[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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