[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 12 (Thursday, January 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6302-6303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01219]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008]


Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Shin 
Yang Steel Co., Ltd. (Shin Yang), a producer/exporter of merchandise 
subject to this administrative review, made sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) 
May 1, 2018 through April 30, 2019.

DATES: Applicable January 21, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicolas Mayora, 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) 482-3053.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty (AD) order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 
from Taiwan, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ On July 24, 2020, Commerce published in 
the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of this administrative 
review.\2\ We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary 
Results. A complete summary of events that occurred since Commerce 
published the Preliminary Results can be found in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 49 FR 19369 (May 7, 1984) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order; 2018-2019, 85 FR 44852 (July 24, 2020) 
(Preliminary Results).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for Final 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan; 2018-
2019,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this order is certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan. 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ For a full description of the scope, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed 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. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 
and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of comments received from parties, and for 
the reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Commerce 
made certain changes to the Preliminary Results. Specifically, we 
revised our treatment of Shin Yang's purchases of hot-rolled coil from 
its affiliate.\5\ In addition, we used the updated U.S. sales database 
provided by Shin Yang on March 3, 2020.\6\ However, these revisions did 
not result in a change to the weighted-average dumping margin 
calculated for Shin Yang in these final results of review.
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Cost of Production and Constructed Value 
Calculation Adjustments for the Final Results--Shin Yang Steel Co., 
Ltd.,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
    \6\ See Shin Yang's March 3, 2020 Section B-C Supplemental 
Questionnaire Response at Exhibit 9.
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Final Results of the Review

    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for Shin Yang for the POR from May 1, 2018 through April 
30, 2019:

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                                                               Dumping
                     Producer/exporter                          margin
                                                              (percent)
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Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd...................................        1.71
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final 
results to interested parties in this proceeding within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, AD duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review.
    For Shin Yang, because its weighted-average dumping margin is not 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), Commerce has 
calculated importer-specific (or customer-specific) antidumping duty 
assessment rates for merchandise subject to this review.\7\ We 
calculated importer-specific antidumping duty assessment rates by 
aggregating the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined 
sales of

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each importer and dividing each of these amounts by the total sales 
quantity associated with those sales.
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    \7\ See 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 the company 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 
involved in the transaction. Commerce intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final 
results of this review in the Federal Register.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of the final results of this administrative 
review for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The 
cash deposit rate for Shin Yang will be equal to the rate established 
in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by producers and/or exporters not covered in this review, but 
covered in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently-completed segment in which the company was reviewed; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or 
the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the 
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established 
for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding for the 
producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for 
all other producers or exporters will continue to be 9.70 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\8\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \8\ See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 49 FR 19369 (May 7, 1984).
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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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (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 or 
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 violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: January 12, 2021.
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 Issues
    Comment 1. Whether to Adjust Shin Yang's Reported Costs for 
Affiliated Purchases in Accordance with the Major Input Rule
    Comment 2. Whether to Adjust Shin Yang's Reported General and 
Administrative Expense Ratio
    Comment 3. Whether to Deduct Section 232 Duties from Shin Yang's 
U.S. Sales Price
VI. Recommendation

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