[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 176 (Monday, September 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62763-62764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21811]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-539 and 731-TA-1280-1282 (Final)]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
Korea, Mexico, and Turkey; Determinations

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the 
Act''), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by 
reason of imports of heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes 
and tubes from Korea, Mexico, and Turkey, provided for in subheadings 
7306.61.10 and 7316.61.30 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, that have been found by the Department of Commerce 
(``Commerce'') to be sold in the United States at less than fair value 
(``LTFV''), and that have been found by Commerce to be subsidized by 
the government of Turkey.\2\
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    \1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ Commissioners Meredith M. Broadbent and F. Scott Kieff 
dissenting.
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Background

    The Commission, pursuant to sections 705(b) and 735(b) of the Act 
(19 U.S.C. 1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)), instituted these 
investigations effective July 21, 2015, following receipt of a petition 
filed with the Commission and Commerce by Atlas Tube, a division of 
Zekelman Industries, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois); Bull Moose Tube Company 
(Chesterfield, Missouri); EXLTUBE (North Kansas City, Missouri); 
Hannibal Industries, Inc. (Los Angeles, California); Independence Tube 
Corporation (Chicago, Illinois); Maruichi American Corporation (Santa 
Fe Springs, California); Searing Industries (Rancho Cucamonga, 
California); Southland Tube (Birmingham, Alabama); and Vest, Inc. (Los 
Angeles, California). The final phase of the investigations was 
scheduled by the Commission following notification of preliminary 
determinations by Commerce that imports of heavy walled rectangular

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welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey were subsidized within 
the meaning of section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)) and that 
imports of heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 
from Korea, Mexico, and Turkey were sold at LTFV within the meaning of 
733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of the 
final phase of the Commission's investigations and of a public hearing 
to be held in connection therewith was given by posting copies of the 
notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade 
Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal 
Register on March 15, 2016 (81 FR 13820). The hearing was held in 
Washington, DC, on July 14, 2016, and all persons who requested the 
opportunity were permitted to appear in person or by counsel.
    The Commission made these determinations pursuant to sections 
705(b) and 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 
1673d(b)). It completed and filed its determinations in these 
investigations on September 6, 2016. The views of the Commission are 
contained in USITC Publication 4633 (September 2016), entitled Heavy 
Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Korea, 
Mexico, and Turkey: Investigation Nos. 701-TA-539 and 731-TA-1280-1282 
(Final).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: September 6, 2016.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-21811 Filed 9-9-16; 8:45 am]
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