[Federal Register: March 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 55)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-485-805)
Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line,
and Pressure Pipe from Romania: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On January 10, 2006, the Department of Commerce published the
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless
standard, line, and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from Romania. The
period of review is August 1, 2004, through July 31, 2005. We did not
receive comments from interested parties, and we did not make any
changes to the margin for the final results. The final margin for S.C.
Silcotub S.A. is listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results
of Review.''
DATE: March 22, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Holman at (202) 482-3683 or Janis
Kalnins at (202) 482-1392, AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 10, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on seamless pipe from Romania. See Certain Small
Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe
from Romania: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 71 FR 1509 (January 10, 2006) (Preliminary Results). We invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We did not
receive comments from interested parties, and we did not make any
changes to the margin for the final results. The Department has
conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are seamless carbon and alloy
(other than stainless) steel standard, line, and pressure pipes and
redraw hollows produced, or equivalent, to the ASTM A-53, ASTM A-106,
ASTM A-333, ASTM A-334, ASTM A-335, ASTM A-589, ASTM A-795, and the API
5L specifications and meeting the physical parameters described below,
regardless of application. The scope of the order also includes all
products used in standard, line, or pressure pipe applications and
meeting the physical parameters described below, regardless of
specification. Specifically included within the scope of the order are
seamless pipes and redraw hollows, less than or equal to 4.5 inches
(114.3 mm) in outside diameter, regardless of wall-thickness,
manufacturing process (hot finished or cold-drawn), end finish (plain
end, beveled end, upset end, threaded, or threaded and coupled), or
surface finish.
The seamless pipes subject to the order are currently classifiable
under the subheadings 7304.10.10.20, 7304.10.50.20, 7304.31.30.00,
7304.31.60.50, 7304.39.00.16, 7304.39.00.20, 7304.39.00.24,
7304.39.00.28, 7304.39.00.32, 7304.51.50.05, 7304.51.50.60,
7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.10, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, and
7304.59.80.25 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS).
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) purposes, our written
description of the merchandise subject to the scope of this order is
dispositive. For a further and more specific description of the scope
of the order, please see Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy
Seamless Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from Romania: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary
Determination Not to Revoke in Part, 70 FR 24520 (May 10, 2005).
Facts Available
For these final results, we continue to find that S.C. Silcotub
S.A. did not act to the best of its ability by not submitting a
response to our antidumping duty questionnaire, thus withholding
information necessary to calculate an accurate dumping margin and
information which we requested. Accordingly, we continue to find that
the use of adverse facts available is warranted under section 776 of
the Act. For a detailed discussion of our application, selection, and
corroboration of the rate we selected as adverse facts available, see
Preliminary Results, 71 FR at 1510.
Final Results of Review
As a result of our review, we determine that a weighted-average
dumping margin of 15.15 percent exists for S.C. Silcotub S.A. for the
period August 1, 2004, through July 31, 2005.
Duty Assessment and Cash-Deposit Requirements
The Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries. Because we are applying adverse
facts available to all exports of subject merchandise produced or
exported by S.C. Silcotub S.A., we will instruct CBP to assess the
final percentage margin against the entered customs values on all
applicable entries during the period of review. The Department will
issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP within 15
days of publication of these final results of review.
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of these final results of this administrative review for
all shipments of seamless pipe from Romania entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash-deposit rate for S.C. Silcotub S.A. will be 15.15 percent; (2) for
merchandise exported by producers or exporters that were previously
reviewed or investigated, the cash deposit will continue to be the most
recent rate published in the final determination or final results for
which the producer or exporter received an individual rate; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the
original less-than-fair-value investigation but the manufacturer is,
the cash-deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent
period for the manufacturer of the subject merchandise; and (4) if
neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or
any previous review, the cash-deposit rate shall be 13.06 percent, the
all-others rate established in the 2002-03 administrative review. See
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Final Determination Not To Revoke Order in Part: Certain Small Diameter
Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe From
Romania, 70 FR 7237 (February 11, 2005). These cash-deposit
requirements
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shall remain in effect until publication of the final results of the
next administrative review.
Notification of Interested Parties
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 the 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 orders (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO as explained in the administrative protective order itself. Timely
written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
These final results of administrative review and notice are issued
and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
Dated: March 16, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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