Notice2024-11208
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
May 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on large diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Review" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44960-44961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11208]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-898]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on large diameter
welded pipe (LDWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at
the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section
of this notice.
DATES: Applicable May 22, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noah Wetzel, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7466.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2019, Commerce published the Order on LDWP from Korea.\1\
On February 1, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the
first sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.218(c).\2\ On
February 16, 2024, Commerce received a timely notice of intent to
participate from the domestic interested party in the underlying
investigation, American Line Pipe Producers Association Trade
Committee, within the 15-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The domestic interested party claimed interested
party status within the meaning of section 771(9)(F) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.102(b)(29)(viii) as an association in which the majority of its
members are producers of the domestic like product.\4\
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea:
Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 18773 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 6499
(February 1, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Notice of Intent
to Participate,'' dated February 16, 2024.
\4\ Id. at 2.
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On March 4, 2024, Commerce received an adequate substantive
response to the Initiation Notice from the domestic interested party
within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\
Commerce received no responses from the Government of Korea (GOK) or
from any other interested party. In accordance with section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act, because Commerce did not receive a substantive
response from the GOK or a respondent party, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) and (e)(1)(ii)(C), respectively, we determined
that the respondent interested parties did not provide an adequate
response to the Initiation Notice. Therefore, consistent with 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), on March 22, 2024,
Commerce notified the International Trade Commission that it did not
receive an adequate substantive response from respondent interested
parties, and that it would conduct an expedited (120-day) sunset review
of the Order.\6\
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\5\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Large Diameter
Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Line and Structural Pipe from the
Republic of Korea: Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,''
dated March 4, 2024 (Substantive Response).
\6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for February 2024,''
dated March 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is large diameter welded pipe from
Korea. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
including the likelihood of the continuation or recurrence of
subsidization in the event of revocation of the Order and the
countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Order were to be
revoked, is provided in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of
the topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached
as an 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), which 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/FRNotices/ListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNotices/ListLayout.aspx</a>.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, we determine
that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net
countervailable subsidy rates:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Husteel Co., Ltd........................................ * 0.01
Hyundai Steel........................................... * 0.44
SeAH Steel.............................................. 27.42
All-Others.............................................. 9.29
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* De minimis.
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), which continues to govern
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding.
Timely written notification of the 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
Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and this
notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: May 15, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely To Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-11208 Filed 5-21-24; 8:45 am]
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