Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]

Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Final

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amended final results of antidumping duty

administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On June 17, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published the final results of its administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from

Mexico covering exports of this merchandise to the United States by one

manufacturer/exporter, Hylsa S.A. de C.V. (``Hylsa'') during the period

November 1, 1995 through October 31, 1996. See Circular Welded Non-

Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review, 63 FR 33041. The Department has since

determined that the published weighted-average dumping margin was

incorrect and is therefore amending the final results of review for

Hylsa.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ilissa Kabak at (202) 482-0145 or John

Kugelman at (202) 482-0649, Enforcement Group III--Office 8, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20230.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (the Act) are references to the provisions effective

January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act

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

otherwise indicated, all references to the Department's regulations are

to 19 CFR Part 353 (April 1, 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On June 17, the Department published the final results of its

administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded

non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico covering exports of this merchandise

to the United States by Hylsa during the period November 1, 1995

through October 31, 1996. This notice stated that the weighted-average

dumping margin for Hylsa was 8.31 percent. After these final results

were published, the Department determined that, as a result of a

clerical error, the 8.31 percent figure included in that notice was

incorrect. See Memorandum to the File, July 7, 1998 (Analysis Memo).

The final results should have indicated that the weighted-average

dumping margin for Hylsa is 7.39 percent.

Scope of the Review

The products covered by this order are circular welded non-alloy

steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, not more than 406.4

millimeters (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, and other liquids and gases in plumbing and heating

systems, air conditioning units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other

related uses, and generally meet ASTM A-53 specifications. 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

support members for reconstruction or load-bearing purposes in the

construction, shipbuilding, trucking, farm equipment, and related

industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is also included in these orders.

All carbon steel pipes and tubes within the physical description

outlined above are included within the scope of this order, except line

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

and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished

conduit. Standard pipe that is dual or triple certified/stenciled that

enters the U.S. as line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines is

also not included in this order.

Imports of the products covered by this order 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 these

proceedings is dispositive.

The period of review (POR) is November 1, 1995 through October 31,

1996. This review covers sales of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe

and tube by Hylsa.

Amended Final Results of Review

We determine that the correct weighted-average margin for Hylsa is

7.39 percent for the period November 1, 1995 through October 31, 1996.

The Department will determine, and the U.S. Customs Service shall

assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Because Hylsa

was the only importer during the POR, we have calculated the importer-

specific per-unit duty assessment rate for the merchandise imported by

Hylsa by dividing the total amount of antidumping duties calculated

during the POR by the total quantity entered during the POR. Individual

differences between U.S. price and normal value may vary from the

percentages stated above. The Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the Customs Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective

upon publication of this notice of amended final results of review for

all shipments of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico

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

publication date, as provided for by Sec. 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The

amended cash deposit rate for Hylsa will be the rate stated above; (2)

if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review,

or the original 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; (3) 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; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or

exporters will continue to be the ``all others'' rate of 32.62

percent.1 See Notice of Antidumping Orders: Certain Circular

Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from

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Brazil, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and Venezuela, and

Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453

(November 2, 1992). These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall

remain in effect until publication of the final results of the next

administrative review.

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\1\ The preliminary results of this administrative review

incorrectly stated that the ``all others'' rate was 36.62 percent.

Preliminary Results at 62 FR 64568.

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This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR Sec. 353.26 of the Department's regulations

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 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 Sec. 353.34(d)(1) of the Department's

regulations. Timely notification of the return/destruction of APO

materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby

requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an

APO is a sanctionable violation.

These amended final results of administrative review and notice are

in accordance with Sec. 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and

19 CFR Sec. 353.28.

Dated: July 8, 1998.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-18883 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]

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