Notice2021-21852
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
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Published
October 6, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55582-55584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21852]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-880]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Korea: 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 producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR) September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable October 6, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado or 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) 482-4682 or (202)
482-3342, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 30, 2020, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes
from Korea.\1\ This review covers two producers and exporters of the
subject merchandise.\2\ Commerce selected Dong-A Steel Company (DOSCO)
and HiSteel Co., Ltd, (HiSteel) for individual examination.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 68840 (October 30, 2020).
\2\ We received a timely submission withdrawing all review
requests for 27 companies; we rescinded the review with respect to
these companies. See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, in Part, 86 FR
14075 (March 12, 2021).
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On May 7, 2021, Commerce extended the preliminary results of this
review by 120 days, until September 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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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of the 4th Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,'' dated May 7, 2021.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2019-2020 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are certain heavy walled
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea
(Korea). Products subject to the order are currently classified under
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item number
7306.61.1000. Subject merchandise may also be classified under
7306.61.3000. Although the HTSUS numbers and ASTM specification are
provided for convenience and for customs purposes, the written product
description remains dispositive.\5\
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\5\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see
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).
Export price and constructed export price are 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. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as
an appendix to this notice. 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>.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period
September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020:
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Weighted-
average
Producers/exporters dumping
margin
(percent)
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Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd \6\................................... 1.62
HiSteel Co., Ltd............................................ 10.24
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Disclosure and Public Comment
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\6\ In the prior administrative review, Commerce collapsed Dong-
A Steel Co., Ltd., with its affiliated producer SeAH Steel
Corporation, and we continue to treat these companies as a single
entity, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.401(f). See Heavy Walled
Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2018-2019, 86 FR 35060, 35061 (July 1, 2021).
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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.\7\ Case briefs
or other written comments may be submitted to Commerce. A timeline for
the submission of case briefs and written comments will be provided to
interested parties at a later date. 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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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\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. Oral
presentations at 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.
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.\13\
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\13\ 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.\14\ If the weighted
average dumping margin for DOSCO or HiSteel is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will calculate importer-specific ad
valorem antidumping duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales
to the total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1).\15\ Where the respondent did not report entered
value, we will calculate the entered value in order to calculate the
assessment rate. If the weighted-average dumping margin for the
respondents listed above is zero or de minimis in the final results, or
an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final
results, we will instruct CBP not to assess antidumping duties on any
of their entries in accordance with the Final Modification for
Reviews.\16\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\15\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for
Reviews).
\16\ Id. at 8102.
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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.\17\
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\17\ 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 exporters
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
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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 a previous segment, 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 3.24 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\18\ These
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\18\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865, 62866 (September 13,
2016).
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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: September 30, 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
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