Notice2021-16834
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
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August 6, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this administrative review did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), April 19, 2019, through April 30, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 149 (Friday, August 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43172-43173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16834]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-484-803]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the sole producer/exporter subject to this administrative review
did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR), April 19, 2019, through April
30, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 6, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Garten, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3342.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 10, 2020, based on a timely request for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review on large diameter welded carbon and alloy steel line pipe (large
diameter welded pipe) from Greece.\1\ This review covers one producer
and exporter of the subject merchandise, Corinth Pipeworks Pipe
Industry S.A. (Corinth).
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 41540 (July 10, 2020).
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On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled deadlines in administrative
reviews by 60 days, thereby extending the deadline for these results
until April 1, 2021.\2\ On March 10, 2021, we extended the deadline for
these preliminary results by 120 days, until July 30, 2021.\3\ For a
complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this
review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece:
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the 2019-2020
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 10, 2021.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2019-2020 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Large Diameter Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe
from Greece,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is large diameter welded carbon
and alloy steel line pipe from Greece. Products subject to the order
are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060,
7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030,
7305.19.1060, and 7305.19.5000. Merchandise currently classifiable
under subheadings 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and
7305.39.5000 and that otherwise meets the above scope language is also
covered. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise
subject to this scope is dispositive.\5\
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\5\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772
of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/">https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/</a>. A list of the topics discussed
in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to
this notice.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists for Corinth for the period April 19,
2019, through April 30, 2020:
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A........................ 0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\6\ Interested
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days
after the deadline for filing case briefs.\8\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary
of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\9\ Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\10\
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\8\ Commerce is exercising its discretion, under 19 CFR
351.309(d)(1), to alter the time limit for filing of rebuttal
briefs.
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.\11\ Hearing requests should contain: (1)
The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at
a date and time to be determined.\12\ Parties should confirm the date,
time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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An electronically filed document must be received successfully in
its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents
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containing business proprietary information.\13\
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\13\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication
of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\14\
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\14\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\15\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Where the respondent did not report entered value, we calculated
the entered value in order to calculate the assessment rate. Where
Corinth's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis within
the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an import-specific rate is zero
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in
these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not
know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\16\
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\16\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the exporter
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is
less than 0.50 percent and therefore de minimis within the meaning of
19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero;
(2) for companies not participating in this review, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate
published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently
completed segment for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be
10.26 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\17\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\17\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 84
FR 18769, 18771 (May 2, 2019).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 29, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2021-16834 Filed 8-5-21; 8:45 am]
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