Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Taiwan: Final Results of Administrative Review and Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018, 20470-20472 [2020-07716]
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review, a prior review, or the original
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most recently
completed segment for the manufacturer
of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 4.44
percent, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.5 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers Regarding the
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also 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 the POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (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/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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: April 7, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Appendix—Scope of the Order
For purposes of the Order, the products
covered are certain hot-rolled carbon steel
flat products of a rectangular shape, of a
width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad,
plated, nor coated with metal and whether or
5 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value; Certain Hot Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products from Thailand, 66 FR 49623
(September 28, 2001).
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not painted, varnished, or coated with
plastics or other non-metallic substances, in
coils (whether or not in successively
superimposed layers), regardless of
thickness, and in straight lengths of a
thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a
width measuring at least 10 times the
thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flatrolled products rolled on four faces or in a
closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150
mm, but not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a
thickness of not less than 4.0 mm, not in
coils and without patterns in relief) of a
thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not
included within the scope of the order.
Specifically included within the scope of
the order are vacuum degassed, fully
stabilized (commonly referred to as
interstitial-free (IF)) steels, high strength low
alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate for
motor lamination steels. IF steels are
recognized as low carbon steels with microalloying levels of elements such as titanium
or niobium (also commonly referred to as
columbium), or both, added to stabilize
carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels
are recognized as steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The
substrate for motor lamination steels contains
micro-alloying levels of elements such as
silicon and aluminum.
Steel products to be included in the scope
of the order, regardless of definitions in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS), are products in which: (i) Iron
predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements; (ii) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and
(iii) none of the elements listed below
exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively
indicated:
1.80 percent of manganese,
or 2.25 percent of silicon,
or 1.00 percent of copper,
or 0.50 percent of aluminum,
or 1.25 percent of chromium,
or 0.30 percent of cobalt,
or 0.40 percent of lead,
or 1.25 percent of nickel,
or 0.30 percent of tungsten,
or 0.10 percent of molybdenum,
or 0.10 percent of niobium,
or 0.15 percent of vanadium,
or 0.15 percent of zirconium.
All products that meet the physical and
chemical description provided above are
within the scope of the order unless
otherwise excluded. The following products,
by way of example, are outside or specifically
excluded from the scope of the order:
—Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at
least one of the chemical elements exceeds
those listed above (including, e.g., ASTM
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517,
A506).
—Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
grades of series 2300 and higher.
—Ball bearings steels, as defined in the HTS.
—Tool steels, as defined in the HTS.
—Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTS)
or silicon electrical steel with a silicon
level exceeding 2.25 percent.
—ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
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—USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR
400, USS AR 500).
—All products (proprietary or otherwise)
based on an alloy ASTM specification
(sample specifications: ASTM A506,
A507).
—Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which
are the result of having been processed by
cutting or stamping and which have
assumed the character of articles or
products classified outside chapter 72 of
the HTS.
The merchandise subject to the order is
classified in the HTS at subheadings:
7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00,
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30,
7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60,
7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30,
7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30,
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30,
7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60,
7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00,
7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00,
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00,
7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, and
7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled
carbon steel flat products covered by the
order, including: Vacuum degassed fully
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the
substrate for motor lamination steel may also
enter under the following tariff numbers:
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50,
7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90,
7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60,
7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and
7226.99.01.80. Subject merchandise may also
enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00,
7211.14.00.30, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00,
and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTS
subheadings are provided for convenience
and U.S. Customs purposes, the written
description of the merchandise under the
order is dispositive.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–814]
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe From Taiwan: Final Results
of Administrative Review and
Determination of No Shipments; 2017–
2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that there were
no shipments of subject merchandise
during the period of review (POR)
November 1, 2017 through October 31,
2018.
DATES: Applicable April 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chelsey Simonovich, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
AGENCY:
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Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–1979.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results on December 27, 2019.1
Interested parties were asked to
comment within 30 days of the date of
publication. We received no comments.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
circular welded pipe from Taiwan. For
a complete description of the scope of
the order, see the Appendix to this
notice.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, we found
that Founder Land, Shin Yang Steel Co.,
Ltd. (Shin Yang), Tension Steel
Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Tension Steel),
Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh
Hsing), and Yieh Phui Enterprise Co.,
Ltd. (Yieh Phui) had no shipments of
the subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR. Also, in the
Preliminary Results, we stated that
consistent with our practice, it was not
appropriate to rescind the review, but
rather to complete the review and issue
appropriate instructions to Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) based on the
final results of this review.2
After issuing the Preliminary Results,
we received no information that
contradicted our Preliminary Results.
No interested party commented on the
Preliminary Results. Therefore, for these
final results, we continue to find that
Founder Land, Shin Yang, Tension
Steel, Yieh Hsing, and Yieh Phui had no
shipments of the subject merchandise to
the United States during the POR.
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Assessment Rates
Commerce determines, and CBP shall
assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with these
final results of review.3 Consistent with
Commerce’s clarification to its
assessment practice, because we
determined that Founder Land, Shin
1 See Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pipe from Taiwan: Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2017–2018, 84 FR 71367 (December 27,
2019) (Preliminary Results).
2 Id., 84 FR at 71368; see, e.g., Magnesium Metal
from the Russian Federation: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR
26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in
Magnesium Metal from the Russian Federation:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 2010).
3 See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Yang, Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing, and
Yieh Phui had no shipments of subject
merchandise to the United States during
the POR, for entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced
by Founder Land, Shin Yang, Tension
Steel, Yieh Hsing, or Yieh Phui, for
which these companies did not know
that the merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate any entries at the all-others
rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.4
We intend to issue instructions to
CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective for all shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rates for Founder Land,
Shun Yang, Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing,
and Yieh Phui will remain unchanged
from the rate assigned to them in the
most recently completed review of those
companies; (2) for merchandise
exported by manufacturers or exporters
not covered in this review but covered
in a prior segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recently-completed segment; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the original
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most recently
completed segment for the manufacturer
of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 23.56
percent, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.5 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers Regarding the
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also 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
4 For a full discussion, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
5 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Taiwan, 57 FR
49454 (November 2, 1992).
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of the relevant entries during the POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (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/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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: April 7, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are (1)
circular welded non-alloy steel pipes and
tubes, of circular cross section over 114.3
millimeters (4.5 inches), but not over 406.4
millimeters (16 inches) in outside diameter,
with a wall thickness of 1.65 millimeters
(0.065 inches) or more, regardless of surface
finish (black, galvanized, or painted), or endfinish (plain end, beveled end, threaded, or
threaded and coupled); and (2) circular
welded non-alloy steel pipes and tubes, of
circular cross-section less than 406.4
millimeters (16 inches), with a wall thickness
of less than 1.65 millimeters (0.065 inches),
regardless of surface finish (black,
galvanized, or painted) or end-finish (plain
end, beveled end, threaded, or threaded and
coupled). These pipes and tubes are generally
known as standard pipes and tubes and are
intended for the low pressure conveyance of
water, steam, natural gas, air, and other
liquids and gases in plumbing and heating
systems, air conditioning units, automatic
sprinkling systems, and other related uses,
and generally meet ASTM A–53
specifications. Standard pipe may also be
used for light load-bearing applications, such
as for fence-tubing and as structural pipe
tubing used for framing and support
members for construction, or load-bearing
purposes in the construction, shipbuilding,
trucking, farm-equipment, and related
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industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is also
b18included in this order.
All carbon steel pipes and tubes within the
physical description outlined above are
included within the scope of this order,
except line pipe, oil country tubular goods,
boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, pipe and
tube hollows for redraws, finished
scaffolding, and finished conduit. Standard
pipe that is dual or triple certified/stenciled
that enters the U.S. as line pipe of a kind or
used for oil and gas pipelines is also not
included in this investigation.
Imports of the products covered by this
order are currently classifiable under the
following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)
subheadings, 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25,
7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55,
7306.30.50.85, 7306.30.50.90. Although the
HTS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
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
[A–201–805]
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe From Mexico: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Final Determination of No
Shipments; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) continues to find that
Conduit, S.A. de C.V. (Conduit), Mueller
Comercial de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.
(Mueller), and RYMCO made no
shipments of subject merchandise
during the period of review (POR),
November 1, 2017 through October 31,
2018.
DATES: Applicable April 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Flessner or Erin Kearney, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–6312 or (202) 482–0167,
respectively.
AGENCY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 17, 2019, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Results of this
administrative review.1 In accordance
1 See Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pipe from Mexico: Preliminary Results of
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with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii),
Commerce invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Results. On
October 17, 2019, Independence Tube
Corporation and Southland Tube,
Incorporated (collectively, Domestic
Interested Parties) submitted a case
brief.2 On October 22, 2019, Conduit
and Mueller each submitted a rebuttal
brief.3
These final results cover Conduit,
Mueller, and RYMCO.4 Based on an
analysis of the comments received, we
have made no changes to the
Preliminary Results. This administrative
review was conducted in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the partial
federal government closure from
December 22, 2018, through the
resumption of operations on January 29,
2019.5 If the new deadline falls on a
non-business day, in accordance with
Commerce’s practice, the deadline will
become the next business day. On
February 11, 2020, we extended the
deadline for these final results, until
March 13, 2020.6 We extended the
deadline of the final results a second
time, until May 14, 2020.7
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017–2018, 84 FR
48907 (September 17, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
2 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Certain
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico:
Case Brief,’’ dated October 17, 2019.
3 See Conduit’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded NonAlloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Rebuttal Brief,’’
dated October 22, 2019 (Conduit’s Rebuttal Brief).
Conduit’s Rebuttal Brief was filed on behalf of
Conduit and RYMCO. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 2159 (February 6,
2019) (Initiation Notice). RYMCO, though listed in
the Initiation Notice as a respondent, does not exist
as a separate company and is merely Conduit’s
brand name; see also Mueller’s Letter, ‘‘Certain
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico:
Rebuttal Brief of Mueller Comercial de Mexico,’’
dated October 22, 2019.
4 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Certain
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico:
Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative
Review,’’ dated May 7, 2019; see also Wheatland
Tube’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipes and Tubes from Mexico: Partial
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,’’
dated May 7, 2019.
5 See Memorandum to the Record from Gary
Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and duties
of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Partial
Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of
the proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Circular Welded
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Extension of
Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated February 11, 2020.
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Circular Welded
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Extension of
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Scope of the Order 8
The merchandise under review is
certain circular welded non-alloy steel
pipes and tubes. The merchandise
covered by the Order and subject to this
review is currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) at subheadings:
7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25,
7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40,
7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and
7306.30.50.90. While HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this
Order is dispositive. A full description
of the scope of the Order is contained
in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.9
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs filed by parties in this
review are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
issues which parties raised, and to
which we respond in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, follows in the
appendix to this notice. 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html. The signed Issues and
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the
comments received, and for the reasons
explained in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, Commerce made no
changes to the Preliminary Results.
Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated March 11, 2020.
8 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil,
the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and
Venezuela and Amendment to Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Welded
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453
(November 2, 1992) (the Order).
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decisions
Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico;
2017–2018,’’ dated concurrently with this notice
(Issues and Decisions Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-814]
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Taiwan: Final
Results of Administrative Review and Determination of No Shipments;
2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that there
were no shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review
(POR) November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable April 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsey Simonovich, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and
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Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-1979.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results on December 27, 2019.\1\
Interested parties were asked to comment within 30 days of the date of
publication. We received no comments.
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\1\ See Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from
Taiwan: Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018, 84 FR
71367 (December 27, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are circular welded pipe from
Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the
Appendix to this notice.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, we found that Founder Land, Shin Yang
Steel Co., Ltd. (Shin Yang), Tension Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd.
(Tension Steel), Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Hsing), and Yieh
Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Phui) had no shipments of the subject
merchandise to the United States during the POR. Also, in the
Preliminary Results, we stated that consistent with our practice, it
was not appropriate to rescind the review, but rather to complete the
review and issue appropriate instructions to Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) based on the final results of this review.\2\
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\2\ Id., 84 FR at 71368; see, e.g., Magnesium Metal from the
Russian Federation: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged
in Magnesium Metal from the Russian Federation: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17,
2010).
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After issuing the Preliminary Results, we received no information
that contradicted our Preliminary Results. No interested party
commented on the Preliminary Results. Therefore, for these final
results, we continue to find that Founder Land, Shin Yang, Tension
Steel, Yieh Hsing, and Yieh Phui had no shipments of the subject
merchandise to the United States during the POR.
Assessment Rates
Commerce determines, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with these
final results of review.\3\ Consistent with Commerce's clarification to
its assessment practice, because we determined that Founder Land, Shin
Yang, Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing, and Yieh Phui had no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, for entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Founder Land, Shin Yang,
Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing, or Yieh Phui, for which these companies did
not know that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate any entries at the all-others rate if
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\4\
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\4\ For a full discussion, see Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May
6, 2003).
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We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for Founder Land,
Shun Yang, Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing, and Yieh Phui will remain
unchanged from the rate assigned to them in the most recently completed
review of those companies; (2) for merchandise exported by
manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a
prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to
be the company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed
segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will
continue to be 23.56 percent, the all-others rate established in the
less-than-fair-value investigation.\5\ These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\5\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular Welded Non-
Alloy Steel Pipe from Taiwan, 57 FR 49454 (November 2, 1992).
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also 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 the POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (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/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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: April 7, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are (1) circular welded non-
alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross section over 114.3
millimeters (4.5 inches), but not over 406.4 millimeters (16 inches)
in outside diameter, with a wall thickness of 1.65 millimeters
(0.065 inches) or more, regardless of surface finish (black,
galvanized, or painted), or end-finish (plain end, beveled end,
threaded, or threaded and coupled); and (2) circular welded non-
alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section less than
406.4 millimeters (16 inches), with a wall thickness of less than
1.65 millimeters (0.065 inches), regardless of surface finish
(black, galvanized, or painted) or end-finish (plain end, beveled
end, threaded, or threaded and coupled). These pipes and tubes are
generally known as standard pipes and tubes and are intended for the
low pressure conveyance of water, steam, natural gas, air, and other
liquids and gases in plumbing and heating systems, air conditioning
units, automatic sprinkling systems, and other related uses, and
generally meet ASTM A-53 specifications. Standard pipe may also be
used for light load-bearing applications, such as for fence-tubing
and as structural pipe tubing used for framing and support members
for construction, or load-bearing purposes in the construction,
shipbuilding, trucking, farm-equipment, and related
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industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is also b18included in this
order.
All carbon steel pipes and tubes within the physical description
outlined above are included within the scope of this order, except
line pipe, oil country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical
tubing, pipe and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and
finished conduit. Standard pipe that is dual or triple certified/
stenciled that enters the U.S. as line pipe of a kind or used for
oil and gas pipelines is also not included in this investigation.
Imports of the products covered by this order are currently
classifiable under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)
subheadings, 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32,
7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, 7306.30.50.90. Although
the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, our written description of the scope of this order is
dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2020-07716 Filed 4-10-20; 8:45 am]
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