Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube From Turkey

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-501]

Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube From

Turkey

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabriel Adler at (202) 482-1442 or

Kris Campbell at (202) 482-3813, Office of Antidumping/Countervailing

Duty Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the

current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in

the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Amended Final Results

On December 31, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published the final results of its administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon steel pipe and tube

(pipe and tube) from Turkey, for the period of review (POR) May 1,

1994, through April 30, 1995 (61 FR 69067). On April 7, 1997, the

Department published a notice of amended final results of

administrative review, correcting several clerical errors in the

calculation of the antidumping margin for the Borusan Group (Borusan)

(62 FR 16547). On April 11, 1997, Borusan filed a timely allegation,

pursuant to 19 CFR 353.28, that a ministerial error had been made in

the calculation of the amended final results. Specifically, Borusan

alleged that, in amending its final results to correct certain cost

data, the Department failed to re-run the portion of the computer

program that contained the cost test, and instead relied on a database

of above-cost sales that did not incorporate the corrections to the

cost data.

We have determined that the April 7, 1997, amended final results of

review contain the ministerial error alleged by Borusan. Therefore, in

accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.28(c), we are

further amending the final results of administrative review of steel

pipe and tube from Turkey for the period May 1, 1994, through April 30,

1995, to correct this ministerial error.

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are shipments of certain welded

carbon steel pipe and tube products with an outside diameter of 0.375

inch or more but not over 16 inches, of any wall thickness. These

products are currently classifiable under the following Harmonized

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. These products,

commonly referred to in the industry as standard pipe and tube, are

produced to various American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

specifications, most notably A-120, A-53 or A-135.

Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and

customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this

proceeding is dispositive.

Amended Final Results of Review

Upon correction of the above-cited ministerial error, we have

determined that the following margins exist for the period indicated:

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Margin

Manufacturer/exporter Time period percent

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Borusan Group.............................. 5/1/94-4/30/95 2.57

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The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall

assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Individual

differences between United States price and normal value may vary from

the percentages stated above. The Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the Customs Service.

We will direct the Customs Service to collect cash deposits of

estimated antidumping duties on all appropriate entries in accordance

with the procedures discussed in the final results of the review (61 FR

69067) and as amended by this determination. The amended deposit

requirements are effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the

date of publication of this notice and shall remain in effect until

publication of the final results of the next administrative review.

This notice reminds importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR

353.26 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.

This notice also reminds parties subject to administrative

protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or

destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in

accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Failure to comply is a violation of

the APO.

This administrative review and notice are in accordance with

section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 353.28.

Dated: May 9, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-12793 Filed 5-15-97; 8:45 am]

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