Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the First Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Intent To Rescind in Part

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-964] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (“Department”) is conducting the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube (“copper pipe and tube”) from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”) for the period November 22, 2010, through October 31, 2011. The Department has preliminarily determined that sales have been made below normal value (“NV”) by the mandatory respondent examined in this administrative review. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of this review, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise during the period of review (“POR”). DATES: Effective Date: August 7, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zev Primor, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4114. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department received timely requests from Petitioners  [ 1 ] and certain PRC exporters, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b) , during the anniversary month of November to conduct a review of copper pipe and…