# Amended Order and Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Small Diameter Circular Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel, Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe From Italy

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** June 10, 1998
- **Citation:** 63 FR 31735

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-475-814]

Amended Order and Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Small Diameter Circular Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel,
Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe From Italy

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Amendment to final determination of antidumping duty
investigation in accordance with decision upon remand.

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SUMMARY: On August 29, 1997, the United States Court of International
Trade (the CIT) remanded to the Department of Commerce (the Department)
the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of

[[Page 31736]]

small diameter circular seamless carbon and alloy steel, standard, line
and pressure pipe from Italy. See Gulf States Tube v. United States,
Court No. 95-09-01125, Slip Op. 97-124 (August 29, 1997). In its remand
instructions, the CIT ordered that the Department recalculate the cost
of production and constructed value for the galvanized pipe produced by
Dalmine S.p.A. (Dalmine). On November 28, 1997, the Department filed
its results of redetermination pursuant to the CIT's order, and on
March 10, 1998, the CIT affirmed the Department's results of the
remand. That decision was not appealed. As there is now a final and
conclusive court decision in this action, we will instruct the Customs
Service to continue to suspend liquidation of shipments of seamless
pipe from Italy and require a cash deposit of 1.27 percent for Dalmine
and all other manufacturers, producers or exporters for subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Johnson or David J. Goldberger,
Office 5, AD/CVD Enforcement Group II, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone:
(202) 482-4929 or (202) 482-4136, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions in effect
as of December 31, 1994. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all
citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations
codified at 19 CFR part 353 (1995).

Background

On June 19, 1995, the Department published in the Federal Register
the Final Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value: Small
Diameter Circular Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel, Standard, Line and
Pressure Pipe from Italy (60 FR 31981). On August 3, 1995, the
Department published the Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain
Small Diameter Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line and
Pressure Pipe From Italy 60 FR 39705 (Final Determination).
Subsequently, Dalmine, the sole Italian respondent in this case, filed
a lawsuit with the CIT, challenging the Department's final
determination.
On August 29, 1997, the United States Court of International Trade
(the CIT) remanded to the Department the Final Determination. See Gulf
States Tube v. United States, Court No. 95-09-01125, Slip Op. 97-124
(August 29, 1997). In its remand instructions, the CIT granted the
Department's request to recalculate the cost of production (COP) and
constructed value (CV) for the galvanized pipe produced by Dalmine. The
CIT agreed that the final adjustments made to Dalmine's factory
overhead costs resulted in the overstatement of the costs attributable
to galvanized pipe, which consequently overstated Dalmine's COP and CV
computed for purposes of the Final Determination. On November 28, 1997,
the Department filed its results of redetermination pursuant to the
CIT's remand. As a result of the redetermination upon remand, the
antidumping margin for Dalmine changed from 1.84 percent to 1.27
percent. On March 10, 1998, the CIT affirmed the Department's results
of the remand redetermination. See CIT's Judgment Order, Slip Op. 98-
25, Consol. Court No. 95-09-01125. That decision was not appealed. As
there is now a final and conclusive court decision in this action, we
are amending our final determination in this matter.

Amended Final Determination

Pursuant to section 516 (A)(e) of the Act, we are now amending the
final determination on the antidumping duty order on seamless pipe from
Italy. As a result of the remand redetermination, the recalculated
final weighted-average margin is as follows:

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Customers ID Margin
Manufacturer/producer/exporter Number percentage
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Dalmine S.p.A............................. A-475-814-001 1.27
All Others................................ A-475-814-000 1.27
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Suspension of Liquidation

For imports of seamless pipe from Italy, the Department will direct
United States Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the
administering authority pursuant to section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the foreign market
value of the merchandise exceeds the United States price for all
entries of seamless pipe from Italy. These antidumping duties will be
assessed on all entries of seamless pipe from Italy entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 19, 1995,
the date on which the Department published its final determination
notice in the Federal Register (60 FR 31981). The Department will
instruct the Customs Service to collect cash deposits of 1.27 percent
on all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this
amended final determination.
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
section 736(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.20(a)(4)(1994).

Dated: June 3, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-15474 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]
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