[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8937-8938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4841]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-201-828


Antidumping Duty Order: Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe from 
Mexico

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

ACTION: Notice of antidumping duty order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 27, 2002

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mesbah Motamed at 202-482-1382, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``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's regulations are to the 
regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    On January 4, 2002, the Department issued its final determination 
in the antidumping duty investigation of welded large diameter line 
pipe from Mexico. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales At Less 
Than Fair Value: Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe, 67 FR 566 (January 4, 
2002) (``Final Determination'').
    On February 19, 2002, the International Trade Commission (``ITC'') 
notified the Department of its final determination pursuant to section 
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of subject 
merchandise from Mexico.

Scope of the 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 stenciled. 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.
    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

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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.
    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.

Antidumping Duty Order

    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department is 
directing Customs officers 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 (or constructed 
export price) of the merchandise for all relevant entries of welded 
large diameter line pipe from Mexico. The antidumping duties will be 
assessed on all unliquidated entries of welded large diameter line pipe 
from Mexico entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after August 15, 2001, the date on which the Department published its 
notice of preliminary determination in the Federal Register. See Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Welded Large 
Diameter Line Pipe From Mexico, 67 FR 566, (January 4, 2002). On or 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 
customs officers must require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit 
equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins as 
noted below. The ``All Others'' rate applies to all exporters of 
subject merchandise from Mexico. The weighted-average dumping margins 
are as follows:

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             Exporter/Manufacturer                   Weighted-Average
----------------------------------------------------------Margin--------
Productora Mexican de Tuberia, S.A. de C.V.....                    49.86
Tubacero, S.A. de C.V..........................                    49.86
All Others.....................................                    49.86
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
welded large diameter line pipe from Mexico. Interested parties may 
contact the Department's Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main 
Department of 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.

    February 22, 2002
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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