[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39897-39898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16920]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-502]


Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From India

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping duty review: 
Welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from India.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 2003.

SUMMARY: On May 30, 2003, the Department of Commerce received a request 
to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from India. In accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

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amended, and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating a new shipper review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minoo Hatten or Mark Ross at (202) 
482-1690 and (202) 482-4794, respectively, AD/CVD Enforcement III, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on welded carbon 
steel pipes and tubes from India was published on May 12, 1986. On May 
30, 2003, we received a request for a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from 
India from Surya Roshni, Ltd. (Surya), and K&K Enterprises, Inc. Surya 
is both the producer and exporter of the subject merchandise on which 
its request for a new shipper review is based.

Initiation of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (iii)(A), Surya provided a 
certification that it did not export subject merchandise to the United 
States during the period of investigation (POI) and, that since the 
initiation of the investigation, it has never been affiliated with any 
exporter or producer that exported the subject merchandise to the 
United States during the POI, including those not individually examined 
during the investigation.
    In addition, Surya submitted documentation establishing the 
following: (1) The date on which it first shipped the subject 
merchandise for export to the United States and the date on which its 
subject merchandise was first entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption; (2) the volume of its first shipment and the volume of 
subsequent shipments; and (3) the date of its first sale to an 
unaffiliated customer in the United States.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper review 
for shipments of welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from India 
produced and exported by Surya. The period of review is May 1, 2002, 
through April 30, 2003. See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A). We intend to 
issue the final results of this review no later than 270 days from the 
date of initiation. See 19 CFR 351.214(i).
    We will instruct the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to 
continue to suspend liquidation of any entries of the subject 
merchandise and to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting of 
a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the 
subject merchandise produced and exported by Surya until the completion 
of the review. Surya has certified that it both produced and exported 
the subject merchandise on which it based the request for a new shipper 
review. Therefore, we will apply the bonding option only to subject 
merchandise for which it is both the producer and exporter.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: June 30, 2003.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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