[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59178-59180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23686]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-838]


Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

SUMMARY: On April 27, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper 
tube and pipe from Mexico.\1\ This review covers one producer and 
exporter, GD Affiliates S. de R.L. de C.V. (Golden Dragon).\2\ We gave 
interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results 
and, based upon our analysis of the comments, we have made changes to 
the margin calculation for the final results of this new shipper 
review. Golden Dragon's final weighted-average dumping margin is listed 
below in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice. The 
period of review (``POR'') is November 22, 2010, through April 30, 
2011.
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    \1\ Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 77 FR 
25136 (April 27, 2012) (``Preliminary Results'').
    \2\ As noted in the Preliminary Results, we use the name Golden 
Dragon when we refer to the collective group of Golden Dragon 
companies, which includes GD Affiliates S. de R.L. de C.V. who 
requested the review.

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DATES: Effective Date: September 26, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,

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Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 27, 2012, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the Preliminary Results of the new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on seamless copper pipe and tube from Mexico. We invited 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received comments 
from the Petitioners \3\ on May 30, 2012. We received rebuttal comments 
from Golden Dragon on June 4, 2012. On June 19, 2012, the Department 
extended the deadline for the final until September 20, 2012.\4\
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    \3\ Cerro Flow Products, LLC, Wieland Copper Products, LLC, 
Mueller Copper Tube Products, Inc. and Mueller Copper Tube Company, 
Inc. (collectively, ``the Petitioners'').
    \4\ Memorandum to Christian Marsh, from Dennis McClure, Re: 
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Extension of 
Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 
dated, June 19, 2012.
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Scope of the Order

    For the purpose of the order, 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 the order 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 the order 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
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    Excluded from the scope of the order are all seamless circular 
hollows of refined copper less than 12 inches in length whose OD 
(actual) exceeds its length. The products subject to the order 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 the order 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 the order is 
dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties are 
addressed in the ``Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from Mexico: 
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the New Shipper 
Review'' (``Decision Memorandum''), dated concurrently with this notice 
and which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which 
parties raised is attached to this notice as an Appendix. Parties can 
find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this new shipper 
review and the corresponding recommendation in this public memorandum 
which is on file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA 
ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), room 7046 
of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.
    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we have made 
changes to the margin calculation for Golden Dragon. See the Decision 
Memorandum for a complete explanation of the Department's decision.

Final Results of New Shipper Review

    As a result of our review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for Golden Dragon for the period 
November 22, 2010, through April 30, 2011:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Weighted-average
                Manufacturer/exporter                   dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Golden Dragon \5\...................................                5.53
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Assessment Rate

    The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final 
results of review.
    Golden Dragon's weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis 
in the final results of this review, and, therefore we have calculated 
importer-specific (or customer-specific) ad valorem antidumping duty 
assessment rates. Where the assessment rate is above de minimis, we 
will instruct CBP to assess duties on all entries of subject 
merchandise by that importer.
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    \5\ Golden Dragon includes GD Affiliates S. de R.L. de C.V.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this new shipper review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise by Golden Dragon entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
date of these final results, consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of 
the Act: (1) For subject merchandise manufactured and exported by 
Golden Dragon, the cash

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deposit rate will be 5.53 percent; (2) for subject merchandise exported 
by Golden Dragon but not manufactured by Golden Dragon, the cash 
deposit rate will be the all others rate (i.e., 26.03 percent); (3) for 
subject merchandise manufactured by Golden Dragon but exported by any 
party other than Golden Dragon, the cash deposit rate will be the all 
others rate. These requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
    Further, effective upon publication of the final results, we intend 
to instruct CBP that importers may no longer post a bond or other 
security in lieu of a cash deposit on imports of seamless refined 
copper pipe and tube from Mexico, manufactured and exported by Golden 
Dragon. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notifications 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as 
a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order 
(``APO'') of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction 
of proprietary information disclosed under the APO, which continues to 
govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. 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 violation subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this new shipper review and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: September 20, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I--Issues and Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Date of Sale
Comment 2: Adjustment to U.S. Price
Comment 3: Entitlement to New Shipper Review

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