Notice2024-28859
Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
December 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Siderca S.A.I.C. (Siderca) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 11, 2022, through October 31, 2023. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97596-97597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28859]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-357-824]
Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that Siderca S.A.I.C. (Siderca) made sales of subject merchandise at
less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 11,
2022, through October 31, 2023. We invite interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable December 9, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 21, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from
Argentina.\1\ On November 2, 2023, we published in the Federal Register
a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the
Order for the POR.\2\ On December 29, 2023, based on timely requests
for an administrative review, Commerce initiated an administrative
review of the Order.\3\ On January 25, 2024, Commerce identified
Siderca as the sole mandatory respondent in this administrative
review.\4\ On July 9, 2024, Commerce extended the time limit for these
preliminary results to November 29, 2024.\5\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven
days.\6\ The deadline for the preliminary results is now December 6,
2024.
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\1\ See Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, Mexico, and
the Russian Federation: Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination for the Russian
Federation, 87 FR 70785 (November 21, 2022) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 75270 (November
2, 2023).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 90168 (December 29, 2023).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Company to be Individually Examined,''
dated January 25, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 9,
2024.
\6\ 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 since the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Oil Country
Tubular Goods from Argentina; 2022-2023,'' dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are OCTG from Argentina. For a
complete description of the scope of this 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).
We calculated constructed export price and NV in accordance with
sections 772 and 773 of the Act, respectively. For a complete
description of the methodology in these preliminary results, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached in the appendix to this
notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
made available to the public 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>.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period May 11, 2022, through
October 31, 2023:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Siderca S.A.I.C............................................ 6.8
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the 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.\8\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. 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.\9\ Interested parties who submit case or
rebuttal briefs in this administrative review must submit: (1) a table
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\10\
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\9\ 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).
\10\ See 19 CFR 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 administrative 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.\11\ 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
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issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results of
this administrative review. We request that interested parties include
footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of
each issue.
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\11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Hearing 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 at the hearing will be
limited to those raised in the case and rebuttal briefs. If a hearing
request is made, parties will be notified of the date and time of the
hearing.\12\ Parties should confirm the date and time of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed using ACCESS.\13\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\14\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\14\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by
this review.\15\ If Siderca's weighted-average dumping margin is not
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results
of this review, we intend to calculate an importer-specific assessment
rate for antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total
entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\16\ If Siderca's weighted-average dumping margin or an
importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final
results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate relevant
entries without regards to antidumping duties.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\16\ See Antidumping Proceedings: 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
Siderca for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined to
the United States, 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.\17\
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\17\ 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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The final results of this administrative 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.\18\ 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.
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\18\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the final results
of this administrative review for all shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication as provided in section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
the cash deposit rate for Siderca will be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final results of this administrative
review, except, if that rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore,
de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then the cash
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by a company
not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed segment of
this 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 investigation but the producer is, then the cash
deposit rate will be the company-specific rate established in 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 78.30 percent, the all-others rate
established in the original less-than-fair-value investigation.\19\
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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\19\ See Order.
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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 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.
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
351.213(d)(1), (3), and (h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 3, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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
[FR Doc. 2024-28859 Filed 12-6-24; 8:45 am]
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