[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 164 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58244-58245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18385]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-914]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find 
that Hangzhou Ailong Metal Product Co., Ltd. (Ailong), the sole company 
subject to the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from the People's Republic of 
China (China) covering the period of review (POR) August 1, 2021, 
through July 31, 2022, is not eligible for a separate rate and, thus, 
is part of the China-wide entity.

DATES: Applicable August 25, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0193.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 2, 2023, Commerce published the preliminary results for this 
administrative review.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on 
the Preliminary Results. No interested parties submitted comments. 
Accordingly, Commerce has made no changes to the Preliminary Results. 
Because Commerce received no comments on the Preliminary Results, we 
have not modified our analysis and no decision memorandum accompanies 
this Federal Register notice. We are adopting the Preliminary Results 
as the final results of this review. Commerce conducted this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 27444 (May 2, 2023) 
(Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>2</SUP>
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    \2\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico, the 
People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea: Antidumping 
Duty Orders; Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the 
Republic of Korea: Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 45403 (August 5, 2008) (Order).
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    The merchandise subject to this Order is certain welded carbon 
quality light-

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walled steel pipe and tube, of rectangular (including square) cross 
section, having a wall thickness of less than 4 mm. The term carbon-
quality steel includes both carbon steel and alloy steel which contains 
only small amounts of alloying elements. Specifically, the term carbon-
quality includes products in which none of the elements listed below 
exceeds the quantity by weight respectively indicated: 1.80 percent of 
manganese, or 2.25 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or 
0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent 
of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 
percent of tungsten, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of 
niobium, or 0.15 percent vanadium, or 0.15 percent of zirconium. The 
description of carbon-quality is intended to identify carbon-quality 
products within the scope. The welded carbon-quality rectangular pipe 
and tube subject to this Order is currently classified under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 
7306.61.50.00 and 7306.61.70.60. While HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and CBP's customs purposes, our written description of 
the scope of the Order is dispositive.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    As noted above, we received no comments on, and made no changes to, 
the Preliminary Results. We continue to find that the sole mandatory 
respondent, Ailong, is not eligible for a separate rate, and, thus, is 
part of the China-wide entity. In this administrative review, no party 
requested a review of the China-wide entity, and Commerce did not self-
initiate a review of the China-wide entity. Because no review of the 
China-wide entity is being conducted, the China-wide entity rate is not 
subject to change as a result of this review. The rate previously 
established for the China-wide entity is 255.07 percent.\3\
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    \3\ See Order, 73 FR 45403; see also Implementation of 
Determinations Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires; Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated Woven Sacks; and Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China, 77 FR 
52683 (August 30, 2012).
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Assessment Rates

    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, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. We 
intend to instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 255.07 
percent (i.e., the China-wide entity rate), to all entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR which were exported by Ailong. Commerce 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after the date of publication of these 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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise from China 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) for Ailong, that has not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the 
China-wide entity; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese 
and non-Chinese exporters that received a separate rate in a prior 
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of 
subject merchandise that have not been found eligible for a separate 
rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the China-wide entity; and 
(4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not 
received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese 
exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification of 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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties occurred 
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an 
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the 
countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final 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. 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 violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing the final results of this review 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 
CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: August 21, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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