[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80524-80525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28406]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-812, A-535-903, A-520-807]


Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Oman, Pakistan, 
and the United Arab Emirates: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) 
that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on circular welded 
carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from Oman, Pakistan, and the United 
Arab Emirates (UAE) would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence 
of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, 
Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the AD orders.

DATES: Applicable December 30, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zachariah Hall, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 1, 2021, Commerce initiated a five-year sunset review 
of the AD orders on CWP from Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ As a 
result of its review, Commerce determined that revocation of the AD 
orders on CWP from Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE would likely lead to a 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and, therefore, notified the ITC 
of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail should the orders be 
revoked.\2\ On December 23, 2022, the ITC published its determination, 
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the AD orders 
on CWP from Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE would likely lead to a 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 60201 
(November 1, 2021).
    \2\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Oman, 
Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates: Final Results of Expedited 
Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders, 87 FR 9315 (February 18, 
2022).
    \3\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from Oman, 
Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates; Determinations, 87 FR 78995 
(December 23, 2022); see also Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel 
Pipe from Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates, Inv. No. 
731-TA-1299-1300 and 1302 (Review), USITC Publication 5390 (December 
2022).
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders are welded carbon-quality 
steel pipes and tube, of circular cross-section, with an outside 
diameter (O.D.) not more than nominal 16 inches (406.4 mm), regardless 
of wall thickness, surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or 
painted), end finish (plain end, beveled end, grooved, threaded, or 
threaded and coupled), or industry specification (e.g., American 
Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM), proprietary, or 
other), generally known as standard pipe, fence pipe and tube, 
sprinkler pipe, and structural pipe (although subject product may also 
be referred to as mechanical tubing). Specifically, the term ``carbon 
quality'' includes products in which:
    (a) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained 
elements;
    (b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and
    (c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by 
weight, as indicated:
    (i) 1.80 percent of manganese;
    (ii) 2.25 percent of silicon;
    (iii) 1.00 percent of copper;
    (iv) 0.50 percent of aluminum;
    (v) 1.25 percent of chromium;
    (vi) 0.30 percent of cobalt;
    (vii) 0.40 percent of lead;
    (viii) 1.25 percent of nickel;
    (ix) 0.30 percent of tungsten;
    (x) 0.15 percent of molybdenum;
    (xi) 0.10 percent of niobium;
    (xii) 0.41 percent of titanium;
    (xiii) 0.15 percent of vanadium; or
    (xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium.
    Covered products are generally made to standard O.D. and wall 
thickness combinations. Pipe multi-stenciled to a standard and/or 
structural specification and to other specifications, such as American 
Petroleum Institute (API) API-5L specification, may also be covered by 
the scope of these investigations. In particular, such multi-stenciled 
merchandise is covered when it meets the physical description set forth 
above, and also has one or more of the following characteristics: is 32 
feet in length or less; is less than 2.0 inches (50 mm) in outside 
diameter; has a galvanized and/or painted (e.g., polyester coated) 
surface finish; or has a threaded and/or coupled end finish.

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    Standard pipe is ordinarily made to ASTM specifications A53, A135, 
and A795, but can also be made to other specifications. Structural pipe 
is made primarily to ASTM specifications A252 and A500. Standard and 
structural pipe may also be produced to proprietary specifications 
rather than to industry specifications.
    Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire suppression systems 
and may be made to industry specifications such as ASTM A53 or to 
proprietary specifications.
    Fence tubing is included in the scope regardless of certification 
to a specification listed in the exclusions below, and can also be made 
to the ASTM A513 specification. Products that meet the physical 
description set forth above but are made to the following nominal 
outside diameter and wall thickness combinations, which are recognized 
by the industry as typical for fence tubing, are included despite being 
certified to ASTM mechanical tubing specifications:

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     O.D. in inches         Wall  thickness in
       (nominal)             inches (nominal)              Gage
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           1.315                    0.035                      20
           1.315                    0.047                      18
           1.315                    0.055                      17
           1.315                    0.065                      16
           1.315                    0.072                      15
           1.315                    0.083                      14
           1.315                    0.095                      13
           1.660                    0.055                      17
           1.660                    0.065                      16
           1.660                    0.083                      14
           1.660                    0.095                      13
           1.660                    0.109                      12
           1.900                    0.047                      18
           1.900                    0.055                      17
           1.900                    0.065                      16
           1.900                    0.072                      15
           1.900                    0.095                      13
           1.900                    0.109                      12
           2.375                    0.047                      18
           2.375                    0.055                      17
           2.375                    0.065                      16
           2.375                    0.072                      15
           2.375                    0.095                      13
           2.375                    0.109                      12
           2.375                    0.120                      11
           2.875                    0.109                      12
           2.875                    0.165                       8
           3.500                    0.109                      12
           3.500                    0.165                       8
           4.000                    0.148                       9
           4.000                    0.165                       8
           4.500                    0.203                       7
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    The scope of these orders does not include:
    (a) pipe suitable for use in boilers, superheaters, heat 
exchangers, refining furnaces and feedwater heaters, whether or not 
cold drawn, which are defined by standards such as ASTM A178 or ASTM 
A192;
    (b) finished electrical conduit, i.e., Electrical Rigid Steel 
Conduit (also known as Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit and Electrical 
Rigid Metal Steel Conduit), Finished Electrical Metallic Tubing, and 
Electrical Intermediate Metal Conduit, which are defined by 
specifications such as American National Standard (ANSI) C80.1-2005, 
ANSI C80.3-2005, or ANSI C80.6-2005, and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. 
(UL) UL-6, UL-797, or UL-1242;
    (c) finished scaffolding, i.e., component parts of final, finished 
scaffolding that enter the United States unassembled as a ``kit.'' A 
kit is understood to mean a packaged combination of component parts 
that contains, at the time of importation, all of the necessary 
component parts to fully assemble final, finished scaffolding;
    (d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing;
    (e) oil country tubular goods produced to API specifications;
    (f) line pipe produced to only API specifications, such as API 5L, 
and not multi-stenciled; and
    (g) mechanical tubing, whether or not cold-drawn, other than what 
is included in the above paragraphs.
    The products subject to these orders are currently classifiable in 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) statistical 
reporting numbers 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 
7306.19.5150, 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020, 7306.30.5025, 
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090, 
7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, and 7306.50.5070. The HTSUS 
subheadings above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs 
purposes only. The written description of the scope of the orders is 
dispositive.

Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the AD orders would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United 
States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby 
orders the continuation of the AD orders on CWP from Oman, Pakistan, 
and the UAE. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to 
collect AD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry 
for all imports of subject merchandise. The effective date of the 
continuation of the orders will be the date of publication in the 
Federal Register of this notice of continuation. Pursuant to section 
751(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year 
review of the orders not later than 30 days prior to the fifth 
anniversary of the effective date of continuation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This five-year sunset review and this notice are in accordance with 
section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) 
of the Act.

    Dated: December 23, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-28406 Filed 12-29-22; 8:45 am]
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