[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39995-39996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3686]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-810]


Notice of Preliminary Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; Oil Country Tubular Goods, Other Than Drill 
Pipe, From Argentina

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

SUMMARY: In response to a request from the petitioner, the Department 
of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods from Argentina. 
This review covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise, Siderca S.A.I.C. (Siderca). The Department is 
preliminarily rescinding this review based on record evidence 
indicating that the respondent had no entries of subject merchandise 
during the period of review (POR). The POR is August 1, 2003, through 
July 31, 2004.

DATES: Effective Date: July 12, 2005.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker, Mike Heaney, or Robert 
James, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-2924 (Baker), (202) 482-4475 (Heaney), or (202) 482-0649 
(James).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 11, 1995, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on oil country tubular goods from Argentina. See Antidumping Duty 
Order: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, 60 FR 41055 (August 
11, 1995). On August 3, 2004, the Department published an opportunity 
to request an administrative review of this order for the period August 
1, 2003, through July 31, 2004. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 69 FR 46496 (August 3, 2004). On August 31, 
2004, United States Steel Corporation (petitioner) requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of sales of the subject 
merchandise made by Siderca.
    On September 22, 2004, the Department initiated the administrative 
review. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 56745 
(September 22, 2004).
    On September 27, 2004, the Department issued its antidumping duty 
questionnaire to Siderca. In response, Siderca stated in an October 18, 
2004, submission that it had no consumption entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR, and requested that the Department rescind 
the review with respect to Siderca.
    On April 19, 2005, the Department issued a supplemental 
questionnaire to Siderca. The Department attached to it a list of 
shipments of OCTG from Argentina that entered the United States during 
the POR that the Department had reason to believe had been manufactured 
by Siderca or its affiliates. We obtained this list from the U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) by doing a CBP automated commercial 
system (ACS) data query. We asked Siderca to explain why it believed 
these entries were not subject to this administrative review. Siderca 
submitted its response on April 22, 2005. Siderca explained that it did 
not sell to the importer identified on the list of entries that we had 
attached to the April 19, 2005, supplemental questionnaire.
    On June 22, 2005, the Department placed on the record of this 
administrative review copies of import documentation obtained from CBP.

Period of Review

    The POR is August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004.

Scope of the Order

    Oil country tubular goods (OCTG) are hollow steel products of 
circular cross-section, including oil well casing and tubing of iron 
(other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether 
seamless or welded, whether or not conforming to American Petroleum 
Institute (API) or non-API specifications, whether finished or 
unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG products).
    This scope does not cover casing or tubing pipe containing 10.5 
percent or more of chromium. Drill pipe was excluded from this order 
beginning August 11, 2001. See Continuation of Countervailing and 
Antidumping Duty Orders on Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina, 
Italy, Japan, Korea and Mexico, and Partial Revocation of Those Orders 
From Argentina and Mexico With Respect to Drill Pipe, 66 FR 38630 (July 
25, 2001).
    The OCTG subject to this order are currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item 
numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 
7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 
7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 
7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.30.10, 7304.29.30.20, 
7304.29.30.30, 7304.29.30.40, 7304.29.30.50, 7304.29.30.60, 
7304.29.30.80, 7304.29.40.10, 7304.29.40.20, 7304.29.40.30, 
7304.29.40.40, 7304.29.40.50, 7304.29.40.60, 7304.29.40.80, 
7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 
7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.60.15, 7304.29.60.30, 7304.29.60.45, 
7304.29.60.60, 7304.29.60.75, 7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 
7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 7306.20.10.30, 7306.20.10.90, 
7306.20.20.00, 7306.20.30.00, 7306.20.40.00, 7306.20.60.10, 
7306.20.60.50, 7306.20.80.10, and 7306.20.80.50.
    The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. Our written description of the scope of this order is 
dispositive.

Preliminary Rescission

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department may rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or with respect to a particular 
exporter or producer, if the Secretary concludes that, during the 
period covered by the review, there were no entries, exports, or sales 
of the subject merchandise. Based on our review of data from the CBP 
ACS data query and of documentation from CBP, we preliminarily 
determine that Siderca had no entries during the POR. We are therefore 
preliminarily rescinding the review in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3). We are giving interested parties an opportunity to 
comment on this preliminary rescission. An interested party may request 
a hearing within 30 days of publication. See CFR 351.310(c). Any 
hearing, if requested, will be held 37 days after the date of 
publication, or the first business day thereafter, unless the 
Department alters the date. See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
    Interested parties may submit case briefs or written comments no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this preliminary 
rescission. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals to written comments, limited 
to issues raised in the case briefs and comments, may be filed no later 
than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice. Parties who 
submit argument in this proceeding are requested to submit with the 
argument (1) a statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the 
argument, and (3) a table of authorities. Further, we would appreciate 
it if parties submitting written comments would provide the Department 
with an additional copy of the public version of any such comments on 
diskette. The Department will issue final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised in any such written comments or at a hearing, within 120 
days of publication of this preliminary rescission.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: July 6, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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