[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64312-64313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26937]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-803]


Light-Walled Welded Rectangular Carbon Steel Tubing From Taiwan: 
Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On July 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the third sunset review of the antidumping duty order on 
light-walled welded rectangular carbon steel tubing from Taiwan 
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). The Department has conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review 
of this order. As a result of this sunset review, the Department finds 
that revocation of the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of dumping as indicated in the ``Final 
Results of Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective Date: October 18, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerrold Freeman or Minoo Hatten, 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-
0180 or (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2011, the Department published the notice of initiation 
of the sunset review of the antidumping duty order \1\ on light-walled 
welded rectangular carbon steel tubing from Taiwan pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act. See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 76 
FR 38613 (July 1, 2011) (Notice of Initiation).
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    \1\ Antidumping Duty Order; Light-Walled Welded Rectangular 
Carbon Steel Tubing From Taiwan, 54 FR 12467 (March 27, 1989).
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    The Department received a notice of intent to participate in this 
sunset review from the domestic interested parties, Allied Tube and 
Conduit, Bull Moose Tube, California Steel and Tube, Hannibal 
Industries, JMC Steel Group, Leavitt Tube, Searing Industries, and 
Western Tube and Conduit (collectively the domestic interested 
parties), within the 15-day period specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i). The domestic interested parties claimed interested-
party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as manufacturers and/or 
producers of a domestic like product in the United States.
    The Department received a complete substantive response to the 
Notice of Initiation from the domestic interested parties within the 
30-day period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department 
received no substantive response from any respondent interested 
parties. In accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is conducting an expedited 
(120-day) sunset review of the antidumping duty order on light-walled 
welded rectangular carbon steel tubing from Taiwan.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the order is light-walled welded carbon 
steel pipe and tube of rectangular (including square) cross-section 
having a wall thickness of less than 0.156 inch. This merchandise is 
classified under item number 7306.61.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (HTS). It was formerly classified under item number 
7306.60.5000. The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only. The written product description remains 
dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the ``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Light-Walled Welded Rectangular Carbon Steel Tubing From 
Taiwan'' to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration Ronald 
K. Lorentzen from Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations Christian Marsh dated concurrently with 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memo), which is hereby adopted by this 
notice. The issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memo include 
the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the 
magnitude of the margin of dumping likely to prevail if the order were 
revoked. Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in 
this review and the corresponding recommendations in this public 
memorandum which is on file in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of 
the main Department of Commerce building.
    In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memo can 
be accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper 
copy and electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memo are 
identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    The Department determines that revocation of the antidumping duty 
order on light-walled welded rectangular carbon steel tubing from 
Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping 
at the following weighted-average percentage margins:

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                                                 Weighted-Average Margin
                    Company                             (Percent)
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Ornatube Enterprise............................                     5.51
Vulcan Industrial Corp.........................                    40.97
Yieh Hsing Industries, Ltd.....................                    40.97
All other manufacturers/producers/exporters....                    29.15
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Notification Regarding APO

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification 
of the 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 violation which is subject to 
sanction.
    The Department is issuing and publishing the final results and 
notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

    Dated: October 11, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-26937 Filed 10-17-11; 8:45 am]
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