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9See Corinth Pipeworks S.A.’s Letter re: 

Antidumping Investigation of Large Diameter 

Welded Pipe from Greece—Request for 

Postponement of Final Determination and 

Provisional Measures Period, dated July 19, 2018. 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm the 

date, time, and location of the hearing 

two days before the scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce’s 

regulations requires that a request by 

exporters for postponement of the final 

determination be accompanied by a 

request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On July 19, 2018, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.210(e), Corinth requested that 

Commerce postpone the final 

determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.9 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter 

accounts for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: August 20, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is welded carbon and alloy steel 

pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more 

than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal 

outside diameter (large diameter welded 

pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, 

surface finish, grade, end finish, or 

stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may 

be used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or 

other fluids, liquids, or gases. It may also be 

used for structural purposes, including, but 

not limited to, piling. Specifically, not 

included is large diameter welded pipe 

produced only to specifications of the 

American Water Works Association (AWWA) 

for water and sewage pipe. 

Large diameter welded pipe used to 

transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is 

normally produced to the American 

Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L. 

Large diameter welded pipe may also be 

produced to American Society for Testing 

and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252, 

or A53, or other relevant domestic 

specifications, grades and/or standards. Large 

diameter welded pipe can be produced to 

comparable foreign specifications, grades 

and/or standards or to proprietary 

specifications, grades and/or standards, or 

can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting 

the physical description set forth above is 

covered by the scope of this investigation, 

whether or not produced according to a 

particular standard. 

Subject merchandise also includes large 

diameter welded pipe that has been further 

processed in a third country, including but 

not limited to coating, painting, notching, 

beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter 

welded pipe. 

The large diameter welded pipe that is 

subject to this investigation is currently 

classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 

7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 

7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060, 

7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010, 

7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and 

7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Determination of the Comparison 

Method 

B. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

VI. Date of Sale 

VII. Product Comparisons 

VIII. Constructed Export Price 

IX. Normal Value 

A. Home Market Viability 

B. Level of Trade 

C. Cost of Production Analysis 

1. Calculation of Cost of Production (COP) 

2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison 

Market Prices 

X. Currency Conversion 

XI. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–820] 

Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico: 

Preliminary Results of the Five-Year 

Sunset Review of the 2013 Suspension 

Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes From 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On February 1, 2018, the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

initiated the fourth sunset review of the 

suspended antidumping duty 

investigation on fresh tomatoes from 

Mexico. Commerce preliminarily finds 

that termination of the suspended 

antidumping duty investigation on fresh 

tomatoes from Mexico would be likely 

to lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping at the levels indicated in the 

‘‘Preliminary Results of Review’’ section 

of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable August 27, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Cordell or Sally C. Gannon, 

Bilateral Agreements Unit, Office of 


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1See Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico: Suspension of 

Antidumping Investigation, 78 FR 14967 (March 8, 

2013). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 83 

FR 4641 (February 1, 2018) (Initiation). 

3See Letters from NatureSweet, FTE, and 

Mexican growers, dated March 12, 2018. 

4See Letters from the FTE and the Mexican 

Growers dated April 2, 2018. 

5See Letter from James C. Doyle to Michael 

Anderson entitled ‘‘Sunset Reviews Initiated on 

February 1, 2018’’ (April 13, 2018). 

6See Memorandum from Sally C. Gannon to Gary 

Taverman, entitled ‘‘Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum for the Fourth Sunset Review of the 

2013 Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes 

from Mexico’’ (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum), dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by this notice. 

Policy and Negotiations, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

202–482–0408 or 202–482–0162, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 8, 2013, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) published a 

notice of suspension of the antidumping 

duty investigation on fresh tomatoes 

from Mexico. The basis for the 

suspension of the investigation was an 

agreement between Commerce and 

producers/exporters accounting for 

substantially all imports of fresh 

tomatoes from Mexico wherein each 

signatory producer/exporter agreed to 

revise its prices to eliminate completely 

the injurious effects of exports of this 

merchandise to the United States (2013 

Suspension Agreement on Fresh 

Tomatoes from Mexico (Suspension 

Agreement)).1

On February 1, 2018, Commerce 

initiated the sunset review of the 

suspended antidumping duty 

investigation on fresh tomatoes from 

Mexico in accordance with section 

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act).2 Commerce received 

a notice of intent to participate in this 

sunset review from the Florida Tomato 

Exchange (FTE) on February 15, 2018, 

within the applicable deadline specified 

in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). The FTE 

claimed interested-party status under 

section 771(9)(E) of the Act as a trade or 

business association a majority of whose 

members manufacture, produce, or 

wholesale a domestic like product in the 

United States. 

On March 1, 2018, Commerce 

received a request from NatureSweet 

Ltd. and its affiliates (collectively, 

NatureSweet) for a one-week extension 

to the deadline prescribed in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(3) for submitting its 

substantive response. On March 5, 2018, 

Commerce granted NatureSweet’s 

extension request, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.302(b), and extended the 

deadline for substantives responses 

from all interested parties to March 12, 

2018. On March 12, 2018, Commerce 

received complete substantive responses 

from NatureSweet, the FTE, and 

Confederacio ́n de Asociaciones 

Agricolas del Estado de Sinaloa, A.C., 

Consejo Agricola de Baja California, 

A.C., Asociacio ́n Mexicana de 

Horticultura Protegida, A.C., Asociacio ́n 

de Productores de Hortalizas del Yaqui 

y Mayo, and Sistema Producto Tomate 

(collectively, CAADES et al. or the 

Mexican growers).3 Both NatureSweet 

and CAADES et al. claimed interestedparty status under section 771(9)(A) of 

the Act as a foreign manufacturer, 

producer, or exporter, or the United 

States importer, of subject merchandise 

or a trade or business association a 

majority of the members of which are 

producers, exporters, or importers of 

such merchandise. On April 2, 2018, 

Commerce received rebuttal comments 

from the FTE and the Mexican growers 

within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(4).4

On April 13, 2018, Commerce 

determined in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii) that NatureSweet’s and 

the Mexican signatories’ substantive 

responses met the requirements of 19 

CFR 351.218(d)(3) and thus constituted 

adequate responses to the notice of 

initiation. Further, we found in 

accordance with 19 CRF 351.218(e)(1)(i) 

that the domestic interested parties 

submitted an adequate response to the 

notice of initiation. As a result, pursuant 

to section 751(c)(5)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.218(e)(2)(i), Commerce began 

conducting a full sunset review of the 

suspended investigation on fresh 

tomatoes from Mexico and notified the 

ITC of its intent to conduct a full sunset 

review.5

Scope of the Suspension Agreement 

The merchandise subject to the 

suspension agreement is all fresh or 

chilled tomatoes (fresh tomatoes) which 

have Mexico as their origin, except for 

those tomatoes which are for processing. 

For purposes of this suspension 

agreement, processing is defined to 

include preserving by any commercial 

process, such as canning, dehydrating, 

drying, or the addition of chemical 

substances, or converting the tomato 

product into juices, sauces, or purees. 

Fresh tomatoes that are imported for 

cutting up, not further processing (e.g., 

tomatoes used in the preparation of 

fresh salsa or salad bars), are covered by 

this suspension agreement. 

Commercially grown tomatoes, both 

for the fresh market and for processing, 

are classified as Lycopersicon 

esculentum. Important commercial 

varieties of fresh tomatoes include 

common round, cherry, grape, plum, 

greenhouse, and pear tomatoes, all of 

which are covered by this Suspension 

Agreement. 

Tomatoes imported from Mexico 

covered by this suspension agreement 

are classified under the following 

subheading of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedules of the United States 

(HTSUS), according to the season of 

importation: 0702. Although the HTSUS 

numbers are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of this 

investigation is dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised for the preliminary 

results of this sunset review are 

addressed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.6 The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via the Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov and in the Central 

Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 

be accessed directly on the internet at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 

signed Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Pursuant to section 752(c) of the Act, 

we determine that termination of the 

suspended investigation on fresh 

tomatoes from Mexico would be likely 

to lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping at weighted-average margins 

up to 188.14 percent. 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs no later than 30 days after the 

date of publication of the preliminary 

results of this full sunset review, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(1)(i). Rebuttal briefs, which 

must be limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed not later than 

five days after the time limit for filing 

case briefs in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.309(d). Any interested party may 

request a hearing within 30 days of 

publication of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.310(c). If a request for 


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1See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 

Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 

FR 7154 (February 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 

Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 FR 27953 

(June 15, 2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Large Diameter Welded 

Pipe from People’s Republic of China,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Large Diameter Welded 

Pipe from Canada, Greece, India, the People’s 

Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the 

Republic of Turkey: Scope Comments Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations’’ 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum), dated 

June 19, 2018. 

7See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Response to the 

Department’s January 23, 2018 Supplemental 

Questions Regarding Volume VIII of the Petition for 

the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated January 25, 2018,’’ at Exhibit AD– 

CN–Supp–3. 

8See Initiation Notice at 7160. 

9See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy 

Bulletin 05.1), available on Commerce’s website at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

a hearing is made, Commerce intends to 

hold the hearing at the U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a date 

and time to be determined. Commerce 

will issue a notice of final results of this 

full sunset review, which will include 

the results of its analysis of issues raised 

in any such comments, no later than 

October 1, 2018. 

This five-year (sunset) review and 

notice are in accordance with sections 

751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(1). 

Dated: August 21, 2018. 

Gary Taverman 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–077] 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that large diameter welded pipe (welded 

pipe) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China) is being, or is likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation (POI) is July 1, 2017, 

through December 31, 2017. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable August 27, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trenton Duncan or Ryan Mullen, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3539 or (202) 482–5260, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on February 20, 2018.1 On June 8, 2018, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation; the 

revised deadline is now August 20, 

2018.2 For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

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 https://

access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the 

Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the 

main Department of Commerce 

building. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is welded pipe from 

China. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e. scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this investigation, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 Commerce is 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the revised scope in 

Appendix I to this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Pursuant to section 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, we have 

preliminarily relied upon facts 

otherwise available, with adverse 

inferences (AFA), for the China-wide 

entity. As AFA, we have assigned the 

highest margin alleged in the Petition of 

132.63 percent.7 For a full description of 

the methodology underlying 

Commerce’s preliminary determination, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice,8 Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. Policy 

Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.9 In 

this case, because no respondent 

qualified for a separate rate, producer/ 

exporter combination rates were not 

calculated. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margin exists: 

Exporter 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

China-wide Entity .................. 132.63 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct CBP to 

suspend liquidation of subject 


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