81 FR 36871 - Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 110 (June 8, 2016)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 110 (June 8, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-13480 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 36871-36873] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-13480] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-523-812] Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) preliminarily determines that circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of investigation (POI) is October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Effective June 8, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Johnson or Terre Keaton Stefanova, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4929 or (202) 482-1280, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department initiated this investigation on November 17, 2015.\1\ For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the memorandum that is dated concurrently with this determination and hereby adopted by this notice.\2\ There is one mandatory respondent participating in this investigation, Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera). The Preliminary 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 https://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less- Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 73708 (November 25, 2015). \2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Investigation The product covered by this investigation is CWP from Oman. Interested parties filed comments regarding the scope of the investigation, which resulted in one clarification to the scope language and are addressed, in detail, in the Department's Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum.\3\ For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in Appendix I of this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See Department Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Investigations of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Countervailing Duty Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe form Pakistan; Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated April 1, 2016 (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Methodology The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with section 731 of the Act. Export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act and normal value (NV) is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. All-Others Rate Consistent with sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 735(c)(5) of the Act, the Department also calculated an estimated all-others rate. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the estimated all-others rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. In this investigation, we preliminarily calculated an above de minimis margin for Al Jazeera, the sole respondent in this investigation. Therefore, the rate calculated for Al Jazeera is also assigned as the all-others rate. Preliminary Determination \4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ On March 14, 2016, the Department postponed the preliminary determination in this investigation until May 31, 2016, see Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 81 FR 15039 (March 21, 2016). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department preliminarily determines that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted- average Exporter/ manufacturer dumping margin (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG...................... 7.86 All Others.............................................. 7.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, we will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise from Oman, as described in Appendix I of this notice, for all companies, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. [[Page 36872]] Pursuant to section 733(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), we will instruct CBP to require cash deposits \5\ equal to the weighted- average amount by which the NV exceeds U.S. price, as indicated in the chart above, as follows: (1) The rate for the mandatory respondent listed above will be the respondent-specific rate we determined in this preliminary determination; (2) if the exporter is not a mandatory respondent identified above, but the producer is, the rate will be the specific rate established for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the rate for all other producers or exporters will be the all- others rate. These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ See Modification of Regulations Regarding the Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional Measures Period in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 (October 3, 2011). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclosure We will disclose the calculations performed to interested parties in this proceeding within five days of the announcement of this preliminary determination in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Verification As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we intend to verify information relied upon in making our final determination. Public Comment Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. Case briefs or other written comments concerning scope issues may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 30 days from the publication of this notice, and rebuttal briefs, limited to scope issues raised in the case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline date for case briefs. Scope-related briefs/comments must be filed on the record of this investigation and the concurrent antidumping and countervailing duty CWP investigations. Case briefs or other written comments on non- scope issues may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven days after the date on which the final verification report is issued in this proceeding, and rebuttal briefs, limited to non-scope issues raised in the case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline date for case briefs.\6\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce. All documents must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically-filed request must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date. Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides that a final determination may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise. 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that requests by respondents for postponement of a final determination be accompanied by a request for extension of provisional measures from a four-month period to a period not more than six months in duration. Al Jazeera requested that, in the event of an affirmative preliminary determination in this investigation, the Department postpone its final determination by 60 days (i.e., to 135 days after publication of the preliminary determination), and agreed to extend the application of the provisional measures prescribed under section 733(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), from a four-month period to a period not to exceed six months.\7\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See Letter from Al Jazeera entitled, ``Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from Oman; request to extend final determination,'' dated April 28, 2016. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In accordance with sections 735(a)(2)(A) and 733(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii) and (e)(2), because (1) our preliminary determination is affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise; (3) the requesting exporter has requested extension of provisional measures to a period not more than six months; and (4) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are postponing the final determination until no later than 135 days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register and extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period not greater than six months. Accordingly, we will issue our final determination no later than 135 days after the date of publication of this preliminary determination, pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act.\8\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) and (e). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we will notify the ITC of our affirmative preliminary determination of sales at LTFV. If our final determination is affirmative, the ITC will determine before the later of 120 days after the date of this preliminary determination or 45 days after our final determination whether these imports are materially injuring, or threaten material injury to, the U.S. industry. This determination is issued and published in accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c). Dated: May 31, 2016. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I--Scope of the Investigation This investigation covers welded carbon-quality steel pipes and tube, of circular cross-section, with an outside diameter (O.D.) not more than nominal 16 inches (406.4 mm), regardless of wall thickness, surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end finish (plain end, beveled end, grooved, threaded, or threaded and coupled), or industry specification (e.g., American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM), proprietary, or other), generally known as standard pipe, fence pipe and tube, sprinkler pipe, and structural pipe (although subject product may also be referred to as mechanical tubing). Specifically, the term ``carbon quality'' includes products in which: (a) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, as indicated: (i) 1.80 percent of manganese; (ii) 2.25 percent of silicon; [[Page 36873]] (iii) 1.00 percent of copper; (iv) 0.50 percent of aluminum; (v) 1.25 percent of chromium; (vi) 0.30 percent of cobalt; (vii) 0.40 percent of lead; (viii) 1.25 percent of nickel; (ix) 0.30 percent of tungsten; (x) 0.15 percent of molybdenum; (xi) 0.10 percent of niobium; (xii) 0.41 percent of titanium; (xiii) 0.15 percent of vanadium; or (xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium. Covered products are generally made to standard O.D. and wall thickness combinations. Pipe multi-stenciled to a standard and/or structural specification and to other specifications, such as American Petroleum Institute (API) API-5L specification, may also be covered by the scope of these investigations. In particular, such multi-stenciled merchandise is covered when it meets the physical description set forth above, and also has one or more of the following characteristics: Is 32 feet in length or less; is less than 2.0 inches (50 mm) in outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or painted (e.g., polyester coated) surface finish; or has a threaded and/or coupled end finish. Standard pipe is ordinarily made to ASTM specifications A53, A135, and A795, but can also be made to other specifications. Structural pipe is made primarily to ASTM specifications A252 and A500. Standard and structural pipe may also be produced to proprietary specifications rather than to industry specifications. Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire suppression systems and may be made to industry specifications such as ASTM A53 or to proprietary specifications. Fence tubing is included in the scope regardless of certification to a specification listed in the exclusions below, and can also be made to the ASTM A513 specification. Products that meet the physical description set forth above but are made to the following nominal outside diameter and wall thickness combinations, which are recognized by the industry as typical for fence tubing, are included despite being certified to ASTM mechanical tubing specifications: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wall thickness O.D. in inches (nominal) in inches Gage (nominal) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.315................................... 0.035 20 1.315................................... 0.047 18 1.315................................... 0.055 17 1.315................................... 0.065 16 1.315................................... 0.072 15 1.315................................... 0.083 14 1.315................................... 0.095 13 1.660................................... 0.055 17 1.660................................... 0.065 16 1.660................................... 0.083 14 1.660................................... 0.095 13 1.660................................... 0.109 12 1.900................................... 0.047 18 1.900................................... 0.055 17 1.900................................... 0.065 16 1.900................................... 0.072 15 1.900................................... 0.095 13 1.900................................... 0.109 12 2.375................................... 0.047 18 2.375................................... 0.055 17 2.375................................... 0.065 16 2.375................................... 0.072 15 2.375................................... 0.095 13 2.375................................... 0.109 12 2.375................................... 0.120 11 2.875................................... 0.109 12 2.875................................... 0.165 8 3.500................................... 0.109 12 3.500................................... 0.165 8 4.000................................... 0.148 9 4.000................................... 0.165 8 4.500................................... 0.203 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The scope of this investigation does not include: (a) Pipe suitable for use in boilers, superheaters, heat exchangers, refining furnaces and feedwater heaters, whether or not cold drawn, which are defined by standards such as ASTM A178 or ASTM A192; (b) finished electrical conduit, i.e., Electrical Rigid Steel Conduit (also known as Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit and Electrical Rigid Metal Steel Conduit), Finished Electrical Metallic Tubing, and Electrical Intermediate Metal Conduit, which are defined by specifications such as American National Standard (ANSI) C80.1-2005, ANSI C80.3-2005, or ANSI C80.6-2005, and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) UL-6, UL-797, or UL-1242; (c) finished scaffolding, i.e., component parts of final, finished scaffolding that enter the United States unassembled as a ``kit.'' A kit is understood to mean a packaged combination of component parts that contains, at the time of importation, all of the necessary component parts to fully assemble final, finished scaffolding; (d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing; (e) oil country tubular goods produced to API specifications; (f) line pipe produced to only API specifications, such as API 5L, and not multi-stenciled; and (g) mechanical tubing, whether or not cold-drawn, other than what is included in the above paragraphs. The products subject to this investigation are currently classifiable in Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) statistical reporting numbers 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150, 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090, 7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, and 7306.50.5070. The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the investigation is dispositive. Appendix II--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 1. Summary 2. Background 3. Period of Investigation 4. Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures 5. Scope Comments 6. Discussion of the Methodology a. Determination of the Comparison Method b. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis 7. Date of Sale 8. Product Comparisons 9. Export Price 10. Normal Value a. Home Market Viability b. Level of Trade c. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis 1. Calculation of COP 2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 3. Results of the COP Test d. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison Market Prices 11. Currency Conversion 12. Conclusion [FR Doc. 2016-13480 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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information disclosed under APO in Background Methodology
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. The Department is conducting this
Timely notification of the return or The Department initiated this
investigation on November 17, 2015.1 investigation in accordance with section
destruction of APO materials or 731 of the Act. Export price is
conversion to judicial protective order is For a complete description of the events
that followed the initiation of this calculated in accordance with section
hereby requested. Failure to comply 772 of the Act and normal value (NV)
with the regulations and terms of an investigation, see the memorandum that
is dated concurrently with this is calculated in accordance with section
APO is a violation which is subject to 773 of the Act. For a full description of
sanction. determination and hereby adopted by
the methodology underlying our
This sunset review and notice are in this notice.2 There is one mandatory
preliminary conclusions, see the
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), respondent participating in this
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR investigation, Al Jazeera Steel Products
351.218. Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera). The Preliminary All-Others Rate
Decision Memorandum is a public Consistent with sections
Dated: June 1, 2016.
document and is on file electronically 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 735(c)(5) of the Act,
Paul Piquado, via Enforcement and Compliance’s the Department also calculated an
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Compliance.
estimated all-others rate. Section
Centralized Electronic Service System 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the
[FR Doc. 2016–13578 Filed 6–7–16; 8:45 am] (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to estimated all-others rate shall be an
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P registered users at https:// amount equal to the weighted average of
access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the the estimated weighted-average
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of dumping margins established for
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the main Department of Commerce exporters and producers individually
building. In addition, a complete investigated, excluding any zero and de
International Trade Administration
version of the Preliminary Decision minimis margins, and any margins
Memorandum can be found at http:// determined entirely under section 776
[A–523–812] enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed of the Act.
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and In this investigation, we preliminarily
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
the electronic version of the Preliminary calculated an above de minimis margin
Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman:
Affirmative Preliminary Determination Decision Memorandum are identical in for Al Jazeera, the sole respondent in
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and content. this investigation. Therefore, the rate
Postponement of Final Determination calculated for Al Jazeera is also assigned
Scope of the Investigation
as the all-others rate.
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, The product covered by this Preliminary Determination 4
International Trade Administration, investigation is CWP from Oman.
Department of Commerce. Interested parties filed comments The Department preliminarily
regarding the scope of the investigation, determines that the following weighted-
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce average dumping margins exist:
which resulted in one clarification to
(Department) preliminarily determines
the scope language and are addressed,
that circular welded carbon-quality steel Weighted-
pipe (CWP) from the Sultanate of Oman in detail, in the Department’s average
Preliminary Scope Decision Exporter/ dumping
(Oman) is being, or is likely to be, sold manufacturer margin
in the United States at less than fair Memorandum.3 For a full description of
(percent)
value (LTFV), as provided in section the scope of this investigation, see the
733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as ‘‘Scope of the Investigation,’’ in Al Jazeera Steel Products
amended (the Act). The period of Appendix I of this notice. Co. SAOG ......................... 7.86
investigation (POI) is October 1, 2014, All Others .............................. 7.86
1 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
through September 30, 2015. The
From the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, the Suspension of Liquidation
estimated weighted-average dumping Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, and the
margins of sales at LTFV are shown in Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less- In accordance with section 733(d)(2)
the ‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 73708 of the Act, we will direct U.S. Customs
section of this notice. Interested parties (November 25, 2015).
2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend
are invited to comment on this liquidation of all entries of subject
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
preliminary determination. Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, merchandise from Oman, as described
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and in Appendix I of this notice, for all
DATES: Effective June 8, 2016. Compliance, entitled ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping
companies, which are entered, or
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: withdrawn from warehouse, for
Duty Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon-
Katherine Johnson or Terre Keaton Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman’’ consumption on or after the date of
Stefanova, AD/CVD Operations, Office (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated publication of this notice in the Federal
II, Enforcement and Compliance, concurrently with this notice.
3 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping
Register.
International Trade Administration,
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES
Duty Investigations of Circular Welded Carbon-
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman, 4 On March 14, 2016, the Department postponed
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and the the preliminary determination in this investigation
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Countervailing until May 31, 2016, see Circular Welded Carbon-
482–4929 or (202) 482–1280, Duty Investigation of Circular Welded Carbon- Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman,
Quality Steel Pipe form Pakistan; Scope Comments Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and the
respectively. Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of
Determinations,’’ dated April 1, 2016 (Preliminary Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scope Decision Memorandum). Investigations, 81 FR 15039 (March 21, 2016).
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(iii) 1.00 percent of copper; Wall 4. Postponement of Final Determination
(iv) 0.50 percent of aluminum; O.D. in and Extension of Provisional Measures
thickness
(v) 1.25 percent of chromium; inches Gage 5. Scope Comments
in inches
(vi) 0.30 percent of cobalt; (nominal) (nominal) 6. Discussion of the Methodology
(vii) 0.40 percent of lead; a. Determination of the Comparison
(viii) 1.25 percent of nickel; 2.375 ......... 0.065 16 Method
(ix) 0.30 percent of tungsten; 2.375 ......... 0.072 15 b. Results of the Differential Pricing
(x) 0.15 percent of molybdenum; 2.375 ......... 0.095 13 Analysis
(xi) 0.10 percent of niobium; 2.375 ......... 0.109 12 7. Date of Sale
(xii) 0.41 percent of titanium; 2.375 ......... 0.120 11 8. Product Comparisons
(xiii) 0.15 percent of vanadium; or 2.875 ......... 0.109 12 9. Export Price
(xiv) 0.15 percent of zirconium. 2.875 ......... 0.165 8 10. Normal Value
Covered products are generally made to 3.500 ......... 0.109 12 a. Home Market Viability
standard O.D. and wall thickness 3.500 ......... 0.165 8 b. Level of Trade
combinations. Pipe multi-stenciled to a 4.000 ......... 0.148 9 c. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis
standard and/or structural specification and 4.000 ......... 0.165 8 1. Calculation of COP
to other specifications, such as American 4.500 ......... 0.203 7 2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
Petroleum Institute (API) API–5L 3. Results of the COP Test
specification, may also be covered by the d. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison
The scope of this investigation does not
scope of these investigations. In particular, Market Prices
include:
such multi-stenciled merchandise is covered 11. Currency Conversion
(a) Pipe suitable for use in boilers,
when it meets the physical description set 12. Conclusion
forth above, and also has one or more of the superheaters, heat exchangers, refining
following characteristics: Is 32 feet in length furnaces and feedwater heaters, whether or [FR Doc. 2016–13480 Filed 6–7–16; 8:45 am]
or less; is less than 2.0 inches (50 mm) in not cold drawn, which are defined by BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or standards such as ASTM A178 or ASTM
painted (e.g., polyester coated) surface finish; A192;
or has a threaded and/or coupled end finish. (b) finished electrical conduit, i.e.,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Standard pipe is ordinarily made to ASTM Electrical Rigid Steel Conduit (also known as
specifications A53, A135, and A795, but can Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit and Electrical
International Trade Administration
also be made to other specifications. Rigid Metal Steel Conduit), Finished
Structural pipe is made primarily to ASTM Electrical Metallic Tubing, and Electrical [A–570–835]
specifications A252 and A500. Standard and Intermediate Metal Conduit, which are
structural pipe may also be produced to defined by specifications such as American Furfuryl Alcohol From the People’s
proprietary specifications rather than to National Standard (ANSI) C80.1–2005, ANSI Republic of China: Final Results of
industry specifications. C80.3–2005, or ANSI C80.6–2005, and Antidumping Duty Administrative
Sprinkler pipe is designed for sprinkler fire Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) UL–6, Review; 2014–2015
suppression systems and may be made to UL–797, or UL–1242;
industry specifications such as ASTM A53 or (c) finished scaffolding, i.e., component AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
to proprietary specifications. parts of final, finished scaffolding that enter International Trade Administration,
Fence tubing is included in the scope the United States unassembled as a ‘‘kit.’’ A Department of Commerce.
regardless of certification to a specification kit is understood to mean a packaged
SUMMARY: On March 11, 2016, the
listed in the exclusions below, and can also combination of component parts that
be made to the ASTM A513 specification. contains, at the time of importation, all of the Department of Commerce (the
Products that meet the physical description necessary component parts to fully assemble ‘‘Department’’) published in the Federal
set forth above but are made to the following final, finished scaffolding; Register the preliminary results of the
nominal outside diameter and wall thickness (d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing; administrative review of the
combinations, which are recognized by the (e) oil country tubular goods produced to antidumping duty order on furfuryl
industry as typical for fence tubing, are API specifications; alcohol from the People’s Republic of
included despite being certified to ASTM (f) line pipe produced to only API China (‘‘PRC’’) covering the period of
mechanical tubing specifications: specifications, such as API 5L, and not multi- review (‘‘POR’’) June 1, 2014, through
stenciled; and
(g) mechanical tubing, whether or not cold-
May 31, 2015.1 This review covers one
Wall
O.D. in company, Qingdao WenKem Co., Ltd.2
thickness drawn, other than what is included in the
inches Gage The Department conducted this
in inches above paragraphs.
(nominal) (nominal) The products subject to this investigation administrative review in accordance
are currently classifiable in Harmonized with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of
1.315 ......... 0.035 20 Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). The
1.315 ......... 0.047 18 statistical reporting numbers 7306.19.1010,
1.315 ......... 0.055 17 Department gave interested parties an
7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150, opportunity to comment on the
1.315 ......... 0.065 16 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020,
1.315 ......... 0.072 15 Preliminary Results, but we received no
7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
1.315 ......... 0.083 14 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090,
comments. Hence, these final results are
1.315 ......... 0.095 13 7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, unchanged from the Preliminary
1.660 ......... 0.055 17 and 7306.50.5070. The HTSUS subheadings Results.
1.660 ......... 0.065 16 above are provided for convenience and U.S. DATES: Effective Date: June 8, 2016.
1.660 ......... 0.083 14 Customs purposes only. The written
1.660 ......... 0.095 13 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
description of the scope of the investigation Mandy Mallott, AD/CVD Operations,
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mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES
is dispositive.
1.900 ......... 0.047 18 Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
1.900 ......... 0.055 17 Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed International Trade Administration,
1.900 ......... 0.065 16 in the Preliminary Decision
1.900 ......... 0.072 15 Memorandum 1 See Furfuryl Alcohol From the People’s Republic
1.900 ......... 0.095 13 of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
1.900 ......... 0.109 12 1. Summary Administrative Review; 2014–2015, 81 FR 12876
2.375 ......... 0.047 18 2. Background (March 11, 2016) (‘‘Preliminary Results’’).
2.375 ......... 0.055 17 3. Period of Investigation 2 Id.
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Dates | Effective June 8, 2016. | |
| Contact | Katherine Johnson or Terre Keaton Stefanova, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4929 or (202) 482-1280, respectively. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 36871 |
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