[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 199 (Friday, October 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60904-60905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26384]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-506]


Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Oil Country Tubular Goods From Canada

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

SUMMARY: On June 8, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of its administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods from 
Canada. See Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Canada 65 FR 
36407 (June 8, 2000) (``Preliminary Results''). This review covers one 
manufacturer/exporter, Atlas Tube, Inc. (``Atlas''), and the period 
December 1, 1998, through May 31, 1999. The period of review specified 
by the Department's opportunity to request administrative review was 
June 1, 1998, through May 31, 1999. However, due to the fact that the 
Department conducted a concurrent new shipper review of the same 
manufacturer/exporter for the period June 1, 1998, through November 30, 
1998, this administrative review only covers the remainder of the 
period, December 1, 1998, through May 31, 1999. See Notice of 
Initiation of Administrative Review 64 FR 47167 (August 30, 1999). We 
gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary 
Results of review but received no comments. Therefore, these final 
results do not differ from the Preliminary Results, in which we found 
the dumping margin for Atlas to be 4.41 percent.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nithya Nagarajan, AD/CVD

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Enforcement, Group II, Office IV, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

    On June 8, 2000, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(65 FR 36407) the Preliminary Results of this review. We invited 
parties to comment on our Preliminary Results. We did not receive any 
comments.
    In the Preliminary Results, we found the dumping margin for Atlas 
to be 4.41 percent. We have now completed the administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Act and continue to find the rate of 
4.41 percent.

Scope of the Review

    The products covered by this review include shipments of OCTG from 
Canada. This includes American Petroleum Institute (``API'') 
specification OCTG and all other pipe with the following 
characteristics except entries which the Department determined through 
its end-use certification procedure were not used in OCTG applications: 
Length of at least 16 feet; outside diameter of standard sizes 
published in the API or proprietary specifications for OCTG with 
tolerances of plus \1/8\ inch for diameters less than or equal to 8\5/
8\ inches and plus \1/4\ inch for diameters greater than 8\5/8\ inches, 
minimum wall thickness as identified for a given outer diameter as 
published in the API or proprietary specifications for OCTG; a minimum 
of 40,000 PSI yield strength and a minimum 60,000 PSI tensile strength; 
and if with seams, must be electric resistance welded. Furthermore, 
imports covered by this review include OCTG with non-standard size wall 
thickness greater than the minimum identified for a given outer 
diameter as published in the API or proprietary specifications for 
OCTG, with surface scabs or slivers, irregularly cut ends, ID or OD 
weld flash, or open seams; OCTG may be bent, flattened or oval, and may 
lack certification because the pipe has not been mechanically tested or 
has failed those tests. This merchandise is currently classifiable 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS) item numbers 7304.20, 
7305.20, and 7306.20. The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience 
and U.S. Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We did not receive any interested party comments on our Preliminary 
Results. Therefore, there is no Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
final results of review.

Final Results of Review

    We have determined that no changes to our analysis are warranted 
for purposes of these final results. As a result of this review, we 
determine that a 4.41 percent dumping margin exists for Atlas for the 
period December 1, 1998, through May 31, 1999.

Assessment

    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We have 
calculated an importer-specific duty assessment rate based on the ratio 
of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the importer-
specific sales to the total entered value of the same sales. The rate 
will be assessed uniformly on all entries by that particular importer 
made during the POR. The Department will issue appraisement 
instructions directly to the Customs Service.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
completion of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of OCTG from Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of 
this new shipper review, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: 
(1) The cash deposit rate for Atlas will be the rate shown 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, in a prior review, or the original 
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) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 16.65 percent. This rate 
is the ``All-Others'' rate established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation. These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until 
publication of the final results of administrative review for a 
subsequent review period.

Notification

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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.
    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 351.305. Timely notification of return/
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 5, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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