[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11145]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-580-810]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Korea; Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty changed 
circumstances review.

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SUMMARY: On March 26, 1998, the Department of Commerce published in the 
Federal Register the preliminary results of its antidumping duty 
changed circumstances review on certain welded stainless steel pipe 
from Korea (63 FR 14679) to examine whether SeAH Steel Corporation is 
the successor to Pusan Steel Pipe, the successor to Sammi Metal 
Products Co., or neither. We have now completed this review and 
determine that, for purposes of applying the antidumping duty law, SeAH 
Steel Corporation is the successor to Pusan Steel Pipe and, as such, 
should be assigned the antidumping deposit rate applicable to Pusan 
Steel Pipe.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Wells or Cynthia Thirumalai, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-6309, (202) 482-4087.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 26, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of its 
antidumping duty changed circumstances review on certain welded 
stainless steel pipe from Korea (63 FR 14679). We have now completed 
this changed circumstances review in accordance with section 751(b) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of Review

    The merchandise subject to this review is circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipe and tube, of circular cross-section, not more than 406.4mm 
(16 inches) in outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, surface 
finish (black, galvanized, or painted), or end finish (plain end, 
beveled end, threaded, or threaded and coupled). These pipes and tubes 
are generally known as standard pipes and tubes and are intended for 
the low-pressure conveyance of water, steam, natural gas, air, and 
other liquids and gases in plumbing and heating systems, air-
conditioning units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other related 
uses. Standard pipe may also be used for light load-bearing 
applications, such as for fence tubing, and as structural pipe tubing 
used for framing and as support members for reconstruction or load-
bearing purposes in the construction, shipbuilding, trucking, farm 
equipment, and other related industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is 
also included in this order.
    All carbon-steel pipes and tubes within the physical description 
outlined above are included within the scope of this review except line 
pipe, oil-country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, pipe 
and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished 
conduit. In accordance with the Department's Final Negative 
Determination of Scope Inquiry on Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipe and Tube from Brazil, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and 
Venezuela (61 FR 11608, March 21, 1996), pipe certified to the API 5L 
line-pipe specification and pipe certified to both the API 5L line-pipe 
specifications and the less-stringent ASTM A-53 standard-pipe 
specifications, which falls within the physical parameters as outlined 
above, and entered as line pipe of a kind used for oil and gas 
pipelines is outside of the scope of the antidumping duty order.
    Imports of these products are currently classifiable under the 
following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheadings: 7306.30.10.00, 
7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 
7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90. Although the HTS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
    This changed circumstances administrative review covers SeAH Steel 
Corporation (SeAH) and any parties affiliated with SeAH.

Successorship and Final Results of Review

    We received no comments on the preliminary results of review. 
Therefore, for the reasons stated in the preliminary results of review 
and based on the facts on the record, we find that SeAH is the 
successor to Pusan Steel Pipe (PSP) for antidumping duty cash deposit 
purposes.
    SeAH will, therefore, be assigned the PSP cash deposit rate of 6.00 
percent ad valorem. This cash deposit requirement will be effective 
upon publication of this notice of final results of changed 
circumstances review for all shipments of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date. This cash deposit rate shall remain in effect until 
publication of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
section 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.22(f).

    Dated: April 21, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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