[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34337-34339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15187]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008]


Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
exporters of certain circular welded carbon steel pipe and tubes from 
Taiwan sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below 
normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2017 through 
April 30, 2018. We invite all interested parties to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable July 18, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Greenberg, 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) 482-0652.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from 
Taiwan in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act).\1\ On July 12, 2018, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the Order 
covering 20 companies.\2\ On July 24, 2018, Commerce selected one 
producer/exporter of subject merchandise, Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd. 
(Shin Yang), as the sole mandatory respondent for this review.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 49 FR at 19369 (May 7, 1984) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 32270 (July 12, 2018) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated October 2, 
2018 (Respondent Selection Memorandum).
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    On December 6, 2018, Commerce exercised its discretion to extend 
the deadline for the preliminary results.\4\ Additionally, Commerce 
exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the partial 
federal government closure from December 22, 2018 through the 
resumption of operations on January 29, 2019, resulting in a revised 
deadline of July 10, 2019.\5\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes 
and Tubes from Taiwan: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated December 6, 2018.
    \5\ See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes. The products are currently classifiable 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
subheadings: 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, and 
7306.30.5055. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written product description of 
the scope of the Order remains dispositive. For a full description of 
the scope, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Administrative Review: Certain Circular 
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan; 2017-2018'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).

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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751 
of the Act. Export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 
of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 
of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying the 
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of 
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as 
an Appendix to this notice.
    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 https://access.trade.gov, 
and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    From July 18, 2018 through July 26, 2018, Sheng Yu Steel Co., Ltd. 
(Sheng Yu), Tension Steel Industries Co., Ltd. (Tension Steel), Yieh 
Hsing Enterprise. Co., Ltd. (Yieh Hsing), and Pat & Jeff Enterprise Co. 
Ltd. (P&J) timely filed statements reporting that they each made no 
shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. 
Subsequently, we received information from the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) confirming the no-shipment claims from Sheng Yu, 
Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing, and P&J. Based on the foregoing, Commerce 
preliminarily determines that Sheng Yu, Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing, and 
P&J had no shipments during the POR. For additional information 
regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 
Consistent with our practice, Commerce is not rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to Sheng Yu, Tension Steel, Yieh 
Hsing, and P&J at this time, but intends to complete the review and 
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of 
this review.\7\
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    \7\ See e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
Partial Rescission of Review, Preliminary Determination of No 
Shipments; 2012-2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March 24, 2014), unchanged 
in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final Determination of No 
Shipments, and Partial Rescission of Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 51306, 
51307 (August 28, 2014).
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Preliminary Results of This Review

    As a result of this review, we calculated a preliminary weighted-
average dumping margin of 2.44 percent for Shin Yang for the POR. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we 
assigned this weighted-average dumping margin of 2.44 percent 
calculated for Shin Yang to the fifteen companies not selected for 
individual review in these preliminary results, as referenced below. We 
preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the period of May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd....................................        2.44
Chung Hung Steel Corp.......................................        2.44
Far East Machinery Co., Ltd.................................        2.44
Far East Machinery Group....................................        2.44
Fine Blanking & Tool Co., Ltd...............................        2.44
Hou Lih Co., Ltd............................................        2.44
Kao Hsing Chang Iron & Steel Corp...........................        2.44
Lang Hwang Corp.............................................        2.44
Locksure Inc................................................        2.44
New Chance Products Co., Ltd................................        2.44
Pin Tai Metal Inc...........................................        2.44
Shang Jouch Industrial Co., Ltd.............................        2.44
Shuan Hwa Industrial Co., Ltd...............................        2.44
Titan Fastech Ltd...........................................        2.44
Yeong Shien Industrial Co., Ltd.............................        2.44
Yousing Precision Industry Co., Ltd.........................        2.44
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and 
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered 
by this review.
    For any individually examined respondents whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent), we will 
calculate importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\8\ We will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review 
when the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final 
results of this review is not zero or de minimis. If Shin Yang's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties. The final results of this review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by 
this review where applicable.
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    \8\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the 
assessment rate calculation methodology adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Shin Yang 
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the 
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction. 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 for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the companies 
under review will be the rate established in the final results of this 
review (except, if the ad valorem rate is de minimis, then the cash 
deposit rate will be zero); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which the company was 
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the original investigation, but the producer is, the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of subject 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 9.70 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the investigation.\9\ These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \9\ See Order.

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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed within ten days of the date of publication of this notice in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties are invited to 
comment on the preliminary results and may submit case briefs and/or 
written comments within 30 days of the publication of this nature, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days 
after the deadline date for case briefs.\10\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal 
briefs in this review 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. Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 
ACCESS.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
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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 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain: 
(1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; (3) whether any participant is a foreign national; and 
(4) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the 
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and 
rebuttal briefs.\11\ If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce 
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be 
determined.\12\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and 
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, which will include the results 
of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of 
publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 POR. 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    The preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: July 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

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

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
V. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
VI. Comparisons to Normal Value
VII. Date of Sale
VIII. Export Price
IX. Normal Value
X. Currency Conversion
XI. Recommendation

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