Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 18769-18771 [2019-08954]
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Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty order with respect to
welded line pipe and welded structural
pipe from Korea pursuant to section
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can
find a list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/stats/
iastats1.html.
This amended final determination
and order is published in accordance
with sections 735(e) and 736(a) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.211(b) and
351.224(e) and (f).
Dated: April 23, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Appendix
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is
welded carbon and alloy steel pipe (other
than stainless steel pipe), more than 406.4
mm (16 inches) in nominal outside diameter
(large diameter welded pipe), regardless of
wall thickness, length, surface finish, grade,
end finish, or stenciling. Large diameter
welded pipe may be used to transport oil,
gas, slurry, steam, or other fluids, liquids, or
gases. It may also be used for structural
purposes, including, but not limited to,
piling. Specifically, not included is large
diameter welded pipe produced only to
specifications of the American Water Works
Association (AWWA) for water and sewage
pipe.
Large diameter welded pipe used to
transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is
normally produced to the American
Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L.
Large diameter welded pipe may also be
produced to American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252,
or A53, or other relevant domestic
specifications, grades and/or standards. Large
diameter welded pipe can be produced to
comparable foreign specifications, grades
and/or standards or to proprietary
specifications, grades and/or standards, or
can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting
the physical description set forth above is
covered by the scope of this order, whether
17 See Final Determination and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum at 7.
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or not produced according to a particular
standard.
Subject merchandise also includes large
diameter welded pipe that has been further
processed in a third country, including but
not limited to coating, painting, notching,
beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any
other processing that would not otherwise
remove the merchandise from the scope of
the order if performed in the country of
manufacture of the in-scope large diameter
welded pipe.
Excluded from the scope are any products
covered by the existing antidumping duty
order on welded line pipe from the Republic
of Korea. See Welded Line Pipe from the
Republic of Korea and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR
75056 (December 1, 2015).
The large diameter welded pipe that is
subject to this investigation is currently
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060,
7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060,
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060,
7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090,
7305.39.1000 and 7305.39.5000. While the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this order
is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–484–803]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From
Greece: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing an antidumping
duty order on large diameter welded
carbon and alloy steel line pipe from
Greece. In addition, Commerce is
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amending its final affirmative
determination.
DATES: Applicable May 2, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brittany Bauer at (202) 482–3860, AD/
CVD Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 27, 2019, Commerce
published its affirmative final
determination in the less-than-fair-value
(LTFV) investigation of large diameter
welded pipe from Greece.1 The scope of
the investigation in Commerce’s final
determination covered large diameter
welded carbon and alloy steel line pipe
(welded line pipe), large diameter
welded carbon and alloy steel structural
pipe (welded structural pipe), and
stainless steel large diameter welded
pipe (stainless steel pipe) from Greece.2
As discussed below, the ITC
subsequently found three domestic like
products covered by the scope of the
investigation (welded line pipe, welded
structural pipe, and stainless steel pipe)
and, accordingly, made a separate injury
determination with respect to each
domestic like product. On April 15,
2019, the ITC notified Commerce of its
final determination, pursuant to 735(d)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), that an industry in the United
States is threatened with material injury
within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, by reason of
LTFV imports of welded line pipe from
Greece.3 Additionally, the ITC made
1 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 84 FR 6364 (February 27, 2019) (Final
Determination).
2 Id.
3 See ITC Notification Letter regarding ITC
Investigation Nos. 701–TA–595–596 and 731–TA–
1401, 1403, and 1405–1406, dated April 15, 2019
(ITC Notification); see also Large Diameter Welded
Pipe from Canada, Greece, Korea, and Turkey;
Determinations, 84 FR 16533 (April 19, 2019) (ITC
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negligibility determinations with
respect to welded structural pipe and
stainless steel pipe.4
On April 5, 2019, Commerce released
draft revised scope language for
comment by parties.5 On April 9, 2019,
we received comments from the sole
mandatory respondent in this case,
Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A.
(Corinth).6 In these comments, Corinth
requested that Commerce change an
existing scope exclusion to cover pipe
made to foreign water and sewage pipe
specifications that are comparable to
American Water Works Association
standards. Because Corinth’s proposed
language would broaden the existing
exclusion, we have not adopted it.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is
welded line pipe from Greece. For a
complete description of the scope of this
order, see the Appendix to this notice.
Amendment to Final Determination
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A ministerial error is defined 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.7
Pursuant to sections 735(e) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.224(e) and (f),
Commerce is amending the Final
Determination to reflect the correction
of a ministerial error in the final
estimated weighted average dumping
margin calculated for Corinth. In
addition, because Corinth’s estimated
weighted average dumping margin is the
basis for the estimated weighted average
dumping margin determined for all
other Greek producers and exporters of
subject merchandise, we also are
revising the ‘‘all-others’’ rate in the
Final Determination.8 The amended
estimated weighted average dumping
Final Determination); and Large Diameter Welded
Pipe from Canada, Greece, Korea, and Turkey,
Investigation Nos. 701–TA–595–596 and 731–TA–
1401, 1403, 1405–1406 (Final), Publication 4883,
April 2019 (Final ITC Report).
4 See ITC Notification.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Comments on the Scope of
the Orders,’’ dated April 5, 2019.
6 See Corinth’s Letter, ‘‘Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations of Large
Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, Greece, the
Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey—
CPW/CPWA’s Comments on the Scope of the
Orders,’’ dated April 9, 2019.
7 See section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(f).
8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Large Diameter Welded Pipe from
Greece: Allegation of Ministerial Errors in the Final
Determination,’’ dated April 1, 2019.
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margins are listed in the Suspension of
Liquidation section below.
Antidumping Duty Order
On April 15, 2019, in accordance with
sections 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) and 735(d) of
the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of
its final determination in this
investigation, in which it found that
imports of welded line pipe from Greece
threaten material injury to a U.S.
industry.9 As a result, and in
accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and
736 of the Act, we are publishing this
antidumping duty order. As noted
above, in its determination, the ITC
found three domestic like products
covered by the scope of the
investigation: Welded line pipe, welded
structural pipe, and stainless steel pipe.
The ITC found that imports of welded
structural pipe and stainless steel pipe
from Greece are negligible. The ITC
made an affirmative determination with
respect to welded line pipe from Greece.
Because the ITC made distinct and
different injury determinations for
separate domestic like products,
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on entries of
welded line pipe (subject merchandise)
from Greece, and not on entries of
welded structural pipe or stainless steel
pipe (excluded merchandise) from
Greece.
Welded Line Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes
welded line pipe as a tubular product
produced from carbon and alloy steel,
produced to American Petroleum
Institute (API) 5L specifications, and
designed for conveying liquids and
gases.10 Because the ITC determined
that LTFV imports of welded line pipe
from Greece are threatening material
injury to a U.S. industry,11 Commerce
will direct CBP that unliquidated entries
of subject merchandise from Greece,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse,
are subject to the assessment of
antidumping duties pursuant to section
736 of the Act. Specifically, as a result
of the ITC Final Determination, in
accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act, Commerce will direct CBP to
assess, upon further instruction by
Commerce, antidumping duties equal to
the amount by which the normal value
of the merchandise exceeds the export
price (or constructed export price) of the
9 See ITC Notification; and ITC Final
Determination.
10 See Final ITC Report at 7.
11 Id. at 1 and 5.
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merchandise for all relevant entries of
welded line pipe from Greece.
Pursuant to section 736(b)(2) of the
Act, duties shall be assessed on subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the ITC
Final Determination if that
determination is based on the threat of
material injury, other than threat of
material injury described in section
736(b)(1) of the Act.12 In addition,
section 736(b)(2) of the Act requires CBP
to release any bond or other security,
and refund any cash deposit made of
estimated antidumping duties posted
since Commerce’s Preliminary
Determination.13 Because the ITC Final
Determination with respect to welded
line pipe from Greece is based on the
threat of material injury and is not
accompanied by a finding that injury
would have resulted but for the
imposition of suspension of liquidation
of entries since Commerce’s Preliminary
Determination, section 736(b)(2) of the
Act is applicable. Accordingly,
antidumping duties will be assessed on
unliquidated entries of welded line pipe
from Greece entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date of publication of the ITC Final
Determination in the Federal Register.
Further, Commerce will direct CBP to
terminate the suspension of liquidation
for entries of welded line pipe from
Greece entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption prior to the
publication of the ITC Final
Determination in the Federal Register.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to
refund any cash deposits made with
respect to entries of welded line pipe
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after August 27,
2018 (the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination), but before
February 23, 2019 (the date suspension
of liquidation was discontinued in
accordance with section 733(d) of the
Act).
Welded Structural Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes
welded structural pipe as a tubular
product produced from carbon and alloy
12 Section 736(b)(1) of the Act states that ‘‘{if the
ITC}, in its final determination under section
735(b), finds material injury or threat of material
injury which, but for the suspension of liquidation
under section 733(d)(2) would have led to a finding
of material injury, then entries of the subject
merchandise, the liquidation of which has been
suspended under section 733(d)(2), shall be subject
to the imposition of antidumping duties under
section 731.’’
13 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece:
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Postponement of Final
Determination, 83 FR 43640 (August 27, 2018)
(Preliminary Determination).
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steel, produced to American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM)
specifications, and designed for support
in construction projects and piling.14
Because the ITC determined that
imports of welded structural pipe from
Greece are negligible,15 Commerce will
direct CBP to terminate the suspension
of liquidation for entries of welded
structural pipe from Greece entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, and to
refund all cash deposits with respect to
these entries pursuant to section
735(c)(2) of the Act.
Stainless Steel Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes
stainless steel pipe as being produced
from stainless steel for its high-chrome
chemistry and corrosion-resistant
properties.16 Because the ITC
determined that imports of stainless
steel pipe from Greece are negligible,17
Commerce will direct CBP to terminate
the suspension of liquidation for entries
of stainless steel pipe from Greece
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
and to refund all cash deposits with
respect to these entries pursuant to
section 735(c)(2) of the Act.
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 736 of the
Act, Commerce will direct CBP to
reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
of subject merchandise (i.e., welded line
pipe) from Greece, effective the date of
publication of the ITC Final
Determination in the Federal Register,
and to assess, upon further instruction
by Commerce pursuant to section
736(a)(1) of the Act, antidumping duties
for each entry of the subject
merchandise equal to the amount by
which the normal value of the
merchandise exceeds the export price
(or constructed export price) of the
merchandise. We intend to instruct CBP
to require, at the same time as importers
would normally deposit estimated
import duties on this merchandise, cash
deposits for each entry of subject
merchandise equal to the rates noted
below. These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice. The all-others rate
applies to all other producers or
exporters not specifically listed.
14 See
Final ITC Report at 7.
at 1 and 5.
16 Id. at 7.
17 Id. at 1–2 and 5.
15 Id.
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Company
Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A .........................
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10.26
Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty order with respect to
welded line pipe from Greece pursuant
to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties can find a list of antidumping
duty orders currently in effect at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/stats/
iastats1.html.
This amended final determination
and order is published in accordance
with sections 735(e) and 736(a) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.211(b) and
351.224(e) and (f).
Dated: April 23, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix—Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is
welded carbon and alloy steel line pipe
(other than stainless steel pipe), more than
406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal outside
diameter (large diameter welded line pipe),
regardless of wall thickness, length, surface
finish, grade, end finish, or stenciling. Large
diameter welded pipe may be used to
transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or other
fluids, liquids, or gases.
Large diameter welded line pipe is used to
transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids and
is normally produced to the American
Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L.
Large diameter welded line pipe can be
produced to comparable foreign
specifications, grades and/or standards or to
proprietary specifications, grades and/or
standards, or can be non-graded material. All
line pipe meeting the physical description set
forth above, including any dual- or multiplecertified/stenciled pipe with an API (or
comparable) welded line pipe certification/
stencil, is covered by the scope of this order.
Subject merchandise also includes large
diameter welded line pipe that has been
further processed in a third country,
including but not limited to coating,
painting, notching, beveling, cutting,
punching, welding, or any other processing
that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the order if
performed in the country of manufacture of
the in-scope large diameter welded line pipe.
Excluded from the scope of this order is
structural pipe, which is produced only to
American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) standards A500, A252, or A53, or
other relevant domestic specifications, or
comparable foreign specifications, grades
and/or standards or to proprietary
specifications, grades and/or standards. Also
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excluded is large diameter welded pipe
produced only to specifications of the
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
for water and sewage pipe.
The large diameter welded line pipe that
is subject to this order is currently
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060,
7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060,
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060,
and 7305.19.5000. Merchandise currently
classifiable under subheadings 7305.31.4000,
7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and
7305.39.5000 and that otherwise meets the
above scope language is also covered. While
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this order
is dispositive.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–489–834]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing
Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing a countervailing
duty order on large diameter welded
carbon and alloy steel structural pipe
from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey).
DATES: Applicable May 2, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross
Belliveau at (202) 482–4952 or Ajay
Menon at (202) 482–1993, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 27, 2019, Commerce
published its affirmative final
determination in the countervailing
duty investigation of large diameter
welded pipe from Turkey.1 The scope of
the investigation in Commerce’s final
determination covered large diameter
welded carbon and alloy steel line pipe
(welded line pipe), large diameter
welded carbon and alloy steel structural
pipe (welded structural pipe), and
1 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the
Republic of Turkey: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 84 FR 6367
(February 27, 2019) (Final Determination).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-484-803]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determination and Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty order on large diameter welded
carbon and alloy steel line pipe from Greece. In addition, Commerce is
amending its final affirmative determination.
DATES: Applicable May 2, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer at (202) 482-3860, AD/
CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 27, 2019, Commerce published its affirmative final
determination in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of large
diameter welded pipe from Greece.\1\ The scope of the investigation in
Commerce's final determination covered large diameter welded carbon and
alloy steel line pipe (welded line pipe), large diameter welded carbon
and alloy steel structural pipe (welded structural pipe), and stainless
steel large diameter welded pipe (stainless steel pipe) from Greece.\2\
As discussed below, the ITC subsequently found three domestic like
products covered by the scope of the investigation (welded line pipe,
welded structural pipe, and stainless steel pipe) and, accordingly,
made a separate injury determination with respect to each domestic like
product. On April 15, 2019, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
determination, pursuant to 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), that an industry in the United States is threatened with
material injury within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the
Act, by reason of LTFV imports of welded line pipe from Greece.\3\
Additionally, the ITC made
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negligibility determinations with respect to welded structural pipe and
stainless steel pipe.\4\
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 84 FR 6364 (February
27, 2019) (Final Determination).
\2\ Id.
\3\ See ITC Notification Letter regarding ITC Investigation Nos.
701-TA-595-596 and 731-TA-1401, 1403, and 1405-1406, dated April 15,
2019 (ITC Notification); see also Large Diameter Welded Pipe from
Canada, Greece, Korea, and Turkey; Determinations, 84 FR 16533
(April 19, 2019) (ITC Final Determination); and Large Diameter
Welded Pipe from Canada, Greece, Korea, and Turkey, Investigation
Nos. 701-TA-595-596 and 731-TA-1401, 1403, 1405-1406 (Final),
Publication 4883, April 2019 (Final ITC Report).
\4\ See ITC Notification.
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On April 5, 2019, Commerce released draft revised scope language
for comment by parties.\5\ On April 9, 2019, we received comments from
the sole mandatory respondent in this case, Corinth Pipeworks Pipe
Industry S.A. (Corinth).\6\ In these comments, Corinth requested that
Commerce change an existing scope exclusion to cover pipe made to
foreign water and sewage pipe specifications that are comparable to
American Water Works Association standards. Because Corinth's proposed
language would broaden the existing exclusion, we have not adopted it.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Comments on the Scope of the Orders,''
dated April 5, 2019.
\6\ See Corinth's Letter, ``Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Investigations of Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, Greece,
the Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey--CPW/CPWA's
Comments on the Scope of the Orders,'' dated April 9, 2019.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is welded line pipe from Greece.
For a complete description of the scope of this order, see the Appendix
to this notice.
Amendment to Final Determination
A ministerial error is defined 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.\7\
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\7\ See section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Pursuant to sections 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e) and
(f), Commerce is amending the Final Determination to reflect the
correction of a ministerial error in the final estimated weighted
average dumping margin calculated for Corinth. In addition, because
Corinth's estimated weighted average dumping margin is the basis for
the estimated weighted average dumping margin determined for all other
Greek producers and exporters of subject merchandise, we also are
revising the ``all-others'' rate in the Final Determination.\8\ The
amended estimated weighted average dumping margins are listed in the
Suspension of Liquidation section below.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of
Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Allegation of Ministerial
Errors in the Final Determination,'' dated April 1, 2019.
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Antidumping Duty Order
On April 15, 2019, in accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) and
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination
in this investigation, in which it found that imports of welded line
pipe from Greece threaten material injury to a U.S. industry.\9\ As a
result, and in accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act,
we are publishing this antidumping duty order. As noted above, in its
determination, the ITC found three domestic like products covered by
the scope of the investigation: Welded line pipe, welded structural
pipe, and stainless steel pipe. The ITC found that imports of welded
structural pipe and stainless steel pipe from Greece are negligible.
The ITC made an affirmative determination with respect to welded line
pipe from Greece. Because the ITC made distinct and different injury
determinations for separate domestic like products, Commerce will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping
duties on entries of welded line pipe (subject merchandise) from
Greece, and not on entries of welded structural pipe or stainless steel
pipe (excluded merchandise) from Greece.
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\9\ See ITC Notification; and ITC Final Determination.
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Welded Line Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes welded line pipe as a tubular
product produced from carbon and alloy steel, produced to American
Petroleum Institute (API) 5L specifications, and designed for conveying
liquids and gases.\10\ Because the ITC determined that LTFV imports of
welded line pipe from Greece are threatening material injury to a U.S.
industry,\11\ Commerce will direct CBP that unliquidated entries of
subject merchandise from Greece, entered or withdrawn from warehouse,
are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties pursuant to section
736 of the Act. Specifically, as a result of the ITC Final
Determination, in accordance with section 736(a) of the Act, Commerce
will direct CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce,
antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal value of the
merchandise exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of
the merchandise for all relevant entries of welded line pipe from
Greece.
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\10\ See Final ITC Report at 7.
\11\ Id. at 1 and 5.
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Pursuant to section 736(b)(2) of the Act, duties shall be assessed
on subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the ITC Final
Determination if that determination is based on the threat of material
injury, other than threat of material injury described in section
736(b)(1) of the Act.\12\ In addition, section 736(b)(2) of the Act
requires CBP to release any bond or other security, and refund any cash
deposit made of estimated antidumping duties posted since Commerce's
Preliminary Determination.\13\ Because the ITC Final Determination with
respect to welded line pipe from Greece is based on the threat of
material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that injury would
have resulted but for the imposition of suspension of liquidation of
entries since Commerce's Preliminary Determination, section 736(b)(2)
of the Act is applicable. Accordingly, antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of welded line pipe from Greece
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the ITC Final Determination in the Federal
Register. Further, Commerce will direct CBP to terminate the suspension
of liquidation for entries of welded line pipe from Greece entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to the publication of
the ITC Final Determination in the Federal Register. Commerce will also
instruct CBP to refund any cash deposits made with respect to entries
of welded line pipe entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after August 27, 2018 (the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination), but before February 23, 2019 (the date
suspension of liquidation was discontinued in accordance with section
733(d) of the Act).
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\12\ Section 736(b)(1) of the Act states that ``{if the
ITC{time} , in its final determination under section 735(b), finds
material injury or threat of material injury which, but for the
suspension of liquidation under section 733(d)(2) would have led to
a finding of material injury, then entries of the subject
merchandise, the liquidation of which has been suspended under
section 733(d)(2), shall be subject to the imposition of antidumping
duties under section 731.''
\13\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of
Final Determination, 83 FR 43640 (August 27, 2018) (Preliminary
Determination).
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Welded Structural Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes welded structural pipe as a tubular
product produced from carbon and alloy
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steel, produced to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
specifications, and designed for support in construction projects and
piling.\14\ Because the ITC determined that imports of welded
structural pipe from Greece are negligible,\15\ Commerce will direct
CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation for entries of welded
structural pipe from Greece entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, and
to refund all cash deposits with respect to these entries pursuant to
section 735(c)(2) of the Act.
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\14\ See Final ITC Report at 7.
\15\ Id. at 1 and 5.
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Stainless Steel Pipe
The Final ITC Report describes stainless steel pipe as being
produced from stainless steel for its high-chrome chemistry and
corrosion-resistant properties.\16\ Because the ITC determined that
imports of stainless steel pipe from Greece are negligible,\17\
Commerce will direct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation for
entries of stainless steel pipe from Greece entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, and to refund all cash deposits with respect to these
entries pursuant to section 735(c)(2) of the Act.
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\16\ Id. at 7.
\17\ Id. at 1-2 and 5.
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce will direct CBP
to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of subject merchandise
(i.e., welded line pipe) from Greece, effective the date of publication
of the ITC Final Determination in the Federal Register, and to assess,
upon further instruction by Commerce pursuant to section 736(a)(1) of
the Act, antidumping duties for each entry of the subject merchandise
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the
merchandise. We intend to instruct CBP to require, at the same time as
importers would normally deposit estimated import duties on this
merchandise, cash deposits for each entry of subject merchandise equal
to the rates noted below. These instructions suspending liquidation
will remain in effect until further notice. The all-others rate applies
to all other producers or exporters not specifically listed.
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Estimated
weighted-
Company average
dumping margin
(percent)
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Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A..................... 10.26
All Others.............................................. 10.26
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Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
welded line pipe from Greece pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently
in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
This amended final determination and order is published in
accordance with sections 735(e) and 736(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.211(b) and 351.224(e) and (f).
Dated: April 23, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is welded carbon and alloy
steel line pipe (other than stainless steel pipe), more than 406.4
mm (16 inches) in nominal outside diameter (large diameter welded
line pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish,
grade, end finish, or stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may be
used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or other fluids, liquids,
or gases.
Large diameter welded line pipe is used to transport oil, gas,
or natural gas liquids and is normally produced to the American
Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L. Large diameter welded
line pipe can be produced to comparable foreign specifications,
grades and/or standards or to proprietary specifications, grades
and/or standards, or can be non-graded material. All line pipe
meeting the physical description set forth above, including any
dual- or multiple-certified/stenciled pipe with an API (or
comparable) welded line pipe certification/stencil, is covered by
the scope of this order.
Subject merchandise also includes large diameter welded line
pipe that has been further processed in a third country, including
but not limited to coating, painting, notching, beveling, cutting,
punching, welding, or any other processing that would not otherwise
remove the merchandise from the scope of the order if performed in
the country of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter welded
line pipe.
Excluded from the scope of this order is structural pipe, which
is produced only to American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) standards A500, A252, or A53, or other relevant domestic
specifications, or comparable foreign specifications, grades and/or
standards or to proprietary specifications, grades and/or standards.
Also excluded is large diameter welded pipe produced only to
specifications of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) for
water and sewage pipe.
The large diameter welded line pipe that is subject to this
order is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 7305.11.1030,
7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060,
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060, and 7305.19.5000.
Merchandise currently classifiable under subheadings 7305.31.4000,
7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and 7305.39.5000 and that otherwise meets
the above scope language is also covered. While the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this order is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2019-08954 Filed 5-1-19; 8:45 am]
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