[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 199 (Friday, October 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60910-60911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26385]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand.

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SUMMARY: On April 7, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register the preliminary results 
of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand (65 FR 18301). The 
review covers Saha Thai Steel Pipe Company, Ltd. (``Saha Thai''), a 
manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise and an affiliate. The 
period of review is March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999.
    Based on our analysis of the comments received, the final results 
differ from the preliminary results of review. The final weighted-
average dumping margin for the reviewed firm is listed below in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of the Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos or Abdelali 
Elouaradia, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-2243 and (202) 482-1374, respectively.

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 (``URAA''). In addition, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

    On April 7, 2000, the Department published its preliminary results 
for this case. See Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 65 FR 18301 (April 7, 2000). After the preliminary results, the 
Department verified Saha Thai's sales and cost data from June 14 
through 28, 2000. We invited parties to comment on the preliminary 
results. The Department received case briefs on August 17, 2000, and 
rebuttal briefs on August 23, 2000.
    The Department has conducted this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

    The products covered by this administrative review are certain 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand. The subject 
merchandise has an outside diameter of 0.375 inches or more, but not 
exceeding 16 inches. These products, which are commonly referred to in 
the industry as ``standard pipe'' or ``structural tubing,'' are 
hereinafter designated as ``pipe and tube.'' The merchandise is 
classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item numbers 
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 
7306.30.5085, and 7306.30.5090. Although the HTS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and Customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum'' (``Decision Memorandum'') from Joseph A. Spetrini, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, to Troy H. Cribb, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated October 04, 2000, 
which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which 
parties have raised and to which we have responded, all of which are in 
the Decision Memorandum, is attached to this notice as an Appendix. 
Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this 
review and the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum 
which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main 
Department building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. The paper copy and electronic version of 
the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of comments received and the database 
calculations, we have changed our results from the preliminary results 
of review. For the final results of review, Date of Sale, U.S. 
Brokerage Expenses, U.S. Imputed Credit Expense, and Raw Materials 
Exchange Gains have been adjusted to reflect the decisions the 
Department has reached for the Final Results. These changes are 
discussed in the relevant sections of the Decision Memorandum. In 
addition, minor corrections from verification and review of the 
preliminary results calculations by the Department resulted in 
revisions to: The net U.S. price calculation, which has been corrected 
to account for the proper currency in one of the variables; the home 
market customer affiliation for some observations; the interest amounts 
in the duty drawback calculation; ship date and credit for a U.S. 
observation; and other miscellaneous U.S. market related expenses in 
some of the observations.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average percentage margin 
exists for the period March 1, 1998, through February 28, 1999:

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                                                                Margin
               Manufacturer/exporter/reseller                 (percent)
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Saha Thai Steel Pipe Company, Ltd..........................         1.81
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    The Department shall determine, and Customs shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department will 
issue appraisement instructions directly to the Customs Service. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b), we have calculated exporter/
importer-specific assessment rates. We divided the total dumping 
margins for the reviewed sales by the entered quantity of those 
reviewed sales for Saha Thai. We will direct Customs to assess the 
resulting percentage margins against the entered quantity for the 
subject merchandise on each of Saha Thai's entries during the review 
period.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of certain welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from 
Thailand entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the 
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Saha Thai will be the rate shown 
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

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exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original 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) 
if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in these 
or any previous reviews conducted by the Department, the cash deposit 
rate will be the ``all others'' rate established in the original LTFV 
investigation, which is 15.67 percent.
    The cash deposit rate has been determined on the basis of the 
selling price to the first unaffiliated U.S. customer. These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.

Notification of Interested Parties

    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 this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 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 terms of an APO is a violation which is 
subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 4, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix 1--Issues in Decision Memorandum

Comments and Responses

1. Date of Sale
2. Exchange Rate Losses
3. VAT charges
4. Duty Drawback
5. Thai Antidumping Duties on Russian Coils
6. Raw Materials Exchange Gains
7. U.S. Brokerage Expenses
8. U.S. Imputed Credit Expense
9. Duty Reimbursement

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