Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand; Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]

Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand;

Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to final results of antidumping duty

administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On November 29, 1993, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) submitted to the Court of International Trade (CIT) the

final results of redetermination pursuant to a remand in Primary Steel,

Inc. v. United States (Slip Op. 93-192, October 6, 1993). On January

14, 1994, the CIT affirmed our redetermination (Slip Op 94-7). In

accordance with that affirmation, we are hereby amending the final

results of the administrative review for the March 1, 1987, through

February 29, 1988, period with respect to Thai Union Steel Co., Ltd.

(Thai Union), Thai Hong Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (Thai Hong), and Siam

Steel Pipe Import-Export Co., Ltd. (Siam Steel).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas W. Prosser or Wendy J. Frankel, Office of Antidumping

Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C., 20230; telephone (202) 482-1130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In the final results of administrative review, the dumping margin

calculated by the Department for Thai Union pipe and tube sold to the

United States during the period March 1, 1987, through February 29,

1988, was 38.51 percent (see Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes

and Tubes from Thailand, Final Results of the Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, 56 FR 58355 (November 19, 1991)). The 38.51

percent rate was also used as the basis for the best information

available (BIA) for Thai Hong Steel, and Siam Steel, since significant

portions of the responses from these two firms were unverifiable.

Plaintiffs challenged the rates applied to all three companies.

On October 6, 1993, the CIT, in Primary Steel, Inc. V. United

States, Slip Op, 93-192, remanded to the Department for redetermination

the final results of administrative review of the antidumping duty

order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from

Thailand.

In accordance with the CIT's order, the Department has corrected

two erroneous home market unit prices in its margin calculations. The

CIT affirmed our redetermination on January 14, 1994 (Slip Op. 94-7).

Amended Final Results of Review

The revised weighted-average margin for Thai Union for the period

March 1, 1987, through February 29, 1988, is 29.89 percent. The BIA

rates for Thai Hong and Siam Steel are based on the highest calculated

rate for this period of review, which continues to be Thai Union's

revised rate. Because the BIA rates for Thai Hong and Siam Steel were

based on Thai Union's rate, which the plaintiffs challenged as well as

Thai Union's rate, we revised the BIA rates for Thai Hong and Siam

Steel to 29.89 percent.

The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall

assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Individual

differences between United States price and foreign market value may

vary from the percentage stated above. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions directly to the Customs Service.

This notice is in accordance with section 516(a)(e) of the Act.

Dated: December 13, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-31361 Filed 12-20-94; 8:45 am]

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