[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46048-46050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16806]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-820]


Antidumping Duty Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality 
Steel Pipe From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Affirmative 
Preliminary Determination

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is amending the 
preliminary determination of the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of 
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) to correct significant ministerial 
errors.

DATES: Effective July 15, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Decker or Andrew Huston, AD/

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CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0196 or (202) 482-4261, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 8, 2016, the Department published its affirmative 
preliminary determination that CWP from Vietnam is being, or is likely 
to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided 
by section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ The 
Department disclosed the calculations performed on June 6, 2016. 
Therefore, the deadline for submitting ministerial error allegations 
under 19 CFR 351.224(c)(2) was June 13, 2016.
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Affirmative Preliminary Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final 
Determination, 81 FR 36884 (June 8, 2016) (Preliminary 
Determination).
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    The petitioners \2\ timely filed comments alleging significant 
ministerial errors in the margin calculated for Vietnam Haiphong 
Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd. (Hongyuan).\3\ In addition, 
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation (SeAH) timely filed comments alleging 
ministerial errors in its margin calculation.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioners are Bull Moose Tube Company; EXLTUBE; 
Wheatland Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group; and Western Tube and 
Conduit.
    \3\ See the petitioners' June 13, 2016, letter.
    \4\ See SeAH's June 13, 2016, letter.
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Scope of the Investigation

    For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see 
``Scope of Investigation'' at Appendix II of the Preliminary 
Determination.

Analysis of Significant Ministerial Error Allegations

    The Department will analyze any comments received and, if 
appropriate, correct any significant ministerial error by amending the 
preliminary determination according to 19 CFR 351.224(e). A ministerial 
error is defined in 19 CFR 351.224(f) as ``an error in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other 
similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers 
ministerial.'' Further, a significant ministerial error is defined in 
19 CFR 351.224(g) as a ministerial error, the correction of which, 
singly or in combination with other errors, would result in: (1) A 
change of at least five absolute percentage points in, but not less 
than 25 percent of, the weighted-average dumping margin calculated in 
the original (erroneous) preliminary determination; or (2) a difference 
between a weighted-average dumping margin of zero (or de minimis) and a 
weighted-average dumping margin of greater than de minimis, or vice 
versa.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e) and (g)(2), the Department is 
amending the Preliminary Determination to reflect the corrections of 
significant ministerial errors in Hongyuan's margin calculation. 
However, as the ministerial errors alleged by SeAH are not significant 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(g), the Department has not analyzed 
SeAH's comments, and is not amending SeAH's margin calculation. As a 
result of amending Hongyuan' margin, the Department is also revising 
the margin for the separate rate company.\5\
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    \5\ See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
``Ministerial Error Memorandum for the Affirmative Preliminary 
Determination of the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Circular 
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam,'' dated concurrently with this notice, for the analysis 
performed (Ministerial Error Memorandum). This memorandum 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, 
and is available to all parties in the Department's Central Records 
Unit in Room B8024 of the Department of Commerce building.
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Ministerial Error Allegations

    For a complete analysis of the ministerial error allegations, see 
the Ministerial Error Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ Id.
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Amended Preliminary Determination

    We are correcting the preliminary dumping margin for Hongyuan. 
Consequently, we are also amending the preliminary separate rate for 
Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co. (Hoa Phat). SeAH's preliminary dumping margin 
is unchanged.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
            Exporter                     Producer         dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan        Vietnam Haiphong                   2.32
 Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd.  Hongyuan Machinery
                                  Manufactory Co., Ltd.
Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co.........  Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co.            2.32
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation....  SeAH Steel VINA                    0.00
                                  Corporation.
Vietnam-Wide Entity............  .......................          113.18
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Amended Cash Deposits and Suspension of Liquidation

    The collection of cash deposits and suspension of liquidation will 
be revised according to the rates calculated in this amended 
preliminary determination. Because Hongyuan's and Hoa Phat's amended 
rates are now above de minimis, we will direct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of CWP from Vietnam 
produced, as described in the scope of the section, which were produced 
and exported by these companies entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption. Because the correction of the errors for Hongyuan 
effectively results in increased cash deposit rates for Hongyuan and 
Hoa Phat, the revised rates calculated for Hongyuan and Hoa Phat will 
be effective on the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. Parties will be notified of this determination, in accordance 
with sections 733(d) and (f) of the Act.

International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we notified the 
International Trade Commission of our amended preliminary 
determination.

Notification to Interested Parties

    The Department intends to disclose calculations performed in 
connection with this amended preliminary determination within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

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    This amended preliminary determination is issued and published in 
accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: July 6, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-16806 Filed 7-14-16; 8:45 am]
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