[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 251 (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80365-80366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31173]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-580-809)


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 
Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 28, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') received a request for a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the 
Republic of Korea (``Korea''). 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 an antidumping new shipper review of A-JU 
Besteel Co., Ltd. (``Ajubesteel'') for the period November 1, 2007 
through October 31, 2008.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler or Joe Shuler, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0189 or (202) 482-1293, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received a timely request from Ajubesteel, 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 from 
Korea, which has a November anniversary month.\1\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.214(b), Ajubesteel certified that it is both an exporter and 
producer of the subject merchandise, that it did not export subject 
merchandise to the United States during the period of investigation 
(``POI'') (April 1, 1991, through September 30, 1991), 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. Ajubesteel also submitted documentation 
establishing the date on which the subject merchandise was first 
entered for consumption, the volume shipped, and the date of its first 
sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Orders: Certain Circular Welded 
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea (Korea), 
Mexico, and Venezuela, and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 
Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992).
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Initiation of New Shipper Review

    In accordance with section 751 (a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d), we are initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea (produced 
and exported) by Ajubesteel. See Memorandum to the File through Susan 
Kuhbach, Director, AD/CVD Operations Office 1, Import Administration 
from the Team, ``New Shipper Review Initiation Checklist,'' dated 
December 12, 2008, on file in the Central Records Unit, room 1117, of 
the main Department of Commerce building. This review covers the period 
from November 1, 2007 through October 31, 2008, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A). 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.
    On August 17, 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4) was 
signed into law. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 temporarily suspends the 
authority of the Department to instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to collect a bond or other security in lieu of a cash 
deposit in new-shipper reviews. Therefore, the posting of a bond under 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e) in lieu of a 
cash deposit is not available in this case. Importers of subject 
merchandise manufactured and exported by Ajubesteel must continue to 
pay a cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties on each entry of 
subject merchandise at the current all-others rate of 4.80 percent. See 
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea; Final 
Results of Administrative Review, 69 FR 32492 (June 10, 2004).
    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).

    Dated: December 22, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-31173 Filed 12-30-08; 8:45 am]
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