[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49246-49247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20233]


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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 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to determine 
that none of the companies under review have demonstrated eligibility 
for a separate rate during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable September 19, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aleksandras Nakutis, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3147.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 20, 2019, Commerce published its Preliminary Results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded 
carbon quality steel pipe from the People's Republic of China (China) 
for 122 companies covering the July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 
POR.\1\ Although invited to do so, interested parties did not comment 
on our Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Partial Rescission; 2017-2018, 84 FR 22817 
(May 20, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
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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 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (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 HTSUS classification, is 
dispositive of whether merchandise imported into the United States 
falls within the scope of the order.\2\
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    \2\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Circular Welded Carbon 
Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China,'' dated May 
13, 2019 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis

    As noted above, no parties commented on the Preliminary Results. 
Therefore, we are adopting the decisions in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum for these final results of review. In the Preliminary 
Results, Commerce determined that all 122 companies under review did 
not establish their eligibility for a separate rate and are part of the 
China-wide entity.\3\ For these final results of review, we have 
continued to treat the 122 companies under review as part of the China-
wide entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide 
entity, we are not conducting a review of the China-wide entity,\4\ and 
thus, there is no change to its antidumping duty rate. The existing 
antidumping duty rate for the China-wide entity is 85.55 percent.\5\
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results, 84 FR at 22817.
    \4\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65969-70 (November 
4, 2013).
    \5\ See 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, 84 FR 15584 (April 16, 
2019) (Second Sunset).
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    For additional details, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 
which 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 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/index.html. The signed and the 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce has 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. Commerce intends to instruct CBP to 
liquidate entries of subject merchandise during this POR from the 122 
companies under review at the China-wide rate. Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date 
of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this

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administrative review for shipments of subject merchandise from China 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date in the Federal Register of the final results of this 
review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 
previously investigated or reviewed China and non-China exporters which 
are not under review in this segment of the proceeding but which 
received a separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific 
rate; (2) for all China exporters of subject merchandise that have not 
been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate for the China-wide entity, which is 85.55 percent; \6\ 
and (3) for all non-China exporters of subject merchandise which have 
not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-China 
exporter.
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    \6\ See Second Sunset, 84 FR at 15584.
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    These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also 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 the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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 that is subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: September 11, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-20233 Filed 9-18-19; 8:45 am]
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