[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19633-19635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08430]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: On December 9, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-
alloy steel pipe

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from Mexico.\1\ The Department issued post-preliminary results of this 
administrative review on January 30, 2015 (Post-Preliminary 
Results).\2\ Also, as a result of our partial rescission of this 
review, as discussed in the Preliminary Results, Productos Laminados, 
S.A. de C.V. (Productos Laminados) is the sole remaining respondent.\3\ 
\4\ The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2012, through October 31, 
2013.
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    \1\ See Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From 
Mexico: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 73034 (December 9, 
2014) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Circular 
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Post-Preliminary Results 
Decision Memorandum,'' dated January 30, 2015.
    \3\ See Preliminary Results.
    \4\ The Department initiated an administrative review of both 
Productos Laminados and Prolamsa, Inc. separately. However, record 
information indicates that Prolamsa, Inc. is a wholly-owned U.S. 
subsidiary of Productos Laminados, and is an importer, not a 
producer, of subject merchandise. Also, during the course of this 
review, Productos Laminados submitted consolidated responses on 
behalf of itself and Prolamsa, Inc. For purposes of this Federal 
Register notice, references to Prolamsa pertain to Productos 
Laminados and Prolamsa, Inc. collectively. Otherwise, the two 
entities are referenced separately, where appropriate.
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    Only one party submitted a case brief. No interested party 
submitted rebuttal briefs. Based on our analysis of the comment 
received, we made no changes to the margin calculations. Therefore, the 
final results of review do not differ from the Post-Preliminary 
Results. The final dumping margin is listed in the section below 
entitled, ``Final Results of Review.''

DATES: Effective Date: April 13, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Davina Friedmann or Robert James, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0698 and (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 9, 2014, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe 
from Mexico for the period November 1, 2012, through October 31, 
2013.\5\
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results.
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    During this administrative review, the Department also conducted a 
concurrent scope review. As indicated in the final scope ruling, the 
Department found that certain black, circular tubing produced to ASTM 
A-513 by Productos Laminados meets the exclusion language for 
mechanical tubing in the scope of this antidumping duty order. Pursuant 
to the final scope ruling, the Department instructed Productos 
Laminados to submit a revised U.S. sales database incorporating the 
factors set forth in the scope ruling. Productos Laminados submitted 
its revised U.S. sales database on January 5, 2014. Consequently, on 
January 30, 2015, the Department issued the Post-Preliminary Results. 
The Department also placed on the record of this review the following 
memorandum: ``Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. and 
Prolamsa, Inc.--Analysis Memorandum for the Post-Preliminary Results of 
the 2012/2013 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Circular Welded 
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico'', dated January 30, 2015 (Post-
Preliminary Analysis Memo). Together, these memoranda explain the 
changes made to the Preliminary Results, yielding the revised margin 
for the post-preliminary results of review.
    In response to the Department's invitation to comment on the 
preliminary and post-preliminary results of this review, one party, 
Prolamsa, filed a case brief on February 9, 2015. No rebuttal briefs 
were submitted to the Department.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipes and tubes. The merchandise covered by the order and subject 
to this review is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 7306.30.1000, 
7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 
and 7306.30.5090. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of this proceeding is dispositive. A full description of the scope of 
the order is contained in the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Circular Welded 
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico; 2012-2013'' (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by this notice and incorporated 
herein by reference. The Issues and 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).\6\ ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov and available to all parties in the Central Records 
Unit, Room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and electronic versions 
of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \6\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance's AD and 
CVD Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA Access'') changed to 
AD and CVD Centralized Electronic Service System (``ACCESS''). The 
Web site location also changed from http://iaaccess.rade.gov to 
http://access.trade.gov. The Final Rule changing the references to 
the Regulations can be found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by interested parties in this administrative 
review are listed as an attachment to this notice. We have analyzed all 
interested party comments. Based on our analysis of the comments 
received, the margin in the final results is unchanged from that 
presented in the Post-Preliminary Results.

Final Results of Review

    We determine the following weighted-average margin exists for the 
period November 1, 2012, through October 31, 2013:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/Exporter                       margin
                                                              (percent)
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Productos Laminados.......................................         7.33
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Assessment

    The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 356.8(a), the Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 41 days after the date of 
publication of these final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results for all shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the

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publication date of these final results of administrative review, 
consistent with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act): (1) The cash deposit rate for Productos Laminados will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final 
results of this review, which is listed above; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not participating in this review, 
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
established from a completed segment of this proceeding for the most 
recent review period; (3) if the 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) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 32.62 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\7\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \7\ See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico, 57 FR 42953 
(September 17, 1992).
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Notification to 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written notification of the return or 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.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 8, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issue
    Comment: The Department Should Grant a CEP Offset Adjustment to 
Normal Value Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2015-08430 Filed 4-10-15; 8:45 am]
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