[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71802-71803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6711]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008]


Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstance Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 4, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of changed circumstance review of the 
antidumping order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and 
tubes from Taiwan to determine whether Yieh Phui Enterprise, Ltd. (Yieh 
Phui) is a successor-in-interest to Yieh Hsing Enterprise, Ltd. (Yieh 
Hsing). See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
Taiwan: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstance Review, 70 
FR 17063 (April 4, 2005) (Initiation Notice). On October 17, 2005, the 
Department published a notice of preliminary results of this changed 
circumstance review in which we preliminarily determined that Yieh Phui 
is the successor-in-interest to Yieh Hsing for purposes of determining 
antidumping liability. We gave interested parties the opportunity to 
comment after publication of the Preliminary Results. See Certain 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan: Prelminary 
Results of Antidumping duty Changed Circumstance Review, 70 FR 60279 
(October 17, 2005) (Preliminary Results). No comments were received; 
thus, the Department is adopting its preliminary determination for 
these final results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Strom or Robert James at (202) 
482-2704 or (202) 482-0649, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department 
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave. NW., Washington DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 15, 2005, Yieh Phui requested the Department to conduct 
an expedited changed circumstance review of the antidumping duty order 
on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan. 
The Department determined that the information submitted by Yieh Phui 
was sufficient to warrant initiation of changed circumstance review 
and, on April 4, 2005, the Department published the Initiation Notice 
for this review. Yieh Phui claims to be a successor-in-interest to Yieh 
Hsing after it acquired Yieh Hsing's pipe production facilities. On 
April 6, 2005, the Department issued Yieh Phui a questionnaire 
requesting further details on the acquisition of the pipe facilities. 
Yieh Phui responded on April 29, 2005. On May 17, 2005, the Department 
issued a second supplemental questionnaire, to which Yieh Phui 
responded on June 13, 2005.
    The evidence on the record shows that Yieh Phui operates in 
essentially the same manner in terms of production, management and 
customer base as did Yieh Hsing prior to the transfer of its pipe 
facilities. In analyzing the totality of the factors on the record with 
respect to the transfer of the pipe operations, the Department 
preliminarily concluded that Yieh Phui was the successor-in-interest to 
Yieh Hsing and ought to be accorded the same antidumping duty treatment 
as its predecessor. See Preliminary Results.

Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by this order are shipments of certain circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes. The Department defines such 
merchandise as welded carbon steel pipes and tubes of circular cross 
section, with walls not thinner than 0.065 inch and 0.375 inch or more 
but not over 4.5 inches in outside diameter. These products are 
commonly referred to in the industry as ``standard pipe'' and are 
produced to various American Society for Testing Materials 
specifications, most notably A-53, A-120 and A-135. Standard pipe is 
currently classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) item numbers 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 
and 7306.30.5055. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise under the order is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstance Review

    For the reasons stated in the Preliminary Results, we determine 
that Yieh Phui is the successor-in-interest to Yieh Hsing for 
antidumping duty purposes. The Department did not receive any comments 
or requests for a hearing from either party within the time frames 
established in the Preliminary Results. As a result, Yieh Phui will 
receive the same antidumping duty cash-deposit rate (i.e., 1.61 
percent) that was calculated and applied to Yieh Hsing during the most 
recent administrative review under this order. See Certain Circular 
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 58390 (September 30, 
2004). The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to collect cash deposits at a rate of 1.61 percent for all 
entries made by Yieh Phui of the subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of the final results of this changed circumstance review.

Notification Regarding APOs

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance

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with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return/
destruction of APO materials or conversation to judicial protective 
order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and 
the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    The notice is in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(I)(1) 
of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216.

    Dated: November 23, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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