[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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