[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 235 (Thursday, December 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63368-63369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30288]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-857]


Antidumping Duty Order: Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe From 
Japan

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

ACTION: Notice of antidumping duty order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury or Helen Kramer at (202) 
482-0195 and (202) 482-0405, respectively; AD/CVD, Enforcement, Office 
8, Group III, Import Administration, Room 7866, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments

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made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') by the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations 
to the Department's regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR part 
351 (April 2001).

Scope of Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is certain welded carbon 
and alloy line pipe, of circular cross section and with an outside 
diameter greater than 16 inches, but less than 64 inches, in diameter, 
whether or not stencilled. This product is normally produced according 
to American Petroleum Institute (API) specifications, including Grades 
A25, A, B, and X grades ranging from X42 to X80, but can also be 
produced to other specifications. The product currently is classified 
under U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) item numbers 
7305.11.10.30, 7305.11.10.60, 7305.11.50.00, 7305.12.10.30, 
7305.12.10.60, 7305.12.50.00, 7305.19.10.30. 7305.19.10.60, and 
7305.19.50.00. Although the HTSUS item numbers are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
is dispositive. Specifically not included within the scope of this 
investigation is American Water Works Association (AWWA) specification 
water and sewage pipe and the following size/grade combinations; of 
line pipe:
     Having an outside diameter greater than or equal to 18 
inches and less than or equal to 22 inches, with a wall thickness 
measuring 0.750 inch or greater, regardless of grade.
     Having an outside diameter greater than or equal to 24 
inches and less than 30 inches, with wall thickness measuring greater 
than 0.875 inches in grades A, B, and X42, with wall thickness 
measuring greater than 0.750 inches in grades X52 through X56, and with 
wall thickness measuring greater than 0.688 inches in grades X60 or 
greater.
     Having an outside diameter greater than or equal to 30 
inches and less than 36 inches, with wall thickness measuring greater 
than 1.250 inches in grades A, B, and X42, with wall thickness 
measuring greater than 1.000 inches in grades X52 through X56, and with 
wall thickness measuring greater than 0.875 inches in grades X60 or 
greater.
     Having an outside diameter greater than or equal to 36 
inches and less than 42 inches, with wall thickness measuring greater 
than 1.375 inches in grades A, B, and X42, with wall thickness 
measuring greater than 1.250 inches in grades X52 through X56, and with 
wall thickness measuring greater than 1.125 inches in grades X60 or 
greater.
     Having an outside diameter greater than or equal to 42 
inches and less than 64 inches, with a wall thickness measuring greater 
than 1.500 inches in grades A, B, and X42, with wall thickness 
measuring greater than 1.375 inches in grades X52 through X56, and with 
wall thickness measuring greater than 1.250 inches in grades X60 or 
greater.
     Having an outside diameter equal to 48 inches, with a wall 
thickness measuring 1.0 inch or greater, in grades X-80 or greater.

Antidumping Duty Order

    In accordance with section 735(a) of the Act, the Department made 
its final determination that welded large diameter line pipe from Japan 
is being sold at less than fair value. See Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Welded Large Diameter 
Line Pipe from Japan, 66 FR 47172 (September 11, 2001).
    On October 25, 2001, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the U.S. International Trade Commission (``ITC'') notified the 
Department that a U.S. industry is ``materially injured,'' within the 
meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of less-than-
fair-value imports of welded large diameter line pipe from Japan.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs to assess, upon further advice by 
the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the 
normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price of the 
merchandise for all relevant entries of welded large diameter line pipe 
from Japan. These antidumping duties will be assessed on all imports of 
the subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after June 27, 2001, the date of publication of 
the preliminary determination in the Federal Register (see Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Welded 
Large Diameter Line Pipe From Japan, 66 FR 34151). On or after the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, Customs officers 
must require, at the same time as importers normally would deposit 
estimated duties, cash deposits based on the rates listed below. The 
``All Others'' rate applies to all exporters of subject merchandise not 
specifically listed. The weighted-average dumping margins are as 
follows:

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/Exporter                      (percent)
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Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon)..........................        30.80
Kawasaki Steel Corporation (Kawasaki)......................        30.80
All Others.................................................        30.80
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
welded large diameter line pipe from Japan. Interested parties may 
contact the Department's Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main 
Commerce building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty 
orders currently in effect.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act.

    Dated: November 30, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-30288 Filed 12-5-01; 8:45 am]
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