[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34720-34722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14291]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008]


Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-
2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 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 circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan. The period of review 
(POR) is May 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013, and the review covers 
Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd. (Shin Yang), a producer and exporter of 
subject merchandise. We preliminarily find that sales of the subject 
merchandise were not made at prices below normal value.

DATES: Effective Date: June 18, 2014.

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:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan. The product is currently 
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) item numbers 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032,

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7306.30.5040, and 7306.30.5055. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the written product description 
remains dispositive.\1\
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    \1\ The complete description of the scope of the order appears 
in the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision 
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes 
and Tubes from Taiwan; 2012-2013'' (dated concurrently with this 
notice) (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted 
by this notice.
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Methodology

    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, please see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\ The 
Preliminary 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://iaaccess.trade.gov and to all parties in the Central Records Unit 
(CRU), 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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic 
versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.
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    \2\ A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum appears in the Appendix of this notice.
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    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export Price 
is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value 
is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, please see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that a 
weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for Shin Yang 
for the POR.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results 
within five days of the date of publication of this notice.\3\ Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs no 
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 no later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\4\ 
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.\5\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using IA 
ACCESS.\6\ 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 on the day on which it is due.
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    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 within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\7\ 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.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    The Department will 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 
Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.212(b), the Department will calculate importer-specific assessment 
rates for each respondent whose weighted-average dumping margin is not 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent). If a respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, then the 
Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
liquidate all appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. 
The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final 
results of this review.
    If the weighted-average dumping margin for Shin Yang is not zero or 
de minimis in the final results, then the Department will calculate 
importer-specific assessment rates. Because Shin Yang did not report 
the entered value of its sales, we will calculate importer-specific 
per-unit duty assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the examined sales of each importer and dividing 
each of these amounts by the total quantity (i.e., weight) associated 
with those sales. To determine whether the importer-specific per-unit 
assessment rates are de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set 
forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will calculate importer-specific ad 
valorem rates based on estimated entered values. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to 
antidumping duties all entries for which the importer-specific ad 
valorem rate is zero or de minimis.
    The Department clarified its automatic assessment regulation on May 
6, 2003.\8\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Shin Yang for which the record 
of this administrative review indicates they did not know was destined 
for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate these entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for 
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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    \8\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements for estimated antidumping 
duties will be effective upon publication of the notice of final 
results of administrative review for all shipments of certain circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit for Shin 
Yang will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established 
in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a previously completed 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

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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 in which that manufacturer or exporter participated; 
and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters 
will continue to be 9.70 percent, the all-others rate referenced in 
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: 
Antidumping Duty Order, 49 FR 19369 (May 7, 1984). These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notifications

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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, will be requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

     Dated: June 10, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Fair Value Comparisons
Product Comparisons
Determination of Comparison Method
Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
Date of Sale
Export Price
Level of Trade
Normal Value
Currency Conversion
Conclusion

[FR Doc. 2014-14291 Filed 6-17-14; 8:45 am]
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