82 FR 46485 - Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From India, Thailand, and Turkey: Final Results of the Expedited Fourth Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 192 (October 5, 2017)

As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on certain welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (pipes and tubes) from India, Thailand, and Turkey would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping. Further, the magnitude of the margins of dumping that are likely to prevail are identified in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 192 (Thursday, October 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46485-46487]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21461]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-502, A-549-502, and A-489-501]


Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From India, Thailand, 
and Turkey: Final Results of the Expedited Fourth Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce 
(the Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) 
orders on certain welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (pipes and tubes) 
from India, Thailand, and Turkey would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping. Further, the magnitude of the margins of dumping 
that are likely to prevail are identified in the ``Final Results of 
Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable October 5, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Cartsos or Minoo Hatten, 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) 482-1757 and (202) 
482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In 1986, the Department published the AD orders on pipes and tubes 
from India, Thailand, and Turkey.\1\ On June 2, 2017, the Department 
published the notice of initiation of the fourth sunset review of the 
AD orders on pipes and tubes pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Standard Pipes and Tubes from India, 51 FR 17384 (May 12, 1986); 
Antidumping Duty Order; Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from Thailand, 51 FR 8341 (March 11, 1986); and Antidumping Duty 
Order; Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products from 
Turkey, 51 FR 17784 (May 15, 1986).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 82 FR 
25599 (June 2, 2017) (Initiation).
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    For each of these sunset reviews the Department received notice of 
intent to participate on behalf of Bull Moose Tube, TMK IPSCO Tubulars, 
Zekelman Industries, and EXLTUBE (collectively, the domestic interested 
parties) within the 15-day period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). 
The domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under 
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers in the United States of the 
domestic like product.
    On June 30, 2017, the Department received complete substantive 
responses to the Initiation from the domestic interested parties within 
the 30-day period, as specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ We 
received no substantive responses from respondent interested parties. 
As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is conducting expedited (120-
day) sunset reviews of the AD orders on pipe and tube from India, 
Thailand, and Turkey.
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    \3\ See Letters from domestic interested parties regarding, 
``Fourth Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review Of Antidumping Duty Order On 
Welded Carbon Steel Pipe And Tube from India: Domestic Industry's 
Substantive Response,'' dated June 30, 2017; ``Fourth Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review Of Antidumping Duty Order On Certain Circular 
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand: Domestic 
Industry's Substantive Response,'' dated June 30, 2017; and Fourth 
Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review Of Antidumping Duty Order On Certain 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Turkey: Domestic 
Industry's Substantive Response,'' dated June 30, 2017.
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Scope of the Orders

    See the Appendix to this notice.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these sunset reviews, including the likelihood 
of

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continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins 
of dumping likely to prevail if the orders are revoked, are addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, titled, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for 
the Final Results of the Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from India, Thailand, and Turkey,'' dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
the Department determines that revocation of the AD orders on pipes and 
tubes from India, Thailand, and Turkey would likely lead to the 
continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the 
margins of dumping likely to prevail if the AD orders are revoked would 
be up to the following:

India above--de minims
Thailand--15.60 percent
Turkey--23.12 percent

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to the parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of propriety information disclosed 
under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 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 violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing the final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

     Dated: September 29, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy performing the duties of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

APPENDIX

Scope of the Antidumping Duty Orders

India--Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube (A-533-502)

    The products covered by the order include certain welded carbon 
steel standard pipes and tubes with an outside diameter of 0.375 
inch or more but not over 16 inches. These products are commonly 
referred to in the industry as standard pipes and tubes produced to 
various American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) 
specifications, most notably A-53, A-120, or A-135.
    The antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon steel 
standard pipes and tubes from India, published on May 12, 1986, 
included standard scope language which used the import 
classification system as defined by Tariff Schedules of the United 
States, Annotated (TSUSA). The United States developed a system of 
tariff classification based on the international harmonized system 
of customs nomenclature. On January 1, 1989, the U.S. tariff 
schedules were fully converted from the TSUSA to the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS). See, e.g., Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Standard Pipes and Tubes from India; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 56 FR 26650, 26651 (June 
10, 1991). As a result of this transition, the scope language we 
used in the 1991 Federal Register notice is slightly different from 
the scope language of the original final determination and 
antidumping duty order.
    Until January 1, 1989, such merchandise was classifiable under 
item numbers 610.3231, 610.3234, 610.3241, 610.3242, 610.3243, 
610.3252, 610.3254, 610.3256, 610.3258, and 610.4925 of the TSUSA. 
This merchandise is currently classifiable under HTS item numbers 
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090. As with the TSUSA numbers, 
the HTS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes. 
The written product description remains dispositive.\5\
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    \5\ Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from 
India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 
FR 69626, 69627 (November 15, 2010).
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Thailand--Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube (A-549-502)

    The products covered by the order include certain welded carbon 
steel standard pipes and tubes with an outside diameter of 0.375 
inch or more but not over 16 inches. These products are commonly 
referred to in the industry as standard pipes and tubes produced to 
various American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) 
specifications, most notably A-53, A-120, or A-135.
    The antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon steel 
standard pipes and tubes from India, published on May 12, 1986, 
included standard scope language which used the import 
classification system as defined by Tariff Schedules of the United 
States, Annotated (TSUSA). The United States developed a system of 
tariff classification based on the international harmonized system 
of customs nomenclature. On January 1, 1989, the U.S. tariff 
schedules were fully converted from the TSUSA to the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS). See, e.g., Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Standard Pipes and Tubes from India; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 56 FR 26650, 26651 (June 
10, 1991). As a result of this transition, the scope language we 
used in the 1991 Federal Register notice is slightly different from 
the scope language of the original final determination and 
antidumping duty order.
    Until January 1, 1989, such merchandise was classifiable under 
item numbers 610.3231, 610.3234, 610.3241, 610.3242, 610.3243, 
610.3252, 610.3254, 610.3256, 610.3258, and 610.4925 of the TSUSA. 
This merchandise is currently classifiable under HTS item numbers 
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090. As with the TSUSA numbers, 
the HTS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes. 
The written product description remains dispositive.\6\ \7\
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    \6\ Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 64696 
(October 20, 2010).
    \7\ There was one scope ruling in which British Standard light 
pipe 387/67, Class A-1 was found to be within the scope of the order 
per remand. See Scope Rulings, 58 FR 27542, (May 10, 1993).
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Turkey--Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube (A-489-501)

    The products covered by this order include circular welded non-
alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, not more 
than 406.4 millimeters (16 inches) in outside diameter, regardless 
of wall thickness, surface finish (black, or galvanized, painted), 
or end finish (plain end, beveled end, threaded and coupled). Those 
pipes and tubes are generally known as standard pipe, though they 
may also be called structural or mechanical tubing in certain 
applications. Standard pipes and tubes are intended for the low 
pressure conveyance of water, steam, natural gas, air, and other 
liquids and gases in plumbing and heating systems, air conditioner 
units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other related uses. Standard 
pipe may also be used for light load-bearing and mechanical 
applications, such as for fence tubing, and for protection of 
electrical wiring, such as conduit shells.
    The scope is not limited to standard pipe and fence tubing, or 
those types of mechanical and structural pipe that are used in 
standard pipe applications. All carbon steel pipes and tubes within 
the physical description outlined above are included in the scope of 
this order, except for line pipe, oil country tubular goods, boiler 
tubing, cold-drawn or cold-rolled mechanical tubing, pipe and tube 
hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished rigid 
conduit.
    Imports of these products are currently classifiable under the 
following Harmonized

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Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') subheadings: 
7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 
7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our 
written description of the scope of this proceeding is 
dispositive.\8\
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    \8\ Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube from Turkey: 
Notice of Final Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 64250. 
64251 (October 19, 2010).

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