[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 222 (Monday, November 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55091-55093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25085]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-964]


Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2015-2016

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


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SUMMARY: On August 8, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from 
the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period of review (POR), 
November 1, 2015, through October 31, 2016. For the final results of 
this review, the Department continues to determine that the five 
remaining companies under review failed to establish their eligibility 
for a separate rate for the POR, and thus, are part of the PRC-wide 
entity. The final dumping margin of sales at the PRC-Wide Entity rate 
is listed below in the ``Final Results'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable November 20, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Courtney Canales, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1394 or (202) 
482-4997, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 8, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube 
from the PRC.\1\ We invited parties to submit comments on the 
Preliminary Results, but we received no comments. The Department 
conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 82 FR 37058 
(August 8, 2017) and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum) (collectively, Preliminary 
Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is seamless refined copper 
pipe and tube. The product is currently classified under Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 7411.10.1030 
and 7411.10.1090. Products subject to this order may also enter under 
HTSUS item numbers 7407.10.1500, 7419.99.5050, 8415.90.8065, and 
8415.90.8085. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this 
order remains dispositive.\2\
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    \2\ For a full description of the scope of the Order, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 3-4.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    As noted above, we received no comments on the Preliminary Results.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    As no parties submitted comments on the Preliminary Results, the 
Department has not modified its analysis from that presented in the 
Preliminary Results, and no decision memorandum accompanies this 
Federal Register notice. Further, the Department has made no 
adjustments to the determination that China Hailiang Metal Trading 
(China Hailiang), Shanghai Hailiang Metal Trading Limited (Shanghai 
Hailiang Trading), Hong Kong Hailiang, Shanghai Hailiang, and Zhejiang 
Hailiang did not demonstrate that they are entitled to a separate rate. 
Accordingly, we continue to determine it appropriate to consider all 
five companies to be part of the PRC-Wide entity.\3\ The rate 
previously established for the PRC-wide entity is 60.85 percent.\4\
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    \3\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum, at 4-5. Pursuant to the 
Department's change in practice, the Department no longer considers 
the non-market economy (NME) entity as an exporter conditionally 
subject to administrative reviews. See Antidumping Proceedings: 
Announcement of Change in Department Practice for Respondent 
Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of 
the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 
FR 65963, 65970 (November 4, 2013). Under this practice, the NME 
entity will not be under review unless a party specifically 
requests, or the Department self-initiates, a review of the entity. 
Because no party requested a review of the entity, the entity is not 
under review and the entity's rate is not subject to change.
    \4\ The rate for the PRC-Wide Entity was first assigned in the 
less than fair value investigation of seamless refined copper pipe 
and tube from the PRC, see Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube 
from the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, 75 FR 60725, 60729 (October 1, 2010). This 
rate has been used in each subsequent administrative review in which 
there was a party being considered as part of the PRC-Wide Entity.
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Final Results

    The final weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:

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                                                            Weighted-
                   Exporter/producer                     average dumping
                                                            margin (%)
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PRC-Wide Entity \5\....................................           60.85
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Assessment Rates

    We have not calculated any assessment (or cash deposit) rates in 
this administrative review, because the five companies under review are 
a part of the PRC-wide entity. The Department intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of 
the final results of this administrative review.
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    \5\ The PRC-wide entity includes China Hailiang, Shanghai 
Hailiang Trading, Hong Kong Hailiang, Shanghai Hailiang, and 
Zhejiang Hailiang.
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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 the PRC 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 previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC 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 existing exporter-
specific rate; (2) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that 
have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be that for the PRC-Wide rate (i.e., 60.85 percent); and (3) 
for all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Disclosure

    Normally, the Department discloses to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with the final results within five 
days of its public announcement, or if there is no public announcement, 
within five days of the date of publication of this notice in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because the Department 
determined that China Hailiang, Shanghai Hailiang Trading, Hong Kong 
Hailiang, Shanghai Hailiang, and Zhejiang Hailiang are part of the PRC-
wide entity, and have been assigned the PRC-wide rate, there are no 
calculations to disclose.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the 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 violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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)(5).

    Dated: November 13, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties for the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-25085 Filed 11-17-17; 8:45 am]
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