[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5375-5377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-836]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 6, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on light-walled rectangular 
pipe and tube (LWR pipe and tube) from Mexico.\1\ The period of review 
(POR) is August 1, 2011, through July 31, 2012. This review covers two 
producers or exporters of subject merchandise: Regiomontana de Perfiles 
y Tubos S.A. de C.V. (Regiopytsa) and Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. 
(Maquilacero). For the final results, we continue to find that 
Regiopytsa sold subject merchandise at less than normal value during 
the POR and that Maquilacero did not. For the final weighted-average 
dumping margins, see the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.
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    \1\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 54864 (September 6, 2013) 
(Preliminary Results), and the accompanying Decision Memorandum 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).

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DATES: Effective Date: January 31, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Davis or Ericka Ukrow, 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-
7924 or (202) 482-0405, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 6, 2013, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the Preliminary Results. We invited interested parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Results. On October 22 and 23, 2013, 
respectively, the Department received case briefs from Regiopytsa and 
Maquilacero. No party submitted rebuttal briefs or requested a hearing.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain welded carbon-
quality light-

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walled steel pipe and tube, of rectangular (including square) cross 
section, having a wall thickness of less than 4 mm.\2\ The welded 
carbon-quality rectangular pipe and tube subject to the order 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, our 
written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.\3\
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, through Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Light-
Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico; 2011-2012,'' dated 
concurrently with these results and hereby adopted by this notice, 
for a complete description of the scope of the order (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
    \3\ 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) (Orders).
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Tolling of Deadlines

    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.\4\ Therefore, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding were extended by 16 days. 
If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with the 
Department's practice, the deadline will become the next business day. 
Accordingly, the revised deadline for the final results of this review 
is now January 22, 2014.
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    \4\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by 
the Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated October 18, 2013.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs by parties to this 
administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.
    The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file in the Central Records Unit (CRU), room 7046 of the main 
Department of Commerce building, as well as electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is 
available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and it is 
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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    We have made no changes to our calculations announced in the 
Preliminary Results. Therefore, as a result of our review, we continue 
to determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin exists 
for the period August 1, 2011, through July 31, 2012:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                  Producer or exporter                    dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de C.V............            1.45
Maquilacero S.A. de C.V.................................            0.00
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Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries.\5\ Since the weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de 
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) for Regiopytsa, we calculated 
importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio 
of the total amount of dumping calculated for an importer's examined 
sales to the total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where either a respondent's weighted-average 
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \5\ In these final results, the Department applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\6\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Maquilacero and Regiopytsa for 
which they did not know that their merchandise was destined for the 
United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate of 3.76 percent, as 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation of this 
proceeding,\7\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.
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    \6\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) 
(Assessment Policy Notice).
    \7\ 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).
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a), the Department intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP on or after 41 days following the 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption on or after the publication date of these 
final results, consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 
subject merchandise manufactured and exported by Maquilacero and 
Regiopytsa, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average 
dumping margins established in the final results of this review; (2) 
for previously reviewed or investigated companies, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published from the 
completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, the prior review, or the 
investigation but the manufacturer is, then the cash-deposit rate will 
be the rate established from the completed segment 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 review, a 
previous review or the less-than-fair-value investigation conducted by 
the Department, then the cash deposit rate will be the all-others rate 
of 3.76 percent. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain 
in effect until further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

    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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties

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occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Return or Destruction of Proprietary Information

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of 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.
    These final results of 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: January 22, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

    1. Authority to Consider an Alternative Comparison Methodology 
Absent an Allegation of Targeted Dumping
    2. Differential Pricing Analysis
    3. Arm's-Length Analysis of Certain of Maquilacero's Sales
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