[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46761-46763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21581]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-809, A-201-805; A-580-809, A-583-814 and A-583-008]


Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Brazil, Mexico, 
the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan and Certain Circular Welded Carbon 
Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: Final Results of Expedited Fourth 
Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.


DATES: Applicable October 6, 2017.

SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty 
orders on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Brazil, 
Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan and certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping. The magnitude of the dumping 
margins likely to prevail are indicated in the ``Final Results of 
Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and

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Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 7, 1984, the Department published the AD Order on certain 
circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan.\1\ On 
November 2, 1992, the Department published the AD Orders on imports of 
certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Brazil, the Republic 
of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and Taiwan, and an amendment to the final 
determination of sales at less than fair value for certain circular 
welded non-alloy steel pipe from Korea.\2\ On July 17, 2012, the 
Department published the notice of continuation of these AD Orders.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from Taiwan: Antidumping Order, 49 FR 19369 (May 7, 1984).
    \2\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Circular Non-
Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, 
and Venezuela and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from 
Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992) (Orders for Brazil, Korea, 
Mexico, and Venezuela and Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe 
from Korea).
    \3\ See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from India, Thailand, and Turkey; Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipe from Brazil, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan, 
and Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 
77 FR 41967 (July 17, 2012) (Third Continuation of the AD and CVD 
Orders).
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    On June 2, 2017, the Department published the notice of initiation 
of the sunset reviews of the AD Orders on circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipe from Brazil, Mexico, Korea, and certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan.\4\ The AD Order on certain 
circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Taiwan was inadvertently not 
included in the initiation notice. On June 16, 2017, the Department 
published a correction notice.\5\
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    \4\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 82 FR 
25599 (June 2, 2017).
    \5\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review; Correction, 
82 FR 27690 (June 16, 2017).
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    On June 30, 2017, the Department received complete substantive 
responses to the notices of initiation from domestic interested parties 
within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The 
Department received no substantive responses from respondent interested 
parties. As a result, the Department conducted an expedited, i.e., 120-
day, sunset review of these AD Orders pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).

Scope of the Orders

Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Brazil

    The products covered by these orders are circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, not more than 406.4 
mm (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 are intended for 
the low pressure conveyance of water, steam, natural gas, and other 
liquids and gases in plumbing and heating systems, air conditioning 
units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other related uses, and 
generally meet ASTM A-53 specifications. 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 support members for 
reconstruction or load-bearing purposes in the construction, 
shipbuilding, trucking, farm equipment, and related industries. 
Unfinished conduit pipe is also included in these orders. All carbon 
steel pipes and tubes within the physical description outlined above 
are included within the scope of these orders, except line pipe, oil 
country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, pipe and tube 
hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished conduit. 
Standard pipe that is dual or triple certified/stenciled that enters 
the U.S. as line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines is also 
not included in these orders. The Issues and Decision Memorandum, which 
is hereby adopted by this notice, provides a full description of the 
scope of the order.\6\
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    \6\ See Department Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum: 
Final Results of Expedited Fourth Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping 
Duty Orders on Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from 
Brazil, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan and Certain 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan,'' dated 
concurrently with this Federal Register notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico

    The products covered by this order are circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, not more than 406.4 
millimeters (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, and other liquids and gases in plumbing and heating 
systems, air conditioning units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other 
related uses, and generally meet ASTM A-53 specifications. 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 
support members for reconstruction or load-bearing purposes in the 
construction, shipbuilding, trucking, farm equipment, and related 
industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is also included in these orders. 
All carbon steel pipes and tubes within the physical description 
outlined above are included within the scope of this order, except line 
pipe, oil country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, pipe 
and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished 
conduit. Standard pipe that is dual or triple certified/stenciled that 
enters the U.S. as line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines is 
also not included in this order.

Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Korea

    The merchandise subject to this review is circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipe and tube, of circular cross-section, not more than 406.4 mm 
(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

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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.

Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Taiwan

    The products covered by this order are (1) circular welded non-
alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross section over 114.3 
millimeters (4.5 inches), but not over 406.4 millimeters (16 inches) in 
outside diameter, with a wall thickness of 1.65 millimeters (0.065 
inches) or more, regardless of surface finish (black, galvanized, or 
painted), or end-finish (plain end, beveled end, threaded, or threaded 
and coupled); and (2) circular welded non-alloy steel pipes and tubes, 
of circular cross-section less than 406.4 millimeters (16 inches), with 
a wall thickness of less than 1.65 millimeters (0.065 inches), 
regardless of 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 sprinkling systems, and 
other related uses, and generally meet ASTM A-53 specifications. 
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 support members for construction, or load-bearing purposes in the 
construction, shipbuilding, trucking, farm-equipment, and 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 order, except line 
pipe, oil country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, pipe 
and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished 
conduit. Standard pipe that is dual or triple certified/stenciled that 
enters the U.S. as line pipe of a kind or used for oil and gas 
pipelines is also not included in this investigation.

Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan

    The merchandise covered by this order is certain circular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan, which are defined as: Welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross section, with walls not 
thinner than 0.065 inch, and 0.375 inch or more but not over 4.5 inches 
in outside diameter. The Issues and Decision Memorandum provides a full 
description of the scope of the order.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these reviews are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or 
recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation, and the magnitude of 
dumping margins likely to prevail if the orders were revoked. Parties 
can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this review and 
the corresponding recommendations in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum, which is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://access.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit in Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, 
a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be 
accessed directly on the Internet at http://trade.gov/enforcement/. The 
signed and electronic versions of the Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on certain circular 
welded non-alloy steel pipe from Brazil, Mexico, Korea, and Taiwan 
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. We 
determine that the weighted-average dumping margins likely to prevail 
are up to the following percentages:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                           Country                              margin
                                                               (percent)
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Brazil......................................................      103.38
Mexico......................................................        7.32
Korea.......................................................        1.20
Taiwan......................................................       27.65
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    Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of dumping. We determine that the 
weighted average dumping margin likely to prevail is up to the 
following percentage:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                           Country                              margin
                                                               (percent)
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Taiwan......................................................        8.91
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification 
of the 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 violation which is subject to 
sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 2, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, Performing the Non-exclusive Functions and Duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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