[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42289-42291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17206]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-557-815, A-549-830, A-552-816]


Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From Malaysia, Thailand, and the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the 
ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on welded 
stainless pressure pipe (WSPP) from Malaysia, Thailand, and the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam).

DATES: Effective date: July 21, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Kearney (Malaysia), or Brandon 
Farlander/Trisha Tran (Thailand), or Lilit Astvatsatrian (Vietnam) AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0167 or (202) 482-0182/(202) 482-4852 or (202) 482-6412, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on May 30, 2014, 
the Department published its affirmative final determinations of sales 
at less-than-fair-value in the antidumping duty investigations of WSPP 
from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, respectively.\1\ On July 14, 
2014, the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative determinations 
that an industry in the United States is materially injured within the 
meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of less-than-
fair-value imports of WSPP from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.\2\ In 
addition, the ITC notified the Department of its final determination 
that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of 
subject merchandise from Malaysia that are subject to the Department's 
affirmative critical circumstances finding.\3\
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    \1\ See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From Malaysia: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative 
Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part; 2012-2013, 79 FR 
31090 (May 30, 2014); Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From Thailand: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 31093 
(May 30, 2014); and Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, 79 FR 31092 (May 30, 2014).
    \2\ See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from Malaysia, Thailand, 
and Vietnam, USITC Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1210-1212 (Final), 
USITC Publication 4477 (July 2014).
    \3\ Id.
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by these orders are circular welded austenitic 
stainless pressure pipe not greater than 14 inches in outside diameter. 
For purposes of these orders, references to size are in nominal inches 
and include all products within tolerances allowed by pipe 
specifications. This merchandise includes, but is not limited to, the 
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A-312 or ASTM A-778 
specifications, or comparable domestic or foreign specifications. ASTM 
A-358 products are only included when they are produced to meet ASTM A-
312 or ASTM A-778 specifications, or comparable domestic or foreign 
specifications.
    Excluded from the scope are: (1) Welded stainless mechanical 
tubing, meeting ASTM A-554 or comparable domestic or foreign 
specifications; (2) boiler, heat exchanger, superheater, refining 
furnace, feedwater heater, and condenser tubing, meeting ASTM A-249, 
ASTM A-688 or comparable domestic or foreign specifications; and (3) 
specialized tubing, meeting ASTM A269, ASTM A-270 or comparable 
domestic or foreign specifications.
    The subject imports are normally classified in subheadings 
7306.40.5005, 7306.40.5040, 7306.40.5062, 7306.40.5064, and 
7306.40.5085 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). They may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 7306.40.1010, 
7306.40.1015, 7306.40.5042, 7306.40.5044, 7306.40.5080, and 
7306.40.5090. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only; the written description of the scope of these 
investigations is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    As stated above, on July 14, 2014, in accordance with section 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determinations in these investigations, in which it found material 
injury with respect to WSPP from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.\4\ 
Because the ITC determined that imports of WSPP from Malaysia, 
Thailand, and Vietnam are materially

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injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from 
Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \4\ Id.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties 
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise 
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the 
merchandise, for all relevant entries of WSPP from Malaysia, Thailand, 
and Vietnam. These antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated 
entries of WSPP from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 7, 2014, 
the date of publication of the preliminary determinations,\5\ but will 
not include entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional 
measures period and before publication of the ITC's final injury 
determination as further described below.
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    \5\ See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from Malaysia: 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances, in 
Part, and Postponement of Final Determination, 79 FR 808 (January 7, 
2014); Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from Thailand: Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of 
Final Determination, 79 FR 812 (January 7, 2014); Welded Stainless 
Pressure Pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of 
Final Determination, 79 FR 806 (January 7, 2014).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all entries of WSPP 
from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. We will also instruct CBP to 
require cash deposits equal to the amounts as indicated below. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's 
final affirmative injury determinations, CBP will require, at the same 
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average antidumping duty margins listed below.\6\
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    \6\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant 
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect 
for more than four months except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six 
months. At the request of exporters that account for a significant 
proportion of WSPP from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, we extended 
the four-month period to no more than six months in each case.\7\ In 
the underlying investigations, the Department published the preliminary 
determinations on January 7, 2014. Therefore, the six-month period 
beginning on the date of publication of the preliminary determinations 
ended on July 6, 2014. Furthermore, section 737(b) of the Act states 
that definitive duties are to begin on the date of publication of the 
ITC's final injury determination.
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    \7\ See Submission from Superinox Pipe Industry Sdn. Bhd., 
``Welded Stainless Steel Pipe from Malaysia; Request to Extend the 
Final Determination,'' dated November 18, 2013; see also Submission 
from Thareus Co., Ltd. and Ametai Co., Ltd., ``Welded Stainless 
Steel Pressure Pipe from Thailand: Request for Extension of Final 
Determination,'' dated November 15, 2013; see also Submission from 
Thai-German Products Public Company Limited, ``Welded Stainless 
Steel Pipe from Thailand; Request to Extend the Final Determination 
and to Extend the Deadline for TGP's Section D Response,'' dated 
November 18, 2013; see also, Submission of SonHa International 
Corporation, ``Sonha Request to Postpone Final Determination: 
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe 
from Vietnam (A-552-816),'' dated November 14, 2013.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of WSPP from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after July 6, 
2014, the date the provisional measures expired, until and through the 
day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury 
determinations in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will 
resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in 
the Federal Register.
    The weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                               Weighted
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/exporter                        margin
                                                              (percent)
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Malaysia:
    Superinox Pipe Industry Sdn. Bhd./Superinox                   167.11
     International Sdn. Bhd................................
    Kanzen Tetsu Sdn. Bhd..................................       167.11
    Pantech Stainless & Alloy Industries Sdn. Bhd..........       167.11
    All Others.............................................        22.70
Thailand:
    Ametai Co., Ltd./Thareus Co., Ltd......................        24.01
    Thai-German Products Public Company Limited............        24.01
    All Others.............................................        23.89
Vietnam:
    Sonha International Corporation/Sonha International            16.25
     Corporation...........................................
    Mejonson Industrial Vietnam Co., Ltd./Mejonson                 16.25
     Industrial Vietnam Co., Ltd...........................
    Vietnam-Wide Entity....................................        16.25
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    With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances 
determination on imports of WSPP from Malaysia, we will instruct CBP to 
lift suspension and to refund any cash deposit made to secure the 
payment of estimated antidumping duties with respect to entries of the 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after October 9, 2013, (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of publication 
of the preliminary determination), but before January 7, 2014, the 
publication date of the preliminary determination.

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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
WSPP from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam pursuant to section 736(a) of 
the Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders 
currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    These orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

     Dated: July 16, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-17206 Filed 7-18-14; 8:45 am]
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