[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26452-26454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11825]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-485-805]


Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line 
and Pressure Pipe From Romania: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2015-2016

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 small 
diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressure pipe 
(small diameter seamless pipe) from Romania. The review covers one 
producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, S.C. Silcotub S.A. 
(Silicotub). The period of review (POR) is August 1, 2015, through July 
31, 2016. We preliminarily find that sales of subject merchandise have 
not been made at prices below normal value (NV). Interested parties are 
invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective June 7, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Johnson or Denisa Ursu, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4929 or (202) 
482-2285, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order \1\ is small diameter seamless 
pipe. The product is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7304.10.10.20, 
7304.10.50.20, 7304.19.10.20, 7304.19.50.20, 7304.31.30.00, 
7304.31.60.50, 7304.39.00.16, 7304.39.00.20, 7304.39.00.24, 
7304.39.00.28, 7304.39.00.32, 7304.51.50.05, 7304.51.50.60, 
7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.10, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, and 
7304.59.80.25. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only; the written

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product description of the scope of the Order is dispositive.\2\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Small Diameter 
Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe from 
Romania, 65 FR 48963 (August 10, 2000) (the Order).
    \2\ See Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, entitled ``Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy 
Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe from Romania: Decision 
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2015-2016,'' dated concurrently with and 
hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), for 
a complete description of the scope of the Order.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 
export price (CEP) is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the 
Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
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 http://access.trade.gov and it is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, room B0824 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the topics discussed in 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as the Appendix to this 
notice.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists:

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                                                            Weighted-
                                                         average dumping
                   Producer/Exporter                          margin
                                                            (percent)
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S.C. Silcotub S.A......................................            0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\3\ Interested 
parties may submit case briefs to the Department no later than 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited 
to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five 
days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\4\ Parties who submit 
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to 
submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\5\ Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\6\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice.\7\ Hearing requests 
should contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; 
(2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to issues 
raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will 
be notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.\8\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \8\ Id.
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the 
issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120 days after the 
date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h), unless this deadline is extended.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review.\9\ Silcotub reported the names of the importers 
of record and the entered value for all of its sales to the United 
States during the POR. If Silcotub's weighted-average dumping margins 
are not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final 
results of this review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment 
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total entered 
value of those sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), and we 
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review. Where either the respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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    In accordance with the Department's ``automatic assessment'' 
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Silcotub for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate.\10\
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    \10\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of 
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the 
publication date of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of small diameter seamless pipe from Romania 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 Silcotub will be equal to the weighted-average dumping 
margin established in the final results of this administrative review; 
(2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered 
in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recently-completed segment; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently-completed segment for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 13.06 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the Order. These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR

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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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: June 1, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Discussion of the Methodology
    i. Normal Value Comparisons
    ii. Product Comparisons
    iii. Date of Sale
    iv. Constructed Export Price
    v. Normal Value
    vi. Verification
    vii. Currency Conversion
5. Recommendation
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