[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21105-21106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08234]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-
2012

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand. This review covers two 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, Saha Thai Steel Pipe 
(Public) Company, Ltd. (Saha Thai), and Pacific Pipe Company Limited 
(Pacific Pipe). The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2011, through 
February 29, 2012. The Department preliminarily determines that Saha 
Thai has not sold subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV), 
and that Pacific Pipe had no shipments of subject merchandise during 
the POR. The preliminary results are listed below in the section titled 
``Preliminary Results of Review.'' Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: April 9, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun Jack Zhao or Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1396 or (202) 482-3148, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping order are certain circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand.\1\ The merchandise 
is classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) item numbers 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 
7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085 and 7306.30.5090. Although the 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and purposes of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the written description of the 
merchandise subject to the order, available in Antidumping Duty Order: 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand, 51 FR 8341 
(March 11, 1986) (Order), is dispositive.
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    \1\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration, from Edward C. Yang, Senior Director, China/
Non-Market Economy Unit, entitled ``Decision Memorandum for the 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand: 2011-
2012 Administrative Review,'' dated concurrently with this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), for a complete description of the 
scope of the order.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Pacific Pipe, in a letter dated May 31, 2012, reported that it made 
no shipments or sales of subject merchandise during the POR. On 
September 12, 2012, the Department issued a ``No Shipment Inquiry'' to 
CBP to confirm that there were no shipments or entries of circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand exported by Pacific 
Pipe during the POR. In addition, we obtained other documentation from 
CBP to evaluate the accuracy of Pacific Pipe's no shipment claim.
    Based on the certification of Pacific Pipe and our analysis of CBP 
information, we preliminarily determine that Pacific Pipe had no 
shipments during the POR. However, the Department finds that it is not 
appropriate to rescind the review with respect to Pacific Pipe, but 
rather to complete the review with respect to Pacific Pipe and issue 
appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of this 
review.\2\
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    \2\ See, e.g., Magnesium Metal From the Russian Federation: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 
26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in Magnesium Metal From the 
Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 2010).
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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price 
is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is 
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. In accordance 
with section 773(b) of the Act, we disregarded certain sales by Saha 
Thai in the home market which were made at below-cost prices and which 
were otherwise outside of the ordinary course of trade. To determine 
the appropriate comparison method, the Department applied a 
``differential pricing'' analysis and has preliminarily determined to 
use the average-to-average method in making comparisons of export price 
and NV for Saha Thai.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum, which is hereby 
adopted by this notice. The Preliminary 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). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period March 1, 2011, 
through February 29, 2012.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Producer/Exporter                         dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd..............            0.00
Pacific Pipe Company Limited............................               *
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* No shipments or sales subject to this review. The firm has an
  individual rate from the last segment of the proceeding in which the
  firm had shipments or sales.

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, the Department shall 
determine and CBP shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. If Saha Thai's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or 
de minimis in the final results of this review, we will calculate 
importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for an importer's examined sales and 
the total entered value of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). Where Saha Thai did not report the entered value for its 
sales, we will calculate importer-specific (or customer-specific) per 
unit duty assessment rates. Where an importer-specific assessment rate 
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). If Saha Thai's weighted-average dumping 
margin continues to be zero or de minimis in the final results of this 
review, we will instruct CBP not to

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liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties 
in accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews, i.e., 
``{w{time} here the weighted-average margin of dumping for the exporter 
is determined to be zero or de minimis, no antidumping duties will be 
assessed.'' \3\
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    \3\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\4\ This clarification applies to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Saha Thai for which it did not 
know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.
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    \4\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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    Consistent with the Assessment Policy Notice, if we continue to 
find that Pacific Pipe had no shipments of subject merchandise to the 
United States in the final results of this review, we intend to 
instruct CBP to liquidate all existing entries of merchandise produced 
by Pacific Pipe and exported by other parties at the all-others rate.
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication of the final results of this administrative review, 
as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash 
deposit rate for the company under review will be the rate established 
in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de 
minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 percent, then no cash deposit will be 
required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not 
listed above, 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 less than 
fair value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the 
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous 
review or the LTFV investigation, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the ``all-others'' rate of 15.67 percent established in the LTFV 
investigation. See Order. These deposit rates, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    We will disclose the calculations used in our analysis to parties 
in this review within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Any interested party may 
request a hearing within 30 days of the publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register.\5\ If a hearing is requested, the Department will 
notify interested parties of the hearing schedule.
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    \5\ Parties submitting written comments must submit them 
pursuant to the Department's e-filing regulations. See https://iaaccess.trade.gov/help/IA%20ACCESS%20User%20Guide.pdf or 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing 
Procedures; Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 39263 
(July 6, 2011).
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    Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary 
results of this review. Unless extended by the Department, interested 
parties must submit case briefs within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, which must be limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, must be filed not later than five 
days after the time limit for filing case briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(c) 
and (d). Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
review are requested to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of 
the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of 
authorities. Executive summaries should be limited to five pages total, 
including footnotes.\6\
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    \6\ Id.
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    We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including the results of our analysis of issues raised in the written 
comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results 
in the Federal Register, unless otherwise extended. See section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

    Dated: April 2, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:

1. Scope of the Order
2. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
3. Comparisons to Normal Value
4. Product Comparisons
5. Date of Sale
6. Export Price
7. Normal Value
8. Currency Conversion

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