[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 75 (Thursday, April 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18611-18613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08023]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-817]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-
2015

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 certain oil 
country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(Vietnam). The period of review (POR) is February 25, 2014 through 
August 31, 2015. These final results cover one company, SeAH Steel VINA 
Corporation (SSV).

DATES: Effective April 20, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-2924.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department initiated this review on November 9, 2015.\1\ On 
October 14, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary Results of 
this administrative review.\2\ At that time, we invited interested 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. On November 23, 2016, we 
received case briefs from Energex Tube, TMK IPSCO, Vallourec Star, 
L.P., and Welded Tube USA (collectively, Petitioners),\3\ and SSV.\4\ 
On December 2, 2016, we received rebuttal briefs from Petitioners \5\ 
and SSV.\6\ On February 9, 2017, the Department extended the deadline 
for the final results of this administrative review until March 31, 
2017.\7\ On March 29, 2017, the Department extended the deadline for 
the final results until April 12, 2017.\8\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 69193 (November 9, 2015) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \2\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 81 FR 71071 (October 14, 2016) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
    \3\ See Letter from Petitioners to the Secretary, Re: Certain 
Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Petitioners' Case Brief, dated November 23, 2016 (Petitioners Case 
Brief).
    \4\ See Letter from SSV to the Secretary, Re: 2014-15 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from Vietnam--Case Brief of SeAH Steel VINA 
Corporation, dated November 23, 2016 (SSV Case Brief).
    \5\ See Letter from Petitioners to the Secretary, Re: Certain 
Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief, dated December 2, 2016 (Petitioners 
Rebuttal Brief).
    \6\ See Letter from SSV to the Secretary, Re: 2014-15 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from Vietnam--Rebuttal Case Brief of SeAH Steel VINA 
Corporation,'' dated December 2, 2016 (SSV Rebuttal Brief).
    \7\ See Memorandum from Fred Baker to Gary Taverman, Re: Certain 
Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated February 9, 2017.
    \8\ See Memorandum from Fred Baker to Gary Taverman, Re: Certain 
Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated March 29, 2017.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is certain oil country tubular 
goods (OCTG). The merchandise subject to the order is currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 
7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 
7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 
7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 
7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 
7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 
7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30, 7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 
7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 
7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15, 
7304.29.61.30, 7304.29.61.45, 7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 
7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 
7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90, 7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 
7306.29.41.00, 7306.29.60.10, 7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and 
7306.29.81.50.
    The merchandise subject to the order may also enter under the 
following HTSUS item numbers: 7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28, 
7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44, 
7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62, 
7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72, 7304.39.00.76, 7304.39.00.80, 
7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, 7304.59.80.25, 
7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45, 
7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65, 
7304.59.80.70, 7304.59.80.80, 7305.31.40.00, 7305.31.60.90, 
7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.50.50, and 7306.50.50.70.
    While the HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description is dispositive.\9\
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    \9\ For the full scope of the order, see Memorandum to Ronald K. 
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, Re: Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final 
Results of Administrative Review, dated April 12, 2017 (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
in this

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review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is 
incorporated herein by reference. A list of the issues which parties 
raised, and to which we respond in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, 
follows in the appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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 is available to 
registered users at https://access.trade.gov and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    In these final results of review, we made the following changes 
from the Preliminary Results:
     We used only the financial statements of Surya Global 
Steel Tubes Limited (Surya) to calculate surrogate financial ratios, 
rather than the average of the ratios obtained from the financial 
statements of Surya and APL Apollo Tubes Limited. See Comment 1 of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
     We valued export and import brokerage and handling (B&H) 
using data obtained from Doing Business 2016: India, rather than Doing 
Business 2014: India. See Comment 2 of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.
     We did not include a surrogate value for B&H incurred on 
imports of raw materials from non-market economy countries. See Comment 
2 of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
     We valued the costs of inland insurance using a surrogate 
value. See Comment 4 of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

    The Department determines that the following weighted-average 
dumping margin exists for the period February 25, 2014 through August 
31, 2015:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                          Exporter                             dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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SeAH Steel VINA Corporation................................        0.00
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Disclosure

    The Department intends to disclose the calculations performed for 
these final results of review within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the Department will determine, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. The 
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of the final results of this 
administrative review in the Federal Register.
    Consistent with the Department's assessment practice in non-market 
economy (NME) cases, for entries that were not reported in the U.S. 
sales database submitted by companies individually examined during the 
administrative review, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate 
such entries at the Vietnam-wide rate. Additionally, if the Department 
determines that an exporter under review had no shipments of subject 
merchandise, any suspended entries that entered under the exporter's 
case number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the 
Vietnam-wide rate.\10\
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    \10\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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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 from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For SeAH, the cash 
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed 
Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese exporters not listed above that received 
a separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the 
most-recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the 
exporter was reviewed; (3) for all Vietnamese exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not been found to be entitled to a separate 
rate, the cash deposit rate will be that established for the Vietnam-
wide entity, which is 111.47 percent; \11\ and (4) for all non-
Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the Vietnamese exporter that supplied that non-Vietnamese exporter with 
the subject merchandise. These deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \11\ See also Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the 
Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 
53691 (September 10, 2014).
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Notification to Importers

    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 and/or countervailing 
duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. 
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the 
Department's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties Regarding Administrative Protective 
Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
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 the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.
    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: April 12, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Financial Statements

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    Comment 2: Brokerage and Handling
    Comment 3: Surrogate Value for Water
    Comment 4: Inland Insurance
    Comment 5: Differential Pricing
Recommendation

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