Notice2024-17748
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
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Published
August 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera) sold subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65314-65316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17748]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-523-812]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of
Oman: 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 Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera) sold
subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period
of review (POR) December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022. We invite
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 9, 2024.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noah Wetzel or Dennis McClure, 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 or (202)
482-5973, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 1, 2022, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the Sultanate of
Oman (Oman) for the 2021-2022 POR.\1\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(c),
Commerce received a request from Al Jazeera to defer the 2021-2022
administrative review with respect to itself for one year.\2\ Commerce
did not receive any objections to the deferral within 15 days after the
end of the December 2022 anniversary month. As such, we deferred the
initiation of the administrative review for the 2021-2022 POR with
respect to Al Jazeera to the month immediately following the next
anniversary month.\3\ On February 8, 2024, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published its initiation of an
administrative review of the Order for the 2021-2022 POR with respect
to Al Jazeera.\4\ Commerce did not receive a request for review for the
2022-2023 POR. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in
this administrative proceeding by seven days.\5\ The deadline for the
preliminary results is now September 9, 2024.
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 73752 (December
1, 2022); see also Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from
the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates:
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December 19, 2016) (Order).
\2\ See Al Jazeera's Letter, ``Al Jazeera request for
administrative review and request for deferral of 2021/22 review,''
dated December 31, 2022.
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 7060 (February 2, 2023).
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 8641 (February 8, 2024).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred that
followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\6\ The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document
and is available 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 found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of
Oman; 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is CWP from Oman. The product
is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050,
7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150, 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020,
7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085,
7306.30.5090, 7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, and
7306.50.5070. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only; the written product description of the scope of
the Order is dispositive. For a complete description of the scope of
the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is
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 these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as
the appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period December 1, 2021, through
November 30, 2022:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/Producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG.......................... 0.61
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed for these preliminary results to interested parties within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of publication
of this notice.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for
filing case briefs.\8\ Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal
briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing
each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\9\ Case and rebuttal briefs
should be filed using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the established deadline.
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
filing requirements).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\9\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\10\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the executive summary of
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each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements
pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\11\
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\10\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\11\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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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, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants and whether any
participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective case briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\12\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce intends to determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
administrative 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).
If Al Jazeera's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), upon completion of the final
results, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific antidumping
duty assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total
entered value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for
all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to
the total quantity of those sales.\13\ To determine whether an
importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
If the weighted-average dumping margin for Al Jazeera is zero or de
minimis, or an importer specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.\14\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Al
Jazeera for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the
United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\15\
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\15\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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 cash deposits of
estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.\16\
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\16\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
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 date of publication 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 Al Jazeera 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 listed in the
final results of this review, the cash deposit rate 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 another completed segment of this proceeding, but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the
producer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the
producer is a firm covered in this or any previously completed segment
of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the all-others
rate of 7.36 percent that was established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.\17\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\17\ See Order, 81 FR at 91908.
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Final Results of the Review
Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the
results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties in the written
comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results
in the Federal Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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 the POR. 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
These preliminary results are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 5, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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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