITC will make its final determination as to whether the
domestic industry in the United States is materially injured, or
threatened with material injury by reason of imports of circular welded
pipe from Pakistan no later than 45 days after this final
determination. If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of
material injury does not exist, the proceeding will be terminated and
all cash deposits will be refunded. 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 Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of the
return of 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 in accordance with
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: October 21, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
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 nominal 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; or
(xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Covered 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, may also be
covered by the scope of these investigations. In particular, such
multi-stenciled merchandise is covered when it meets the physical
description set forth above, and also has one or more of the
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following characteristics: Is 32 feet in length or less; is less
than 2.0 inches (50 mm) in outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or
painted (e.g., polyester coated) surface finish; or has a threaded
and/or coupled end finish.
Standard 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.
Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire suppression
systems and may be made to industry specifications such as ASTM A53
or to proprietary 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. Products that meet
the physical description set forth above but are made to the
following nominal outside diameter and wall thickness combinations,
which are recognized by the industry as typical for fence tubing,
are included despite being certified to ASTM mechanical tubing
specifications:
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Wall
thickness
O.D. in inches (nominal) in inches Gage
(nominal)
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1.315............................................ 0.035 20
1.315............................................ 0.047 18
1.315............................................ 0.055 17
1.315............................................ 0.065 16
1.315............................................ 0.072 15
1.315............................................ 0.083 14
1.315............................................ 0.095 13
1.660............................................ 0.055 17
1.660............................................ 0.065 16
1.660............................................ 0.083 14
1.660............................................ 0.095 13
1.660............................................ 0.109 12
1.900............................................ 0.047 18
1.900............................................ 0.055 17
1.900............................................ 0.065 16
1.900............................................ 0.072 15
1.900............................................ 0.095 13
1.900............................................ 0.109 12
2.375............................................ 0.047 18
2.375............................................ 0.055 17
2.375............................................ 0.065 16
2.375............................................ 0.072 15
2.375............................................ 0.095 13
2.375............................................ 0.109 12
2.375............................................ 0.120 11
2.875............................................ 0.109 12
2.875............................................ 0.165 8
3.500............................................ 0.109 12
3.500............................................ 0.165 8
4.000............................................ 0.148 9
4.000............................................ 0.165 8
4.500............................................ 0.203 7
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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, which are defined by standards such as ASTM A178 or ASTM
A192;
(b) finished electrical conduit, i.e., Electrical Rigid Steel
Conduit (also known as Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit and Electrical
Rigid Metal Steel Conduit), Finished Electrical Metallic Tubing, and
Electrical Intermediate Metal Conduit, which are defined by
specifications such as American National Standard (ANSI) C80.1-2005,
ANSI C80.3-2005, or ANSI C80.6-2005, and Underwriters Laboratories
Inc. (UL) UL-6, UL-797, or UL-1242;
(c) finished scaffolding, i.e., component parts of final,
finished scaffolding that enter the United States unassembled as a
``kit.'' A kit is understood to mean a packaged combination of
component parts that contains, at the time of importation, all of
the necessary component parts to fully assemble final, finished
scaffolding;
(d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing;
(e) oil country tubular goods produced to API specifications;
(f) line pipe produced to only API specifications, such as API
5L, and not multi-stenciled; and
(g) mechanical tubing, whether or not cold-drawn, other than
what is included in the above paragraphs.
The products subject to this investigation are currently
classifiable in Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) statistical reporting numbers 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050,
7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150, 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015,
7306.30.5020, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090, 7306.50.1000,
7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, and 7306.50.5070. The HTSUS subheadings
above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only.
The written description of the scope of the investigation is
dispositive.
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