[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33948-33949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16016]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-506]


Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Oil Country Tubular Goods From Canada

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

SUMMARY: On March 8, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Canada. 
See Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Canada 66 FR 13893 (March 8, 
2001) (Preliminary Results). This review covers one manufacturer/
exporter, Atlas Tube, Inc. (Atlas), and the period June 1, 1999, 
through December 31, 1999. We gave interested parties an opportunity to 
comment on the Preliminary Results of review. We received notification 
on March 19, 2001 that the single respondent, Atlas, did not intend to 
file comments. We did not receive any comments from any other parties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nithya Nagarajan, AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Office IV, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations

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to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

    On March 8, 2001, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(66 FR 13893) the Preliminary Results of this review. We invited 
parties to comment on our Preliminary Results. We received notification 
on March 19, 2001, from Atlas, the only respondent in this segment of 
the proceeding, that it did not intend to submit either case or 
rebuttal briefs. In addition, we did not receive any comments from any 
other party.
    In the Preliminary Results, we found the dumping margin for Atlas 
to be 6.56 percent. We have now completed the administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Act and find the rate to be 6.66 
percent, due to the fact that Atlas had filed revised home market 
sales, U.S. sales, and cost of production databases on February 9, 
2001, which the Department inadvertently failed to use in calculating 
its preliminary results of review.

Scope of the Review

    The products covered by this review include shipments of OCTG from 
Canada. This includes American Petroleum Institute (API) specification 
OCTG and all other pipe with the following characteristics except 
entries which the Department determined through its end-use 
certification procedure were not used in OCTG applications: Length of 
at least 16 feet; outside diameter of standard sizes published in the 
API or proprietary specifications for OCTG with tolerances of plus \1/
8\ inch for diameters less than or equal to 8\5/8\ inches and plus \1/
4\ inch for diameters greater than 8\5/8\ inches, minimum wall 
thickness as identified for a given outer diameter as published in the 
API or proprietary specifications for OCTG; a minimum of 40,000 PSI 
yield strength and a minimum 60,000 PSI tensile strength; and if with 
seams, must be electric resistance welded. Furthermore, imports covered 
by this review include OCTG with non-standard size wall thickness 
greater than the minimum identified for a given outer diameter as 
published in the API or proprietary specifications for OCTG, with 
surface scabs or slivers, irregularly cut ends, ID or OD weld flash, or 
open seams; OCTG may be bent, flattened or oval, and may lack 
certification because the pipe has not been mechanically tested or has 
failed those tests. This merchandise is currently classifiable under 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS) item numbers 7304.20, 7305.20, 
and 7306.20. The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and U.S. 
Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We did not receive any interested party comments on our Preliminary 
Results. Therefore, there is no Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
final results of review.

Final Results of Review

    We have determined that the only change to our analysis for 
purposes of these final results are the use of the revised home market 
sales, U.S. sales, and cost of production databases filed by Atlas on 
February 9, 2001. As a result of this review, we determine that a 6.66 
percent dumping margin exists for Atlas for the period June 1, 1999, 
through December 31, 1999.

Assessment

    The Department shall determine, and Customs shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We have calculated an 
importer-specific duty assessment rate based on the ratio of the total 
amount of antidumping duties calculated for the importer-specific sales 
to the total entered value of the same sales. Atlas reported entered 
value by subtracting discounts, freight, brokerage and handling costs 
from the reported U.S. price. Since the importer-specific rate is above 
de minimis, we will instruct Customs to assess duties on the importer's 
entries of subject merchandise. The Department will issue appraisement 
instructions directly to Customs.
    Pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, on August 22, 2000, the 
Department revoked the antidumping duty order on OCTG from Canada, 
effective January 1, 2000 (65 FR 50954). Therefore, we instructed 
Customs to liquidate all entries of subject merchandise made on or 
after January 1, 2000, without regard to antidumping duties. As a 
result of this revocation, we will not issue cash deposit instructions 
to Customs based on the results of this review.

Notification

    This notice 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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled 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 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of 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 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1).

    Dated: June 18, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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