Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes And Tubes From India: Notice of Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-502]

Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes And Tubes From India: Notice of

Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative

review.

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SUMMARY: On February 8, 1999, the Department of Commerce published the

preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping

duty order on certain welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from India.

This review covers one manufacturer/exporter, Rajinder Pipes Ltd. The

period of review is May 1, 1997, through April 30, 1998. We gave

interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results

of review but received no comments. Therefore, these final results of

review have not changed from those presented in the preliminary results

of review, in which we applied total adverse facts available.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Tabash at (202) 482-5047 or

Robin Gray at (202) 482-4023, Import

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

Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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. In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the

Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1998).

Background

On February 8, 1999, we published in the Federal Register (64 FR

6046) the preliminary results of the review of this order. We gave

interested parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary

results. We received no comments. In the preliminary results, we

determined the weighted-average dumping margin for the period May 1,

1997, through April 30, 1998, to be 87.39 percent, which is the highest

calculated margin of any company in a prior segment of this proceeding.

This rate was calculated for the 88/89 administrative review of this

order. The Department has now completed the administrative review in

accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

The products covered by this review include circular welded non-

alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, with an outside

diameter of 0.372 inches or more but 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 pipe, though they may also be called

structural or mechanical tubing in certain applications. Standard pipes

and tubes are intended for the low-pressure conveyance of water, steam,

natural gas, air and other liquids and gases in plumbing and heating

systems, air-conditioner units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other

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

mechanical applications, such as for fence tubing, and for protection

of electrical wiring, such as conduit shells.

The scope is not limited to standard pipe and fence tubing or those

types of mechanical and structural pipe that are used in standard pipe

applications. All carbon-steel pipes and tubes within the physical

description outlined above are included in the scope of this order,

except for line pipe, oil-country tubular goods, boiler tubing, cold-

drawn or cold-rolled mechanical tubing, pipe and tube hollows for

redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished rigid conduit.

Imports of the products covered by this review 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. Although, the HTSUS item numbers are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the Department's written description

of the scope of this review remains dispositive.

Final Results of the Review

Because we received no comments from interested parties, we have

determined that no changes to the preliminary results are warranted for

purposes of these final results. The weighted-average dumping margin

for the period May 1, 1997, through April 30, 1998, is as follows:

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Margin

Company percent

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Rajinder Pipes Ltd........................................... 87.39

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The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the

Customs Service. Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will

be effective upon publication of these final results for all shipments

of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the publication date as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash-deposit rate for the reviewed

company will be the rate listed 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 the 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)

the cash-deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will

continue to be 7.08 percent, the ``All Others'' rate made effective by

the LTFV investigation. The deposit requirements shall remain in effect

until publication of the final results of the next administrative

review.

This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 Department's presumption that

reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent

assessment of double antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as the only 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 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of

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.

We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: April 20, 1999.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-11159 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]

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