Notice2023-04297
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021
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Published
March 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that HiSteel Co., Ltd. (HiSteel) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2020, through August 31, 2021.
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<body><pre>[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13088-13090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04297]
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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: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
HiSteel Co., Ltd. (HiSteel) made sales of subject merchandise at less
than normal value during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2020,
through August 31, 2021.
DATES: Applicable March 2, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 1, 2022, Commerce published the Preliminary Results
and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ In October 2022, HiSteel
submitted a case brief.\2\ In the same month, Nucor Tubular Products
Inc. (Nucor) submitted a rebuttal brief.\3\ For a description of the
events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2020-2021, 87 FR 53725 (September 1, 2022) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ In October 2022, HiSteel filed a redacted brief based on
Commerce's request to remove untimely new factual information. See
HiSteel's Letter, ``Redacted Case Brief of HiSteel Co. Ltd.,'' dated
October 24, 2022.
\3\ In October 2022, Nucor filed a redacted rebuttal brief based
on Commerce's request to remove untimely new factual information.
See Nucor's Letter, ``Nucor Tubular's Rebuttal Brief Resubmission,''
dated October 24, 2022.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2020-2021 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, these results (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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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.
Products subject to the order are currently classified under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item subheading
7306.61.1000. Subject merchandise may also be classified under
7306.61.3000. Although the HTSUS subheadings 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 full description of the scope of the order, see Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the
appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. The Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made no
changes to the preliminary weighted-average margin calculations for
HiSteel.\6\
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\6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of Review
We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margin to
the firm listed below for the period September 1, 2020, through August
31, 2021:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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HiSteel Co., Ltd........................................... 2.80
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where the respondent did not
report entered value, we calculated the entered value in order to
calculate the assessment rate. Where the respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard
to antidumping duties.
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.\7\
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\7\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by HiSteel in these final
results of review for which HiSteel did not know that the merchandise
it 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.
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 cash 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 each specific
company listed above will be that 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 previously
investigated companies not participating in this review, the cash
deposit will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent segment
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 3.24
percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\8\
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\8\ 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 (September 13, 2016).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final 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.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding.
Timely written notification of return/destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: February 24, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of Issue
Comment: Differential Pricing
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V. Recommendation
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