Notice2025-17680
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
September 12, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44169-44170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17680]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-809]
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 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
certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made
sales of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic
of Korea (Korea) at prices below normal value during the period of
review (POR), November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable September 12, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin Nathan or Mira Warrier, 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) 482-3834 or 202-482-
8031, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 13, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in
the Federal Register.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on
the Preliminary Results.\2\ On August 1, 2025, Commerce issued a Post-
Preliminary Analysis that made changes to the differential pricing
analysis method utilized in the Preliminary Results.\3\ We invited
interested parties to comment on the Post-Preliminary Analysis.\4\ For
a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results and Post-Preliminary Analysis, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A full discussion of the issues raised by parties
for these final results are discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\5\ 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>.
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\1\ See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic
of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 100963 (December 13, 2024) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Preliminary Results.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis,'' dated August
1, 2025 (Post-Preliminary Analysis).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Briefing Schedule for Post-Preliminary
Results,'' dated August 12, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 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>6</SUP>
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\6\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Circular
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea
(Korea), Mexico, and Venezuela, and Amendment to Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992) (Order).
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The product covered by the scope of the Order is CWP from Korea.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by
interested parties in this review are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix I.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain
changes to Hyundai Steel Company's (Hyundai Steel) and Husteel Co.,
Ltd.'s (Husteel) preliminary weighted-average dumping margin
calculations. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Selected Companies
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation, for guidance when calculating the weighted average
dumping margin for respondents that were not individually examined in
an administrative review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that
the all-others rate should be calculated by weight averaging the
weighted-average dumping margins determined for individually examined
respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on facts available. We calculated a weighted-average dumping
margin of zero for Hyundai Steel. Therefore, we have assigned the
dumping rate calculated for Husteel to the companies not selected for
individual examination in this review. See Appendix II.
Final Results of Administrative Review
We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period November 1, 2022, through October 31,
2023:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Husteel Co., Ltd............................................ 1.23
Hyundai Steel Company \7\................................... 0.00
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies \8\......... 1.23
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Disclosure
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\7\ 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) for information pertaining to the status
of Hyundai Steel's successor-in-interest. Following the completion
of these final results, the cash deposit rate applicable to Hyundai
Steel will be applicable to Hyundai Steel's successor-in-interest,
Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
\8\ See Appendix II.
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Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis
performed in connection with the final results of this administrative
review to interested parties within five days of any public
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days
of the publication date of this notice 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),
Commerce shall determine, 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.
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
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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).\9\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2).
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Because the weighted-average dumping margin for Husteel is not zero
or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we calculated importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rate based on the ratio of the total
amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales for each importer
to the total entered value of the same sales. Where an importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis, or a
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
Husteel or Hyundai Steel for which they did not know that the
merchandise was destined to the United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate those entries at the all-others rate of 4.80 percent, if
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\10\
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\10\ 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 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 in the Federal Register, as provided for
by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for
companies subject to this review will be the rates 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 segment
of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the
original investigation but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most recent period for the
producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be 4.80 percent, the all-others
rate established in the investigation.\11\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\11\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers
This notice 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 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 duties has occurred and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 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: September 8, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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 Commerce Should Continue to Grant Hyundai
Steel's Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset
Comment 2: Hyundai Steel's Cash Deposit Rate
Comment 3: Husteel's U.S. Selling Expenses
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Change Husteel's Cost File
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Grant Husteel a CEP Offset
Comment 6: Whether to Continue Applying the Differential Pricing
Methodology to the Final Results
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
1. Aju Besteel.
2. Bookook Steel.
3. Chang Won Bending.\12\
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\12\ We note that in the Initiation Notice, this company was
inadvertently listed as Chan Won Bending. The correct name is Chang
Won Bending.
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4. Dae Ryung.
5. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
6. Daiduck Piping.
7. Dong Yang Steel Pipe.
8. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.; Dongbu Steel.
9. EEW Korea Company.
10. Histeel Co., Ltd. Histeel.
11. Hyundai RB.
12. Kiduck Industries.
13. Kum Kang Kind.
14. Kumsoo Connecting.
15. Miju Steel Mfg.
16. NEXTEEL Co., Ltd.
17. Samkand M & T.
18. Seah FS.
19. SeAH Steel Corporation; Seah Steel.
20. Steel Flower.
21. YCP Co., Ltd.
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