[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15584-15585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07543]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-910]
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review
of the Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of
the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe
(CWP) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, at the level indicated
in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice,
infra.
DATES: Applicable April 16, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill or Howard Smith, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3518 or (202) 482-5193,
respectively.
Background
On July 22, 2008, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on CWP from China.\1\ On November 1, 2018,
Commerce published the notice of initiation of this sunset review of
the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\2\ From November 15, 2018, through November 16,
2018, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1), Commerce received timely and
complete notices of intent to participate in the sunset review from
Zekelman Industries (Zekelman), Bull Moose Tube Company (Bull), EXLTUBE
(EXL), TMK IPSCO (TMK), Wheatland Tube (Wheatland), Independence Tube
Corporation (Independence), and Southland Tube Incorporated (Southland)
(collectively domestic interested parties) in which the domestic
interested parties claimed interested party status, as domestic
producers of CWP, under section 771(9)(C) of the Act.\3\ This notice
was filed within the time period specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ On November 29, 2018, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i), domestic interested parties filed a timely and
adequate substantive response.\5\ Commerce did not receive a
substantive response from any respondent interested party. As a result,
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the Order.
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\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 42547
(July 22, 2008) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 83 FR 54915
(November 1, 2018).
\3\ See Zekelman's Letter of Intent dated November 16, 2018; see
also Bull, EXL, and TMK's Letter of Intent dated November 16, 2018,
see also Wheatland, Independence, and Southland's Letter of Intent
dated November 16, 2018.
\4\ Id.
\5\ See domestic interested parties Substantive Response dated
November 29, 2018 (Substantive Response).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is certain welded carbon
quality steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, and with an
outside diameter of 0.372 inches (9.45 mm) or more, but not more than
16 inches (406.4 mm), whether or not stenciled, regardless of wall
thickness, surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end
finish (e.g., plain end, beveled end, grooved, threaded, or threaded
and coupled), or industry specification (e.g., ASTM, proprietary, or
other), generally known as standard pipe and structural pipe (they may
also be referred to as circular, structural, or mechanical tubing).
The pipe products that are the subject of the Order are currently
classifiable in HTSUS statistical reporting numbers 7306.30.10.00,
7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55,
7306.30.50.85, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.10.00, 7306.50.50.50,
7306.50.50.70, 7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and
7306.19.51.50. However, the product description, and not the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') classification, is
dispositive of whether merchandise imported into the United States
falls within the scope of the Order.\6\
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\6\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
Commerce's Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Expedited Second
Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Circular Welded
Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China
(Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with this
notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
specifically the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping
and the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the Order were to
be revoked, is provided in the accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\7\ 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 http://access.trade.gov and 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 at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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\7\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the
dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping
margins up to 85.55 percent.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure
to comply
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with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is
subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the results and notice in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218.
Dated: April 10, 2019.
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.
[FR Doc. 2019-07543 Filed 4-15-19; 8:45 am]
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