60910 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 199 / Friday, October 13, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–549–502]

Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes

and Tubes From Thailand: Final

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review: Certain Welded Carbon Steel

Pipes and Tubes from Thailand.

SUMMARY: On April 7, 2000, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) published in the Federal

Register the preliminary results of its

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain

welded carbon steel pipes and tubes

from Thailand (65 FR 18301). The

review covers Saha Thai Steel Pipe

Company, Ltd. (‘‘Saha Thai’’), a

manufacturer/exporter of the subject

merchandise and an affiliate. The period

of review is March 1, 1998 through

February 28, 1999.

Based on our analysis of the

comments received, the final results

differ from the preliminary results of

review. The final weighted-average

dumping margin for the reviewed firm

is listed below in the section entitled

‘‘Final Results of the Review.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Javier Barrientos or Abdelali Elouaradia,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–2243 and (202)

482–1374, respectively.

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 April 7, 2000, the Department

published its preliminary results for this

case. See Certain Welded Carbon Steel

Pipes and Tubes From Thailand:

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review, 65 FR

18301 (April 7, 2000). After the

preliminary results, the Department

verified Saha Thai’s sales and cost data

from June 14 through 28, 2000. We

invited parties to comment on the

preliminary results. The Department

received case briefs on August 17, 2000,

and rebuttal briefs on August 23, 2000.

The Department has conducted this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

The products covered by this

administrative review are certain

welded carbon steel pipes and tubes

from Thailand. The subject merchandise

has an outside diameter of 0.375 inches

or more, but not exceeding 16 inches.

These products, which are commonly

referred to in the industry as ‘‘standard

pipe’’ or ‘‘structural tubing,’’ are

hereinafter designated as ‘‘pipe and

tube.’’ The merchandise is classifiable

under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

(HTS) item numbers 7306.30.1000,

7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032,

7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055,

7306.30.5085, and 7306.30.5090.

Although the HTS subheadings are

provided for convenience and Customs

purposes, our written description of the

scope of the order is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in the case and

rebuttal briefs by parties to this

administrative review are addressed in

the ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum’’

(‘‘Decision Memorandum’’) from Joseph

A. Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Import Administration, to Troy H.

Cribb, Acting Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, dated October

04, 2000, which is hereby adopted by

this notice. A list of the issues which

parties have raised and to which we

have responded, all of which are in the

Decision Memorandum, is attached to

this notice as an Appendix. Parties can

find a complete discussion of all issues

raised in this review and the

corresponding recommendations in this

public memorandum which is on file in

the Central Records Unit, Room B–099

of the main Department building. In

addition, a complete version of the

Decision Memorandum can be accessed

directly on the Web at http://

ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. The paper

copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memorandum are identical in

content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

Based on our analysis of comments

received and the database calculations,

we have changed our results from the

preliminary results of review. For the

final results of review, Date of Sale, U.S.

Brokerage Expenses, U.S. Imputed

Credit Expense, and Raw Materials

Exchange Gains have been adjusted to

reflect the decisions the Department has

reached for the Final Results. These

changes are discussed in the relevant

sections of the Decision Memorandum.

In addition, minor corrections from

verification and review of the

preliminary results calculations by the

Department resulted in revisions to: The

net U.S. price calculation, which has

been corrected to account for the proper

currency in one of the variables; the

home market customer affiliation for

some observations; the interest amounts

in the duty drawback calculation; ship

date and credit for a U.S. observation;

and other miscellaneous U.S. market

related expenses in some of the

observations.

Final Results of Review

We determine that the following

weighted-average percentage margin

exists for the period March 1, 1998,

through February 28, 1999:

Manufacturer/exporter/reseller Margin

(percent)

Saha Thai Steel Pipe Company, Ltd ............................... 1.81

The Department shall determine, and

Customs shall assess, antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries. The

Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the Customs

Service. In accordance with 19 CFR

351.212(b), we have calculated exporter/

importer-specific assessment rates. We

divided the total dumping margins for

the reviewed sales by the entered

quantity of those reviewed sales for

Saha Thai. We will direct Customs to

assess the resulting percentage margins

against the entered quantity for the

subject merchandise on each of Saha

Thai’s entries during the review period.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of

this notice of final results of

administrative review for all shipments

of certain welded carbon steel pipes and

tubes from Thailand entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the date of

publication, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit

rate for Saha Thai 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

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exporter is not a firm covered in this

review, a prior review, or 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 these or any previous

reviews conducted by the Department,

the cash deposit rate will be the ‘‘all

others’’ rate established in the original

LTFV investigation, which is 15.67

percent.

The cash deposit rate has been

determined on the basis of the selling

price to the first unaffiliated U.S.

customer. These deposit requirements

shall remain in effect until publication

of the final results of the next

administrative review.

Notification of Interested Parties

This notice also 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 the antidumping

duties occurred and the subsequent

assessment of double antidumping

duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective orders (‘‘APOs’’) 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/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

which is subject to sanction.

We are issuing and publishing this

determination and notice in accordance

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the

Act.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix 1—Issues in Decision

Memorandum

Comments and Responses

1. Date of Sale

2. Exchange Rate Losses

3. VAT charges

4. Duty Drawback

5. Thai Antidumping Duties on Russian Coils

6. Raw Materials Exchange Gains

7. U.S. Brokerage Expenses

8. U.S. Imputed Credit Expense

9. Duty Reimbursement

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–475–819]

Certain Pasta From Italy: Notice of

Extension of Time Limit for the 1998

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is extending the time limit for the final

results of the third review of the

countervailing duty order on certain

pasta from Italy. The period of review is

January 1 through December 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Matney or Annika O’Hara, Office

of AD/CVD Enforcement I, Import

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone (202) 482–1778 or (202) 482–

3798, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

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 Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department of Commerce’s (the

Department) regulations are to 19 CFR

part 351 (1999).

Background

The preliminary results of this review

were published in the Federal Register

on August 8, 2000 (65 FR 48479). The

final results are currently due no later

than December 6, 2000.

Postponement

Certain recent decisions by the United

States Court of Appeals for the Federal

Circuit have raised significant legal

issues which must be considered in this

case. Because of the complexity of these

issues, it is not practicable to complete

this review within the time limit

mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the

Act. Accordingly, the Department is

extending the time limit for completion

of these final results for 60 days (i.e.,

until February 5, 2001).

This extension is in accordance with

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19

CFR 351.213(h)(2).

October 5, 2000.

Louis Apple,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D.100200B]

Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee;

Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of

meetings of the Marine Fisheries

Advisory Committee (MAFAC) from

November 8 - 10, 2000.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as

follows:

1. November 8, 2000, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

2. November 9, 2000, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

3. November 10, 2000, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Crowne Plaza at LaGuardia Airport,

104-04 Ditmars Boulevard, East

Elmhurst, New York. Requests for

special accommodations may be

directed to MAFAC, Office of

Operations, Management and

Information, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth Lu Cano, Designated Federal

Official; telephone: (301) 713-2252.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As

required by section 10(a) (2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. (1982), notice is hereby

given of meetings of MAFAC and

MAFAC Subcommittees. MAFAC was

established by the Secretary of

Commerce (Secretary) on February 17,

1972, to advise the Secretary on all

living marine resource matters that are

the responsibility of the Department of

Commerce. This Committee ensures that

the living marine resource policies and

programs of the Nation are adequate to

meet the needs of commercial and

recreational fisheries, and of

environmental, state, consumer,

academic, tribal, and other national

interests.