[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 286-287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31638]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-501]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Turkey; Amended 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010 to 2011

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

SUMMARY: On December 6, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published its final results of the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and 
tubes from Turkey for the period of review (POR) May 1, 2010, through 
April 30, 2011.\1\ We are amending our final results to correct a 
ministerial error made in the calculation of the weighted-average 
dumping margin for the Borusan Group (Borusan),\2\ pursuant to section 
751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Turkey; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2010 to 2011, 77 FR 72818 (December 6, 2012) (Final Results).
    \2\ The Borusan Group includes the following entities: Borusan 
Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Borusan Birlesik Boru 
Fabrikalari San ve Tic., Borusan Istikbal Ticaret T.A.S., Boruson 
Gemlik Boru Tesisleri A.S., Borusan Ihracat Ithalat ve Dagitim A.S., 
Borusan Ithicat ve Dagitim A.S., and Tubeco Pipe and Steel 
Corporation. See Final Results, 77 FR at 72818.

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DATES: Effective Date: January 3, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Hargett, 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-
4161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 5, 2012, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(c), Borusan alleged 
that the Department committed a ministerial error and requested that 
the Department correct this error.\3\ Specifically, Borusan alleged 
that the margin program contains a programming error in identifying the 
month of sale for U.S. sales with the result that U.S. sales are 
matched first to home market sales in a month outside of the 90-60 day 
window.\4\
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    \3\ See Letter to the Department from Borusan entitled 
``Ministerial Error Allegation Submitted on Behalf of Borusan 
Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.,'' dated December 5, 2012.
    \4\ See id. at 2-3.
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    On December 10, 2012, U.S. Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) submitted 
comments on Borusan's ministerial error allegation.\5\ In its 
submission, U.S. Steel contends that, if the Department accepts 
Borusan's proposed changes to the margin calculations, the Department 
also should make an additional modification to the margin program to 
ensure that the targeted dumping analysis is performed correctly.\6\
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    \5\ See Letter to the Department from U.S. Steel regarding the 
ministerial error allegation submitted by Borusan, dated December 
10, 2012.
    \6\ See id. at 2.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order include 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 and coupled). Those pipes and 
tubes are generally known as standard pipe, though they may also be 
called structural or mechanical tubing in certain applications. All 
carbon steel pipes and tubes within the physical description outlined 
above are included in the scope of this order, except for line pipe, 
oil country tubular goods, boiler tubing, cold-drawn or cold-rolled 
mechanical tubing, pipe and tube hollows for redraws, finished 
scaffolding, and finished rigid conduit.
    Imports of these products 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 proceeding is 
dispositive.\7\
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    \7\ For the complete scope of this review, see Certain Welded 
Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube From Turkey: Notice of Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 76939 (December 9, 
2011).
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Amended Final Results of Review

    After analyzing Borusan's comments, we have determined, in 
accordance with section 751(h) of Act and 19 CFR 351.224, that the 
Department made a ministerial error in the calculation for Borusan 
regarding the assignment of the sales month for U.S. and home market 
sales.\8\ In particular, the Department correctly stated in the final 
results that, consistent with our practice, we implemented certain 
changes to include home market sales starting on November 1, 2009; 
however, in so doing, we did not implement these changes to the U.S. 
sales data such that sales made in contemporaneous months in the home 
market and U.S. market would be matched for calculation of the weighted 
average dumping margin.\9\ Therefore, the Department finds that it made 
a clerical error when it inadvertently failed to subtract home market 
sales prices from U.S. sales prices made in contemporaneous months to 
calculate the weighted-average dumping margin. The Department also 
finds that U.S. Steel is correct that the margin program must be 
updated to ensure that the targeted dumping analysis is performed 
correctly.\10\ The Department has now corrected these errors and, 
consequently, Borusan's final weighted-average dumping margin.
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    \8\ See Analysis Memorandum for the Borusan Group, dated 
concurrently with this notice (Borusan Calc Memo).
    \9\ See Final Results, 77 FR at 72818, and accompanying Issues 
and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.
    \10\ See Borusan Calc Memo.
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    In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act, we are amending the 
final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey for the period May 1, 
2010, through April 30, 2011. As a result of correcting the ministerial 
error discussed above, the following weighted-average dumping margin 
applies:

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                                                               Final weighted-average    Amended final weighted-
                   Exporter/ manufacturer                          dumping margin        average dumping margin
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Borusan.....................................................                     6.05                      3.55
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Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with 
the amended final results of this review. The Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of these amended final results of review.
    For assessment purposes, the Department applied the assessment rate 
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain 
Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 
2012).
    We calculated importer-specific rates based on the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales for a given 
importer to the total entered value of such sales. If an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent), the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate that importer's 
entries of subject merchandise without regard to antidumping duties, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\11\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in these 
amended final results of review for which the reviewed companies did 
not know their merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 
country-specific, all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-
value (``LTFV'') investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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    \11\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of amended final results of the 
administrative review for all shipments of subject merchandise entered 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after the 
publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) 
For Borusan, the cash deposit rate will be the rate listed above; (2) 
for all other companies, the cash deposit rate will be the respective 
rates established in the final results.\12\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \12\ See Final Results, 77 FR at 72820.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
increase in antidumping duties by the amount of antidumping duties 
reimbursed.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only 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)(3). 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these amended final results of 
administrative review and notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) 
and (h), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 26, 2012.
Lynn Fischer Fox,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. 2012-31638 Filed 1-2-13; 8:45 am]
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