[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44849-44850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18373]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-836, A-489-815, A-570-914, A-580-859]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the Republic of
Korea, Mexico, Turkey, and the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty
Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD)
orders on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (light-walled pipe and
tube) from the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, Turkey, and the
People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the
``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable August 27, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3931.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 1, 2019, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the
second sunset reviews of the AD orders on light-walled pipe and tube
from Korea, Mexico, Turkey, and China, pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of
the Tariff Act of
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1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ We received notices of intent to
participate in the reviews from the follow companies: Atlas Tube, Bull
Moose Tube Company, California Steel and Tube, Hannibal Industries,
Maruichi American Corporation, Searing Industries, Inc., Vest, Inc.,
Independence Tube Corporation, Southland Tube, Inc., and Wheatland Tube
Company (collectively, the domestic interested parties).\2\ Commerce
received complete substantive responses from the domestic interested
parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ We received no substantive responses from any
other interested parties, nor was a hearing requested. As a result,
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce has conducted expedited (120-day)
sunset reviews of the orders.\4\
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\1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84 FR 18477
(May 1, 2019).
\2\ See Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in Second
Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Korea,'' dated May 13, 2019; Letter,
``Notice of Intent to Participate in Second Five-Year Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube
from Mexico,'' dated May 13, 2019; Letter, ``Notice of Intent to
Participate in Second Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey,'' dated May
13, 2019; Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in Second Five-
Year Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from China,'' dated May 13, 2019; Letter,
``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the Republic of Korea:
Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated May 16, 2019; Letter,
``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Notice of
Intent to Participate,'' dated May 16, 2019; Letter, ``Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey: Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated May 16, 2019; Letter, ``Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China:
Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated May 16, 2019; and Letter,
``Second Five-Year Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Order on Light-
Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from China, Korea, Mexico, and
Turkey: Errata,'' dated July 15, 2019.
\3\ See Letter, ``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from
Korea, Second Review: Substantive Response to Notice of
Initiation,'' dated May 31, 2019; Letter, ``Light-Walled Rectangular
Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Substantive Response to Notice of
Initiation,'' dated May 31, 2019; Letter, ``Light-Walled Rectangular
Pipe and Tube from Turkey: Substantive Response to Notice of
Initiation,'' dated May 31, 2019; and Letter, ``Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China,
Second Review: Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated
May 31, 2019.
\4\ See Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on May 1, 2019,''
dated July 2, 2019.
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise subject to the orders is certain welded carbon
quality light-walled steel pipe and tube, of rectangular (including
square) cross section, having a wall thickness of less than 4 mm.
The term carbon-quality steel includes both carbon steel and alloy
steel which contains only small amounts of alloying elements.
Specifically, the term carbon-quality includes products in which none
of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: 1.80 percent of manganese, or 2.25 percent of
silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or 0.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of
lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of tungsten, or 0.10
percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.15 percent
vanadium, or 0.15 percent of zirconium. The description of carbon-
quality is intended to identify carbon-quality products within the
scope. The welded carbon-quality rectangular pipe and tube subject to
these orders is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7306.61.50.00 and
7306.61.70.60. While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
Customs purposes, our written description of the scope of the orders is
dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in these reviews, including the likelihood of
continuation or recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation and
the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the orders were
revoked, are addressed in the accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\5\ 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 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/. The signed and
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the Republic of Korea,
Mexico, Turkey and the People's Republic of China,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we
determine that revocation of the AD orders on light-walled pipe and
tube from Korea, Mexico, Turkey, and China would be likely to 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 30.66 percent, 11.50 percent, 41.71 percent, and 255.07
percent, respectively.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
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 order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: August 18, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
2. Magnitude of the Margins Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Reviews
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2019-18373 Filed 8-26-19; 8:45 am]
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