[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59732-59733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25168]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

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

SUMMARY: On April 6, 2015, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published its preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 
from Thailand covering the period of review (POR) March 1, 2013, 
through February 28, 2014.\1\ This review covers two producers and/or 
exporters of the subject merchandise, Saba Thai Steel Pipe (Public) 
Company, Ltd. (Saba Thai), and Pacific Pipe Company Limited (Pacific 
Pipe). For the final results, we continue to find that Saha Thai and 
Pacific Pipe did not sell subject merchandise to the United States at 
below normal value during the POR. The final results are listed in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of Review'' below.
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 18354 (April 6, 2015) (Preliminary 
Results).

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DATES: Effective date: October 2, 2015

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski at (202) 482-1395; 
AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 12, 2015, we invited parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results. Saha Thai submitted a case brief on August 20, 
2015. No other parties submitted case briefs or rebuttal briefs for 
this proceeding.
    The Department conducted this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping order are certain circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand. The subject 
merchandise has an outside diameter of 0.375 inches or more, but not 
exceeding 16 inches. These products, which are commonly referred to in 
the industry as ``standard pipe'' or ``structural tubing'' are 
hereinafter designated as ``pipes and tubes.'' The merchandise is 
classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) item numbers 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 purposes of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the written description of the 
merchandise subject to the order is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We have analyzed the comments submitted by Saha Thai. In its case 
brief, Saha Thai made several arguments objecting to the Department's 
differential pricing analysis. The Department has used the standard A-
to-A method to calculate Saha Thai's weighted-average dumping margin 
(unchanged from the Preliminary Results).\2\ Therefore, it is not 
necessary to address the comments raised by Saha Thai in a separate 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes From Thailand: Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd. 
Preliminary Analysis Memorandum'' (March 31, 2015) at page 2.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    We made changes to Pacific Pipe's calculation for the final 
results. Specifically, we (1) used updated sales and cost of production 
databases, (2) adjusted the home market sales cost of production 
databases based on minor corrections at verification, (3) revised 
Pacific Pipe's reported per-unit costs to correspond to the reported 
total cost of manufacturing of the merchandise under consideration, and 
(4) revised Pacific Pipe's general and administrative expense rate.\3\ 
We made no changes to Saha Thai's calculations.
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    \3\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from Thailand: Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd. 
Final Analysis Memorandum'' dated concurrently with this notice; see 
also Memorandum to Neal M. Halper, Director, Office of Accounting, 
``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Circular Welded Carbon 
Steel Pipes & Tubes From Thailand, Cost of Production and 
Constructed Value Calculation Adjustments for the Final Results--
Pacific Pipe Public Company Limited'' dated concurrently with this 
notice.
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Final Results of Review

    The final weighted-average dumping margins for the period March 1, 
2013,

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through February 28, 2014, are as follows:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Producer/Exporter                         dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd..............            0.00
Pacific Pipe Company Limited............................            0.00
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2) and the Final Modification 
for Reviews,\4\ the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate 
appropriate entries for Saha Thai and Pacific Pipe without regard to 
antidumping duties.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\5\ This clarification applies to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Saha Thai and Pacific Pipe for 
which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United 
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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    \5\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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    We intend to issue 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 notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from 
Thailand entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the 
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Saha Thai and Pacific Pipe will be 
0.00 percent, the weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of this administrative review; (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 recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less than 
fair value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently 
completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of the 
merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a 
firm covered in this or any previous review or the LTFV investigation, 
then the cash deposit rate will be the ``all-others'' rate of 15.67 
percent established in the LTFV investigation.\6\ These deposit rates, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Circular Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes from Thailand, 51 FR 8341 (March 11, 1986).
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Notifications

    This notice 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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable 
violation.
    The Department is issuing and publishing these final results of 
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 25, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-25168 Filed 10-1-15; 8:45 am]
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