[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9924-9926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3893]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-825]


Oil Country Tubular Goods, Other Than Drill Pipe, from Korea: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 31, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods 
(``OCTG''), other than drill pipe, from Korea for the period (``POR'') 
August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005. See Oil Country Tubular Goods, 
Other Than Drill Pipe, from Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 51797 (August 31, 2006) (Preliminary 
Results). This review covers the following manufacturers/exporters: 
Husteel Co., Ltd. (``Husteel'') and SeAH Steel Corporation (``SeAH''). 
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made changes to 
the Preliminary Results. For the final dumping margins see the ``Final 
Results of Review'' section below.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 6, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Lindsay, Nicholas Czajkowski, or 
Dara Iserson, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-0780, (202) 482-1395, or (202) 482-4052, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 31, 2006, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on OCTG from Korea. See Preliminary Results. 
Since the Preliminary Results, the following events have occurred. We 
received case briefs on October 2, 2006, and rebuttal briefs on October 
10, 2006. On October 24, 2006, the Department sent a letter to the 
parties informing them that Domestic Interested Parties, IPSCO 
Tubulars, Inc., Lone Star Steel Company, and Maverick Tube Corporations 
(collectively, IPSCO Tubulars) as well as the Petitioner, U.S. Steel 
Corporation (U.S. Steel) were being provided an opportunity to submit a 
rebuttal brief solely in reference to a new issue raised by Respondents 
in their case brief. The Department received these rebuttal briefs from 
IPSCO Tubulars on October 30, 2006, and U.S. Steel Corporation on 
November 1, 2006. On December 22, 2006, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the 
Department extended the final results by 60 days to February 27, 2006. 
See Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Administrative Review: Oil Country Tubular Goods, Other Than Drill 
Pipe, from Korea, 71 FR 76977 (December 22, 2006).

Scope of the Antidumping Duty Order

    The products covered by this order are OCTG, hollow steel products 
of circular cross-section, including only oil well casing and tubing, 
of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy), 
whether seamless or welded, whether or not conforming to American 
Petroleum Institute (``API'') or non-API specifications, whether 
finished or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG 
products). This scope does not cover casing or tubing pipe containing 
10.5 percent or more of chromium, or drill pipe. The products subject 
to this order are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') under sub-headings: 
7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 
7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 
7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 
7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.30.10, 7304.29.30.20, 
7304.29.30.30, 7304.29.30.40, 7304.29.30.50, 7304.29.30.60, 
7304.29.30.80, 7304.29.40.10, 7304.29.40.20, 7304.29.40.30, 
7304.29.40.40, 7304.29.40.50, 7304.29.40.60, 7304.29.40.80, 
7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 
7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.60.15, 7304.29.60.30, 7304.29.60.45, 
7304.29.60.60, 7304.29.60.75, 7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 
7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 7306.20.10.30, 7306.20.10.90, 
7306.20.20.00, 7306.20.30.00, 7306.20.40.00, 7306.20.60.10,

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7306.20.60.50, 7306.20.80.10, and 7306.20.80.50.
    As a result of recent changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, 
effective February 2, 2007, the subject merchandise is also 
classifiable under the following additional HTS item numbers: 
7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 
7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 
7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30, 7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 
7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30, 
7304.29.61.45, 7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 7306.29.10.30, 
7306.29.10.90, 7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00, 
7306.29.60.10, 7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and 7306.29.81.50.
    The HTSUS sub-headings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes only. The written description remains dispositive of the scope 
of the order.

Analysis of Comments Received

    The issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decisions 
Memorandum for the Final Results of the Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Oil Country Tubular Goods (``OCTG'') from 
Korea, February 27, 2007 (Issues and Decisions Memorandum), which is 
hereby adopted by this notice. The Issues and Decisions Memorandum is 
on file in the Central Records Unit (CRU), room B-099 of the Department 
of Commerce main building and can be accessed directly at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the Issues 
and Decisions Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the issues 
addressed in the Issues and Decisions Memorandum is appended to this 
notice.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
changes in the calculations for the final dumping margin. The changes 
are discussed in detail in the Issues and Decisions Memorandum and in 
the Memorandum from Dara Iserson, Case Analyst, to the File: Analysis 
of Husteel Corporation (``Husteel'') for the Final Results of the 
Administrative Review of Oil Country Tubular Goods, Other Than Drill 
Pipe from Korea, and Memorandum from Nicholas Czajkowski, Case Analyst, 
to the File: Analysis of SeaH Steel Corporation (``SeAH'') for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of Oil Country Tubular 
Goods, Other Than Drill Pipe from Korea, dated February 27, 2007, on 
file in the CRU.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average margins exist for the period August 1, 2004, through 
July 31, 2005:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Manufacturer/Exporter                  Margin (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SeAH Steel Corporation..............................                4.73
Husteel Co., Ltd....................................   0.39 (de minimis)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Assessment Rates

    The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries, pursuant to section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b). The Department calculated importer- specific duty 
assessment rates (or, when the importer was unknown by the respondent, 
customer-specific duty assessment rates) on the basis of the ratio of 
the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined 
sales observations involving each importer to the total entered value 
of the examined sales observations for that importer. The Department 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date 
of publication of these final results of review.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in these 
final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know 
their merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 
``All Others'' rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a discussion of this 
clarification, see Notice of Policy Concerning Assessment of 
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following antidumping duty cash deposit rates will be effective 
upon publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
all shipments of OCTG from Korea entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results, 
as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) for SeAH, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate shown above, (2) since the dumping margin 
for Husteel is de minimis (less than 0.50 percent), no cash deposit 
will be required for Husteel, 3) for previously reviewed or 
investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will be 
the company-specific rate established for the most recent period, (4) 
if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, 
or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer 
is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recent period for the manufacturer of the subject merchandise, and (5) 
if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered by this 
review, a prior review, or the LTFV investigation, the cash deposit 
rate shall be the all others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation, which is 12.17 percent. See Final Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Korea, 60 FR 
33561 (June 28, 1995). These deposit rates, when imposed, shall remain 
in effect until publication of the final results of the next 
administrative review.

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.

Notification Regarding APOs

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). 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 terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    These final results of administrative review and this notice are 
issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.


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    Dated: February 27, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

List of Issues
1. Adjustments to Husteel's G&A Expense Ratio
2. Husteel's Profit and Selling Expense Ratios for Constructed Value
3. Husteel's CEP Profit
4. Treatment of Inventory Carrying Costs Incurred in Korea for U.S. 
Sales
5. CEP Offset to SeAH
6. Interest Expenses Associated with U.S. Selling Operations
7. G&A Expense for Further Manufacturing
8. Interest Expense for Further Manufacturing
9. Further Manufacturing Freight Expenses
10. Calculation Issues
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