17774 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 67 / Friday, April 7, 1995 / Notices

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Lawrence W. Roffee,

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[FR Doc. 95–8573 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8150–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–549–809]

Notice of Amended Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Certain Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings From Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vincent Kane or Julie Anne Osgood,

Office of Countervailing Investigations,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–2815 or

482–0167, respectively.

Amended Final Determination

We are amending the final

determination of sales at less than fair

value of certain carbon steel butt-weld

pipe fittings (pipe fittings) from

Thailand to reflect the correction of

ministerial errors made in the margin

calculation in the final determination.

Case History

In accordance with section 735(a) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19

U.S.C. 1673d(a)) (the Act), on February

27, 1995, the Department of Commerce

(the Department) published its final

determination that pipe fittings from

Thailand were being sold at less than

fair value (60 FR 10552). On March 13,

1995, respondent, Awaji Sangyo

(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (AST), alleged that

the Department made several clerical

errors in its final determination

regarding the margin calculations and

requested that the Department correct

these errors.

Scope of the Investigation

The products covered by this

investigation are certain carbon steel

butt-weld pipe fittings having an inside

diameter of less than fourteen inches

(355 millimeters), imported in either

finished or unfinished condition. Pipe

fittings are formed of forged steel

products used to join pipe sections in

piping systems where conditions

require permanent welded connections,

as distinguished from fittings based on

other methods of fastening (e.g.,

threaded, grooved, or bolted fittings).

Butt-weld fittings come in a variety of

shapes which include ‘‘elbows,’’ ‘‘tees,’’

‘‘caps,’’ and ‘‘reducers.’’ The edges of

finished pipe fittings are beveled, so

that when a fitting is placed against the

end of a pipe (the ends of which have

also been beveled), a shallow channel is

created to accommodate the ‘‘bead’’ of

the weld which joins the fitting to the

pipe. These pipe fittings are currently

classifiable under subheading

7307.93.3000 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States

(‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS

subheading is provided for convenience

and Customs purposes, our written

description of the scope of this

investigation is dispositive.

Amended Final Determination

On March 13, 1995, respondent

alleged that the Department had made

three ministerial errors in the final

calculations performed to determine the

dumping margin for AST in accordance

with section 353.28 of the Department’s

regulations. Each alleged error is

discussed below.

Comment 1

Upon exportation of finished pipe

fitting, AST received drawback of

import duties on imported pipe used to

produce the pipe fittings. AST alleges

that the Department incorrectly added

the drawback amount to the foreign

market value (FMV), rather than to the

United States price (USP).

DOC Position

We agree with respondent. Section

772(d)(1)(B) of the Act provides that the

U.S. price shall be increased by the

amount of any import duties imposed in

the country of exportation which have

been rebated, or not collected, by reason

of exportation of the merchandise to the

United States. In the final

determination, we inadvertently added

drawback to FMV rather than to USP.

We have recalculated FMV and USP to

correct this error.

Comment 2

AST alleges that in allocating indirect

selling expenses to the home market, the

Department used an incorrect value for

home market shipments during the

period of investigation (POI).

DOC Position

We agree with respondent. We have

now reallocated home market selling

expenses using the correct value.

Comment 3

AST alleges the Department

erroneously included a quantity of

seamless pipe in its calculation of total

welded pipe consumed. AST contends

that this quantity of seamless pipe

should be excluded from the

Department’s welded pipe consumption

calculation.

DOC Position

We agree with AST that the

Department erroneously included some

seamless pipe quantities in its

calculation of per unit welded pipe

consumed. We intended to include only

welded pipe in our welded pipe

consumption calculation. Thus, we have

recomputed per unit welded pipe

consumed based solely on AST’s

welded pipe consumption.

Accordingly, pursuant to section

735(e) of the Act, we have corrected the

ministerial errors in the final

determination of sales at less than fair

value. The final estimated margin
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changes from 38.41 percent to 17.13

percent.

Suspension of Liquidation

In accordance with section 733(d)(1)

of the Act, we are directing the U.S.

Customs Service to continue to suspend

liquidation of all entries of butt-weld

pipe fittings from Thailand, as defined

in the ‘‘Scope of Investigation’’ section

of this notice, that are produced and

sold by AST and that are entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after October 4,

1994.

The Customs Service shall require a

cash deposit or the posting of a bond

equal to the estimated weighted-average

amount by which the foreign market

value of AST’s subject merchandise

exceeds the United States price as

shown below. The suspension of

liquidation will remain in effect until

further notice. The amended weightedaverage dumping margin is as follows:

Manufacturer/producer/

exporter

Margin

percent

Deposit

percent

Awaji Sangyo (Thailand)

Co., Ltd. ......................... 17.13 16.39

We did not determine an ‘‘all others’’

rate in this investigation, because all

other producers and exporters of buttweld pipe fittings from Thailand are

already subject to an antidumping duty

order on this merchandise, which was

published in the Federal Register on

July 6, 1992 (57 FR 29702).

Adjustment of Deposit Rate for

Countervailing Duties

Article VI, paragraph 5 of the General

Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

provides that ‘‘[no] product * * * shall

be subject to both antidumping and

countervailing duties to compensate for

the same situation for dumping or

export subsidization.’’ This provision is

implemented by section 772(d)(1)(D) of

the Act. Because antidumping duties

cannot be assessed on the portion of the

margin attributable to export subsidies,

there is no basis to require a cash

deposit or bond for that amount.

Accordingly, the level of export

subsidies as determined in the most

recent administrative review of the

countervailing duty order, Carbon Steel

Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Thailand;

Final Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review, (57 FR 5248,

February 13, 1992), which was 0.74

percent, will be subtracted from the

margin for cash deposit or bonding

purposes. This results in a deposit rate

of 16.39 percent for AST.

This amended final determination is

published in accordance with section

735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.21.

Dated: March 29, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–8629 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–WS–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 033195B]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council) Coastal

Pelagic Species Plan Development Team

and Advisory Subpanel will hold a

public meeting on April 27, 1995,

beginning at 10 a.m. at the NMFS

Southwest Regional Office, 501 West

Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long

Beach, CA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Morgan, NMFS Southwest Regional

Office at (310) 980–4036, or Larry

Jacobson, NMFS Southwest Fisheries

Science Center at (619) 546-7117.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting is to review the

draft Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery

Management Plan (FMP), compile the

preferred alternatives into a more

concise document, review any problems

identified at the Council’s March 1995

meeting, and address any new concerns

identified during the interim. The

Council has scheduled final action on

the draft FMP for its June 1995 meeting.

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Michelle Perry Sailer at (503) 326–6352

at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: April 3, 1995.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–8622 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement

List.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List a commodity to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 3, 1995, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notice

(60 FR 6702) of proposed addition to the

Procurement List.

Comments were received from a cup

manufacturer which has not been a

Government contractor for the cup at

issue in this addition to the

Procurement List. The commenter

indicated that it considered the cup not

to be suitable for production by blind

individuals because it requires visual

inspection during production and

allowing blind people to work in close

proximity to high speed machinery

would be dangerous. The commenter

also indicated that the Committee

should meet its goal of creating

employment for people with severe

disabilities by giving private

manufacturers an opportunity to hire

such people rather than by adding

commodities to the Procurement List.

The commenter stated that the

Committee’s method of assessing impact

on contractors is biased against larger

companies because it looks at impact on

the total company rather than a single

plant or product line. The commenter

indicated that the Committee should not

add items to the Procurement List on an

open-ended basis, but should allow

occasional competitive bidding to

ensure that the nonprofit agencies

maintain their ability to produce

effectively.

The Committee’s determination that

the nonprofit agency is capable of

producing this cup was based on

capability determinations by the

Government agency which procures the