[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41366-41367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16577]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-850]


Certain Large Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, 
and Pressure Pipe (Over 4 \1/2\ Inches) From Japan: 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 certain large 
diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe 
(over 4 \1/2\ inches) (large diameter seamless pipe) from Japan. The 
period of review (POR) is June 1, 2011, through May 31, 2012. This 
review covers five producers/exporters of subject merchandise, Canadian 
Natural Resources Limited (CNRL), JFE Steel Corporation (JFE), Nippon 
Steel Corporation (Nippon), NKK Tubes (NKK), and Sumitomo Metal 
Industries, Ltd. (SMI). We preliminarily find that no shipments were 
made by JFE, Nippon, NKK, or SMI. We also preliminarily find that 
CNRL's entries of subject merchandise should be liquidated without 
regard to antidumping duties.

DATES: Effective Date: July 10, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Decker or Joshua Morris, 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-
0196, and (202) 482-1779, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is large diameter seamless 
pipe. The large diameter seamless pipe subject to the order is 
currently classifiable under the following subheadings of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS): 7304.10.10.30, 
7304.10.10.45, 7304.10.10.60, 7304.10.50.50, 7304.19.10.30, 
7304.19.10.45, 7304.19.10.60, 7304.19.50.50, 7304.31.60.10, 
7304.31.60.50, 7304.39.00.04, 7304.39.00.06, 7304.39.00.08, 
7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44, 7304.39.00.48, 
7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62, 7304.39.00.68, 
7304.39.00.72, 7304.51.50.15, 7304.51.50.45, 7304.51.50.60, 
7304.59.20.30, 7304.59.20.55, 7304.59.20.60, 7304.59.20.70, 
7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 7304.59.80.40, 
7304.59.80.45, 7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 
7304.59.80.65, and 7304.59.80.70. The subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes. A full description of the scope of 
the order is contained in the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations 
to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Large Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless 
Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe (Over 4 \1/2\ Inches) from Japan,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), 
which is hereby adopted by this notice. The written description is 
dispositive.
    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 in

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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 Determination of No Shipments

    See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for a full discussion of 
our preliminary determination of no shipments with respect to JFE, 
Nippon, NKK, and SMI.

Entries by CNRL

    As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we 
preliminarily find that CNRL had no sales of subject merchandise to 
unaffiliated customers in the United States, or to unaffiliated 
customers for exportation to the United States. As a result, 
antidumping duties would not be applied under current law and practice. 
Accordingly, at the completion of the final results of review, we 
intend to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
liquidate the entries at issue without regard to antidumping duties.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties who submit case briefs or 
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each 
argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 
argument; and (3) a table of authorities. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 
(d)(2). Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using IA ACCESS. See 
19 CFR 351.303.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed document 
must be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's 
electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should 
contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2) the 
number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the 
respective case briefs. The Department intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212. The Department intends to 
issue appraisement instructions directly to CBP 15 days after the date 
of publication of the final results of this review.
    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). Unless we 
otherwise determine that such entries should not be subject to 
antidumping duties, this clarification will apply to POR entries by 
JFE, Nippon, NKK, and SMI if we continue to make a final determination 
of no shipments because these companies certified that they made no POR 
shipments of subject merchandise for which they had knowledge of U.S. 
destination. We will instruct CBP to liquidate these entries at the 
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation 
(68.88 percent) if there is no rate for the intermediary involved in 
the transaction. See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ``Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments'' for a full discussion of this 
clarification.
    These preliminary results of administrative review and notice are 
issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221.

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

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Scope of the Order
2. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
3. Entries by CNRL

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