Notice2024-29318
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
December 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) was not sold in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100980-100982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29318]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-897]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Final
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) determines that
large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from the Republic of Korea
(Korea) was not sold in the United States at prices below normal value
during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katerina Katsiadas or Brian Smith, 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) 482-4929 or (202)
482-1766, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 3, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in the
Federal Register.\1\ This administrative review covers 23 producers
and/or exporters of the subject merchandise, including Hyundai Steel
Company (Hyundai Steel) and SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH), which were
selected for individual examination as mandatory respondents. For the
events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\2\ 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 the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2022-2023,
89 FR 47523 (June 3, 2024) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea;
2022-2023,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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\3\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea:
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination and Antidumping
Duty Order, 84 FR 18767 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is welded pipe from Korea. For
a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs
filed in this administrative review in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached in Appendix I 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 directly
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 our evaluation of the comments received from interested
parties regarding our Preliminary Results and our review of the record
to address those comments, we made certain changes to the weighted-
average dumping margin calculations for
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Hyundai Steel and SeAH, as detailed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at ``Section IV. Changes
Since the Preliminary Results.''
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Final Results of Review
We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023:
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Weighted-average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Hyundai Steel Company \5\........................... 0.00
SeAH Steel Corporation.............................. 0.00
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies \6\. 0.00
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Disclosure
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\5\ On November 14, 2024, Commerce determined that Hyundai Steel
Pipe Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel
Company. See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic
of Korea; Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of
Korea; Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea; and Large
Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews, 89 FR
89962 (November 14, 2024).
\6\ See Appendix II.
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We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final
results of review to interested parties within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
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 section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.212(b). 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).
Because the final weighted-average dumping margins for all
respondents in this review are zero, we intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\7\ Consistent with Commerce's clarification of its assessment
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
Hyundai Steel or SeAH where 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 of 7.08 percent ad valorem,\8\ if there
is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\9\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\8\ See Order, 84 FR at 18769.
\9\ 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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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the 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)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for Hyundai Steel
and SeAH will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margins
established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for
merchandise exported by a producer or exporter not covered in this
review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the
producer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original LTFV
investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most recently completed segment of the
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue to be
7.08 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\10\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\10\ See Order, 84 FR at 18769.
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties has
occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties,
and/or increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of
the countervailing duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under 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 or
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: December 6, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I--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: Whether to Apply a Major Input Adjustment to the Cost
of SeAH's Hot Rolled Coil (HRC)
Comment 2: Whether to Reclassify the Costs Assigned to SeAH's
Headquarters
Comment 3: Whether to Adjust SeAH's Reported Scrap Offset
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Comment 4: State Pipe & Supply Inc.'s (State Pipe's) General and
Administrative (G&A) Expense Ratio Calculation
Comment 5: Whether to Calculate State Pipe's G&A Expenses on a
Company-Wide Basis
Comment 6: Whether to Apply State Pipe's Financial and G&A
Ratios to Per-Unit Costs on the Same Basis as the Denominator Used
to Calculate the Ratios
Comment 7: Whether to Revise State Pipe's Reported Indirect
Selling Expenses to Include the Full G&A Expense Amount Incurred
Comment 8: Whether to Include Certain Omitted Costs in Hyundai
Steel's G&A Expenses
Comment 9: Whether to Exclude Investment Related Accounts From
Hyundai Steel's Net Interest Expenses
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II--Companies Not Selected for Individual Review
1. AJU Besteel Co., Ltd.
2. Chang Won Bending Co., Ltd.
3. Daiduck Piping Co., Ltd.
4. Dong Yang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
5. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd.
6. EEW KHPC Co., Ltd.
7. EEW Korea Co., Ltd.
8. Geumok Tech. Co. Ltd.
9. Hansol Metal Co. Ltd.
10. HiSteel Co., Ltd.
11. Husteel Co., Ltd.
12. Hyundai RB Co., Ltd.
13. Il Jin Nts Co. Ltd.
14. Kiduck Industries Co., Ltd.
15. Kum Kang Kind. Co., Ltd.
16. Kumsoo Connecting Co., Ltd.
17. Nexteel Co., Ltd.
18. Seonghwa Industrial Co., Ltd.
19. SIN-E B&P Co., Ltd.
20. Steel Flower Co., Ltd.
21. WELTECH Co., Ltd.
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