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all citations to the Department’s

regulations are to the current

regulations, as amended by the interim

regulations published in the Federal

Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Scope of the Review

The products covered by this

administrative review are certain

circular welded carbon steel pipes and

tubes from Thailand. The subject

merchandise has an outside diameter

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 HTSUS subheadings are

provided for convenience and Customs

purposes, our written description of the

scope of the order is dispositive.

Ministerial and Clerical Errors in the

Final Results of Review

Petitioners alleged that the

Department made four ministerial errors

in the final results. First, petitioners

contend that the Department

inadvertently added indirect selling

expenses to the calculation of export

price. Second, petitioners contend that

the Department failed to include a

difference in merchandise adjustment in

its calculation of FUPDOL. Third,

petitioners argued that the Department

failed to include direct selling expenses

in the calculation of normal value for

constructed value. For these three

allegations, the Department agrees that

these are ministerial errors, and we have

amended our final results to correct

these errors. Fourth, petitioners alleged

that the Department failed to include

straightening labor and overhead

expenses for black pipe produced by

Saha. The Department disagrees with

petitioners’’ assertion that this

represents a ministerial error. As stated

in the verification report, the

straightening costs identified by

petitioners relate to the straightening

which is required following the

deformation that occurs during the

galvanization process. In the final

results of administrative review, the

Department calculated COP and CV for

black pipe exclusive of these

straightening costs because they are not

incurred in the production of black

pipe.

Respondents did not object to

petitioners’ ministerial allegations, but

on November 20, 1996, alleged that a

clerical error occurs in the Department’s

calculation of COP. Saha Thai alleges

that the Department double counted its

inventory carrying costs in calculating

COP. The Department agrees that this is

a clerical error, and in accordance with

19 CFR 353.28, we have amended the

final results to correct this error.

Saha Thai also contends that the

Department’s model match program

departed from prior practice in that the

program searched only for what the

Department considered best match

rather than for subsequent next-best

matches before resorting to CV. We

disagree with respondents that this is a

ministerial error. The issue of the model

match program used in this review is a

methodological issue. Consequently, it

is inappropriate to change the model

match program because of an alleged

ministerial error. See 19 CFR 353.28(d).

(For further information, see the

Decision Memorandum from Joseph A.

Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa, Acting

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, dated December 20,

1996, which is on file in the Central

Records Unit, room B–099 of the main

Commerce building.)

Amended Final Results of Review

Upon correction of the ministerial

errors, we have determined that the

following margin exists for the period

indicated:

Manufacturer/

exporter Time period Margin (percent)

Saha Thai/

SAF ............ 3/1/94–2/28/95 7.27

The Customs Service shall assess

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Individual differences between

United States price and normal value

may vary from the percentages stated

above. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions directly to

the Customs Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective, upon

publication of this notice of amended

final results of review for all shipments

of certain circular welded carbon steel

pipes and tubes from Thailand entered,

or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the publication

date, as provided for by section

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash

deposit rates for the reviewed

companies will be the rates for those

firms as stated above; (2) for previously

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, 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 15.67

percent for circular welded carbon steel

pipes and tubes, the all others rate

established in the LTFV investigations.

See Final Determination and

Antidumping Duty Order: Certain

Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes

from Thailand, (51 FR 8341, March 11,

1986).

These deposit requirements, when

imposed, shall remain in effect until

publication of the final results of the

next administrative review.

This notice also serves as a 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 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 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 section 353.34(d) of the

Department’s regulations. 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 the terms of an

APO is a sanctionable violation. This

administrative review and notice are in

accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR

353.28(c).

Dated: January 7, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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The College of New Jersey; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

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U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 96–113. Applicant:

The College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ

08650. Instrument: Electron Microscope,

Model H–7000–S. Manufacturer: Hitachi

Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: See

notice at 61 FR 59417, November 22,

1996. Order date: October 9, 1996.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as the

instrument is intended to be used, was

being manufactured in the United States

at the time the instrument was ordered.

Reasons: The foreign instrument is a

conventional transmission electron

microscope (CTEM) and is intended for

research or scientific educational uses

requiring a CTEM. We know of no

CTEM, or any other instrument suited to

these purposes, which was being

manufactured in the United States at the

time of order of the instrument.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

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Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301), we invite comments on the

question of whether instruments of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instruments

shown below are intended to be used,

are being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00

P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

Docket Number: 96–125. Applicant:

Smithsonian Institution, National

Zoological Park, 3800 Connecticut

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005.

Instrument: Biological Cryostage, Model

BCS 196. Manufacturer: Linkam

Scientific Instruments Ltd., United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to develop optimal sperm

cryopreservation protocols in

endangered species. It will be

compatible with an existing

videomicroscope, permitting both direct

observation and video documentation of

sperm visibility during the freeze-thaw

process. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: November

26, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–126. Applicant:

Cornell University, Purchasing

Department, 55 Judd Falls Road, Ithaca,

NY 14850. Instrument: IR Mass

Spectrometer, Model Deltaplus.

Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used for the high precision

determination of stable isotopes of

carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and

sulfur during studies of (1) water and

CO2 flux in environmental systems, (2)

plant-water-atmosphere relationships

and (3) artificially enriched carbon,

trace gases, and isotopes in carbonates.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: November 26, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–127. Applicant:

U. S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS

963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO

80225. Instrument: SIR Mass

Spectrometer with Automated Sample

Peripherals, Model Optima.

Manufacturer: Micromass, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used during investigations to

determine the stable isotope

composition of the appropriate

geological waters, rocks and minerals to

further the understanding of the history

of the earth’s climate and wide range of

geological and environmental processes.

An additional use of the instrument will

be to develop the capability of analyzing

extremely small samples for stable

isotope compositions using domestic

manufactured lasers for microsampling.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: December 2, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–128. Applicant:

Montana State University, Microbiology

Department, 109 Lewis Hall, P.O. Box

17352, Bozeman, MT 59717–0352.

Instrument: Real-time Microbial

Analysis System, Model ChemScan.

Manufacturer: Chemunex SA, France.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used to count the numbers of bacteria in

samples of water, wastewater, soil,

sediment, food, beverage and other

similar materials. In addition, the

instrument will be used for graduate

and undergraduate student research and

training. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December 2,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–130. Applicant:

State University of New York, Research

Foundation, Stony Brook, NY 11794.

Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model

Deltaplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT,

Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used for studies concerning the

relative abundances of the isotopes

carbon-12 to carbon-13, oxygen-18 to

oxygen-16, hydrogen-1 to hydrogen-2,

nitrogen-14 to nitrogen-15, and sulfur34 to sulfur-36 in gas phase compounds,

including atmospheric carbon

monoxide, atmospheric methane, sulfur

hexafluoride, molecular nitrogen, and

molecular oxygen. In addition, the

instrument will be used for hands on

instruction of mass spectrometry and

will be available to graduate students

pursuing advanced degrees in the earth

sciences. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December 4,

1996.

Frank W. Creel,

Director Statutory Import Programs Staff.

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University of Southern California;

Notice of Decision on Application for

Duty-Free Entry of Scientific

Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 95–061R. Applicant:

University of Southern California, Los

Angeles, CA 90033. Instrument: 3–

Dimensional Motion Analyser, Model

Vicon System 370. Manufacturer:

Oxford Metrics, Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR

40823, August 10, 1995.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) exact synchronization of

position and force data used in inverse

dynamic analysis and (2) a unique

software suite permitting instant

visualization of both normal and

pathological states of motion. These

capabilities are pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purposes and we

know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

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