Notice2025-17683
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Canada: Preliminary Results, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
September 12, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that large diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from Canada was sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) of May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Further, we preliminary find that Evraz Inc. NA (Evraz) had no reviewable shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. Finally, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review, in part, with respect to certain companies that had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44165-44167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17683]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-122-863]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Canada: Preliminary Results,
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Rescission, in Part, of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that large diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from Canada was sold in the
United States at less than normal value during the period of review
(POR) of May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Further, we preliminary
find that Evraz Inc. NA (Evraz) had no reviewable shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR. Finally, Commerce is rescinding this
administrative review, in part, with respect to certain companies that
had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR. We invite
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 12, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Hollander, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2805.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on LDWP from Canada.\1\ On July 5, 2024,
based on timely requests for review from the petitioner and Pipe &
Piling Supplies (Pipe & Piling),\2\ in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the Order
covering 41 exporters and/or producers.\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven
days.\4\ Further, on December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by an additional 90
days.\5\ On April 23, 2025, we extended the deadline for these
preliminary results to September 5, 2025.\6\ For a complete description
of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada: Antidumping Duty
Order, 84 FR 18775 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
\2\ In the 2022-2023 administrative review, Commerce found that
Pipe & Piling Supplies Ltd., 1045761 Ontario Ltd. (Operated as
Canadian Phoenix Steel Products), and Spiralco Inc. should be
collapsed and treated as a single entity (collectively, Pipe &
Piling). See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada: Preliminary
Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 44635 (May 21, 2024), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Large Diameter Welded
Pipe from Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
review; 2022-2023, (October 31, 2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 55567 (July 5, 2024). We note that
Commerce initiated reviews on two name variations for Pipe & Piling
(i.e., Pipe & Piling Sply Ltd. and Pipe & Piling Supplies), as well
as for Prudential (Prudental), Shaw Pipe Protection (Shaw Pipe
Protecction), and Lorenz Conveying Products (Lorenz Conveying P.).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
April 23, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the 2023-2024 Antidumping
Duty Order on Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this memorandum
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product subject to the Order is LDWP from Canada. A complete
description of the scope of the Order is contained in 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).
Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce preliminarily
relied entirely upon facts otherwise available with adverse inferences
for Pipe & Piling. For a complete description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A
list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached in Appendix I of this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum is available at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Rescission of Review, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication of
the notice of initiation in the Federal Register. On October 3, 2024,
the petitioner timely withdrew its request for review of Canam (St
Gedeon).\8\ Because no other party requested a review of this company,
Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to Canam (St Gedeon),
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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\8\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Partial Withdraw of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated October 3, 2024. We note that while
the petitioner also withdrew its request for review of Pipe & Piling
Sply Ltd and Pipe & Piling Supplies, Pipe & Piling also requested
its own review.
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Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no reviewable entries of subject
merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.
Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended
entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the
POR.\9\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there
must be at least one reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the
AD assessment rate calculated for the review period.\10\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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On May 20, 2025, we notified parties of our intent to rescind this
administrative review, in part, with respect to the companies listed in
Appendix II because there were no suspended entries of subject
merchandise produced or exported by
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these companies during the POR.\11\ We invited interested parties to
comment on our intent to rescind the review, in part; \12\ however, we
received no comments from interested parties. Therefore, in the absence
of any suspended entries of subject merchandise from the companies
listed in Appendix II during the POR, we are rescinding this review, in
part, with respect to these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
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\11\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in
Part,'' dated May 20, 2025.
\12\ Id.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Based on record information, we preliminarily determine that Evraz
did not have knowledge that subject merchandise it produced was
destined for the United States and thus Evraz is not considered the
exporter of subject merchandise during the POR for the purposes of this
review. Therefore, we preliminarily determine that Evraz made no
shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. Consistent with
Commerce's practice, we find that it is not appropriate to rescind the
review with respect to Evraz, but rather to complete the review and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of
this review.\13\
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\13\ See, e.g., Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from
Taiwan; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2014-2015, 81
FR 71057, 71058 (October 14, 2016), unchanged in Narrow Woven
Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan; Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No
Shipments; 2014-2015, 82 FR 18432, 18433 (April 19, 2017).
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2023,
through April 30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer and/or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Pipe & Piling Supplies Ltd.; 1045761 Ontario Ltd.; Spiralco 50.89
Inc.......................................................
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the preliminary results within five days
of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of
preliminary results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). However, because Commerce preliminarily applied total
adverse facts available (AFA) to the sole mandatory respondent (i.e.,
Pipe & Piling), in accordance with section 776 of the Act, and the
applied AFA rate is based solely on the petition, there are no
calculations to disclose.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to not later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\14\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\15\ 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.\16\ All briefs must be filed electronically 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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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\15\ 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).
\16\ 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 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.\17\ 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 determination in this review. We request that
interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended
certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in
19 CFR 351.303(f).\18\
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\17\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\18\ 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, by 5 p.m. Eastern time, within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. 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 interested parties of the scheduled date for
the hearing.\19\
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\19\ 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 via ACCESS.\20\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety in 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).\21\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\21\ See APO and Service Final Rule, 88 FR at 67069.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, upon completion of the
final results, Commerce shall determine and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\22\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP
regarding Pipe & Piling and Evraz no earlier than 41 days after the
date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a). 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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\22\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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With respect to the companies listed in Appendix II for which are
rescinding this review, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at rates equal to the
cash deposit rate of estimated antidumping duties required at the time
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the
POR, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). For these companies,
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 41 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results
of review in the Federal Register.
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 in the Federal
Register of the notice of final results of administrative review, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate
for Pipe & Piling will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this review; (2) for merchandise
exported by a company 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 in which they were reviewed; (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 company-
specific rate established for the completed segment for the most recent
period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 12.32
percent, the all-others rate established in the final determination of
the less-than-fair value investigation.\23\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\23\ See Order, 85 FR at 18776.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the
results of its analysis of the issues raised by interested parties in
written briefs, within 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).
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 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
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 5, 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
V. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies for Which Commerce Is Rescinding the Review
1. Acier Profile SBB Inc.
2. Aciers Lague Steels Inc.
3. Amdor Inc.
4. BPC Services Group
5. Bri-Steel Manufacturing
6. Canada Culvert
7. Canam (St Gedeon)
8. Cappco Tubular Products Canada Inc.
9. CFI Metal Inc.
10. Dominion Pipe & Piling
11. Enduro Canada Pipeline Services
12. Fi Oilfield Services Canada
13. Forterra
14. Gchem Ltd.
15. Graham Construction
16. Groupe Fordia Inc.
17. Grupo Fordia Inc.
18. Hodgson Custom Rolling
19. Hyprescon Inc.
20. Interpipe Inc.
21. K K Recycling Services
22. Kobelt Manufacturing Co.
23. Labrie Environment
24. Les Aciers Sofatec
25. Lorenz Conveying P.
26. Lorenz Conveying Products
27. Matrix Manufacturing
28. MBI Produits De Forge
29. Nor Arc
30. Peak Drilling Ltd.
31. Pipe Protecction
32. Prudental
33. Prudential
34. Shaw Pipe Protection
35. Tenaris Algoma Tubes Facility
36. Tenaris Prudential
37. Welded Tube of Can Ltd.
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