81 FR 80640 - Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe (Under 41/2

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 221 (November 16, 2016)

On July 12, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/2\ inches) from Japan. The period of review (POR) is June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015. The review covers five producers or exporters of subject merchandise. We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. None were received. Accordingly, for the final results, we continue to find that that NKK Tubes (NKK) had no shipments during the POR. Further, we continue to find that subject merchandise has been sold in the United States at less than normal value by JFE Steel Corporation (JFE), Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC), Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC), and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (SMI).

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80640-80641]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27520]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-851]


Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, 
and Pressure Pipe (Under 4\1/2\ Inches) From Japan: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No 
Shipments; 2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: On July 12, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain small diameter carbon and alloy 
seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/2\ inches) from 
Japan. The period of review (POR) is June 1, 2014, through May 31, 
2015. The review covers five producers or exporters of subject 
merchandise. We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. 
None were received. Accordingly, for the final results, we continue to 
find that that NKK Tubes (NKK) had no shipments during the POR. 
Further, we continue to find that subject merchandise has been sold in 
the United States at less than normal value by JFE Steel Corporation 
(JFE), Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC), Nippon Steel 
Corporation (NSC), and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (SMI).

DATES: Effective November 16, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Zukowski, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 12, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
of the administrative review.\1\ The Department gave interested parties 
an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received no 
comments. The Department conducted this review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless 
Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe (Under 4\1/2\ Inches) from Japan: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2014-2015, 81 FR 45124 
(July 12, 2016) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain small diameter 
carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/
2\ inches) from Japan, which is currently classified under subheading 
7304.10.10.30, 7304.10.10.45, 7304.10.10.60, 7304.10.50.50, 
7304.19.10.30, 7304.19.10.45, 7304.19.10.60, 7304.19.50.50, 
7304.31.60.10, 7304.31.60.50, 7304.39.00.04, 7304.39.00.06, 
7304.39.00.08, 7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44, 
7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62, 
7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72, 7304.51.50.15, 7304.51.50.45, 
7304.51.50.60, 7304.59.20.30, 7304.59.20.55, 7304.59.20.60, 
7304.59.20.70, 7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 
7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45, 7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 
7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65, and 7304.59.80.70 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise subject to the order is 
dispositive.\2\
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    \2\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
``Preliminary Decision Memorandum for the Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Small Diameter Carbon and 
Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe (Under 4\1/2\ 
Inches) from Japan; 2014-2015 Administrative Review'' from Gary 
Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, dated July 5, 
2016, which can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/, (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, the Department received a 
claim of no shipments from NKK. In the Preliminary Results, the 
Department preliminarily found that NKK did not have reviewable entries 
during the POR. Additionally, the Department stated in the Preliminary 
Results that it was not appropriate to rescind the review with

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respect to NKK at that time, but rather complete the review with 
respect to NKK and issue appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) based on the final results.
    After issuing the Preliminary Results, the Department received no 
comments from interested parties, and has not received any information 
that would cause it to alter its preliminary determination. Therefore, 
for these final results, the Department continues to find that NKK did 
not have any reviewable entries during the POR.

Final Results of Review

    Because the Department received no comments after the Preliminary 
Results for consideration for these final results, we have made no 
changes to the Preliminary Results. As a result of this review, we 
determine that dumping margins on certain small diameter carbon and 
alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/2\ inches) 
from Japan exist for the period June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015, at 
the following rates:

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                                                                Margin
                  Producer and/or exporter                     (percent)
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JFE Steel Corporation.......................................      106.07
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation...................      106.07
Nippon Steel Corporation....................................      106.07
Sumitomo Metals Industries..................................      106.07
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Assessment

    The Department has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review.\3\ The Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of these final results of review. We will instruct CBP to 
apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 106.07 percent to all entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR which were produced and/or exported 
by NSSMC, and an ad valorem assessment rate of 106.07 percent to all 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were produced and/
or exported by the companies that were not selected for individual 
examination: JFE, NSC, and SMI.\4\ Additionally, because the Department 
determined that NKK had no shipments of subject merchandise during the 
POR, any suspended entries that entered under NKK's AD case number 
(i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the all-others 
rate effective during the period of review if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\5\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \4\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at section V.b ``Rate 
for Non-Examined Companies'' (for an explanation of how we 
preliminarily determined the rate for non-selected companies).
    \5\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless 
standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/2\ inches) from Japan 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) 
The cash deposit rates for the reviewed companies will be the rates 
established in the final results of this review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair-value investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of 
this proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) if neither 
the exporter nor the manufacturer has its own rate, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be 70.43 percent, the all-others rate established 
in the order.\6\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain 
in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Large 
Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe 
from Japan; and Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless 
Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe From Japan and the Republic of 
South Africa, 65 FR 39360 (June 26, 2000).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 9, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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