Certain Welded Carbon Standard Steel Pipes and Tubes From India; Amendment of Final Results of New Shippers Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-502]

Certain Welded Carbon Standard Steel Pipes and Tubes From India;

Amendment of Final Results of New Shippers Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amendment of final results of new shippers

antidumping duty administrative review.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: On September 10, 1997, the Department of Commerce published

the final results of its new shippers antidumping duty administrative

review on certain welded carbon standard steel pipes and tubes from

India. The review covered two manufacturers/exporters of the subject

merchandise to the United States and the period May 1, 1995 through

April 30, 1996. Because of ministerial errors made with respect to one

manufacturer/exporter, we are publishing an amendment to the final

results in accordance with 19 CFR 353.28(c).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristie Strecker or Greg Thompson, AD/

CVD Enforcement Group I, Import Administration, International Trade

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

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-

3174 or (202) 482-0410, respectively.

[[Page 63071]]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 Tariff Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).

Background

On September 10, 1997 (62 FR 47632), the Department of Commerce

(the Department) published the final results of the new shipper review

of the antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon standard steel

pipes and tubes from India (51 FR 9089, March 17, 1989). On September

23, 1997, we received a timely allegation from Rajinder Pipes Ltd.

(Rajinder), pursuant to Sec. 353.28 of the regulations, that we made

ministerial errors in the final results.

Rajinder contended that in the margin calculations for the final

results we incorrectly deducted inventory carrying costs incurred in

India from U.S. price and failed to deduct advertising expenses from

normal value. See Memorandum to the File from Kristie Strecker to Robin

Gray (October 21, 1997). We agree with Rajinder that these were

ministerial errors, and we have corrected these ministerial errors in

these amended results in order to reflect our intent and our practice

pursuant to Sec. 353.28.

Amended Final Results of Review

As a result of our correction of the ministerial errors, we have

determined the margin for the period May 1, 1995 through April 30, 1996

to be:

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Margin

Company (percent)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rajinder.................................................... 18.25

------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Customs Service shall assess antidumping duties on all

appropriate entries. Individual differences between U.S. price and

normal value may vary from the percentage stated above. The Department

will issue appraisement instructions concerning the respondent directly

to the U.S. Customs Service. Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject

merchandise, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on

or after the publication date of these amended final results of

administrative review, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the

Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Rajinder will be the rate

indicated above; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies

not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the

company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the

exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or in

the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the

manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for

the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4)

if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this

or any previous review conducted by the Department, the cash deposit

rate will be 7.08 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV

investigation.

These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication

of the final results of the next administrative review.

This notice serves as the final reminder to 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 these review periods. 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 serves as a reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility

concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under

APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification or

conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to

comply with the regulations and the terms of the APO is a sanctionable

violation.

These amended final results of administrative review and notice are

in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C.

1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 353.28(c).

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-31134 Filed 11-25-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P