[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51927-51929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22237]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (pipes and tubes) from Thailand are 
being, or are likely to be sold, at less than normal value during the 
period of review (POR), March 1, 2016, through February 28, 2017.

DATES: Applicable: October 15, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page or Kathryn Wallace, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1398 or (202) 482-6251, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 9, 2018, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the 
2016-2017 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pipes 
and tubes from Thailand.\1\ For a discussion of the events subsequent 
to the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice.\2\
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 15127 (April 9, 2018) (Preliminary Results) 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from Thailand: Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).

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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this review are certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand. For a full description of 
the scope, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \3\ Id.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\4\ A list of issues raised, and to which we responded in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this notice as an 
Appendix. 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 it is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit (CRU), 
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 versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.
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    \4\ Id.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties, we have made certain changes to Pacific Pipe Public 
Company Limited's (Pacific Pipe); Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) 
Company, Ltd.'s (Saha Thai); and Thai Premium Pipe Co., Ltd.'s (Thai 
Premium) weighted-average dumping margins. For further discussion, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that, for the period March 1, 2016, through February 
28, 2017, the following weighted-average dumping margins exist:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Producer or exporter                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Pacific Pipe Company Limited................................       30.61
Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd..................       28.00
Thai Premium Pipe Company Ltd...............................       30.98
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce determined, and 
U.S. 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. If a respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 
percent), we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment 
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping 
calculated for an importer's examined sales and the total entered value 
of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where either the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an importer-specific rate 
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. Commerce 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of the final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the companies 
under review will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this review; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above in the Final 
Results of Review, including those for which Commerce may determine had 
no shipments during the POR, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 
in this review or another completed segment of this proceeding, but the 
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established 
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the 
producer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the 
producer is a firm covered in this or a previously completed segment of 
this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the ``all-others'' 
rate of 15.67 percent established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\5\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \5\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Circular Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes from Thailand, 51 FR 8341 (March 11, 1986).
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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 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 doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 4, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. List of Comments
III. Background
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Comments
    Comment 1: Whether to Accept Certain New Factual Information 
Regarding Particular Market Situation (PMS) Allegation
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Improperly Made PMS Adjustments to 
the Respondents' Cost of Production.

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    Comment 3: PMS Adjustments to Pacific Pipe's and Saha Thai's 
Calculations
    Comment 4: Sales Date Parameters of Pacific Pipe's Home Market 
and U.S. Sales Programs
    Comment 5: Pacific Pipe's Fixed Overhead Costs
    Comment 6: Assignment of Surrogate Costs to Certain Pacific Pipe 
Home Market Sales
    Comment 7: Pacific Pipe's Home Market Discounts and Rebates
    Comment 8: Sales Date Parameters of Saha Thai's Home Market and 
U.S. Sales Programs
    Comment 9: Saha Thai's Duty Drawback Adjustment
    Comment 10: Differential Pricing Analysis of Saha Thai's U.S. 
Sales
    Comment 11: Sales Date Parameters of Thai Premium's Home Market 
Sales Program
    Comment 12: Assignment of Surrogate Costs to Certain Thai 
Premium Home Market Sales
    Comment 13: Revision of Variable Names in Thai Premium's Home 
Market Program
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2018-22237 Filed 10-12-18; 8:45 am]
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