[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 131 (Monday, July 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38851-38852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10736]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube From Mexico: 
Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review

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

ACTION: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 10, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards or John Drury, 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-
8029 or (202) 482-0195, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 26, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a timely request from Conduit S.A. de C.V. (Conduit), in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube 
(pipe and tube) from Mexico. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico, 57 FR 49453 (November 
2, 1992).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b), Conduit certified that it is both 
the exporter and producer of the subject merchandise, that it did not 
export subject merchandise to the United States during the period of 
the investigation (POI) (November 1, 1991, through October 31, 1992), 
and that since the investigation was initiated, it has never been 
affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI, including those not 
individually examined during the investigation. Conduit also submitted 
documentation establishing the date on which the shipment that is the 
basis for this new shipper review was first entered for consumption, 
the volume shipped, and the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.

Scope

    The merchandise under review is circular welded non-alloy steel 
pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, not more than 406.4 
millimeters (16 inches) in outside diameter, regardless of wall 
thickness, surface finish (black, galvanized, or painted), or end 
finish (plain end, beveled end, threaded, or threaded and coupled). 
These pipes and tubes are generally known as standard pipes and tubes 
and are intended for the low pressure conveyance of water, steam, 
natural gas, and other liquids and gases in plumbing and heating 
systems, air conditioning units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other 
related uses, and generally meet ASTM A-53 specifications. Standard 
pipe may also be used for light load-bearing applications, such as for 
fence tubing, and as structural pipe tubing used for framing and 
support members for reconstruction or load-bearing purposes in the 
construction, shipbuilding, trucking, farm equipment, and related 
industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is also included in these orders. 
All carbon steel pipes and tubes within the physical description 
outlined above are included within the scope of these orders, except 
line pipe, oil country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, 
pipe and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished 
conduit. Standard pipe that is dual or triple certified/stenciled that 
enters the U.S. as line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines is 
also not included in these orders.
    Imports of the products covered by these orders are currently 
classifiable under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 
subheadings: 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 
7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90.
    Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, our written description of the scope of these 
proceedings is dispositive.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating a new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on pipe and tube from 
Mexico produced and exported by Conduit. See the Memorandum from the 
Team to the File through Richard O. Weible, Office Director, entitled 
``Initiation of AD New Shipper Review: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 
Pipe and Tube from Mexico--Initiation Checklist,'' dated June 30, 2006. 
We intend to issue the preliminary results of this review no later than 
180 days after the date on which this review is initiated, and the 
final results within 90 days after the date on which we issue the 
preliminary results. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B), the period of review (POR) 
for a new shipper review, initiated in the month immediately following 
the semi-annual anniversary month, will be the six-month period 
immediately preceding the semi-annual anniversary month. Therefore, the 
POR for the new shipper review of Conduit is November 1, 2005, through 
April 30, 2006.
    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend 
liquidation of any unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise from 
Conduit and allow, at the option of the importer, the posting, until 
completion of the review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash 
deposit for each entry of the merchandise exported by Conduit in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Conduit certified that it 
both produced and exported the subject merchandise, the sale of which 
is the basis for this new shipper review request, we will permit the 
bonding privilege only for those entries of subject merchandise for 
which Conduit is both the producer and the exporter.
    Interested parties may 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)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d).


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    Dated: June 30, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-10736 Filed 7-7-06; 8:45 am]
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