81_FR_47487 81 FR 47347 - Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

81 FR 47347 - Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 140 (July 21, 2016)

Page Range47347-47349
FR Document2016-17313

The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 735(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. The final dumping margins of sales at LTFV are listed below in the ``Final Determination'' section of this notice.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-880]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
the Republic of Korea: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that 
heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes 
and tubes)

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from the Republic of Korea (Korea) are being, or are likely to be, sold 
in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in 
section 735(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The 
period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. 
The final dumping margins of sales at LTFV are listed below in the 
``Final Determination'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective July 21, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or Alice Maldonado, 
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-
3874 or (202) 482-4682, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 1, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary 
Determination of sales at LTFV of HWR pipes and tubes from Korea.\1\ A 
summary of the events that occurred since the Department published the 
Preliminary Determination, as well as a full discussion of the issues 
raised by parties for this final determination, may be found in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this 
notice.\2\
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    \1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes From the Republic of Korea: Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, 81 FR 10585 (March 1, 2016) (Preliminary 
Determination).
    \2\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum for the Final Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-
Fair-Value Investigation of Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon 
Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The scope of the investigation covers HWR pipes and tubes of 
rectangular (including square) cross section, having a nominal wall 
thickness of not less than 4 mm. For a complete description of the 
scope of the investigation, see Appendix I.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 
this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 
A list of the issues raised is attached to this notice as Appendix II. 
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 https://access.trade.gov and 
it is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B-8024 
of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and 
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, in February and March 
2016, we verified the sales and cost information submitted by mandatory 
respondents Dong-A Steel Company (DOSCO) and HiSteel Co., Ltd (HiSteel) 
for use in our final determination. We used standard verification 
procedures, including an examination of relevant accounting and 
production records, and original source documents provided by DOSCO and 
HiSteel.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum to the File from Alice Maldonado and 
Elizabeth Eastwood, Senior Analysts, and Whitley Herndon, Analyst, 
entitled, ``Verification of the Sales Response of DOSCO America, 
Inc. in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Heavy Walled 
Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Korea,'' dated 
April 6, 2016; Memorandum to the file from Alice Maldonado and 
Elizabeth Eastwood, Senior Analysts, and Whitley Herndon, Analyst, 
entitled, ``Verification of the Sales Response of Dong-A Steel 
Company in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Heavy Walled 
Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Korea,'' dated 
April 8, 2016; Memorandum to the File, from Heidi K. Schriefer and 
Kristin Case, Senior Accountants, entitled, ``Verification of the 
Cost Response of Dong-A Steel Company in the Antidumping Duty Less 
Than Fair Value Investigation of Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded 
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea,'' dated 
April 5, 2016; Memorandum to the file from Elizabeth Eastwood and 
Alice Maldonado, Senior Analysts, and Whitley Herndon, Analyst, 
entitled, ``Verification of the Sales Response of HiSteel Co., Ltd. 
in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Heavy Walled Rectangular 
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Korea,'' dated April 6, 
2016; and Memorandum to the File, from Kristin L. Case, Senior 
Accountant, entitled, ``Verification of the Cost Response of HiSteel 
Co., Ltd. in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Heavy Walled 
Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of 
Korea,'' dated April 6, 2016.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Determination

    Based on our analysis of the comments received and our findings at 
verification, we made certain changes to the margin calculations for 
DOSCO and HiSteel. For a discussion of these changes, see the ``Margin 
Calculations'' section of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

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 or de 
minimis margins, and margins determined entirely under section 776 of 
the Act. For the final determination, the Department calculated the 
``all others'' rate based on a weighted average of DOSCO's and 
HiSteel's margins using publicly-ranged quantities of their sales of 
subject merchandise.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum to the File from Alice Maldonado, Senior 
Analyst, entitled, ``Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Calculation of the Final 
Margin for All Other Companies,'' dated July 14, 2016. With two 
respondents, we normally calculate (A) a weighted-average of the 
dumping margins calculated for the mandatory respondents; (B) a 
simple average of the dumping margins calculated for the mandatory 
respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the dumping margins 
calculated for the mandatory respondents using each company's 
publicly-ranged values for the merchandise under consideration. We 
compare (B) and (C) to (A) and select the rate closest to (A) as the 
most appropriate rate for all other companies. See Ball Bearings and 
Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 
Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an 
Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010).
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Final Determination

    The final weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

 
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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                  Exporter/Manufacturer                       dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Dong-A Steel Company....................................            2.34
HiSteel Co., Ltd........................................            3.82
All Others..............................................            3.24
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Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed within five days of the 
date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department 
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to 
suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of HWR pipes and tubes 
from Korea, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were 
entered, or withdrawn from

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warehouse, for consumption on or after March 1, 2016, the date of 
publication of the preliminary determination of this investigation in 
the Federal Register.
    Further, the Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit 
equal to the estimated amount by which the normal value exceeds the 
U.S. price as shown above.

International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the 
ITC of the final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because 
the final determination in this proceeding is affirmative, in 
accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its 
final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United 
States is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by 
reason of imports of HWR pipes and tubes from Korea no later than 45 
days after our final determination. If the ITC determines that material 
injury or threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will 
be terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded. If the ITC 
determines that such injury does exist, the Department will issue an 
antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess, upon further 
instruction by the Department, antidumping duties on all imports of the 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the effective date of the suspension of 
liquidation.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders (APO)

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to APO of their 
responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 
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 the terms of an APO is a 
sanctionable violation.
    This determination and this notice are issued and published 
pursuant to sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 14, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are certain heavy 
walled rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes of rectangular 
(including square) cross section, having a nominal wall thickness of 
not less than 4 mm. The merchandise includes, but is not limited to, 
the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A-500, grade B 
specifications, or comparable domestic or foreign specifications.
    Included products are those in which: (1) Iron predominates, by 
weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon 
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of the 
elements below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively 
indicated:

 2.50 percent of manganese, or
 3.30 percent of silicon, or
 1.50 percent of copper, or
 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
 1.25 percent of chromium, or
 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
 0.40 percent of lead, or
 2.0 percent of nickel, or
 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
 0.30 percent of zirconium.

    The subject merchandise is currently provided for in item 
7306.61.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Subject merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 
7306.61.3000. While the HTSUS subheadings and ASTM specification are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Investigation
IV. Margin Calculations
V. Discussion of the Issues
    1. U.S. Date of Sale
    2. Weight Basis for Comparison Methodology
    3. Costs for Non-Prime Merchandise
    4. Differential Pricing Rulemaking
    5. Differential Pricing Patterns and a Meaningful Difference
    6. Verification Corrections
    7. DOSCO's Constructed Export (CEP) Offset Claim
    8. Raw Material Costs for DOSCO
VI. Recommendation
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                                                    request a hearing remain the dates                       amended (the Act), the Department                        will be liquidated as a result of this
                                                    established in the Preliminary Results.                  published in the Federal Register a                      rescission notice, of their responsibility
                                                      This correction to the Preliminary                     notice of the initiation of an                           under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
                                                    Results is issued and published in                       administrative review of the Order.3 The                 certificate regarding the reimbursement
                                                    accordance with sections 751(a)(1),                      administrative review was initiated with                 of antidumping duties prior to
                                                    751(a)(2)(A)(i) and (ii), 751(a)(3) of the               respect to 44 companies or groups of                     liquidation of the relevant entries
                                                    Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19                   companies, and covers the period from                    during this review period. Failure to
                                                    CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(4).                        December 1, 2014, through November                       comply with this requirement could
                                                      Dated: July 14, 2016.                                  30, 2015. Requesting parties have                        result in the Secretary’s assumption that
                                                    Paul Piquado,                                            subsequently timely withdrawn all                        the reimbursement of antidumping
                                                    Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                  review requests for five companies or                    duties occurred and the subsequent
                                                    Compliance.                                              groups of companies for which the                        assessment of double antidumping
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–17307 Filed 7–20–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                             Department initiated a review, as                        duties.
                                                                                                             discussed below.
                                                    BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                                                                            Notification Regarding Administrative
                                                                                                             Rescission of Review, in Part                            Protective Orders
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                     Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the                    This notice also serves as a reminder
                                                                                                             Department will rescind an                               to parties subject to administrative
                                                    International Trade Administration                       administrative review, in whole or in                    protective orders (‘‘APO’’) of their
                                                                                                             part, if a party that requested the review               responsibility concerning the return or
                                                    [A–570–979]                                              withdraws its request within 90 days of                  destruction of proprietary information
                                                                                                             the date of publication of the notice of                 disclosed under an APO in accordance
                                                    Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
                                                                                                             initiation of the requested review. All                  with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
                                                    Whether or Not Assembled Into
                                                                                                             requesting parties withdrew their                        continues to govern business
                                                    Modules, From the People’s Republic
                                                                                                             respective requests for an administrative                proprietary information in this segment
                                                    of China: Partial Rescission of
                                                                                                             review of the five companies or groups                   of the proceeding. Timely written
                                                    Antidumping Duty Administrative
                                                                                                             of companies listed in the Appendix                      notification of the return or destruction
                                                    Review
                                                                                                             within 90 days of the date of publication                of APO materials or conversion to
                                                    AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                     of Initiation Notice. Accordingly, the                   judicial protective order is hereby
                                                    International Trade Administration,                      Department is rescinding this review                     requested. Failure to comply with the
                                                    Department of Commerce                                   with respect to these companies, in                      regulations and terms of an APO is a
                                                    DATES: Effective July 21, 2016.                          accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).4                   violation which is subject to sanction.
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff                                                                               This notice is issued and published in
                                                                                                             Assessment                                               accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the
                                                    Pedersen or Erin Kearney, AD/CVD
                                                    Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and                      The Department will instruct U.S.                     Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
                                                    Compliance, International Trade                          Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)                    Dated: July 13, 2016.
                                                    Administration, U.S. Department of                       to assess antidumping duties on all                      Christian Marsh,
                                                    Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution                   appropriate entries. For the companies
                                                                                                                                                                      Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
                                                    Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230,                        for which this review is rescinded,                      and Countervailing Duty Operations.
                                                    telephone: (202) 482–2769 or (202) 482–                  antidumping duties shall be assessed at
                                                    0167, respectively.                                      rates equal to the cash deposit of                       Appendix
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                             estimated antidumping duties required                    • Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                             at the time of entry, or withdrawal from                 • Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., Ltd.
                                                    Background                                               warehouse, for consumption, in                           • JinkoSolar International Limited
                                                      On December 7, 2012 the Department                     accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).                 • Yingli Green Energy International Trading
                                                                                                             The Department intends to issue                            Company Limited
                                                    of Commerce (Department) published in
                                                                                                             appropriate assessment instructions                      • Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
                                                    the Federal Register the antidumping
                                                    duty order on crystalline silicon                        directly to CBP 15 days after publication                [FR Doc. 2016–17302 Filed 7–20–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    photovoltaic cells, whether or not                       of this notice.                                          BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

                                                    assembled into modules, from the                         Notification to Importers
                                                    People’s Republic of China (PRC)
                                                    (Order).1 On December 1, 2015, the                         This notice serves as the only                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                    Department published a notice of                         reminder to importers whose entries
                                                                                                                                                                      International Trade Administration
                                                    opportunity to request an administrative                      3 See
                                                                                                                     Initiation of Antidumping and                    [A–580–880]
                                                    review of the Order.2 The Department                     Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
                                                    received multiple timely requests for an                 6832 (February 9, 2016) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
                                                    administrative review of the Order. On                     4 See Appendix. As stated in Change in Practice
                                                                                                                                                                      Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
                                                    February 9, 2016, in accordance with                     in NME Reviews, the Department will no longer            Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
                                                    section 751(a) of Tariff Act of 1930, as                 consider the non-market economy (‘‘NME’’) entity         the Republic of Korea: Final
                                                                                                             as an exporter conditionally subject to                  Determination of Sales at Less Than
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                                                                                                             administrative reviews. See Antidumping
                                                      1 See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
                                                                                                             Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
                                                                                                                                                                      Fair Value
                                                    Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the          Department Practice for Respondent Selection in
                                                    People’s Republic of China: Amended Final
                                                                                                                                                                      AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                                                                             Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional
                                                    Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,          Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME            International Trade Administration,
                                                    and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018                  Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963                Department of Commerce.
                                                    (December 7, 2012).                                      (November 4, 2013) (‘‘Change in Practice in NME          SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                      2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,        Reviews’’). The PRC-wide entity is not subject to
                                                    Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity         this administrative review because no interested
                                                                                                                                                                      (the Department) determines that heavy
                                                    To Request Administrative Review, 80 FR 75058            party requested a review of the entity. See Initiation   walled rectangular welded carbon steel
                                                    (December 1, 2015).                                      Notice.                                                  pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes)


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                                                    from the Republic of Korea (Korea) are                   Centralized Electronic Service System                  All-Others Rate
                                                    being, or are likely to be, sold in the                  (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to                         Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act
                                                    United States at less than fair value                    registered users at https://                           provides that the estimated all-others
                                                    (LTFV), as provided in section 735(a) of                 access.trade.gov and it is available to all            rate shall be an amount equal to the
                                                    the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the                  parties in the Central Records Unit,                   weighted-average of the estimated
                                                    Act). The period of investigation (POI)                  room B–8024 of the main Department of                  weighted-average dumping margins
                                                    is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.                  Commerce building. In addition, a                      established for exporters and producers
                                                    The final dumping margins of sales at                    complete version of the Issues and                     individually investigated excluding any
                                                    LTFV are listed below in the ‘‘Final                     Decision Memorandum can be accessed                    zero or de minimis margins, and
                                                    Determination’’ section of this notice.                  directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/              margins determined entirely under
                                                    DATES: Effective July 21, 2016.                          frn/index.html. The signed and                         section 776 of the Act. For the final
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                         electronic versions of the Issues and                  determination, the Department
                                                    Elizabeth Eastwood or Alice                              Decision Memorandum are identical in                   calculated the ‘‘all others’’ rate based on
                                                    Maldonado, AD/CVD Operations, Office                     content.                                               a weighted average of DOSCO’s and
                                                    II, Enforcement and Compliance,                                                                                 HiSteel’s margins using publicly-ranged
                                                                                                             Verification
                                                    International Trade Administration,                                                                             quantities of their sales of subject
                                                    U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th                           As provided in section 782(i) of the                merchandise.4
                                                    Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,                      Act, in February and March 2016, we                    Final Determination
                                                    Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)                   verified the sales and cost information
                                                    482–3874 or (202) 482–4682,                              submitted by mandatory respondents                       The final weighted-average dumping
                                                    respectively.                                            Dong-A Steel Company (DOSCO) and                       margins are as follows:
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                               HiSteel Co., Ltd (HiSteel) for use in our
                                                                                                             final determination. We used standard
                                                    Background                                               verification procedures, including an                                                              Weighted-
                                                      On March 1, 2016, the Department                       examination of relevant accounting and                                                              average
                                                    published the Preliminary                                production records, and original source                    Exporter/Manufacturer                   dumping
                                                    Determination of sales at LTFV of HWR                    documents provided by DOSCO and                                                                     margin
                                                                                                             HiSteel.3                                                                                          (percent)
                                                    pipes and tubes from Korea.1 A
                                                    summary of the events that occurred                      Changes Since the Preliminary                          Dong-A Steel Company ........                      2.34
                                                    since the Department published the                       Determination                                          HiSteel Co., Ltd ....................              3.82
                                                    Preliminary Determination, as well as a                                                                         All Others ..............................          3.24
                                                    full discussion of the issues raised by                    Based on our analysis of the
                                                    parties for this final determination, may                comments received and our findings at                  Disclosure
                                                    be found in the Issues and Decision                      verification, we made certain changes to                 We will disclose the calculations
                                                    Memorandum, which is hereby adopted                      the margin calculations for DOSCO and                  performed within five days of the date
                                                    by this notice.2                                         HiSteel. For a discussion of these                     of publication of this notice to parties in
                                                    Scope of the Investigation                               changes, see the ‘‘Margin Calculations’’               this proceeding in accordance with 19
                                                                                                             section of the Issues and Decision                     CFR 351.224(b).
                                                       The scope of the investigation covers                 Memorandum.
                                                    HWR pipes and tubes of rectangular                                                                              Continuation of Suspension of
                                                    (including square) cross section, having                    3 See Memorandum to the File from Alice
                                                                                                                                                                    Liquidation
                                                    a nominal wall thickness of not less                     Maldonado and Elizabeth Eastwood, Senior                  In accordance with section
                                                    than 4 mm. For a complete description                    Analysts, and Whitley Herndon, Analyst, entitled,      735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department
                                                    of the scope of the investigation, see                   ‘‘Verification of the Sales Response of DOSCO
                                                                                                             America, Inc. in the Antidumping Duty
                                                                                                                                                                    will instruct U.S. Customs and Border
                                                    Appendix I.                                              Investigation of Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded       Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend
                                                    Analysis of Comments Received                            Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Korea,’’ dated       liquidation of all appropriate entries of
                                                                                                             April 6, 2016; Memorandum to the file from Alice       HWR pipes and tubes from Korea, as
                                                      All issues raised in the case and                      Maldonado and Elizabeth Eastwood, Senior               described in Appendix I of this notice,
                                                                                                             Analysts, and Whitley Herndon, Analyst, entitled,
                                                    rebuttal briefs by parties in this                       ‘‘Verification of the Sales Response of Dong-A Steel   which were entered, or withdrawn from
                                                    investigation are addressed in the Issues                Company in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of
                                                    and Decision Memorandum. A list of                       Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel             4 See Memorandum to the File from Alice

                                                    the issues raised is attached to this                    Pipes and Tubes From Korea,’’ dated April 8, 2016;     Maldonado, Senior Analyst, entitled, ‘‘Heavy
                                                                                                             Memorandum to the File, from Heidi K. Schriefer        Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
                                                    notice as Appendix II. The Issues and                    and Kristin Case, Senior Accountants, entitled,        Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Calculation of
                                                    Decision Memorandum is a public                          ‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of Dong-A Steel    the Final Margin for All Other Companies,’’ dated
                                                    document and is on file electronically                   Company in the Antidumping Duty Less Than Fair         July 14, 2016. With two respondents, we normally
                                                    via Enforcement and Compliance’s                         Value Investigation of Heavy Walled Rectangular        calculate (A) a weighted-average of the dumping
                                                                                                             Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the           margins calculated for the mandatory respondents;
                                                    Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                      Republic of Korea,’’ dated April 5, 2016;              (B) a simple average of the dumping margins
                                                                                                             Memorandum to the file from Elizabeth Eastwood         calculated for the mandatory respondents; and (C)
                                                       1 See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
                                                                                                             and Alice Maldonado, Senior Analysts, and Whitley      a weighted-average of the dumping margins
                                                    Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea:
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                                                                                                             Herndon, Analyst, entitled, ‘‘Verification of the      calculated for the mandatory respondents using
                                                    Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair           Sales Response of HiSteel Co., Ltd. in the             each company’s publicly-ranged values for the
                                                    Value, 81 FR 10585 (March 1, 2016) (Preliminary          Antidumping Duty Investigation of Heavy Walled         merchandise under consideration. We compare (B)
                                                    Determination).                                          Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes        and (C) to (A) and select the rate closest to (A) as
                                                       2 See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, ‘‘Issues and        From Korea,’’ dated April 6, 2016; and                 the most appropriate rate for all other companies.
                                                    Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative            Memorandum to the File, from Kristin L. Case,          See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France,
                                                    Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value                Senior Accountant, entitled, ‘‘Verification of the     Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom:
                                                    Investigation of Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded         Cost Response of HiSteel Co., Ltd. in the Less-Than-   Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
                                                    Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic           Fair-Value Investigation of Heavy Walled               Reviews, Final Results of Changed-Circumstances
                                                    of Korea,’’ dated concurrently with this notice          Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes        Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR
                                                    (Issues and Decision Memorandum).                        From the Republic of Korea,’’ dated April 6, 2016.     53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010).



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                                                                                   Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 140 / Thursday, July 21, 2016 / Notices                                                   47349

                                                    warehouse, for consumption on or after                   mm. The merchandise includes, but is not              SUMMARY:   The Department of Commerce
                                                    March 1, 2016, the date of publication                   limited to, the American Society for Testing          (the Department) determines that
                                                    of the preliminary determination of this                 and Materials (ASTM) A–500, grade B                   countervailable subsidies are being
                                                                                                             specifications, or comparable domestic or
                                                    investigation in the Federal Register.                                                                         provided to producers and exporters of
                                                                                                             foreign specifications.
                                                      Further, the Department will instruct                                                                        heavy walled rectangular welded carbon
                                                                                                                Included products are those in which: (1)
                                                    CBP to require a cash deposit equal to                   Iron predominates, by weight, over each of            steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and
                                                    the estimated amount by which the                        the other contained elements; (2) the carbon          tubes) from the Republic of Turkey
                                                    normal value exceeds the U.S. price as                   content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and          (Turkey) as provided in section 705 of
                                                    shown above.                                             (3) none of the elements below exceeds the            the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
                                                                                                             quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:          Act). For information on the estimated
                                                    International Trade Commission (ITC)
                                                                                                             • 2.50 percent of manganese, or                       subsidy rates, see the ‘‘Final
                                                    Notification
                                                                                                             • 3.30 percent of silicon, or                         Determination’’ section of this notice.
                                                       In accordance with section 735(d) of                  • 1.50 percent of copper, or                          The period of investigation (POI) is
                                                    the Act, we will notify the ITC of the                   • 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
                                                                                                             • 1.25 percent of chromium, or
                                                                                                                                                                   January 1, 2014, through December 31,
                                                    final affirmative determination of sales                                                                       2014.
                                                    at LTFV. Because the final                               • 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
                                                    determination in this proceeding is                      • 0.40 percent of lead, or                            DATES: Effective July 21, 2016.
                                                                                                             • 2.0 percent of nickel, or                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    affirmative, in accordance with section                  • 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
                                                    735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make                                                                        Brian Smith or Aqmar Rahman, AD/
                                                                                                             • 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
                                                    its final determination as to whether the                                                                      CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement
                                                                                                             • 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
                                                    domestic industry in the United States                      columbium), or                                     and Compliance, International Trade
                                                    is materially injured, or threatened with                • 0.30 percent of vanadium, or                        Administration, U.S. Department of
                                                    material injury, by reason of imports of                 • 0.30 percent of zirconium.                          Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
                                                    HWR pipes and tubes from Korea no                           The subject merchandise is currently               Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
                                                    later than 45 days after our final                       provided for in item 7306.61.1000 of the              telephone (202) 482–1766 or (202) 482–
                                                    determination. If the ITC determines                     Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United              0768, respectively.
                                                    that material injury or threat of material               States (HTSUS). Subject merchandise may               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                             also enter under HTSUS 7306.61.3000. While
                                                    injury does not exist, the proceeding                    the HTSUS subheadings and ASTM                        Background
                                                    will be terminated and all cash deposits                 specification are provided for convenience
                                                    will be refunded. If the ITC determines                  and customs purposes, the written
                                                                                                                                                                      The Department published the
                                                    that such injury does exist, the                         description of the scope of this investigation        Preliminary Determination on December
                                                    Department will issue an antidumping                     is dispositive.                                       28, 2015.1 A summary of the events that
                                                    duty order directing CBP to assess, upon                                                                       occurred since the Department issued
                                                                                                             Appendix II                                           the Preliminary Determination may be
                                                    further instruction by the Department,
                                                    antidumping duties on all imports of the                 List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and            found in the Issues and Decision
                                                    subject merchandise entered, or                          Decision Memorandum                                   Memorandum which is hereby
                                                    withdrawn from warehouse, for                            I. Summary                                            incorporated.2 Additionally, this
                                                    consumption on or after the effective                    II. Background                                        memorandum details the changes we
                                                    date of the suspension of liquidation.                   III. Scope of the Investigation                       made since the Preliminary
                                                                                                             IV. Margin Calculations                               Determination to the subsidy rates
                                                    Notification Regarding Administrative                    V. Discussion of the Issues                           calculated for the mandatory
                                                    Protective Orders (APO)                                     1. U.S. Date of Sale                               respondents and all other producer/
                                                                                                                2. Weight Basis for Comparison
                                                       This notice serves as a reminder to                         Methodology
                                                                                                                                                                   exporters. The Issues and Decision
                                                    parties subject to APO of their                             3. Costs for Non-Prime Merchandise                 Memorandum is a public document and
                                                    responsibility concerning the                               4. Differential Pricing Rulemaking                 is on file electronically via Enforcement
                                                    disposition of proprietary information                      5. Differential Pricing Patterns and a             and Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                                    disclosed under APO in accordance                              Meaningful Difference                           Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                                    with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely                           6. Verification Corrections                        Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                                    notification of the return or destruction                   7. DOSCO’s Constructed Export (CEP)                ACCESS is available to registered users
                                                    of APO materials, or conversion to                             Offset Claim                                    at http://access.trade.gov, and is
                                                                                                                8. Raw Material Costs for DOSCO
                                                    judicial protective order, is hereby                                                                           available to all parties in the Central
                                                                                                             VI. Recommendation
                                                    requested. Failure to comply with the                    [FR Doc. 2016–17313 Filed 7–20–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                   Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
                                                    regulations and the terms of an APO is                                                                         Department of Commerce building. In
                                                                                                             BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                    a sanctionable violation.                                                                                      addition, a complete version of the
                                                       This determination and this notice are
                                                    issued and published pursuant to                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                                                                                      1 See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon

                                                    sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.                                                                      Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Turkey:
                                                                                                                                                                   Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
                                                      Dated: July 14, 2016.                                  International Trade Administration                    Investigation and Alignment of Final Determination
                                                    Paul Piquado,                                                                                                  With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 80 FR
                                                                                                             [C–489–825]
                                                                                                                                                                   80749 (December 28, 2015) (Preliminary
                                                    Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                                                                        Determination).
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                                                    Compliance.                                              Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded                          2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy

                                                    Appendix I                                               Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From                     Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
                                                                                                             the Republic of Turkey: Final                         Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
                                                    Scope of the Investigation                               Affirmative Countervailing Duty                       Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                                                                                                                                   Compliance, ‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation of
                                                       The products covered by this investigation            Determination                                         Heavy Walled Rectangular Carbon Steel Pipes and
                                                    are certain heavy walled rectangular welded                                                                    Tubes from the Republic of Turkey: Issues and
                                                    steel pipes and tubes of rectangular                     AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                  Decision Memorandum for the Final
                                                    (including square) cross section, having a               International Trade Administration,                   Determination,’’ dated concurrently with this notice
                                                    nominal wall thickness of not less than 4                Department of Commerce.                               (Issues and Decision Memorandum).



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Document Modified: 2018-02-08 07:59:20
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesEffective July 21, 2016.
ContactElizabeth Eastwood or Alice Maldonado, 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- 3874 or (202) 482-4682, respectively.
FR Citation81 FR 47347 

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