[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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