Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Oman: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 22997-22998 [2020-08759]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–523–812]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From Oman: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that Al Jazeera
Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera)
made sales of certain welded carbonquality steel pipe from Oman at less
than normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR) December 1,
2017 through November 30, 2018.
DATES: Applicable April 24, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis McClure or Robert Palmer, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5973 or
(202) 482–9068, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results on December 11, 2018.1 For
1 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017–
2018, 84 FR 70150 (December 20, 2019)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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events subsequent to the Preliminary
Results, see Issues and Decision
Memorandum.2
Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the order are
shipments of circular welded carbonquality steel pipe. The merchandise
subject to review is currently
classifiable under items 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 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
subject to the order is dispositive. For a
complete description of the scope of the
order, see Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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Final Results of the Review
As a result of this review, Commerce
determines that the following weightedaverage dumping margin exists for the
period December 1, 2017 through
November 30, 2018:
Producer and/or exporter
Al Jazeera Steel Products Co.
SAOG ......................................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
1.10
Duty Assessment
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce shall
determine and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this
review.4 Commerce intends to issue
appropriate assessment instructions
directly to CBP 15 days after publication
of the final results of this administrative
review.
Analysis of Comments Received
For Al Jazeera, we calculated
We addressed the issues raised in
importer-specific ad valorem duty
parties’ case and rebuttal briefs in the
assessment rates based on the ratio of
Issues and Decision Memorandum. A
the total amount of dumping calculated
list of the issues raised by parties is
for the importer’s examined sales to the
provided in the appendix to this notice. total entered value of those same sales
The Issues and Decision Memorandum
in accordance with 19 CFR
is a public document and is on-file
351.212(b)(1). Upon issuance of the final
results of this administrative review, if
electronically via Enforcement and
any importer-specific assessment rates
Compliance’s Antidumping and
calculated in the final results are above
Countervailing Duty Centralized
de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.5 percent),
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
Commerce will issue instructions
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a directly to CBP to assess antidumping
duties on appropriate entries. Where an
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed importer-specific assessment rate is zero
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/ or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
frn/. The signed and
without regard to antidumping duties.
electronic versions of the Issues and
In accordance with Commerce’s
Decision Memorandum are identical in
‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice,5 for
content.
entries of subject merchandise during
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
the POR produced by Al Jazeera for
which it did not know that its
Based on a review of the record and
merchandise was destined for the
comments received from interested
United States, we will instruct CBP to
parties regarding the Preliminary
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allResults, we have recalculated the
others rate if there is no rate for the
weighted-average dumping margin for
intermediate company(ies) involved in
3
Al Jazeera.
2 See
Memorandum, ‘‘Circular Welded CarbonQuality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman:
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final
Results of Administrative Review; 2017–2018,’’
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
3 See Issues and Decision Memorandum; see also
Memorandum, ‘‘Final Results Margin Calculation
for Al Jazeera Steel Products Co.,’’ dated
concurrently with this memorandum.
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4 In these final results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
5 For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
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the transaction. We intend to issue
assessment instructions directly to CBP
15 days after publication of the final
results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results
of administrative review for all
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rate for Al Jazeera will be the
rate established in the final results of
this administrative review, as noted
above; (2) for merchandise exported by
manufacturers or exporters not covered
in this administrative 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 of this proceeding;
(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 of this
proceeding for the manufacturer of the
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 7.36
percent, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.6 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping and/or countervailing
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 and/or
countervailing duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping and/or countervailing
duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (APO) of their
6 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the
United Arab Emirates: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December
19, 2016).
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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 20, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether a Particular Market
Situation (PMS) Exists in Oman
Comment 2: Whether Nucor Tubular Was
Prejudiced by Rejection of Untimely
Comments
Comment 3: Whether To Recalculate
Section 232 Duties
Comment 4: Whether To Apply the
Affiliated Party Test
V. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–128]
Mattresses From the People’s Republic
of China: Initiation of Countervailing
Duty Investigation
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On March 31, 2020, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
received a countervailing duty (CVD)
petition (Petition) concerning imports of
mattresses from the People’s Republic of
China (China), filed in proper form on
behalf of the petitioners, domestic
producers of mattresses and certified
unions that represent workers engaged
in the domestic production of
mattresses.
SUMMARY:
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DATES:
Applicable April 20, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theodore Pearson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2631.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Petition
On March 31, 2020, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
received a countervailing duty (CVD)
petition (Petition) concerning imports of
mattresses from the People’s Republic of
China (China), filed in proper form on
behalf of the petitioners,1 domestic
producers of mattresses and certified
unions that represent workers engaged
in the domestic production of
mattresses.2 The petition was
accompanied by antidumping (AD)
petitions concerning imports of
mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and
Vietnam.3
Between April 3 and 14, 2020,
Commerce requested supplemental
information pertaining to certain aspects
of the Petition.4 The petitioners filed
responses to these requests between
April 8 and April 16, 2020.5
1 Brooklyn Bedding, Corsicana Mattress
Company, Elite Comfort Solutions, FXI, Inc.,
Innocor, Inc., Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc., Leggett &
Platt, Incorporated, the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, and United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial
and Service Workers International Union, AFL–CIO
(USW) (collectively, the petitioners).
2 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Mattresses from
Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia,
Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam—Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Petitions,’’ dated March 31,
2020 (the Petitions).
3 Id.
4 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the
Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of
Mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam and
Countervailing Duties on Imports from China:
Supplemental Questions,’’ dated April 3, 2020
(General Issues Questionnaire); Commerce’s Letter,
‘‘Petition for the Imposition of Countervailing
Duties on Imports of Mattresses from the People’s
Republic of China: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated
April 3, 2020; Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Petition for the
Imposition of Countervailing Duties on Imports of
Mattresses from the People’s Republic of China:
Second Supplemental Questions,’’ dated April 10,
2020; Memorandum, ‘‘Telephone Conversation with
the Petitioners regarding Antidumping Duty
Petitions Covering Mattresses from Cambodia,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and
Vietnam and the Countervailing Duty Petition
Covering Mattresses from People’s Republic of
China,’’ dated April 10, 2020 (Memorandum of
Telephone Conversation); and Memorandum,
‘‘Phone Call with Counsel to the Petitioners,’’ dated
April 14, 2020.
5 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Mattresses from
Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia,
Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam: Responses to
Petition Supplemental Questionnaires,’’ dated April
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-523-812]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Oman: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Al
Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera) made sales of certain
welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2017 through
November 30, 2018.
DATES: Applicable April 24, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Robert Palmer, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973 or (202)
482-9068, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results on December 11, 2018.\1\
For events subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\1\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the
Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 84 FR 70150 (December 20, 2019)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from the Sultanate of Oman: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of Administrative Review; 2017-2018,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the order are shipments of circular welded
carbon-quality steel pipe. The merchandise subject to review is
currently classifiable under items 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 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise
subject to the order is dispositive. For a complete description of the
scope of the order, see Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed the issues raised in parties' case and rebuttal briefs
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised by
parties is provided 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/. The signed and
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, we have
recalculated the weighted-average dumping margin for Al Jazeera.\3\
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\3\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum; see also Memorandum,
``Final Results Margin Calculation for Al Jazeera Steel Products
Co.,'' dated concurrently with this memorandum.
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Final Results of the Review
As a result of this review, Commerce determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period December 1, 2017
through November 30, 2018:
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Weighted-
average
Producer and/or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG......................... 1.10
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Duty Assessment
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce shall determine and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance
with the final results of this review.\4\ Commerce intends to issue
appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this administrative review.
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\4\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in
Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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For Al Jazeera, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty
assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total entered value
of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Upon
issuance of the final results of this administrative review, if any
importer-specific assessment rates calculated in the final results are
above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.5 percent), Commerce will issue
instructions directly to CBP to assess antidumping duties on
appropriate entries. Where an importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,\5\
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Al
Jazeera for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries
at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in
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the transaction. We intend to issue assessment instructions directly to
CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review.
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\5\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for
all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)
of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Al Jazeera will be the rate
established in the final results of this administrative review, as
noted above; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters
not covered in this administrative 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 of this proceeding; (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 of this proceeding
for the manufacturer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to
be 7.36 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-
value investigation.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\6\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the
Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates: Amended
Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping
Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December 19, 2016).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties occurred and
the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping and/or countervailing
duties.
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 20, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether a Particular Market Situation (PMS) Exists in
Oman
Comment 2: Whether Nucor Tubular Was Prejudiced by Rejection of
Untimely Comments
Comment 3: Whether To Recalculate Section 232 Duties
Comment 4: Whether To Apply the Affiliated Party Test
V. Recommendation
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