[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12460-12461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4772]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-809]


Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of 
Korea; Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: In response to a letter from Hyundai Pipe Co., Ltd. notifying 
the Department of Commerce that its corporate name would be changing to 
Hyundai Steel Company, the Department of Commerce is initiating a 
changed circumstances administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on certain circular welded non-alloy

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steel pipe from the Republic of Korea (see Notice of Antidumping 
Orders: Certain Circular Welded 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 Welded 
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea (57 FR 49453, November 2, 1992)).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suresh Maniam or Sibel Oyman, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0176 and (202) 482-1174, respectively.

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. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's 
(``Department'') regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (2000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 5, 2001, a respondent in this proceeding, Hyundai Pipe 
Co., Ltd. (``HDP'') notified the Department that as of February 1, 
2001, its corporate name would change to Hyundai Steel Company 
(``Hyundai Hysco''). HDP stated that the corporate structure would not 
change and that all owners, management, production facilities, 
suppliers and customers will stay the same. HDP provided documentation 
to support this claim, consisting of an official announcement and a 
press article noting the name change. On February 9, 2001, HDP 
submitted the following supplementary information documenting the name 
change: a public announcement; minutes of the shareholders' meeting; a 
relevant portion from its draft 2000 financial statements; new business 
registration certificates for the Seoul office, head office/pipe 
production facility, and cold-rolling mill; a list of identical pre-and 
post-name change organizational charts and articles of association; a 
list of identical pre- and post-name board of directors; and a list of 
identical pre- and post-name change suppliers and customers. On 
February 15, 2001, HDP further confirmed that its change in name was 
not a result of a merger, acquisition, or change in corporate 
structure.
    The information submitted by Hyundai shows changed circumstances 
sufficient to warrant a review. Therefore, we are initiating a changed 
circumstances administrative review pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of 
the Act to determine whether entries naming Hyundai Hysco as 
manufacturer or exporter should receive the cash deposit rate currently 
applied to HDP.

Scope of the Review

    The merchandise subject to this review is circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipe and tube, of circular cross-section, not more than 406.4mm 
(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 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.
    Imports of these products are currently classifiable under the 
following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') 
subheadings: 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 
7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90. 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and Customs 
Service purposes, our written description of the scope of this 
proceeding is dispositive.

Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review

    Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Act, the Department will 
conduct a changed circumstances review upon receipt of information 
concerning, or a request from an interested party of, an antidumping 
duty order which shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a 
review of the order.
    HDP has notified the Department that its corporate name has changed 
and that no changes have occurred with respect to ownership, 
management, production facilities, suppliers or customers. We therefore 
find good cause to conduct a changed circumstances review. See 19 CFR 
351.216(c). Therefore, in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.216(b) and 351.221(b)(1), we are initiating a changed 
circumstances review based upon the information contained in HDP's 
submissions.
    The Department will publish in the Federal Register a notice of 
preliminary results of changed circumstances antidumping duty 
administrative review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and 
351.221(c)(3)(i), which will set forth the Department's preliminary 
factual and legal conclusions. The Department will issue its final 
results of review in accordance with the time limits set forth in 19 
CFR 351.216(e).
    This notice is in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 20, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group 1.
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