[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29990-29991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: C1-2010-12959]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-838]


Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Correction to 
Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Postponement of Final Determination

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

DATES: Effective Date: May 28, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Zhang or George McMahon, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1168 or (202) 482-1167, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Correction

    On May 12, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the following notice: Seamless 
Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Notice of Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of 
Final Determination, 75 FR 26726 (May 12, 2010) (``Mexico Preliminary 
Determination''). Subsequent to the publication of the notice in the 
Federal Register, we identified an inadvertent error in the Mexico 
Preliminary Determination. Specifically, the Department made an error 
by inadvertently modifying the text within the section titled ``Scope 
of Investigation,'' which caused certain terms (e.g., seamless, 
circular, and refined) to be deleted from portions of the scope 
language that was previously included in the Initiation Notice. See 
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic of 
China and Mexico: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 74 FR 
55194, 55199 (October 27, 2009) (``Initiation Notice''). For reference, 
below is the correct scope language of the instant investigation.

Scope of Investigation

    For the purpose of this investigation, the products covered are all 
seamless circular refined copper pipes and tubes, including redraw 
hollows, greater than or equal to 6 inches (152.4 mm) in length and 
measuring less than 12.130 inches (308.102 mm) (actual) in outside 
diameter (``OD''), regardless of wall thickness, bore (e.g., smooth, 
enhanced with inner grooves or ridges), manufacturing process (e.g., 
hot finished, cold-drawn, annealed), outer surface (e.g., plain or 
enhanced with grooves, ridges, fins, or gills), end finish (e.g., plain 
end, swaged end, flared end, expanded end, crimped end, threaded), 
coating (e.g., plastic, paint), insulation, attachments (e.g., plain, 
capped, plugged, with compression or other fitting), or physical 
configuration (e.g., straight, coiled, bent, wound on spools).
    The scope of this investigation covers, but is not limited to, 
seamless refined copper pipe and tube produced or comparable to the 
American Society for Testing and Materials (``ASTM'') ASTM-B42, ASTM-
B68, ASTM-B75, ASTM-B88, ASTM-B88M, ASTM-B188, ASTM-B251, ASTM-B251M, 
ASTM-B280, ASTM-B302, ASTM-B306, ASTM-359, ASTM-B743, ASTM-B819, and 
ASTM-B903 specifications and meeting the physical parameters described 
therein. Also included within the scope of this investigation are all 
sets of covered products, including ``line sets'' of seamless refined 
copper tubes (with or without fittings or insulation) suitable for 
connecting an outdoor air conditioner or heat pump to an indoor 
evaporator unit. The phrase ``all sets of covered products'' denotes 
any combination of items put up for sale that is comprised of 
merchandise subject to the scope.
    ``Refined copper'' is defined as: (1) Metal containing at least 
99.85 percent by weight of copper; or (2) metal containing at least 
97.5 percent by weight of copper, provided that the content by weight 
of any other element does not exceed the following limits:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Limiting content
                       Element                         percent by weight
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Ag--Silver..........................................                0.25
As--Arsenic.........................................                 0.5
Cd--Cadmium.........................................                 1.3
Cr--Chromium........................................                 1.4
Mg--Magnesium.......................................                 0.8
Pb--Lead............................................                 1.5
S--Sulfur...........................................                 0.7
Sn--Tin.............................................                 0.8
Te--Tellurium.......................................                 0.8
Zn--Zinc............................................                 1.0
Zr--Zirconium.......................................                 0.3
Other elements (each)...............................                 0.3
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Excluded from the scope of this investigation are all seamless 
circular hollows of refined copper less than 12 inches in length whose 
OD (actual) exceeds its length.
    The products subject to this investigation are currently 
classifiable under subheadings 7411.10.1030 and 7411.10.1090 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Products 
subject to this

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investigation may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 7407.10.1500, 
7419.99.5050, 8415.90.8065, and 8415.90.8085. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

Conclusion

    The Department clarifies that the ``Scope of Investigation'' 
section of the Mexico Preliminary Determination was unintentionally 
modified and no changes to the scope of this investigation have 
occurred pursuant to the Mexico Preliminary Determination. Therefore, 
the scope language stated in the Initiation Notice reflects the scope 
of this investigation. This notice is issued and published in 
accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended.

    Dated: May 21, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. C1-2010-12959 Filed 5-27-10; 8:45 am]
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