Notice2023-28235

Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022

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Published
December 22, 2023

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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A. (CPW) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022.

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88573-88575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28235]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-484-803]


Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Final 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) determines that 
Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A. (CPW) did not make sales of 
subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of 
review (POR), May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022.

DATES: Applicable December 22, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Crespo, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 202-482-3693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 20, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the

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preliminary results of the 2021-2022 administrative review \1\ of the 
antidumping duty order on large diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from 
Greece.\2\ This review covers one producer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise, CPW. We invited interested parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results.\3\ On August 3, 2023, we received case briefs from 
the petitioner \4\ and CPW.\5\ On August 14, 2023, we received rebuttal 
briefs from the petitioner \6\ and CPW.\7\ On September 22, 2023, 
Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of review until 
December 15, 2023.\8\ For a complete description of the events that 
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\9\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 
39823 (June 20, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Amended Final 
Affirmative Antidumping Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 84 
FR 18769 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
    \3\ See Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 39823.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated August 3, 
2023. The petitioner is the American Line Pipe Producers Association 
Trade Committee (the petitioner).
    \5\ See CPW's Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated August 3, 2023.
    \6\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated August 
14, 2023.
    \7\ See CPW's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated August 14, 2023.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 22, 2023.
    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final 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 (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is large diameter welded pipe. A 
complete description of the scope of the Order is contained in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
in this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and are listed in the appendix to this notice. 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 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 the comments received from 
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, and for the 
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made 
certain changes to the weighted-average dumping margin calculation for 
CPW for the final results of review.\10\
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    \10\ Id.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we 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........................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these final results of review to interested parties 
within five days after public announcement of the final results or, if 
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of 
publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

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), we calculated importer-specific 
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount 
of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total 
entered value of those sales. Where either 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 assessment rate is de 
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by CPW 
for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation of 10.26 percent ad valorem,\11\ if there is no rate for 
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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    \11\ See Order, 84 FR at 18769.
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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

    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the 
following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments 
of 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) of the 
Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for CPW will be zero, as established in 
these final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published in the completed 
segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original LTFV 
investigation but the producer has been covered in a prior completed 
segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established in the completed segment for the most recent period 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 for this 
proceeding.\12\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \12\ Id.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility

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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 doubled 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the 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 the return/destruction 
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 15, 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. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Use of POR Home Market (HM) Sales for the Calculation 
of Constructed Value (CV) Profit and Expenses
    Comment 2: Foreign Exchange Gains/Losses Directly Linked to U.S. 
Sales
    Comment 3: Details of Commerce's Filing Procedures in Place 
During the Proceeding
    Comment 4: Transactions Disregarded Adjustment to Scrap Offset
    Comment 5: Calculation of CV Expenses and Profit Ratio
    Comment 6: Profit Cap
    Comment 7: General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses
VI. Recommendation

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