[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96-97]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8209]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-580-810, A-583-815)


Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe from South Korea and 
Taiwan: Notice of Final Results of Expedited (``Sunset'') Reviews of 
Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of the second sunset 
reviews of the antidumping duty orders on welded ASTM A-312 stainless 
steel pipe (``WSSP'') from South Korea (``Korea'') and Taiwan, pursuant 
to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). 
On the basis of a notice of intent to participate and adequate 
substantive responses from the domestic interested parties and no 
response from respondent interested parties, the Department has 
conducted expedited sunset reviews of these antidumping duty orders. As 
a result of these sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation 
of the antidumping duty orders would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the level indicated in the ``Final Results of 
Review'' section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2006.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein or Martha Douthit, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1391 or 
(202) 482-5050, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 1, 2005, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of the second sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders 
on WSSP from Korea and Taiwan, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. 
See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 70 FR 52074 
(September 1, 2005).
    We received notices of intent to participate, in each of the two 
sunset reviews, on behalf of Bristol Metals, L.P. and Marcegaglia 
U.S.A., Inc. (collectively, ``the domestic interested parties''), 
within the deadline specified in section 351.218(d)(1)(i) of the 
Department's regulations. The domestic interested parties claimed 
interested party status as producers of the subject merchandise 
pursuant to section 771(9)(C) of the Act. The domestic interested 
parties were petitioners in the original investigations, or successors 
to petitioners, and have participated in subsequent reviews.
    On September 29, 2005, the Department received complete substantive 
responses to the notice of initiation from the domestic interested 
parties within the 30-day deadline specified in section 
351.218(d)(3)(i) of the Department's regulations. The Department 
received no substantive responses from respondent interested parties. 
Based on these circumstances, pursuant to sections 751(c)(3)(B) of the 
Act and 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C), the Department has conducted expedited 
reviews of these orders.

Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise subject to each of these antidumping duty orders is 
WSSP that meets the standards and specifications set forth by the 
American Society for Testing and Materials (``ASTM'') for the welded 
form of chromium-nickel pipe designated ASTM A-312. The merchandise 
covered by the scope of each order also includes austenitic welded 
stainless steel pipes made according to the standards of other nations 
which are comparable to ASTM A-312. WSSP is produced by forming 
stainless steel flat-rolled products into a tubular configuration and 
welding along the seam. WSSP is a commodity product generally used as a

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conduit to transmit liquids or gases. Major applications for steel pipe 
include, but are not limited to, digester lines, blow lines, 
pharmaceutical lines, petrochemical stock lines, brewery process and 
transport lines, general food processing lines, automotive paint lines, 
and paper process machines. Imports of WSSP are currently classifiable 
under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTS'') subheadings: 7306.40.5005, 7306.40.5015, 7306.40.5040, 
7306.40.5065, and 7306.40.5085. Although these subheadings include both 
pipes and tubes, the scope of these antidumping duty orders is limited 
to welded austenitic stainless steel pipes.
    The HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and Customs 
purposes, our written description of the scope of these orders is 
dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in substantive responses by parties to these 
sunset reviews are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum for 
Final Results of Expedited (``Sunset'') Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 
Orders on Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe from South Korea and 
Taiwan, from Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, to Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration (Decision Memo), dated December 30, 2005, which 
is hereby adopted by this notice. The issues discussed in the Decision 
Memo include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping 
and the magnitude of the margin likely to prevail were the order 
revoked.
    Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in 
these reviews and the corresponding recommendations in this public 
memorandum which is on file in B-099, the Central Records Unit, of the 
main Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision 
Memo can be accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.doc.gov/frn. The 
paper copy and electronic version of the Decision Memo are identical in 
content.

Final Results of Reviews

    We determine that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would 
be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the 
following weighted-average margins:

                                  Korea
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                                                        Weighted Average
                Manufacturer/Exporter                  Margins (percent)
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Pusan Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (now SeAH Steel                          2.67
 Corporation)........................................
Sammi Metal Products Co., Ltd........................               7.92
All Others...........................................               7.00
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                                 Taiwan
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                                                        Weighted Average
                Manufacturer/Exporter                  Margins (percent)
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Jaung Yuann Enterprise Co., Ltd......................              31.90
Yeun Chyang Industrial Co., Ltd......................              31.90
All Others...........................................              19.84
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    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with section 351.305 of the 
Department's regulations. Timely notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms 
of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 23, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-8209 Filed 12-30-05; 8:45 am]
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