Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Korea; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-810]

Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Korea; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Import Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty changed

circumstances review.

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SUMMARY: On March 26, 1998, the Department of Commerce published in the

Federal Register the preliminary results of its antidumping duty

changed circumstances review on certain welded stainless steel pipe

from Korea (63 FR 14679) to examine whether SeAH Steel Corporation is

the successor to Pusan Steel Pipe, the successor to Sammi Metal

Products Co., or neither. We have now completed this review and

determine that, for purposes of applying the antidumping duty law, SeAH

Steel Corporation is the successor to Pusan Steel Pipe and, as such,

should be assigned the antidumping deposit rate applicable to Pusan

Steel Pipe.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Wells or Cynthia Thirumalai,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

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

Washington D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-6309, (202) 482-4087.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 26, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of its

antidumping duty changed circumstances review on certain welded

stainless steel pipe from Korea (63 FR 14679). We have now completed

this changed circumstances review in accordance with section 751(b) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of Review

The merchandise subject to this review is circular welded non-alloy

steel pipe and tube, of circular cross-section, not more than 406.4mm

(16 inches) in outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, surface

finish (black, galvanized, or painted), or end finish (plain end,

beveled end, threaded, or threaded and coupled). These pipes and tubes

are generally known as standard pipes and tubes and are intended for

the low-pressure conveyance of water, steam, natural gas, air, and

other liquids and gases in plumbing and heating systems, air-

conditioning units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other related

uses. Standard pipe may also be used for light load-bearing

applications, such as for fence tubing, and as structural pipe tubing

used for framing and as support members for reconstruction or load-

bearing purposes in the construction, shipbuilding, trucking, farm

equipment, and other related industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is

also included in this order.

All carbon-steel pipes and tubes within the physical description

outlined above are included within the scope of this review except line

pipe, oil-country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, pipe

and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished

conduit. In accordance with the Department's Final Negative

Determination of Scope Inquiry on Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy

Steel Pipe and Tube from Brazil, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and

Venezuela (61 FR 11608, March 21, 1996), pipe certified to the API 5L

line-pipe specification and pipe certified to both the API 5L line-pipe

specifications and the less-stringent ASTM A-53 standard-pipe

specifications, which falls within the physical parameters as outlined

above, and entered as line pipe of a kind used for oil and gas

pipelines is outside of the scope of the antidumping duty order.

Imports of these products are currently classifiable under the

following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 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 HTS subheadings are

provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description

of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.

This changed circumstances administrative review covers SeAH Steel

Corporation (SeAH) and any parties affiliated with SeAH.

Successorship and Final Results of Review

We received no comments on the preliminary results of review.

Therefore, for the reasons stated in the preliminary results of review

and based on the facts on the record, we find that SeAH is the

successor to Pusan Steel Pipe (PSP) for antidumping duty cash deposit

purposes.

SeAH will, therefore, be assigned the PSP cash deposit rate of 6.00

percent ad valorem. This cash deposit requirement will be effective

upon publication of this notice of final results of changed

circumstances review for all shipments of the subject merchandise

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

publication date. This cash deposit rate shall remain in effect until

publication of the final results of the next administrative review.

This determination is issued and published in accordance with

section 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.22(f).

Dated: April 21, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-11145 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]

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