[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42653-42654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15471]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-809]


Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea

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

SUMMARY: On May 13, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the notice of initiation and preliminary results of the 
changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on circular 
welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic of Korea.\1\ In 
that notice, we preliminarily determined that Hyundai Steel Corporation 
(Hyundai Steel) is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai HYSCO (HYSCO) 
for purposes of determining antidumping duty cash deposits and 
liabilities. No interested party submitted comments on, or requested a 
public hearing to discuss, the initiation and preliminary results. For 
these final results, the Department continues to find that Hyundai 
Steel is the successor-in-interest to HYSCO.
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic 
of Korea: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, 81 FR 29840 (May 13, 2016) (Initiation 
and Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective June 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Shuler, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 24, 2016, Hyundai Steel informed the Department that, 
effective July 1, 2015, it merged with HYSCO, and requested that the 
Department conduct an expedited changed circumstances review under 
section 751(b) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216(c), and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(3)(ii), to confirm that Hyundai Steel is the successor-in-
interest to HYSCO for purposes of determining antidumping duty cash 
deposits and liabilities. On May 13, 2016, the Department initiated 
this changed circumstances review and published the notice of 
preliminary results, determining that Hyundai Steel is the successor-
in-interest to HYSCO.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipe and tube, 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). 
These pipes and tubes are generally known as standard pipes and tubes 
and are intended for the low-pressure conveyance of water, steam, 
natural gas, air, and other liquids and gases in plumbing and heating 
systems, air-conditioning units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other 
related uses. Standard pipe may also be used for light load-bearing 
applications, such as for fence tubing, and as structural pipe tubing 
used for framing and as support members for reconstruction or load-
bearing purposes in the construction, shipbuilding, trucking, farm 
equipment, and other related industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is 
also included in the order.
    All carbon-steel pipes and tubes within the physical description 
outlined above are included within the scope of the order except line 
pipe, oil-country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, pipe 
and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished 
conduit.\2\
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    \2\ See Final Negative Determination of Scope Inquiry on Certain 
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube from Brazil, the 
Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Venezuela, 61 FR 11608 (March 21, 
1996). In accordance with this determination, pipe certified to the 
API 5L line-pipe specification and pipe certified to both the API 5L 
line-pipe specifications and the less-stringent ASTM A-53 standard-
pipe specifications, which falls within the physical parameters as 
outlined above, and entered as line pipe of a kind used for oil and 
gas pipelines, is outside of the scope of the AD order.
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    Imports of these products are currently classifiable under the 
following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
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 
numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written 
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.
    All carbon-steel pipes and tubes within the physical description 
outlined above are included within the scope of the order except line 
pipe, oil-country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, pipe 
and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished 
conduit.
    Imports of these products are currently classifiable under the 
following Harmonized Tariff Schedule

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of the United States (HTSUS) 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 numbers are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of the order 
is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    For the reasons stated in the Initiation and Preliminary Results, 
and because we received no comments from interested parties, the 
Department finds that Hyundai Steel is the successor-in-interest to 
HYSCO. As a result of this determination, we find that Hyundai Steel 
should receive the cash deposit rate assigned to HYSCO in the most 
recently completed review of the antidumping duty order on CWP from 
Korea.\3\ Consequently, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to suspend liquidation of all shipments of subject 
merchandise produced or exported by Hyundai Steel and entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
date of this notice in the Federal Register at 1.62 percent, which is 
the current antidumping duty cash-deposit rate for HYSCO. This cash 
deposit requirement shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \3\ See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic 
of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2013-2014, 81 FR 39908 (June 20, 2016).

    Dated: June 22, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-15471 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am]
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