[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31723-31724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15469]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-580-809]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea; 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Clarification 
of Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

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

ACTION: Notice of rescission of antidumping duty administrative review 
and clarification of final results of antidumping duty changed 
circumstances review.

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SUMMARY: In response to timely withdrawals of request for review by 
Hyundai Pipe Co. Ltd., Korea Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., SeAH Steel 
Corporation and Shinho Steel Co., Ltd., the Department of Commerce is 
rescinding the 1996/1997 antidumping duty administrative review of 
circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the Republic of Korea. Also, 
we are clarifying the cash deposit rate for SeAH Steel Corporation 
which was incorrectly stated in the final results of antidumping duty 
changed circumstances review published April 27, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Wells or Cynthia Thirumalai, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, US 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-6309 and 482-4087 
respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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 (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations refer to the regulations, codified at 19 CFR 
part 351 published in 62 FR 27295 (May 19, 1997).

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 of the United States (HTSUS) 
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 HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, our written description of the scope of this proceeding is 
dispositive.

Recession of 1996/97Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

    On December 23, 1997, we published our Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Administrative Reviews (62 FR 246). 
Subsequently, we received timely withdrawals of request for review from 
Hyundai Pipe Co. Ltd., Korea Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., SeAH Steel 
Corporation (``SeAH'') and Shinho Steel Co., Ltd. Because there was no 
other request for review for these

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companies from any other interested party and because no other request 
for review was received with respect to other companies, we are 
rescinding this review in its entirety in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).

Clarification of Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    On April 27, 1998, we published our Notice of Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review; Circular Welded Non-
Alloy Steel Pipe From Korea (63 FR 20572). In these final results, the 
cash deposit rate listed for SeAH was incorrect. The correct cash 
deposit rate is 5.31 percent ad valorem, as found in Circular Welded 
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea; Amendment of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review (63 FR 2200, 2202, 
January 14, 1998). This cash deposit rate will apply to all shipments 
of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after April 27, 1998. This cash deposit rate shall 
remain in effect until publication of the final results of the next 
administrative review.
    This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 353.22(f).

    Dated: June 14, 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-15469 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]
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