[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 38 (Friday, February 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8904-8905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4239]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-549-807


Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Thailand: Final 
Results of Changed-Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined, 
pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), that Awaji Materia (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-
interest to Awaji Sangyo (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (AST) and, as a result, 
should be accorded the same treatment previously accorded to AST with 
respect to the antidumping duty order on certain carbon steel butt-weld 
pipe fittings from Thailand.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 27, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Case or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3174 and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 6, 1992, the Department published an antidumping duty order 
on pipe fittings from Thailand in which it stated that AST was excluded 
from the order due to its de minimis margin in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation. See Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Carbon Steel Butt-
Weld Pipe Fittings From Thailand, 57 FR 29702 (July 6, 1992); see also 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Carbon 
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Thailand, 57 FR 21065 (May 18, 
1992).\1\ On November 18, 2008, the Department received a request for a 
changed-circumstances review of this order from AMT to determine if, 
for purposes of the antidumping law, AMT is the successor-in-interest 
to AST. On January 14, 2009, the Department published the notice of 
initiation for this changed-circumstances review and preliminarily 
found that AMT is the successor-in-interest to AST and should be 
treated as such for antidumping purposes. See Notice of Initiation and 
Preliminary Results of Changed-Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review: 
Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Thailand, 74 FR 2048 
(January 14, 2009) (Preliminary Results). We invited interested parties 
to comment on the preliminary results. We received comments from AMT 
and Silbo Industries, Inc.\2\
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    \1\ As observed in the November 18, 2008, request from AMT, 
exports of subject merchandise of AST were also the subject of a 
subsequent investigation in which the International Trade Commission 
concluded that the exports did not result in the material injury or 
threat of material injury to the U.S. industry or in material 
retardation of the establishment of an industry in the United 
States. See Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From 
France, India, Israel, Malaysia, The Republic of Korea, Thailand, 
The United Kingdom, and Venezuela, 60 FR 18611 (April 12, 1995).
    \2\ Silbo Industries Inc. is an importer of certain carbon steel 
butt-weld pipe fittings produced by AMT.
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order covers certain pipe fittings from Thailand. 
They are defined as carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings, having an 
inside diameter of less than 14 inches, imported in either finished or 
unfinished form. These formed or forged pipe fittings are used to join 
sections in piping systems where conditions require permanent, welded 
connections, as distinguished from fittings based on other fastening 
methods (e.g., threaded, grooved, or bolted fittings). These imports 
are currently classifiable under subheading 7307.93.30 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description remains dispositive as to the scope of the 
order.

Analysis of Comment Received

    The issue raised in the case briefs by parties in this review are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum from John M. Andersen, 
Acting Deputy

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Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, dated February 20, 2009 (Decision Memo), which is 
hereby adopted by this notice. The Decision Memo, which is a public 
document, is on file in the Central Records Unit, main Department of 
Commerce building, Room 1117, and is accessible on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the 
Decision Memo are identical in content.

Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review

    For the reasons stated in the Preliminary Results, we continue to 
find that AMT is the successor-in-interest to AST. We will apply this 
determination retroactively and will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
all unliquidated entries entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after August 1, 2006, the date of AST's name change 
to AMT. See Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Italy: Notice of Final 
Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review, 71 FR 24643, 
24644 (April 26, 2006); see also Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth 
Carbon Steel Products from the United Kingdom: Final Results of 
Changed-Circumstances Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 64 FR 66880, 66881 (Nov. 30, 1999).

Notification

    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 351.306. 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 sanctionable violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 
777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.221.

    Dated: February 20, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

1. Application of the Final Results Retroactively
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