[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71089-71091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28255]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-964]


Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Administrative 
Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') is conducting the third 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined 
copper pipe and tube from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), 
covering the period November 1, 2012 through October 31, 2013. The 
Department preliminarily determines that, during the period of review, 
Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc., Hong Kong GD Trading 
Co., Ltd., and Golden Dragon Holding (Hong Kong) International, Ltd. 
(collectively, ``Golden Dragon''), the respondent in this proceeding, 
has made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value 
(``NV''). Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: December 1, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Martinelli, 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-
2923.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is seamless refined copper 
pipe and tube. The product is currently classified under Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') item numbers 
7411.10.1030 and 7411.10.1090. Products subject to this order may also 
enter under HTSUS item numbers 7407.10.1500, 7419.99.5050, 
8415.90.8065, and 8415.90.8085. Although the HTSUS numbers are

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provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of this order remains dispositive.\1\
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    \1\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
regarding ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
2012-2013 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of 
China'' (November 21, 2014) for a complete description of the scope 
of the order (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum'').
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Extension of Deadlines for Preliminary Results

    On July 8, 2014 the Department extended the time period for issuing 
the preliminary results of this review by 120 days, until December 1, 
2014.\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through Abdelali Elouaradia, Office Director, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, Office 4, from Maisha Cryor, 
International Trade Compliance Analyst, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, Office 4, regarding ``Seamless 
Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review'' (July 8, 2014).
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
Department is rescinding this review with regard to Luvata Tube 
(Zhongshan) Ltd. & Luvata Alltop (Zhongshan) Ltd. (collectively, 
``Luvata''), Shanghai Hailiang Copper Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Hailiang 
Co., Ltd. as parties have timely withdrawn all review requests with 
respect to these companies. At the time of Initiation, Luvata, Shanghai 
Hailiang Copper Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Hailiang Co., Ltd. had a 
separate rate from a prior completed segment of this proceeding.\3\ 
Because we are now rescinding this review for these companies, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate their entries at the rates of the cash 
deposits of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, 
or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(c)(2).
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    \3\ See Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico and 
the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, 75 FR 60725, 60729 (October 1, 2010) (``LTFV Final 
Determination'').
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    Reviews were also requested for 11 additional companies listed in 
the Initiation Notice, and those requests were also timely 
withdrawn.\4\ However, we are not rescinding the reviews for these 11 
companies at this time because they do not have a separate rate and, 
therefore, each currently remains part of the PRC-wide entity. The PRC-
wide entity is currently subject to this administrative review.\5\
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    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 
79392 (December 30, 2013) (``Initiation Notice''). The 11 companies 
include: China Hailiang Metal Trading, Foshan Hua Hong Copper Tube 
Co., Ltd., Guilin Lijia Metals Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Hailiang Metal, 
Ningbo Jintian Copper Tube Co., Ltd., Shanghai Hailiang Metal 
Trading Limited, Sinochem Ningbo Ltd. & Sinochem Ningbo Import & 
Export Co., Ltd., Taicang City Jinxin Copper Tube Co., Ltd., 
Zhejiang Jihe Pipes Inc., and Zhejiang Naile Copper Co., Ltd. These 
companies are not included in the collapsed entity of Hong Kong 
Hailiang Metal Trading Limited, Zhejiang Hailiang Co., Ltd., and 
Shanghai Hailiang Copper Co., Ltd.
    \5\ See, e.g., Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 47363, 
47365 (August 8, 2012), unchanged in Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven 
Selvedge From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011, 78 FR 10130 
(February 13, 2013). A change in practice with respect to the 
conditional review of the PRC-wide entity is not applicable to this 
administrative review. See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of 
Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in 
Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket 
Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65964, 
65969-70 (November 4, 2013) (apply the change in practice to reviews 
for which the notice of opportunity to request an administrative 
review is published on or after December 4, 2013).
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''). 
Export prices and constructed export prices were calculated in 
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a nonmarket 
economy (``NME'') country within the meaning of section 771(18) of the 
Act, NV has been calculated in accordance with section 773(c) of the 
Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, which is hereby 
adopted by this notice. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is included as an Appendix to this notice. 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 (``ACCESS''). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and 
it 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                          Exporter                             dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc., Hong Kong GD         7.17
 Trading Co., Ltd., and Golden Dragon Holding (Hong Kong)
 International, Ltd.
PRC-wide entity............................................        60.85
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
Interested parties may submit written comments no later than 30 days 
after the date of publication of these preliminary results.\6\ 
Rebuttals to written comments may be filed no later than five days 
after the written comments are filed.\7\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.\8\ Hearing requests should contain the 
following information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to 
be discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in 
the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be 
notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.\9\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions by interested parties must be filed electronically 
via ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic records 
system, ACCESS, by

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5 p.m. Eastern Time in order for it to have been submitted timely on 
that day.
    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of its analysis 
of issues raised in any written comments, within 120 days of 
publication of these preliminary results unless extended, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuing the final results of the review, the Department shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date 
of publication of the final results of review. For any individually 
examined respondents whose weighted-average dumping margin is not zero 
or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), the Department will 
calculate importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\10\ For respondents not 
individually examined for this review, their ad valorem assessment rate 
will be equal to their weighted-average dumping margin established in 
the final results of review.
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    \10\ In these preliminary 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 will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-
specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review 
is not zero or de minimis. Where either the respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, the Department will instruct CBP 
to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.
    The Department announced a refinement to its assessment practice in 
NME cases. Pursuant to this refinement in practice, for entries that 
were not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by companies 
individually examined during this review, the Department will instruct 
CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide rate. In addition, if the 
Department determines that an exporter under review had no shipments of 
the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that entered under that 
exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be 
liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\11\
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    \11\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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    The final results of this review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by 
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated 
antidumping duties.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of this review 
(except, if the rate is de minimis, then the cash deposit rate will be 
zero for that exporter); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed 
PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that have separate rates, 
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate 
published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; 
(3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not been 
found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be 
60.85 percent, which is the rate for the PRC-wide entity; \12\ and (4) 
for all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not 
received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter. 
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \12\ See LTFV Final Determination, 75 FR at 60729.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 CBP assessing double 
antidumping duties based on the Department's presumption that 
antidumping duties were reimbursed.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: November 21, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Discussion of the Methodology
5. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
6. Non-Market Economy Country Status
7. Separate Rates
8. PRC-Wide Entity
9. Surrogate Country
10. Date of Sale
11. Fair Value Comparisons
12. Determination of Comparison Method
13. Export Price
14. Constructed Export Price
15. Value Added Tax
16. Normal Value
17. Factor Valuations
18. Currency Conversion
19. Recommendation

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