[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64041-64042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25048]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (pipes and tubes) from Thailand are 
being, or are likely to be sold, at less than normal value during the 
period of review (POR), March 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018.

DATES: Applicable November 20, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1398.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 17, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pipes and tubes 
from Thailand.\1\ The review covers one mandatory respondent, Saha Thai 
Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd. (Saha Thai), and twelve non-selected 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise. For a discussion of 
events since the Preliminary Results were published, see the 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018, 84 
FR 22450 (May 17, 2019) and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from Thailand: Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this review are certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand. For a full description of 
the scope, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum dated concurrently 
with and hereby adopted by this notice.\3\
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    \3\ Id.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\4\ A list of issues raised, and to which we responded, in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this notice as an 
Appendix. 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 https://access.trade.gov and 
in the Central Records Unit (CRU), 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/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \4\ Id.
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    Commerce preliminarily found that three companies under review, 
Expeditors Ltd. (Expeditors); K Line Logistics (K Line); and Panalpina 
World Transport Ltd. (Panalpina), each had no shipments during the POR. 
We received no further comments or information that refute these 
findings. Thus, Commerce

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continues to find that Expeditors, K Line, and Panalpina had no 
reviewable transactions during the POR.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record, information obtained from 
verification, and comments received from interested parties, we have 
made certain changes to Saha Thai's weighted-average dumping margin. 
For further discussion, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins 
exists for the period March 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                  Producer or exporter                        dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd..............            5.15
Apex International Logistics............................            5.15
Aquatec Maxcon Asia.....................................            5.15
Asian Unity Part Co., Ltd...............................            5.15
CSE Technologies Co., Ltd...............................            5.15
Pacific Pipe Public Company Limited (also known as                  5.15
 Pacific Pipe Company)..................................
Pacific Pipe and Pump...................................            5.15
Polypipe Engineering Co., Ltd...........................            5.15
Siam Fittings Co., Ltd..................................            5.15
Siam Steel Pipe Co., Ltd................................            5.15
Thai Malleable Iron and Steel...........................            5.15
Thai Premium Pipe Co., Ltd..............................            5.15
Vatana Phaisal Engineering Company......................            5.15
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce 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 issue 
appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the companies 
under review will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this review; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above in the Final 
Results of Review, including those for which Commerce may determine had 
no shipments during the POR, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 
in this review or another completed segment of this proceeding, but the 
manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the 
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any 
previously completed segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit 
rate will be the ``all-others'' rate of 15.67 percent established in 
the less-than-fair-value investigation.\5\ These deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \5\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Circular Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes from Thailand, 51 FR 8341 (March 11, 1986).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
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 sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 13, 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 Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Comments
    Comment 1: Particular Market Situation Adjustments to Saha 
Thai's Cost of Production
    Comment 2: Antidumping and Safeguard Duty Adjustments to Saha 
Thai's Calculations for PMS
    Comment 3: Duty Drawback Adjustment
VI. Recommendation

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