83_FR_57036 83 FR 56816 - Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

83 FR 56816 - Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 220 (November 14, 2018)

Page Range56816-56817
FR Document2018-24807

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of large diameter welded pipe from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV).

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 220 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56816-56817]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24807]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-077]


Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports 
of large diameter welded pipe from the People's Republic of China 
(China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at 
less than fair value (LTFV).

DATES: Applicable November 14, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Greenberg at (202) 482-0652 or 
Ryan Mullen at (202) 482-5260, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 27, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Determination of sales at LTFV of large diameter welded 
pipe from China and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ We only 
received comments from the petitioners,\2\ who agreed with our 
preliminary determination to apply total adverse facts available (AFA) 
to the China-wide entity.\3\ Accordingly, we made no changes to the 
Preliminary Determination.
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    \1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 
83 FR 43644 (August 27, 2018) (Preliminary Determination) and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ The petitioners are American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Berg 
Steel Pipe Corp.; Berg Spiral Pipe Corp.; Dura-Bond Industries; 
Skyline Steel; Stupp Corporation; Greens Bayou Pipe Mill, LP; JSW 
Steel (USA) Inc.; and Trinity Products LLC.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated September 26, 
2018.
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Period of Investigation

    The period of investigation is July 1, 2017 through December 31, 
2017.

Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is large diameter welded 
pipe from China. For a full description of the scope of this 
investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' at the Appendix 
to this notice.

Scope Comments

    During the course of this investigation and the concurrent 
antidumping duty investigations of large diameter welded pipe from 
Canada, Greece, India, Korea and Turkey, and the concurrent 
countervailing duty investigations of large diameter welded pipe from 
China, India, Korea and Turkey, Commerce received scope comments from 
interested parties. We issued a Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum 
\4\ to address these comments. Further, in the Preliminary 
Determination, we set aside a period of time for parties to address 
scope issues in scope case and rebuttal briefs. No interested parties 
submitted scope comments in case or rebuttal briefs. Therefore, for 
this final determination, the scope of this investigation remains 
unchanged from that published in the Preliminary Determination.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the 
Preliminary Determinations,'' dated June 19, 2018 (Preliminary Scope 
Decision Memorandum).
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Use of Adverse Facts Available

    We continue to find the companies which did not respond to our 
requests for information to be part of the China-wide entity. Further, 
we found these companies, which comprise part of the China-wide entity, 
failed to provide necessary information, withheld requested 
information, significantly impeded this investigation, and did not 
cooperate in submitting the requested Q&V information, as detailed in 
the Preliminary Determination and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\5\ Accordingly, we have applied facts otherwise available, 
with an adverse inference, in accordance with sections 776(a)-(b) of 
the Act.\6\
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    \5\ See Preliminary Determination, 83 FR at 43644; see also 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4-5.
    \6\ Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5-6.
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China-Wide Rate

    In selecting the AFA rate for the China-wide entity, Commerce's 
practice is to select a rate that is sufficiently adverse to ensure 
that the uncooperative party does not obtain a more favorable result by 
failing to cooperate than if it had fully cooperated. Specifically, it 
is Commerce's practice to select, as an AFA rate, the higher of: (a) 
The highest dumping margin alleged in the petition; or, (b) the highest 
calculated dumping margin of any respondent in the investigation. As 
AFA, Commerce has assigned to the China-wide entity the rate of 132.63 
percent, which is the highest dumping margin alleged in the 
Petition.\7\
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    \7\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, Greece, India, 
the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the 
Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 83 FR 7154 (February 20, 2018); see also 
Petitioners' Letter, ``Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 
Greece, India, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of 
Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: Petition for Imposition of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties,'' dated January 17, 2018 
(Petition); see also Petitioners' Letter, ``Response to the 
Department's January 23, 2018, Supplemental Questions Regarding 
Volume VIII of the Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duties,'' dated January 25, 2018, at Exhibit AD-CN-
Supp-3.
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Combination Rates

    In the Initiation Notice, Commerce stated that it would calculate 
producer/exporter combination rates for the respondents that are 
eligible for a separate rate in this investigation.\8\ Because Commerce 
continues to use facts otherwise available with an adverse inference in 
determining the rate for the China-wide entity and there were no 
respondents that demonstrated eligibility for a separate rate in this 
investigation, Commerce did not calculate producer/exporter combination 
rates for specific companies.
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    \8\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, Greece, India, 
the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the 
Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 83 FR 7154 (February 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
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Final Determination

    The final estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as 
follows:

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                                                               Estimated
                                                               weighted-
                                                                average
                    Exporter or producer                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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China-wide entity...........................................      132.63
                                                                 percent
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, for this final 
determination, we will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
to continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of large diameter 
welded pipe from China, as described in the Appendix to this notice, 
which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after August 27, the date of publication in the Federal Register of the 
affirmative Preliminary Determination.
    Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(d), Commerce will instruct CBP to require

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a cash deposit for such entries of merchandise equal to the estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin or the estimated all-others rate, as 
follows: (1) The rate for the exporters listed in the chart above will 
be the rate we have determined in this final determination; (2) for all 
Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their 
own rate, the cash-deposit rate will be the China-wide rate; and (3) 
for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not 
received their own rate, the cash-deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the Chinese exporter/producer combination that supplied 
that non-Chinese exporter. These suspension-of-liquidation instructions 
will remain in effect until further notice. Additionally, Commerce is 
making no adjustments for export subsidies to the antidumping cash 
deposit rate in this investigation because we have made no findings in 
the companion countervailing duty investigation that any of the 
programs are export subsidies.

Disclosure

    The estimated weighted-average dumping margin assigned to the 
China-wide entity in this investigation is based on AFA. As the margin 
is based on the rate calculated in the Petition, and because we made no 
changes to this margin since the Preliminary Determination, there are 
no calculations to disclose for this final determination.

International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the 
International Trade Commission (ITC) of the final affirmative 
determination of sales at LTFV. Because Commerce's final determination 
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 or sales (or the likelihood of 
sales) for importation of large diameter welded pipe, no later than 45 
days after this final determination. If the ITC determines that such 
injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and all cash 
deposits posted will be refunded. If the ITC determines that such 
injury does exist, Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order 
directing CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, 
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, as discussed above in the 
``Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation'' section.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice will serve as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of propriety information disclosed under APO 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of 
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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(c).

    Dated: November 5, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is welded carbon 
and alloy steel pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more than 
406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal outside diameter (large diameter 
welded pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish, 
grade, end finish, or stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may be 
used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or other fluids, liquids, 
or gases. It may also be used for structural purposes, including, 
but not limited to, piling. Specifically, not included is large 
diameter welded pipe produced only to specifications of the American 
Water Works Association (AWWA) for water and sewage pipe.
    Large diameter welded pipe used to transport oil, gas, or 
natural gas liquids is normally produced to the American Petroleum 
Institute (API) specification 5L. Large diameter welded pipe may 
also be produced to American Society for Testing and Materials 
(ASTM) standards A500, A252, or A53, or other relevant domestic 
specifications, grades and/or standards. Large diameter welded pipe 
can be produced to comparable foreign specifications, grades and/or 
standards or to proprietary specifications, grades and/or standards, 
or can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting the physical 
description set forth above is covered by the scope of this 
investigation, whether or not produced according to a particular 
standard.
    Subject merchandise also includes large diameter welded pipe 
that has been further processed in a third country, including but 
not limited to coating, painting, notching, beveling, cutting, 
punching, welding, or any other processing that would not otherwise 
remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if 
performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope large 
diameter welded pipe.
    The large diameter welded pipe that is subject to this 
investigation is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 
7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 
7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060, 
7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010, 7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 
and 7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of this investigation is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2018-24807 Filed 11-13-18; 8:45 am]
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     56816                   Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 14, 2018 / Notices

     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  Scope Comments                                        highest dumping margin alleged in the
                                                                                                                   Petition.7
     International Trade Administration                        During the course of this investigation
                                                             and the concurrent antidumping duty                   Combination Rates
     [A–570–077]                                             investigations of large diameter welded                  In the Initiation Notice, Commerce
     Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the                     pipe from Canada, Greece, India, Korea                stated that it would calculate producer/
     People’s Republic of China: Final                       and Turkey, and the concurrent                        exporter combination rates for the
     Determination of Sales at Less Than                     countervailing duty investigations of                 respondents that are eligible for a
     Fair Value                                              large diameter welded pipe from China,                separate rate in this investigation.8
                                                             India, Korea and Turkey, Commerce                     Because Commerce continues to use
     AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                    received scope comments from                          facts otherwise available with an
     International Trade Administration,                     interested parties. We issued a                       adverse inference in determining the
     Department of Commerce.                                 Preliminary Scope Decision                            rate for the China-wide entity and there
     SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                     Memorandum 4 to address these                         were no respondents that demonstrated
     (Commerce) determines that imports of                   comments. Further, in the Preliminary                 eligibility for a separate rate in this
     large diameter welded pipe from the                     Determination, we set aside a period of               investigation, Commerce did not
     People’s Republic of China (China) are                  time for parties to address scope issues              calculate producer/exporter
     being, or are likely to be, sold in the                 in scope case and rebuttal briefs. No                 combination rates for specific
     United States at less than fair value                   interested parties submitted scope                    companies.
     (LTFV).                                                 comments in case or rebuttal briefs.                  Final Determination
     DATES: Applicable November 14, 2018.                    Therefore, for this final determination,
                                                             the scope of this investigation remains                 The final estimated weighted-average
     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                              dumping margins are as follows:
     Rachel Greenberg at (202) 482–0652 or                   unchanged from that published in the
     Ryan Mullen at (202) 482–5260, AD/                      Preliminary Determination.
                                                                                                                                                                Estimated
     CVD Operations, Enforcement and                         Use of Adverse Facts Available                                                                     weighted-
     Compliance, International Trade                                                                                                                             average
                                                                                                                            Exporter or producer
     Administration, U.S. Department of                        We continue to find the companies                                                                dumping
                                                                                                                                                                  margin
     Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                      which did not respond to our requests                                                              (percent)
     NW, Washington, DC 20230.                               for information to be part of the China-
     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              wide entity. Further, we found these                  China-wide entity ........................     132.63
                                                             companies, which comprise part of the                                                                percent
     Background                                              China-wide entity, failed to provide
        On August 27, 2018, Commerce                         necessary information, withheld                       Continuation of Suspension of
     published in the Federal Register the                   requested information, significantly                  Liquidation
     Preliminary Determination of sales at                   impeded this investigation, and did not                  In accordance with section
     LTFV of large diameter welded pipe                      cooperate in submitting the requested                 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, for this final
     from China and invited interested                       Q&V information, as detailed in the                   determination, we will direct U.S.
     parties to comment.1 We only received                   Preliminary Determination and                         Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
     comments from the petitioners,2 who                     accompanying Preliminary Decision                     continue to suspend liquidation of all
     agreed with our preliminary                             Memorandum.5 Accordingly, we have                     entries of large diameter welded pipe
     determination to apply total adverse                    applied facts otherwise available, with               from China, as described in the
     facts available (AFA) to the China-wide                 an adverse inference, in accordance                   Appendix to this notice, which are
     entity.3 Accordingly, we made no                        with sections 776(a)–(b) of the Act.6                 entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
     changes to the Preliminary                                                                                    for consumption on or after August 27,
     Determination.                                          China-Wide Rate
                                                                                                                   the date of publication in the Federal
     Period of Investigation                                    In selecting the AFA rate for the                  Register of the affirmative Preliminary
                                                             China-wide entity, Commerce’s practice                Determination.
       The period of investigation is July 1,
                                                             is to select a rate that is sufficiently                 Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of
     2017 through December 31, 2017.
                                                             adverse to ensure that the uncooperative              the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d),
     Scope of the Investigation                              party does not obtain a more favorable                Commerce will instruct CBP to require
        The product covered by this                          result by failing to cooperate than if it
                                                                                                                     7 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada,
     investigation is large diameter welded                  had fully cooperated. Specifically, it is
                                                                                                                   Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the
     pipe from China. For a full description                 Commerce’s practice to select, as an                  Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey:
     of the scope of this investigation, see the             AFA rate, the higher of: (a) The highest              Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83
     ‘‘Scope of the Investigation,’’ at the                  dumping margin alleged in the petition;               FR 7154 (February 20, 2018); see also Petitioners’
                                                             or, (b) the highest calculated dumping                Letter, ‘‘Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada,
     Appendix to this notice.                                                                                      Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the
                                                             margin of any respondent in the                       Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey:
       1 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the             investigation. As AFA, Commerce has                   Petition for Imposition of Antidumping and
     People’s Republic of China: Preliminary                 assigned to the China-wide entity the                 Countervailing Duties,’’ dated January 17, 2018
     Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83      rate of 132.63 percent, which is the                  (Petition); see also Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Response to
     FR 43644 (August 27, 2018) (Preliminary                                                                       the Department’s January 23, 2018, Supplemental
     Determination) and accompanying Preliminary                                                                   Questions Regarding Volume VIII of the Petition for
     Decision Memorandum.                                       4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Scope Comments Decision
                                                                                                                   the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing
       2 The petitioners are American Cast Iron Pipe         Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,’’      Duties,’’ dated January 25, 2018, at Exhibit AD-CN-
     Company, Berg Steel Pipe Corp.; Berg Spiral Pipe        dated June 19, 2018 (Preliminary Scope Decision       Supp-3.
     Corp.; Dura-Bond Industries; Skyline Steel; Stupp       Memorandum).                                            8 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada,
     Corporation; Greens Bayou Pipe Mill, LP; JSW Steel         5 See Preliminary Determination, 83 FR at 43644;
                                                                                                                   Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the
     (USA) Inc.; and Trinity Products LLC.                   see also Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4–        Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey:
       3 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated      5.                                                    Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83
     September 26, 2018.                                        6 Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5–6.          FR 7154 (February 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice).



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                             Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 14, 2018 / Notices                                                  56817

     a cash deposit for such entries of                      of liquidation, as discussed above in the             not limited to coating, painting, notching,
     merchandise equal to the estimated                      ‘‘Continuation of Suspension of                       beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any
     weighted-average dumping margin or                      Liquidation’’ section.                                other processing that would not otherwise
                                                                                                                   remove the merchandise from the scope of
     the estimated all-others rate, as follows:
                                                             Notification Regarding Administrative                 the investigation if performed in the country
     (1) The rate for the exporters listed in                                                                      of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter
                                                             Protective Orders
     the chart above will be the rate we have                                                                      welded pipe.
     determined in this final determination;                    This notice will serve as a reminder                 The large diameter welded pipe that is
     (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject                to parties subject to an administrative               subject to this investigation is currently
     merchandise which have not received                     protective order (APO) of their                       classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff
     their own rate, the cash-deposit rate will              responsibility concerning the                         Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
     be the China-wide rate; and (3) for all                 disposition of propriety information                  subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060,
                                                             disclosed under APO in accordance                     7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060,
     non-Chinese exporters of subject
                                                                                                                   7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060,
     merchandise which have not received                     with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
                                                                                                                   7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010,
     their own rate, the cash-deposit rate will              written notification of return or                     7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and
     be the rate applicable to the Chinese                   destruction of APO materials, or                      7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings
     exporter/producer combination that                      conversion to judicial protective order,              are provided for convenience and customs
     supplied that non-Chinese exporter.                     is hereby requested. Failure to comply                purposes, the written description of the
     These suspension-of-liquidation                         with the regulations and terms of an                  scope of this investigation is dispositive.
     instructions will remain in effect until                APO is a sanctionable violation.                      [FR Doc. 2018–24807 Filed 11–13–18; 8:45 am]
     further notice. Additionally, Commerce                                                                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                             Notification to Interested Parties
     is making no adjustments for export
     subsidies to the antidumping cash                         This determination is issued and
     deposit rate in this investigation                      published in accordance with sections                 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
     because we have made no findings in                     735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
     the companion countervailing duty                       CFR 351.210(c).                                       International Trade Administration
     investigation that any of the programs                    Dated: November 5, 2018.                            [A–602–809]
     are export subsidies.                                   Gary Taverman,
     Disclosure                                              Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping            Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
                                                             and Countervailing Duty Operations,                   From Australia: Preliminary Results of
       The estimated weighted-average                        performing the non-exclusive functions and            Antidumping Duty Administrative
     dumping margin assigned to the China-                   duties of the Assistant Secretary for                 Review; 2016–2017
     wide entity in this investigation is based              Enforcement and Compliance.
     on AFA. As the margin is based on the                                                                         AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
     rate calculated in the Petition, and                    Appendix                                              International Trade Administration,
     because we made no changes to this                      Scope of the Investigation                            Department of Commerce.
     margin since the Preliminary                               The merchandise covered by this                    SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
     Determination, there are no calculations                investigation is welded carbon and alloy steel        (Commerce) preliminarily determines
     to disclose for this final determination.               pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more           that sales of certain hot-rolled steel flat
                                                             than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal                  products from Australia were made at
     International Trade Commission
                                                             outside diameter (large diameter welded               less than normal value during the
     Notification                                            pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length,          period of review (POR), March 22, 2016,
        In accordance with section 735(d) of                 surface finish, grade, end finish, or                 through September 30, 2017. We invite
     the Act, we will notify the International               stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may            interested parties to comment on these
     Trade Commission (ITC) of the final                     be used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or
                                                             other fluids, liquids, or gases. It may also be
                                                                                                                   preliminary results.
     affirmative determination of sales at                                                                         DATES: Applicable November 14, 2018.
                                                             used for structural purposes, including, but
     LTFV. Because Commerce’s final
                                                             not limited to, piling. Specifically, not             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
     determination is affirmative, in                        included is large diameter welded pipe                Amanda Brings, AD/CVD Operations,
     accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the                produced only to specifications of the                Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
     Act, the ITC will make its final                        American Water Works Association (AWWA)               International Trade Administration,
     determination as to whether the                         for water and sewage pipe.
                                                                                                                   U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
     domestic industry in the United States                     Large diameter welded pipe used to
                                                             transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is         Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
     is materially injured, or threatened with
                                                             normally produced to the American                     DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3927.
     material injury, by reason of imports or
     sales (or the likelihood of sales) for                  Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L.           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
     importation of large diameter welded                    Large diameter welded pipe may also be
                                                             produced to American Society for Testing              Background
     pipe, no later than 45 days after this                  and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252,              On December 7, 2017, Commerce
     final determination. If the ITC                         or A53, or other relevant domestic                    initiated the antidumping duty
     determines that such injury does not                    specifications, grades and/or standards. Large        administrative review on certain hot-
     exist, this proceeding will be                          diameter welded pipe can be produced to               rolled steel flat products from
     terminated, and all cash deposits posted                comparable foreign specifications, grades
                                                             and/or standards or to proprietary
                                                                                                                   Australia.1 This review covers one
     will be refunded. If the ITC determines
                                                             specifications, grades and/or standards, or           producer/exporter of the subject
     that such injury does exist, Commerce
                                                             can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting          merchandise, the collapsed entity
     will issue an antidumping duty order
                                                             the physical description set forth above is           BlueScope Steel Ltd., BlueScope Steel
     directing CBP to assess, upon further
                                                             covered by the scope of this investigation,           (AIS) Pty Ltd., and BlueScope Steel
     instruction by Commerce, antidumping                    whether or not produced according to a                Distribution Pty Ltd. (collectively,
     duties on all imports of the subject                    particular standard.
     merchandise entered, or withdrawn                          Subject merchandise also includes large              1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
     from warehouse, for consumption on or                   diameter welded pipe that has been further            Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR
     after the effective date of the suspension              processed in a third country, including but           57705 (December 7, 2017).



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Document Created: 2018-11-14 03:32:36
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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesApplicable November 14, 2018.
ContactRachel Greenberg at (202) 482-0652 or Ryan Mullen at (202) 482-5260, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
FR Citation83 FR 56816 

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