[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7259-7261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01793]


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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, In Part; 2018-2019

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, 2018 through February 28, 2019. We 
further determine that K Line Logistics had no shipments during the 
POR.

DATES: Applicable January 27, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,

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U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1396.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 2, 2020, Commerce published the preliminary results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pipes and tubes 
from Thailand.\1\ The review covers 30 producers and/or exporters of 
the subject merchandise, including Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Co., 
Ltd., also known as Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Co., Ltd. (Saha 
Thai), which Commerce selected for individual examination. Further, 
Commerce found that K Line Logistics had no shipments during the POR. 
For a discussion of events since the Preliminary Results were 
published, see the 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; 2018-2019, 85 
FR 18552 (April 2, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from Thailand: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final No 
Shipment Determination, In Part; 2018-2019,'' 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.\3\
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    \3\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at ``Scope of the 
Order.''
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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 http://access.trade.gov. 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 and 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, In Part

    Commerce preliminarily found that K Line Logistics (K Line) had no 
shipments during the POR.\5\ We received no further comments or 
information that refute this finding since the Preliminary Results. 
Thus, Commerce continues to find that K Line had no shipments during 
the POR.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results, 85 FR at 18552.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties, we have made changes to the weighted-average 
dumping margins applied to Saha Thai and the remaining non-selected 
respondents. For further discussion, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period March 1, 2018 through 
February 28, 2019:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                Producer or exporter                    dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd..........               37.55
Apex International Logistics........................               37.55
Aquatec Maxcon Asia.................................               37.55
Asian Unity Part Co., Ltd...........................               37.55
Bis Pipe Fitting Industry Co., Ltd..................               37.55
Blue Pipe Steel Center..............................               37.55
Blue Pipe Steel Center Co., Ltd.....................               37.55
Chuhatsu (Thailand) Co., Ltd........................               37.55
CSE Technologies Co., Ltd...........................               37.55
Expeditors International (Bangkok)..................               37.55
Expeditors Ltd......................................               37.55
FS International (Thailand) Co., Ltd................               37.55
Kerry-Apex (Thailand) Co., Ltd......................               37.55
Oil Steel Tube (Thailand) Co., Ltd..................               37.55
Otto Ender Steel Structure Co., Ltd.................               37.55
Pacific Pipe and Pump...............................               37.55
Pacific Pipe Public Company Limited (also known as                 37.55
 Pacific Pipe Company)..............................
Panalpina World Transport Ltd.......................               37.55
Polypipe Engineering Co., Ltd.......................               37.55
Schlumberger Overseas S.A...........................               37.55
Siam Fittings Co., Ltd..............................               37.55
Siam Steel Pipe Co., Ltd............................               37.55
Sino Connections Logistics (Thailand) Co., Ltd......               37.55
Thai Malleable Iron and Steel.......................               37.55
Thai Oil Group......................................               37.55
Thai Oil Pipe Co., Ltd..............................               37.55
Thai Premium Pipe Co., Ltd..........................               37.55
Vatana Phaisal Engineering Company..................               37.55
Visavakit Patana Corp., Ltd.........................               37.55
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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. For each of the companies 
identified in the ``Final Results of the Administrative Review'' above, 
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at the ad 
valorem rate equal to each company's weighted-average dumping margin.
    Consistent with its recent notice,\6\ Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal 
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).
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    \6\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue Liquidation 
Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January 
15, 2021).
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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 the Administrative Review'' above, including companies for 
which Commerce may determine to have 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 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 
merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the producer 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.\7\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \7\ 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 Commerce'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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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: January 19, 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 to the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of Comments
    Comment 1: Dual-Stenciled Standard Pipe and Line Pipe
    Comment 2: Acceptance of Wheatland's New Factual Information 
(NFI) Submission
    Comment 3: Application of Total Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to 
Saha Thai
    Comment 4: Extension of the Deadlines To Reopen the Record of 
Review
    Comment 5: Adjustment of Hot-Rolled Coil (HRC) Costs to Account 
for a Particular Market Situation (PMS)
VI. Recommendation

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