[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47671-47673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18973]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-836, A-489-815, A-570-914, A-580-859]


Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty 
Orders: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico, Turkey, the 
People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 2, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the first sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on 
light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (light-walled pipe and tube) 
from the Mexico, Turkey, the People's Republic of China (PRC), and the 
Republic of Korea (Korea) \1\ (collectively,

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the Orders) pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\2\ On the basis of a notice of intent to 
participate, and an adequate substantive response filed on behalf of 
domestic interested parties, as well as a lack of response from 
respondent interested parties, the Department conducted expedited (120-
day) sunset reviews of the Orders pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(A) and (C)(2). As a result of 
these sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation of the 
Orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at 
the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this 
notice.
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    \1\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico, the 
People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea: Antidumping 
Duty Orders; Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the 
Republic of Korea: Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 45403, 45405 (August 5, 2008); Notice of 
Antidumping Duty Order: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From 
Turkey, 73 FR 31065 (May 30, 2008).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 78 FR 19647 
(April 2, 2013) (Initiation).
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    DATES: Effective Date: August 6, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards or Angelica Mendoza, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-8029 
or 202-482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 2, 2013, the Department initiated sunset reviews of the 
Orders pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act.\3\ On April 12, 2013, the 
Department received notices of intent to participate from the following 
domestic interested parties: Bull Moose Tube Company, California Steel 
and Tube, Hannibal Industries, JMC Steel Group, Maruichi American 
Corporation, Searing Industries, Southland Tube, and Western Tube and 
Conduit (collectively, the domestic interested parties), within the 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The domestic 
interested parties claimed interested party status under section 
771(9)(c) of the Act, as U.S. manufacturers of light-walled pipe and 
tube. On May 1, 2013, the Department received adequate substantive 
responses from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ The Department 
received no responses from producers or exporters of light-walled pipe 
and tube from any of the countries subject to these sunset reviews. 
While the Department received general comments from the Government of 
Turkey (GOT) concerning the Turkish market for, and the production and 
exportation of, light-walled pipe and tube products, the Department 
previously had informed the GOT that such comments, while permitted, 
would not constitute substantive responses from Turkish producers, 
because these sunset reviews concern the antidumping duty order (and 
not a countervailing duty order under 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)).\6\
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    \3\ See Initiation.
    \4\ See Letters of Intent to Participate from the domestic 
interested parties, to Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank, titled 
``Light Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico, First 
Review,'' ``Light Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey, 
First Review,'' ``Light Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the 
People's Republic of China, First Review,'' and ``Light Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Korea, First Review,'' all dated 
April 12, 2013.
    \5\ See Letters from domestic interested parties, to Acting 
Secretary Rebecca Blank, titled ``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and 
Tube from Mexico, First Review: Substantive Response to Notice of 
Initiation;'' ``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey, 
First Review: Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation;'' 
``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from China, First Review: 
Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation;'' and ``Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Korea, First Review: Substantive 
Response to Notice of Initiation,'' all dated May 1, 2013.
    \6\ See Letter from the Directorate of Exports, Ministry of 
Economy, Republic of Turkey, to the Secretary of Commerce, titled 
``Substantive Response of the Government of Turkey in the 
Antidumping Duty 1st Sunset Review Involving Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey,'' dated April 30, 2013; see 
also Letter from Angelica Mendoza, Program Manager, to Tarik 
S[ouml]nmez, General Director, Directorate General for Exports, 
Ministry of Economy, titled ``First Sunset Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube (LWRPT) from 
Turkey: Time Extension Request for Substantive Responses,'' dated 
April 25, 2013.
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    Based on the submissions received and pursuant to section 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), these 
sunset reviews were conducted on an expedited basis.

Scope of Orders

    The merchandise subject to the Orders is certain welded carbon-
quality light-walled steel pipe and tube. The product is currently 
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings 7306.61.50.00 and 7306.61.70.60. While HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the scope of the Orders is dispositive.\7\
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    \7\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, to Paul Piquado, 
``Final Results of the Expedited First Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of 
the Antidumping Duty Orders on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and 
Tube from Mexico, Turkey, the People's Republic of China, and the 
Republic of South Korea'' (July 31, 2013) (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum), dated concurrent with and adopted by this notice for a 
complete description of the Scope of the Orders.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation, as well as the 
magnitude of dumping margins likely to prevail upon revocation. A 
complete discussion of the issues raised is available in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, which is a public document on file in the Central 
Records Unit (CRU), room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce 
building, as well as 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 available to all parties in the CRU. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly on the Internet at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The 
signed and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    The Department determines that revocation of the Orders would be 
likely to lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping, with the 
following dumping margin magnitudes likely to prevail:

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Turkey (A-489-815):
    Producer/Exporter:
        Guven Boru Profil Sanayii ve Ticaret Limited               41.71
         Sirketi.....................................
        MMZ Onur Boru Profil Uretim San. ve Tic. A.S.              41.71
        Anadolu Boru.................................              41.71
        Ayata Metal Industry.........................              41.71

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        Goktas Tube/Goktas Metal.....................              41.71
        Kalibre Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S...........              41.71
        Kerim Celik Mamulleri Imalat ve Ticaret......              41.71
        Ozgur Boru...................................              41.71
        Ozmak Makina ve Elektrik Sanayi..............              41.71
        Seamless Steel Tube and Pipe Co. (Celbor)....              41.71
        Umran Steel Pipe Inc.........................              41.71
        Yusan Industries, Ltd........................              41.71
        Borusan Mannesmann Boru......................              27.04
        Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S..              27.04
        Noksel Steel Pipe Co.........................              27.04
        Ozborsan Boru San. ve Tic. A.S...............              27.04
        Ozdemir Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti......              27.04
        Toselik Profil ve Sac End. A.S...............              27.04
        Yucel Boru ve Profil Endustrisi A.S..........              27.04
        All Others...................................              27.04
Mexico (A-291-836):
    Producer/Exporter:
        Maquilacero S.A. de C.V......................               2.40
        Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V.               5.12
        Arco Metal S.A. de C.V.......................               3.76
        Hylsa S.A. de C.V............................               3.76
        Internacional de Aceros S.A. de C.V..........               3.76
        Perfiles y Herrajes LM, S.A. de C.V..........               3.76
        Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos.............               3.76
        Talleres Acero Rey S.A. de C.V...............               3.76
        Tuberia Laguna S.A. de C.V...................               3.76
        Industrias Monterrey S.A. de C.V.............              11.50
        Nacional de Acero S.A. de C.V................              11.50
        PEASA-Productos Especializados de Acero......              11.50
        Tuberias Aspe................................              11.50
        Tuberias y Derivados S.A. de C.V.............              11.50
        All Others...................................               3.76
People's Republic of China (A-570-914):
    Exporter:
        Zhangjiagang Zhongyuan Pipe-Making Co., Ltd..             255.07
        Kunshan Lets Win Steel Machinery Co., Ltd....             247.90
        Wuxi Baishun Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.............             247.90
        Guangdong Walsall Steel Pipe Industrial Co.,              247.90
         Ltd.........................................
        Wuxi Worldunion Trading Co., Ltd.............             247.90
        Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.............             247.90
        Jiangyin Jianye Metal Products Co., Ltd......             247.90
        PRC-wide entity..............................             255.07
Republic of Korea (A-580-859):
    Producer/Exporter:
        Dong-A Steel Pipe Co. Ltd....................              30.66
        HiSteel Co. Ltd..............................              30.66
        Jinbang Steel Co. Ltd........................              30.66
        Joong Won....................................              30.66
        Miju Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.....................              30.66
        Yujin Steel Industry Co......................              30.66
        Ahshin Pipe & Tube...........................              30.66
        Han Gyu Rae Steel Co., Ltd...................              30.66
        Kukje Steel Co., Ltd.........................              30.66
        SeAH Steel Corporation, Ltd..................              15.79
        All Others \8\...............................              15.79
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    \8\ Nexteel Co., Ltd. has been excluded from the Korean order.
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. 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 
terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    The Department is issuing and publishing these results and notice 
in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.218.

     Dated: July 30, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-18973 Filed 8-5-13; 8:45 am]
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