[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71563-71565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28693]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008]


Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On June 7, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes 
and tubes from Taiwan for the period of review (POR) May 1, 2011, 
through April 30, 2012.\1\ For these final results, we find that 
subject merchandise has been sold at less than normal value.
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    \1\ See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 34335 (June 7, 2013) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective November 29, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Bezirganian or Robert James, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1131 
or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 7, 2013, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan.\2\
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    \2\ Id.
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    On July 22, 2013, we received a case brief from the petitioner, 
United States Steel Corporation. On July 29, 2013, we received a 
rebuttal brief from the respondent, Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd. (Shin 
Yang).
    As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised its discretion to 
toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\3\ Therefore, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 16 
days. The revised deadline for the final results of this review is now 
November 22, 2013.
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    \3\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by 
the Shutdown of the Federal Government'' (October 18, 2013).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order \4\ is certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes. For a full description of the scope of 
the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum,\5\ which is hereby

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adopted by this notice. The written description is dispositive.
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    \4\ See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 49 FR 19369 (May 7, 1984) 
(Order).
    \5\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
entitled ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes 
and Tubes from Taiwan; 2011-2012,'' (Issues and Decision Memorandum) 
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The comments received in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised and 
to which we have responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is 
attached to this notice as an Appendix. The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). Access to IA ACCESS 
is available to registered users at http://iaacess.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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Changes from the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested 
parties, we have changed our calculation methodology for Shin Yang to 
remove an offset to costs that is associated with non-subject 
merchandise.\6\
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    \6\ See the Issues and Decision Memorandum; see also the 
company-specific calculation memorandom dated concurrently with this 
notice, entitled ``Analysis Memorandum for Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd. 
for the Final Results of the Administrative Review of Certain 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan; 2011-
2012,'' and the cost memorandum dated concurrently with this notice, 
``Cost of Production and Constructed Value Calculation Adjustments 
for the Final Results--Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd.''
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Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2011, 
through April 30, 2012:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/exporter                       dumping
                                                               margin
                                                              (percent)
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Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd..................................         8.91
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Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed for these final results 
to interested parties within five days after the date of the 
publication of this notice pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department has 
determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in 
accordance with the final results of this review. The Department 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date 
of publication of these final results of review.
    Because Shin Yang's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or 
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), the Department has calculated 
importer-specific assessment rates. Shin Yang did not report the name 
of the importer of record or the entered value for its sales to the 
United States during the POR because the identities of the importers 
were not known to Shin Yang. Accordingly, we calculated importer-
specific per-unit duty assessment rates by aggregating the total amount 
of dumping calculated for the examined sales of each customer and 
dividing each of these amounts by the total quantity (i.e., weight) 
associated with those sales. To determine whether these importer-
specific per-unit assessment rates are de minimis, in accordance with 
the requirement set forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we calculated 
importer-specific ad valorem rates based on the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the examined sales of each customer divided by estimated 
entered values for sales to the customer. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to 
antidumping duties all entries for which the aforementioned importer-
specific ad valorem rate is zero or de minimis; otherwise, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries at the aforementioned 
importer-specific per-unit assessment rates.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Shin Yang or Yieh Phui for which 
these companies did not know were 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. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption, on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate 
for Shin Yang will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding in which that 
manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the manufacturer of subject merchandise; and (4) the 
cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters (now 
including Yieh Phui) will continue to be 9.70 percent, the all-others 
rate referenced in the Order. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notifications

    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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a 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 
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with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: November 22, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Issues Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

Issue 1: Reported Cost Offset Involving Non-Subject Merchandise
Issue 2: Reported Cost Offset Involving Prepayment of Facilities
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