[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46961-46963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21747]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: On April 6, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the 2015-2016 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on circular welded carbon 
steel pipes and tubes (pipes and tubes) from Thailand. This review 
covers two manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise, Saha 
Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd. (Saha Thai) and Pacific Pipe 
Public Company Limited (Pacific Pipe). The period of review (POR) is 
March 1, 2015, through February 29, 2016. We gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. Based on our 
analysis of the comments received, we made certain changes to our 
preliminary findings for Saha Thai. The final weighted-average dumping 
margins for the reviewed producers/exporters are listed below in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

DATES: October 10, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,

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U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1398.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 6, 2017, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the Preliminary Results.\1\ For a history of events that have occurred 
since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\2\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document 
and 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, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. 
In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Finding of No Shipments; 2015-2016, 82 FR 
16793 (April 6, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See ``Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Thailand: Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016,'' dated concurrently with and 
hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping order are certain circular 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand. The subject 
merchandise has an outside diameter of 0.375 inches or more, but not 
exceeding 16 inches. For a full description of the scope of this order, 
please see the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \3\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum for a full description of 
the scope of order.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of issues raised, and to 
which we responded, in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached 
to this notice as an Appendix.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    The Department preliminarily found that Pacific Pipe had no 
shipments and, therefore, no reviewable transactions during the POR. 
The Department received no further comments or information that refute 
this finding. Thus, the Department continues to find that Pacific Pipe 
had no reviewable transactions during the POR.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, and for the 
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we have made 
certain changes to Saha Thai's margin calculation.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period March 1, 2015, through 
February 29, 2016:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Producer/exporter                     dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd..............            1.36
Pacific Pipe Company Limited............................               *
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* No shipments or sales subject to this review. The company has an
  individual rate from a prior segment of the proceeding in which the
  firm had shipments or sales.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), the Department determined, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise, in accordance 
with the final results of this review. The Department intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of review.
    For Saha Thai, we will base the assessment rate for the 
corresponding entries on the margin listed above. Additionally, because 
the Department determined that Pacific Pipe had no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR, any suspended entries that entered under 
Pacific Pipe's name will be liquidated at the all-others rate effective 
during the POR.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the company 
under review will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this review; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above in the Final 
Results of Review, including those for which the Department may 
determine had no shipments during the POR, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review or another completed segment of this 
proceeding, but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither 
the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any 
previously completed segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit 
rate will be the ``all-others'' rate of 15.67 percent established in 
the less-than-fair-value investigation.\4\ These deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Circular Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes from Thailand, 51 FR 8341 (March 11, 1986).
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Notification to Importers

    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.

Notifications to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or 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.
    The Department is issuing and publishing these final results of 
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).


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    Dated: October 3, 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.

Appendix

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Determination of No Shipments for Pacific Pipe
Discussion of the Issues
    1. Whether to Disregard Saha Thai's Reported Pipe Specification/
Grade Designations
    2. Whether to Adjust Saha Thai's Reported Coil Costs
    3. Whether to Grant a Duty Drawback Adjustment to Saha Thai
    4. Whether to Revise the Date Range for Saha Thai's Home Market 
and U.S. Sales

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