[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 243 (Monday, December 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91906-91908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30535]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-812, A-535-903, A-520-807]


Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of 
Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates: Amended Final Affirmative 
Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the 
ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on circular 
welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman), 
Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In addition, as explained 
in this notice, the Department is amending its final affirmative 
determination with respect to Oman as a result of a ministerial error.

DATES: Effective December 19, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Johnson at (202) 482-4949 (Oman), 
David Lindgren at (202) 482-3870 (Pakistan), or Blaine Wiltse at (202) 
482-6345 (UAE), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on October 28, 
2016, the Department published its affirmative final determinations in 
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of circular welded 
carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE.\1\ On 
December 12, 2016, the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative 
determinations that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by 
reason of the LTFV imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe 
from Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE.\2\
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the 
Sultanate of Oman: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, 81 FR 75026 (October 28, 2016) (Oman Final Determination); 
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Pakistan: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 81 FR 75028 (October 
28, 2016); and Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the 
United Arab Emirates: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, 81 FR 75030 (October 28, 2016).
    \2\ See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, referencing ITC 
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-549 and 731-TA-1229, 1300, 1302, and 1303 
(December 12, 2016) (ITC Notification).
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is welded carbon-quality 
steel pipes and tube, of circular cross-section, with an outside 
diameter (O.D.) not more than nominal 16 inches (406.4 mm), regardless 
of wall thickness, surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or 
painted), end finish (plain end, beveled end, grooved, threaded, or 
threaded and coupled), or industry specification (e.g., American 
Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM), proprietary, or 
other), generally known as standard pipe, fence pipe and tube, 
sprinkler pipe, and structural pipe (although subject product may also 
be referred to as mechanical tubing). Specifically, the term ``carbon 
quality'' includes products in which:
    (a) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained 
elements;
    (b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and
    (c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by 
weight, as indicated:
    (i) 1.80 percent of manganese;
    (ii) 2.25 percent of silicon;
    (iii) 1.00 percent of copper;
    (iv) 0.50 percent of aluminum;
    (v) 1.25 percent of chromium;
    (vi) 0.30 percent of cobalt;
    (vii) 0.40 percent of lead;
    (viii) 1.25 percent of nickel;
    (ix) 0.30 percent of tungsten;
    (x) 0.15 percent of molybdenum;
    (xi) 0.10 percent of niobium;
    (xii) 0.41 percent of titanium;
    (xiii) 0.15 percent of vanadium; or
    (xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
    Covered products are generally made to standard O.D. and wall 
thickness combinations. Pipe multi-stenciled to a standard and/or 
structural specification and to other specifications, such as American 
Petroleum Institute (API) API-5L specification, may also be covered by 
the scope of these investigations. In particular, such multi-stenciled 
merchandise is covered when it meets the physical description set forth 
above, and also has one or more of the following characteristics: is 32 
feet in length or less; Is less than 2.0 inches (50 mm) in outside 
diameter; has a galvanized and/or painted (e.g., polyester coated) 
surface finish; or has a threaded and/or coupled end finish.
    Standard pipe is ordinarily made to ASTM specifications A53, A135, 
and A795, but can also be made to other specifications. Structural pipe 
is made primarily to ASTM specifications A252 and A500. Standard and 
structural pipe may also be produced to proprietary specifications 
rather than to industry specifications.
    Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire suppression systems 
and may be made to industry specifications such as ASTM A53 or to 
proprietary specifications.
    Fence tubing is included in the scope regardless of certification 
to a specification listed in the exclusions below, and can also be made 
to the ASTM A513 specification. Products that meet the physical 
description set forth above but are made to the following nominal 
outside diameter and wall thickness combinations, which are recognized 
by the industry as typical for fence tubing, are included despite being 
certified to ASTM mechanical tubing specifications:

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                                               Wall thickness
           O.D. in inches (nominal)               in inches       Gage
                                                  (nominal)
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1.315........................................           0.035         20
1.315........................................           0.047         18
1.315........................................           0.055         17
1.315........................................           0.065         16
1.315........................................           0.072         15
1.315........................................           0.083         14
1.315........................................           0.095         13

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1.660........................................           0.055         17
1.660........................................           0.065         16
1.660........................................           0.083         14
1.660........................................           0.095         13
1.660........................................           0.109         12
1.900........................................           0.047         18
1.900........................................           0.055         17
1.900........................................           0.065         16
1.900........................................           0.072         15
1.900........................................           0.095         13
1.900........................................           0.109         12
2.375........................................           0.047         18
2.375........................................           0.055         17
2.375........................................           0.065         16
2.375........................................           0.072         15
2.375........................................           0.095         13
2.375........................................           0.109         12
2.375........................................           0.120         11
2.875........................................           0.109         12
2.875........................................           0.165          8
3.500........................................           0.109         12
3.500........................................           0.165          8
4.000........................................           0.148          9
4.000........................................           0.165          8
4.500........................................           0.203          7
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    The scope of these orders does not include:
    (a) pipe suitable for use in boilers, superheaters, heat 
exchangers, refining furnaces and feedwater heaters, whether or not 
cold drawn, which are defined by standards such as ASTM A178 or ASTM 
A192;
    (b) finished electrical conduit, i.e., Electrical Rigid Steel 
Conduit (also known as Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit and Electrical 
Rigid Metal Steel Conduit), Finished Electrical Metallic Tubing, and 
Electrical Intermediate Metal Conduit, which are defined by 
specifications such as American National Standard (ANSI) C80.1-2005, 
ANSI C80.3-2005, or ANSI C80.6-2005, and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. 
(UL) UL-6, UL-797, or UL-1242;
    (c) finished scaffolding, i.e., component parts of final, finished 
scaffolding that enter the United States unassembled as a ``kit.'' A 
kit is understood to mean a packaged combination of component parts 
that contains, at the time of importation, all of the necessary 
component parts to fully assemble final, finished scaffolding;
    (d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing;
    (e) oil country tubular goods produced to API specifications;
    (f) line pipe produced to only API specifications, such as API 5L, 
and not multi-stenciled; and
    (g) mechanical tubing, whether or not cold-drawn, other than what 
is included in the above paragraphs.
    The products subject to these orders are currently classifiable in 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) statistical 
reporting numbers 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 
7306.19.5150, 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020, 7306.30.5025, 
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090, 
7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, and 7306.50.5070. The HTSUS 
subheadings above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs 
purposes only. The written description of the scope of the orders is 
dispositive.

Amendment to Oman Final Determination

    By statute, the term ministerial error includes errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the Secretary considers ministerial.\3\
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    \3\ See section 735(e) of the Act.
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    Pursuant to section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224 (e) and 
(f), the Department is amending the Oman Final Determination to reflect 
the correction of a ministerial error it made in calculating the final 
margin assigned to Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera). In 
addition, because the Oman all-others rate is based solely on Al 
Jazeera's dumping margin, we are revising the all-others rate.\4\
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    \4\ See the ``Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins'' 
section below.
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    Al Jazeera reported its cost of production (COP) data on a 
different weight basis than its sales data.\5\ In the final 
determination, we revised Al Jazeera's COP data, consistent with the 
sales data.\6\ On November 1, 2016, the petitioners \7\ submitted a 
ministerial error allegation claiming that, in implementing this 
change, the Department recalculated the total cost of manufacturing of 
each control number, but neglected to make the same adjustment to the 
fixed overhead field. We reviewed the record, and agree that we made a 
ministerial error within the meaning of section 735(e) and 19 CFR 
351.224(f). Specifically, we made an unintentional error with regard to 
the calculation of Al Jazeera's per-unit costs.\8\ Pursuant to 
351.224(e), we have corrected this error in this notice.
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    \5\ See the Oman Final Determination and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 4.
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ The petitioners are Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, 
Wheatland Tube Company, and Western Tube and Conduit (collectively, 
the petitioners).
    \8\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, AD/CVD Operations, entitled ``Allegation of a Ministerial 
Error in the Final Determination,'' dated November 18, 2016.
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Antidumping Duty Orders

    As stated above, on December 12, 2016, in accordance with section 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determinations in these investigations, in which it found material 
injury with respect to circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from 
Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE.\9\ Therefore, in accordance with section 
735(c)(2) of the Act, we are issuing these antidumping duty orders. 
Because the ITC determined that imports of circular welded carbon-
quality steel pipe from Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE are materially 
injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from 
Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE entered or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \9\ See ITC Notification.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties 
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise 
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the 
merchandise, for all relevant entries of circular welded carbon-quality 
steel pipe from Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE. Antidumping duties will be 
assessed on unliquidated entries of circular welded carbon-quality 
steel pipe from Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after June 8, 2016, the date of 
publication of the preliminary determinations.\10\
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    \10\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the 
Sultanate of Oman: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 81 FR 
36871 (June 8, 2016) (Oman Preliminary Determination); Circular 
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from Pakistan: Affirmative 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures, 81 FR 36867 (June 8, 2016) (Pakistan Preliminary 
Determination); and Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from 
the United Arab Emirates: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final 
Determination, 81 FR 36881 (June 8, 2016) (UAE Final Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries 
of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman, Pakistan, and 
the UAE. These

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instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the 
amounts as indicated below. Accordingly, effective on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determinations, CBP 
will require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit 
estimated duties on this subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins listed below.\11\ The 
relevant all-others rates apply to all producers or exporters not 
specifically listed.
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    \11\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant 
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect 
for more than four months, except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six 
months. At the request of exporters that account for a significant 
proportion of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman, 
Pakistan, and the UAE, we extended the four-month period to six months 
in each case.\12\ In the underlying investigations, the Department 
published the preliminary determinations on June 8, 2016. Therefore, 
the extended period, beginning on the date of publication of the 
preliminary determinations, ended December 5, 2016. Furthermore, 
section 737(b) of the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on 
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
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    \12\ See Oman Preliminary Determination; Pakistan Preliminary 
Determination; and UAE Preliminary Determination.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from 
Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after December 5, 2016, the date on which the 
provisional measures expired, until and through the day preceding the 
date of publication of the ITC's final injury determinations in the 
Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final determinations in the Federal Register.

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The weighted-average dumping margins percentages are as follows:

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                                                               Dumping
                                       Exporter/producer       margins
                                                              (percent)
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Oman.............................  Al Jazeera Steel                 7.36
                                    Products Co. SAOG.              7.36
                                   All Others..............
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                                                               Dumping
                                       Exporter/producer       margins
                                                              (percent)
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Pakistan.........................  International Industries        11.80
                                    Limited.                       11.80
                                   All Others..............
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                                                               Dumping
                                       Exporter/producer       margins
                                                              (percent)
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United Arab Emirates.............  Ajmal Steel Tubes &              6.43
                                    Pipes Ind. L.L.C.
                                   Universal Tube and               5.58
                                    Plastic Industries,
                                    LLC--Jebel Ali Branch/
                                    Universal Tube and Pipe
                                    Industries, Ltd./KHK
                                    Scaffolding and
                                    Framework LLC.
                                   All Others..............         5.95
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman, Pakistan, and the 
UAE pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find 
a list of antidumping duty orders currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    These orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: December 13, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary, for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-30535 Filed 12-16-16; 8:45 am]
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