[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27528-27529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12635]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-807]


Notice of Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Thailand

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review.

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SUMMARY: We are rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from 
Thailand with respect to Thai Benkan Corporation, Ltd., (TBC) for the 
period of July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 20, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zev Primor or Ronald Trentham, 
Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4114 or 482-6320, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 6, 1992, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register an antidumping duty order on certain 
carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings (pipe fittings) from Thailand (57 
FR 29702). On July 1, 2002, the Department published a ``Notice of 
Opportunity to Request an Administrative Review'' on pipe fittings from 
Thailand (67 FR 44172). On July 31, 2002, the petitioner in this 
proceeding, Trinity Fitting Group, requested, in accordance with 
section 351.213(b) (2002) of the Department's regulations, an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pipe fittings 
from Thailand covering the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002, 
with respect to TBC. On August 15, 2002, TBC submitted a letter 
certifying that neither it nor its U.S. affiliate, Benkan America, 
Inc., sold, exported or shipped for entry and/or consumption in the 
United States subject merchandise during the period of review (POR). We 
published a notice of initiation of the review with respect to TBC on 
August 27, 2002. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 67 FR 55000 
(August 27, 2002). On March 24, 2003, the Department published the 
preliminary notice of intent to rescind this administrative review. See 
Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Thailand: Preliminary 
Notice of Intent to Rescind Administrative Review, 68 FR 14192 (March 
24, 2003). As discussed in the notice of preliminary results, this 
review covers TBC's shipments of the subject merchandise during the 
POR; however, based upon our shipment data query, we determined that 
TBC was a non-shipper for the purpose of this review. We invited 
interested parties to comment on our preliminary results. Interested 
parties did not submit case briefs or request a hearing.

Scope of the Review

    The product covered by this order is certain carbon steel butt-weld 
pipe fittings, having an inside diameter of less than 14 inches, 
imported in either finished or unfinished form. These formed or forged 
pipe fittings are used to join sections in piping systems where 
conditions require permanent, welded connections, as distinguished from 
fittings based on other fastening methods (e.g., threaded, grooved, or 
bolted fittings). Carbon steel pipe fittings are currently classified 
under subheading 7307.93.30 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of this proceeding is dispositive.

Rescission of Administrative Review

    We provided interested parties with an opportunity to comment on 
the preliminary results. As noted above, however, we received no 
comments. As discussed in the preliminary results, because TBC made no 
entries, exports or sales of the subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POR, we determine that it was a non-shipper. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) and consistent with Department 
practice, we are rescinding our review of TBC (see, e.g., Certain Non-
Frozen Apple Juice Concentrate from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of 1999-2001 Administrative Review and Partial Rescission 
of Review, 67 FR 68987 (November 14, 2002); see also, Frozen 
Concentrated Orange Juice From Brazil: Final Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 67 FR 40913(June 
14, 2002)).
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative

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protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the 
disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of return and/or 
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 are sanctionable violations.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
751(a) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and section 
351.213(d) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: May 13, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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