[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63070-63071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31134]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-533-502]


Certain Welded Carbon Standard Steel Pipes and Tubes From India; 
Amendment of Final Results of New Shippers Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amendment of final results of new shippers 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On September 10, 1997, the Department of Commerce published 
the final results of its new shippers antidumping duty administrative 
review on certain welded carbon standard steel pipes and tubes from 
India. The review covered two manufacturers/exporters of the subject 
merchandise to the United States and the period May 1, 1995 through 
April 30, 1996. Because of ministerial errors made with respect to one 
manufacturer/exporter, we are publishing an amendment to the final 
results in accordance with 19 CFR 353.28(c).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristie Strecker or Greg Thompson, AD/
CVD Enforcement Group I, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
3174 or (202) 482-0410, respectively.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Tariff Act) 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).

Background

    On September 10, 1997 (62 FR 47632), the Department of Commerce 
(the Department) published the final results of the new shipper review 
of the antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon standard steel 
pipes and tubes from India (51 FR 9089, March 17, 1989). On September 
23, 1997, we received a timely allegation from Rajinder Pipes Ltd. 
(Rajinder), pursuant to Sec. 353.28 of the regulations, that we made 
ministerial errors in the final results.
    Rajinder contended that in the margin calculations for the final 
results we incorrectly deducted inventory carrying costs incurred in 
India from U.S. price and failed to deduct advertising expenses from 
normal value. See Memorandum to the File from Kristie Strecker to Robin 
Gray (October 21, 1997). We agree with Rajinder that these were 
ministerial errors, and we have corrected these ministerial errors in 
these amended results in order to reflect our intent and our practice 
pursuant to Sec. 353.28.

Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of our correction of the ministerial errors, we have 
determined the margin for the period May 1, 1995 through April 30, 1996 
to be:

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                                                                Margin  
                           Company                             (percent)
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Rajinder....................................................       18.25
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    The Customs Service shall assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Individual differences between U.S. price and 
normal value may vary from the percentage stated above. The Department 
will issue appraisement instructions concerning the respondent directly 
to the U.S. Customs Service. Furthermore, 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 these amended final results of 
administrative review, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the 
Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Rajinder will be the rate 
indicated above; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies 
not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or in 
the original 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 merchandise; and (4) 
if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this 
or any previous review conducted by the Department, the cash deposit 
rate will be 7.08 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice serves as the final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate regarding the 
reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during these review periods. Failure to comply with 
this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of the APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    These amended final results of administrative review and notice are 
in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 
1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 353.28(c).

    Dated: November 19, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-31134 Filed 11-25-97; 8:45 am]
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