[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 251 (Tuesday, December 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79664-79665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31343]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico: Final 
Results of the 2011-2012 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 9, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe 
from Mexico for the period November 1, 2011 through October 31, 
2012.\1\ For the final results, we continue to find that Lamina y Placa 
Comercial, S.A. de C.V. (Lamina), Mueller Comercial de Mexico, S. de 
R.L. de C.V. (Mueller), Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos, S.A. de C.V. 
(Regiopytsa), and Tuberia Nacional, S.A. de C. V. (TUNA) made no 
shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review (POR). We 
made no changes to the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from 
Mexico: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 48647 (August 9, 2013) 
(Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective Date: December 31, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner 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-
6312 and (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 9, 2013, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
in the Federal Register.\2\ In the Preliminary Results, the Department 
rescinded this administrative review with respect to four respondents 
for which reviews had been initiated but subsequently timely withdrawn 
(i.e., Conduit S.A. de C.V., PYTCO, S.A. de C.V., Southland Pipe 
Nipples Co., Inc., and Ternium Mexico, S.A. de C.V.). We also 
preliminarily determined that Lamina, Mueller, Regiopysta, and TUNA 
made no shipments during the POR. We invited parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results. We received no comments.
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    \2\ Id.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are 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, or threaded and coupled).\3\ 
The merchandise covered by the order and subject to this review is 
currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) at 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 these proceedings is dispositive.
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    \3\ For the complete scope of this order, see Notice of 
Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 
Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and 
Venezuela and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Certain Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 
49453 (November 2, 1992).
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Determination of No Shipments

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, we received no-shipment claims 
from Lamina, Mueller, Regiopytsa, and TUNA, and we confirmed these 
claims with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Because we 
continue to find that the record indicates that Lamina, Mueller, 
Regiopytsa, and TUNA did not export subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POR, we determine that they had no reviewable 
transactions during the POR.

Assessment

    The Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries, pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b). We will issue appraisement instructions 
directly to CBP to assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries by 
applying the assessment rate to the entered value of the merchandise. 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 356.8(a), the Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 41 days after the date of publication of these 
final results of review.
    On May 6, 2003, the Department clarified its ``automatic 
assessment'' regulation.\4\ This clarification will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR for which the reviewed company 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\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) 
(reseller policy).
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    For all entries by Lamina, Mueller, Regiopytsa, and TUNA, we will 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties in accordance with the 
reseller policy.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results for all shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on 
or after the publication date of these final results of administrative 
review, consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash 
deposit rate for the reviewed companies will continue to be the 
company-specific rates published for the most recently completed 
segment in which the company participated; (2) for merchandise exported 
by producers or exporters not covered in this review, but covered in a 
previous segment of this 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 a prior segment of this proceeding, but the 
manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding 
for the manufacturer of the subject

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merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 32.62 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the original antidumping investigation.\5\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \5\ See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico, 57 FR 42953 
(September 17, 1992).
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Notifications

    This notice also 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 the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, 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 the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: December 20, 2013.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-31343 Filed 12-30-13; 8:45 am]
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