Notice2023-13060
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
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Published
June 20, 2023
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39823-39825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13060]
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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; 2021-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this
administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than
normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2021, through
April 30, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 20, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan Araya, 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) 482-3401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 14, 2022, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the
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antidumping duty order \1\ on large diameter welded line pipe from
Greece.\2\ This administrative review covers one producer/exporter of
the subject merchandise, Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A. (CPW).
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 84
FR 18769 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 42144 (July 14, 2022).
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On January 6, 2023, Commerce extended the preliminary results by
120 days, until May 31, 2023.\3\ For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\4\ A list of 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://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2021-2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
January 6, 2023.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Large Diameter Welded 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. For a complete description of
the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
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. Normal value 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
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2021, through April 30,
2022:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A........................ 6.95
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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.\5\ Interested
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\6\ 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.\7\ 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.\8\ Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using ACCESS \9\ and must be served on
interested parties.\10\ Executive summaries should be limited to five
pages total, including footnotes. Note that Commerce has temporarily
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing
business proprietary information, until further notice.\11\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
\11\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10,
2020).
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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.\12\ 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, parties will be notified of
the time and date for the hearing.\13\ Parties are reminded that all
briefs and hearing requests must be filed electronically using ACCESS
and received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
on the established deadline.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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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 final results, Commerce shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries.\15\ Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), if CPW's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this
review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates based on
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales. CPW'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.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by CPW for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-
others rate established in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation (i.e., 10.26 percent) 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
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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
company 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 previously reviewed or investigated companies not
covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific cash deposit rate published for the most recently
completed segment in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the
original LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding 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 cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
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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