[Federal Register: May 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 87)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-580-809]

 
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea; 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: In response to timely withdrawals of request for review by the 
petitioners and respondents, Korea Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., SeAH Steel 
Corporation and Shinho Steel Co., Ltd., the Department of Commerce is 
rescinding the 1997/1998 antidumping duty administrative review of 
circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the Republic of Korea.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 6, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alysia Wilson or Cynthia Thirumalai, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, US 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0108 and 482-4087 
respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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, all 
references to the Department of

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Commerce's (``the Department's'') regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 
(April 1998).

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 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 are outside of the scope 
of the antidumping duty review.
    Imports of these products 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 subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, our written description of the scope of this review is 
dispositive.

Recession of 1997/98Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

    On December 23, 1998, we published our Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Administrative Reviews (63 FR 71091-01). 
Subsequently, we received timely withdrawals of request for review from 
the petitioners and respondents, Korea Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., SeAH 
Steel Corporation and Shinho Steel Co., Ltd. Because all requests for 
review have been withdrawn, we are rescinding this review in its 
entirety in accordance with section 351.213(d)(1) of our regulations.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 777(i)(1) of 
the Act.

    Dated: April 29, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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