[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33482-33483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14451]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-838]


Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: On December 9, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results 
of the 2012-2013 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
seamless refined copper tube and pipe from Mexico.\1\ This review 
covers two producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, GD 
Affiliates S. de R.L. de C.V. (Golden Dragon) \2\ and Nacional de 
Cobre, S.A. de C.V. (Nacobre). We gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results and, based upon our 
analysis of the comments received, we continue to find that sales of 
subject merchandise have been made at prices below normal value.
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    \1\ See Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-
2013, 79 FR 73028 (December 9, 2014), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ The Department has previously treated GD Affiliates S. de 
R.L. de C.V. as part of a single entity including: (1) GD Copper 
Cooperatief U.A.; (2) Hong Kong GD Trading Co. Ltd.; (3) Golden 
Dragon Holding (Hong Kong) International, Ltd.; (4) GD Copper U.S.A. 
Inc.; (5) GD Affiliates Servicios S. de R.L. de C.V.; and (6) GD 
Affiliates S. de R.L. de C.V., which is collectively referred to as 
Golden Dragon. See, e.g., Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From 
Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2011-2012, 79 FR 36719 (June 30, 2014), and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective date: June 12, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or Dennis McClure, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3874 or (202) 482-5973, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 9, 2014, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the Preliminary Results of the 2012-2013 administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube 
from Mexico. We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.
    From December 15 through 19, 2014, we conducted a verification of 
the cost data reported by Golden Dragon.
    On January 29, 2015, we received case briefs from Golden Dragon, 
Nacobre \3\, and the petitioners.
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    \3\ Nacobre withdrew its case brief on February 3, 2015.
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    On March 23, 2015, we postponed the final results by 60 days, until 
June 8, 2015.\4\
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    \4\ See memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Dennis McClure, 
Senior Analyst, Office II, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, entitled ``Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from 
Mexico: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2012-2013,'' dated March 24, 2015.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order \5\ is seamless refined copper 
pipe and tube. The product is currently classified under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7407.10.1500, 
7419.99.5050, 8415.90.8065, and 8415.90.8085. Although the HTSUS 
numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
product description, available in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum,\6\ remains dispositive.
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    \5\ See Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico and 
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value From Mexico, 75 
FR 71070 (November 22, 2010) (Amended Final and Order).
    \6\ See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, entitled ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Seamless 
Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from Mexico; 2012-2013,'' issued 
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by Golden Dragon 
and the petitioners are listed in the Appendix to this notice and 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Parties can find a 
complete discussion of these issues and the corresponding 
recommendations in this public memorandum, which 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; the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is also 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 Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from interested parties regarding 
our Preliminary Results, we revised our preliminary margin calculations 
for Golden Dragon. These changes are listed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. We made no changes to the calculation of Nacobre's 
weighted-average dumping margin in these final results.

Period of Review

    The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2012, through October 31, 
2013.

Final Results of the Review

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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GD Affiliates S. de R.L. de C.V.........................            0.00
Nacional de Cobre, S.A. de C.V..........................            0.00
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for Golden Dragon 
within five days of the date of publication of this notice to parties 
in this proceeding in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Because the 
Nacobre calculations did not change, there is nothing to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries.
    Pursuant to the Final Modification for Reviews,\7\ because the 
weighted-average dumping margins for Golden Dragon and Nacobre are 
zero, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.\8\
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    \7\ See 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) 
(Final Modification for Reviews).
    \8\ Id. at 8102.
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    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 41 
days after the date of publication of these

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final results of review, pursuant to 19 CFR 356.8(a).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of these final results for all shipments of 
seamless refined copper pipe and tube from Mexico entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates 
for Golden Dragon and Nacobre will be equal to the weighted-average 
dumping margins 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 completed prior segment of the 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if 
the 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 for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit 
rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 26.03 
percent, the all-others rate established in the Amended Final and 
Order. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as 
a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) 
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under the APO, which continues to 
govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: June 5, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

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

Summary
Background
Margin Calculations
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Date of Sale for Consignment Sales
    Comment 2: Imputed Credit Expense for Consignment Sales
    Comment 3: Reporting of Costs Related to Global Operations
    Comment 4: Use of Updated Cost Database
Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2015-14451 Filed 6-11-15; 8:45 am]
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