[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63902-63904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26654]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: On June 8, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 
from Taiwan. See Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan, 76 FR 
33210 (June 8, 2011) (Preliminary Results). This review covers one 
company, Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Phui). Based on our 
analysis of the comments received, we have made no changes from the 
Preliminary Results. We have listed the final dumping margin below in 
the section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

DATES: Effective Date: October 14, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Bezirganian or Robert James, 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-
1131 and (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 8, 2011, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan 
for the period of review (POR) of May 1, 2009, to April 30, 2010. See 
Preliminary Results. In response to the Department's invitation to 
comment on the preliminary results of this review, respondent Yieh Phui 
filed its case brief on July 15, 2011. Domestic producer U.S. Steel 
Corporation filed its rebuttal brief on July 22, 2011. No parties 
requested a hearing.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan, which are defined as: Welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross section, with walls not 
thinner than 0.065 inch, and 0.375 inch or more but not over 4.5 inches 
in outside diameter, currently classified under Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 7306.30.5025, 
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, and 7306.30.5055. Although the HTSUS 
subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise subject to this order is 
dispositive.

Cost of Production

    As discussed in the Preliminary Results, we found that Yieh Phui 
made home market sales of the foreign like product during the POR at 
prices below its costs of production (COP) within the meaning of 
section 773(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See 
Preliminary Results, 76 FR at 33211. Those results apply to these final 
results, given that no changes have been made from the calculations 
made in the Preliminary Results.
    We found 20 percent or more of the respondent's sales of a given 
product during the reporting period were at prices less than the 
weighted-average COP for this period. Thus, we determined that these 
below-cost sales were made in ``substantial quantities'' within an 
extended period of time and at prices which did not permit the recovery 
of all costs within a reasonable

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period of time in the normal course of trade. See sections 773(b)(1) 
and (2) of the Act. Therefore, for purposes of these final results, we 
continue to find that Yieh Phui made below-cost sales not in the 
ordinary course of trade. Consequently, we disregarded these sales for 
Yieh Phui and used the remaining sales as the basis for determining 
normal value (NV) pursuant to section 773(b)(1) of the Act. For those 
U.S. sales of subject merchandise for which there were no matches to 
home market sales in the ordinary course of trade, we compared export 
prices to constructed value in accordance with section 773(a)(4) of the 
Act. See Preliminary Results, 76 FR 33212.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by interested 
parties in this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum (Decision Memorandum) from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, dated October 6, 2011, which is hereby adopted by this 
notice. All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 
A list of the issues raised is attached to this notice as Appendix I. 
The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA 
ACCESS''). Access to IA ACCESS is available in the Central Records Unit 
in room 7046 of the main Department building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues and 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made no 
changes in the margin calculations.

Final Results of Review

    We determine the following percentage margin exists for the period 
May 1, 2009, through April 30, 2010:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Weighted- Average
                Manufacturer/Exporter                        margin
                                                          (percentage)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd........................             11.47
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Assessment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department has calculated an 
assessment rate on all appropriate entries. The Department intends to 
issue appropriate assessment instructions for the company subject to 
this review directly to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
the final results of this review.
    Because Yieh Phui did not report the entered value of its sales, we 
calculated importer-specific (or customer-specific) per-unit duty 
assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of antidumping duties 
calculated for the examined sales of each importer (or customer) and 
dividing each of these amounts by the respective quantities (by weight) 
associated with those sales. To determine whether the duty assessment 
rates are de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set forth in 
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we calculated importer-specific (or customer-
specific) ad valorem ratios based on estimated entered values.
    We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review for each importer (or 
customer) for which the importer-specific (or customer-specific) ad 
valorem ratio is above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.50 percent). 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
without regard to antidumping duties any entries for which the 
importer-specific (or customer-specific) ad valorem ratio is de minimis 
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent).
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment 
Policy Notice). This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by the company included in the 
final results where the reviewed companies did not know the merchandise 
it sold to the intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or 
exporter) was destined for the United States. In such instances, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others 
rate if there was no rate calculated in this review for the 
intermediary involved in the transaction. See id., 68 FR at 23954.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results for all shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of these final results of administrative 
review, consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash 
deposit rate for the reviewed company will be the rate listed above; 
(2) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, but was 
covered in a previous review or the original less-than-fair-value 
(LTFV) investigation, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 9.70 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation. See Certain 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: Antidumping 
Duty Order, 49 FR 19369 (May 7, 1984). These deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    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 351.305, which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written 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 the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.

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    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 6, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I--List of Issues in Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Date of Sale for U.S. Sales.
Comment 2: Zeroing.

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