[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82374-82375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32939]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined 
that Lamina y Placa Comercial, S.A. de C.V. (Lamina y Placa) is the 
successor-in-interest to Tuberia Nacional, S.A. de C.V. (TUNA) and, as 
a result, should be accorded the same treatment previously accorded 
TUNA in regard to the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded 
non-alloy steel pipe (circular welded pipe) from Mexico.

DATES: Effective Date: December 30, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 7866, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-6312 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

Background

    The Department published an antidumping duty order on circular 
welded pipe from Mexico on November 2, 1992. See Notice of Antidumping 
Duty 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).
    On May 17, 2010, TUNA and Lamina y Placa jointly filed a request 
for a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on 
circular welded pipe from Mexico. TUNA and Lamina y Placa claim that 
Lamina y Placa is the successor-in-interest to TUNA in accordance with 
section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 
CFR 351.216. TUNA and Lamina y Placa provided documentation supporting 
their assertion.
    On November 22, 2010, the Department issued the initiation and 
preliminary results of the changed circumstances review of the 
antidumping duty order on circular welded pipe from Mexico. See Notice 
of

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Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from 
Mexico, 75 FR 71072 (November 22, 2010) (Preliminary Results). The 
Department made its preliminary determination that Lamina y Placa is 
the successor-in-interest to TUNA and should be treated as such for 
antidumping duty cash deposit purposes. In the Preliminary Results, we 
stated that interested parties could submit case briefs to the 
Department no later than 15 days after the publication of the 
Preliminary Results in the Federal Register, and submit rebuttal 
briefs, limited to the issues raised in those case briefs, five days 
subsequent to the case briefs' due date. No party submitted case briefs 
or other comments on the Preliminary Results.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order 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 this order. All 
carbon steel pipes and tubes within the physical description outlined 
above are included within the scope of this order, 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 United States as line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines 
is also not included in this order.
    Imports of the products covered by this order are currently 
classifiable under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) 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 HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of this order is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Based on the information provided by Lamina y Placa, the 
Department's analysis in the Preliminary Results (which we incorporate 
herein by reference), and in light of the fact that interested parties 
did not submit any comments during the comment period, the Department 
hereby determines that Lamina y Placa is the successor-in-interest to 
TUNA for antidumping duty cash deposit purposes.

Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of all shipments of the 
subject merchandise produced and exported by Lamina y Placa entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after the publication 
date of this notice in the Federal Register at the rate of 2.92 percent 
(i.e., TUNA's cash deposit rate). See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 
Pipe From Mexico: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 66 FR 37454 (July 18, 2001). This deposit 
requirement shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification

    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 with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written notification of 
the return/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 sanctionable violation.
    This notice is in accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i)(1) and 
(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(e).

    Dated: December 23, 2010.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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