[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73034-73036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28833]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico; 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
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 an administrative 
review of

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the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel 
pipe from Mexico.\1\ This administrative review originally covered 
eight entities: Productos Laminados de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. 
(Productos Laminados), Prolamsa, Inc.,\2\ Conduit S.A. de C.V. 
(Conduit); Ternium Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Ternium); Tuberia Nacional, 
S.A. de C. V. (TUNA); Lamina y Placa Comercial, S.A. de C.V. (Lamina); 
\3\ Mueller Comercial de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Mueller); and 
PYTCO, S.A. de C.V. (PYTCO). All requests for administrative review of 
Conduit, TUNA, Lamina, Ternium, Mueller, and PYTCO were timely 
withdrawn, and we are consequently rescinding this administrative 
review, in part, with respect to these six companies. The sole 
mandatory respondent is Productos Laminados. The period of review (POR) 
is August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2013. We preliminarily find that 
Productos Laminados made sales at prices below normal value (NV) during 
the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 
79392 (December 30, 2013).
    \2\ While the Department initiated an administrative review of 
Productos Laminados and Prolamsa, Inc. separately, record 
information indicates that Prolamsa, Inc. is a wholly-owned U.S. 
subsidiary of Productos Laminados, and is an importer, and not a 
producer, of subject merchandise.
    \3\ The Department has determined that Lamina is the successor-
in-interest to TUNA. See Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changes Circumstances Review: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipe From Mexico, 75 FR 82374 (December 30, 2010).

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DATES: Effective Date: December 9, 2014.

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-
0698 or (202) 482-1131, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the 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). 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: 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, and 
7306.30.5090. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of this proceeding is dispositive. A full description of the scope of 
the order is contained 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 Non-Alloy Steel Pipe 
from Mexico,'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently 
with this notice, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\4\
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    \4\ See also 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) (the Order).
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 
export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. 
NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    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 https://access.trade.gov \5\ 
and 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 directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and electronic 
versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.
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    \5\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the 
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS'') to AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (``ACCESS''). The Web site location was 
changed from http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. 
The Final Rule changing the references to the Regulations can be 
found at: 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Preliminary Results of the Review

    We preliminarily determine for the period November 1, 2012, through 
October 31, 2013, the following weighted-average dumping margin exists:
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    \6\ See the Memorandum from Davina Friedmann to Richard Weible, 
Office Director, AD/CVD Operations Office VI, entitled, ``Circular 
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Affiliation and Collapsing 
Memorandum,'' dated December 1, 2014; see also Preliminary Decision 
memorandum at 4 and 12-14.

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                                                       Weighted- average
                 Exporter or producer                    dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Productos Laminados de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V./Aceros               6.31
 Cuatro Caminos, S.A. de C.V.\6\
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Scope Inquiry

    The Department is conducting a scope inquiry to determine whether 
certain types of black, circular tubing produced to American Society 
for Testing and Materials standard A-513 by Productos Laminados may be 
outside the scope of the Order because they meet the exclusion for 
``mechanical tubing.'' Parties are notified that the final results of 
the scope inquiry may affect the final results of this administrative 
review by decreasing the number of reported sales.

Partial Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole, or in part, if a party that requested 
a review withdraws the request within 90 days of publication of notice 
of initiation of the requested review. All requests for review by all 
parties, except those of Productos Laminados and Prolamsa, Inc.,\7\ 
were timely withdrawn.\8\ Accordingly, we rescind the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-
alloy steel pipe from Mexico covering the period November 1, 2012, 
through October 31,

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2013, with respect to Conduit, TUNA, Lamina, Ternium, Mueller, and 
PYTCO.
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    \7\ Prolamsa, Inc. (a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Productos 
Laminados which is an importer, and not a producer, of subject 
merchandise--see footnote 1), made no entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR. See the Memorandum from Davina Hashmi to Richard 
Weible, Director, AD/CVD Operations Office VI, entitled, 
``Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain 
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Respondent 
Selection Memorandum,'' dated March 20, 2014, at 5.
    \8\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5.
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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.\9\ 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.\10\ 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.\11\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 
ACCESS.\12\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \12\ 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 Enforcement and 
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Standard Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\13\ 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. If a request for a hearing 
is made, parties will be notified of the date and time of the hearing 
to be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the 
issues raised in all written case briefs, within 120 days after the 
date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\14\ If the weighted-
average dumping margin for Productos Laminados/Aceros Cuatro Caminos is 
not zero or de minimis in the final results of this review, we will 
calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio 
of the total amount of dumping duties calculated for an importer's 
examined sales and the total entered value of such sales in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the weighted-average dumping margin for 
Productos Laminados/Aceros Cuatro Caminos is zero or de minimis in the 
final results of review, we will instruct CBP not to assess duties on 
any of its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for 
Reviews, i.e., ``{w{time} here the weighted-average margin of dumping 
for the exporter is determined to be zero or de minimis, no antidumping 
duties will be assessed.'' \15\
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    \14\ 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 Duty Proceedings; Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
    \15\ Id. at 77 FR 8101, 8102.
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    As noted above, the Department has rescinded this administrative 
review for Conduit, TUNA, Lamina, Ternium, Mueller, and PYTCO. For 
these exporters and/or producers, the Department will instruct CBP to 
liquidate all appropriate entries as entered.
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 41 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication of the final results of this administrative review, 
as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate 
for Productos Laminado/Aceros Cuatro Caminos will be the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of this 
administrative review except if the rate is de minimis within the 
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate 
will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or 
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of 
the 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 the manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or 
the original less-than-fair-value investigation but the manufacturer 
is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recently completed segment of the proceeding for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 32.62 percent ad valorem, the all-
others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\16\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \16\ See the Order.
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Notification to Importers

    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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    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: December 1, 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. Postponement of Preliminary Determination
5. No Shipments Claims
6. Partial Rescission of Review
7. Duty Absorption
8. Methodology
9. Comparisons to Normal Value
    A. Determination of Comparison Method
    B. Results of the DP Analysis
10. Product Comparisons
11. Date of Sale
12. Level of Trade
13. Constructed Export Price
14. Normal Value
    A. Affiliation and Single Entity
    B. Cost of Production
15. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
16. Currency Conversion
17. Recommendation

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