[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23821-23822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11159]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-533-502]


Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes And Tubes From India: Notice of 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: On February 8, 1999, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from India. 
This review covers one manufacturer/exporter, Rajinder Pipes Ltd. The 
period of review is May 1, 1997, through April 30, 1998. We gave 
interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results 
of review but received no comments. Therefore, these final results of 
review have not changed from those presented in the preliminary results 
of review, in which we applied total adverse facts available.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Tabash at (202) 482-5047 or 
Robin Gray at (202) 482-4023, Import

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Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1998).

Background

    On February 8, 1999, we published in the Federal Register (64 FR 
6046) the preliminary results of the review of this order. We gave 
interested parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary 
results. We received no comments. In the preliminary results, we 
determined the weighted-average dumping margin for the period May 1, 
1997, through April 30, 1998, to be 87.39 percent, which is the highest 
calculated margin of any company in a prior segment of this proceeding. 
This rate was calculated for the 88/89 administrative review of this 
order. The Department has now completed the administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

    The products covered by this review include circular welded non-
alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, with an outside 
diameter of 0.372 inches or more but not more than 406.4 millimeters 
(16 inches) in outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, 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 pipe, though they may also be called 
structural or mechanical tubing in certain applications. Standard pipes 
and tubes are intended for the low-pressure conveyance of water, steam, 
natural gas, air and other liquids and gases in plumbing and heating 
systems, air-conditioner units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other 
related uses. Standard pipe may also be used for light load-bearing and 
mechanical applications, such as for fence tubing, and for protection 
of electrical wiring, such as conduit shells.
    The scope is not limited to standard pipe and fence tubing or those 
types of mechanical and structural pipe that are used in standard pipe 
applications. All carbon-steel pipes and tubes within the physical 
description outlined above are included in the scope of this order, 
except for line pipe, oil-country tubular goods, boiler tubing, cold-
drawn or cold-rolled mechanical tubing, pipe and tube hollows for 
redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished rigid conduit.
    Imports of the products covered by this review are currently 
classifiable under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) 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. Although, the HTSUS item numbers are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the Department's written description 
of the scope of this review remains dispositive.

Final Results of the Review

    Because we received no comments from interested parties, we have 
determined that no changes to the preliminary results are warranted for 
purposes of these final results. The weighted-average dumping margin 
for the period May 1, 1997, through April 30, 1998, is as follows:

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                                                                 Margin
                           Company                              percent
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Rajinder Pipes Ltd...........................................      87.39
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    The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the 
Customs Service. Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will 
be effective upon publication of these final results for all shipments 
of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date as provided by section 
751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash-deposit rate for the reviewed 
company will be the rate listed above; (2) for previously reviewed or 
investigated companies not listed above, the cash-deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the 
manufacturer is, the cash-deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) 
the cash-deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 7.08 percent, the ``All Others'' rate made effective by 
the LTFV investigation. The deposit requirements shall remain in effect 
until publication of the final results of the next administrative 
review.
    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 duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of 
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.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 20, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-11159 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]
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