[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 71 (Monday, April 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20470-20472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07716]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-814]


Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Taiwan: Final 
Results of Administrative Review and Determination of No Shipments; 
2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that there 
were no shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review 
(POR) November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable April 13, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsey Simonovich, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and

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Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-1979.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results on December 27, 2019.\1\ 
Interested parties were asked to comment within 30 days of the date of 
publication. We received no comments.
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    \1\ See Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from 
Taiwan: Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018, 84 FR 
71367 (December 27, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are circular welded pipe from 
Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the 
Appendix to this notice.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, we found that Founder Land, Shin Yang 
Steel Co., Ltd. (Shin Yang), Tension Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd. 
(Tension Steel), Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Hsing), and Yieh 
Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Phui) had no shipments of the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR. Also, in the 
Preliminary Results, we stated that consistent with our practice, it 
was not appropriate to rescind the review, but rather to complete the 
review and issue appropriate instructions to Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) based on the final results of this review.\2\
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    \2\ Id., 84 FR at 71368; see, e.g., Magnesium Metal from the 
Russian Federation: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged 
in Magnesium Metal from the Russian Federation: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 
2010).
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    After issuing the Preliminary Results, we received no information 
that contradicted our Preliminary Results. No interested party 
commented on the Preliminary Results. Therefore, for these final 
results, we continue to find that Founder Land, Shin Yang, Tension 
Steel, Yieh Hsing, and Yieh Phui had no shipments of the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR.

Assessment Rates

    Commerce determines, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with these 
final results of review.\3\ Consistent with Commerce's clarification to 
its assessment practice, because we determined that Founder Land, Shin 
Yang, Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing, and Yieh Phui had no shipments of 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, for entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Founder Land, Shin Yang, 
Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing, or Yieh Phui, for which these companies did 
not know that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate any entries at the all-others rate if 
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.\4\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \4\ For a full discussion, see Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 
6, 2003).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication 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 rates for Founder Land, 
Shun Yang, Tension Steel, Yieh Hsing, and Yieh Phui will remain 
unchanged from the rate assigned to them in the most recently completed 
review of those companies; (2) for merchandise exported by 
manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to 
be the company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed 
segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, 
then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recently completed segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and 
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 23.56 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation.\5\ These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \5\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular Welded Non-
Alloy Steel Pipe from Taiwan, 57 FR 49454 (November 2, 1992).
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    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 the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 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 the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: April 7, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are (1) circular welded non-
alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross section over 114.3 
millimeters (4.5 inches), but not over 406.4 millimeters (16 inches) 
in outside diameter, with a wall thickness of 1.65 millimeters 
(0.065 inches) or more, regardless of surface finish (black, 
galvanized, or painted), or end-finish (plain end, beveled end, 
threaded, or threaded and coupled); and (2) circular welded non-
alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section less than 
406.4 millimeters (16 inches), with a wall thickness of less than 
1.65 millimeters (0.065 inches), regardless of surface finish 
(black, galvanized, or painted) or end-finish (plain end, beveled 
end, threaded, or threaded and coupled). These pipes and tubes are 
generally known as standard pipes and tubes and are intended for the 
low pressure conveyance of water, steam, natural gas, air, and other 
liquids and gases in plumbing and heating systems, air conditioning 
units, automatic sprinkling systems, and other related uses, and 
generally meet ASTM A-53 specifications. Standard pipe may also be 
used for light load-bearing applications, such as for fence-tubing 
and as structural pipe tubing used for framing and support members 
for construction, or load-bearing purposes in the construction, 
shipbuilding, trucking, farm-equipment, and related

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industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is also b18included in this 
order.
    All carbon steel pipes and tubes within the physical description 
outlined above are included within the scope of this order, except 
line pipe, oil country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical 
tubing, pipe and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and 
finished conduit. Standard pipe that is dual or triple certified/
stenciled that enters the U.S. as line pipe of a kind or used for 
oil and gas pipelines is also not included in this investigation.
    Imports of the products covered by this order are currently 
classifiable under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 
subheadings, 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. Although 
the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, our written description of the scope of this order is 
dispositive.

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