[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39055-39056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16724]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-836]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

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 light-walled 
rectangular pipe and tube (LWR pipe and tube) from Mexico. The period 
of review (POR) is August 1, 2013, through July 31, 2014. The review 
covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Perfiles y 
Herrajes LM, S.A. de C.V. (Perfiles).
    We preliminarily determine that sales of subject merchandise by 
Perfiles were made at less than normal value during the POR. Interested 
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: July 8, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ilissa Kabak Shefferman or Brian C. 
Davis, 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) 482-4684 or (202) 482-7924, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise that is the subject of the order is certain welded 
carbon-quality light-walled steel pipe and tube, of rectangular 
(including square) cross section, having a wall thickness of less than 
4 mm. The welded carbon-quality rectangular pipe and tube subject to 
the order is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7306.61.50.00 and 
7306.61.70.60. This tariff classification is provided for convenience 
and Customs purposes; however, the written description of the scope of 
the order 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, titled 
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Light Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from 
Mexico'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which is issued concurrent 
with and hereby adopted by 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 to ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and 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 directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this notice. The signed 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that, for the period August 1, 2013, 
through July 30, 2014, the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists:

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                                                             Weighted-
                  Manufacturer/Exporter                   average margin
                                                             (percent)
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Perfiles y Herrajes, L.M. SA de CV......................            4.15
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties to the 
proceeding any calculations performed in connection with these 
preliminary results of review within five days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\1\ Interested

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parties may submit case briefs to the Department in response to these 
preliminary results no later than 30 days after the publication of 
these preliminary results.\2\ Rebuttal briefs, the content of which is 
limited to the issues raised in the case briefs, must be filed within 
five days from the deadline date for the submission of case briefs.\3\ 
Parties who submit arguments in this proceeding are requested to submit 
with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary 
of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\4\ Executive summaries 
should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\5\ In order to be 
properly filed, ACCESS must successfully receive an electronically-
filed document in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Case and 
rebuttal briefs must be served on interested parties.\6\
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    \1\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b)
    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \5\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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    Within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice, 
interested parties may request a public hearing on arguments raised in 
the case and rebuttal briefs.\7\ Unless the Department specifies 
otherwise, the hearing, if requested, will be held two days after the 
date for submission of rebuttal briefs.\8\ Written argument and hearing 
requests should be electronically submitted to the Department via 
ACCESS.\9\ The Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, must 
successfully receive an electronically-filed document in its entirety 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\10\ 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. Parties will be notified of the time and location of the 
hearing.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d)(1).
    \9\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    The Department intends to publish the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
addressed in any case or rebuttal brief, no later than 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results, unless extended.\11\
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    \11\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, the Department shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries.\12\ If Perfiles' weighted-average dumping margin 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 antidumping 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). 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 duties, where applicable.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1)
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    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Perfiles will be 
that established in the final results of this administrative review 
(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be 
required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or in the less-
than-fair-value investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be the all-others 
rate of 3.76 percent, which is the all-others rate established in the 
investigation.\13\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \13\ See Orders, 73 FR at 45404.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a 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 this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

    Dated: July 1, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Comparisons to Normal Value
    A. Determination of Comparison Method
    B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
5. Product Comparisons
6. Date of Sale
7. Export Price
8. Normal Value
    A. Home Market Viability as Comparison Market
    B. Level of Trade
    C. Sales to Affiliated Customers
    D. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
9. Currency Conversion
10. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2015-16724 Filed 7-7-15; 8:45 am]
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