Notice2026-00597
Welded Stainless Steel Pressure Pipe From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
January 14, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the Vietnam-wide entity made sales of welded stainless steel pressure pipe (WSSP) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Additionally, Commerce intends to rescind the review, in part, with respect to five companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of this review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1502-1505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00597]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-552-816]
Welded Stainless Steel Pressure Pipe From the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the
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
determines that the Vietnam-wide entity made sales of welded stainless
steel pressure pipe (WSSP) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(Vietnam) at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR) July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Additionally, Commerce
intends to rescind the review, in part, with respect to five companies.
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of
this review.
DATES: Applicable January 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Caruso, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 21, 2014, Commerce published the Order on WSSP from
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Vietnam.\1\ On August 14, 2024, pursuant to a timely request for review
by the Felker Brothers Corporation and Primus Pipe & Tube, Inc.
(collectively, the petitioners), Commerce published the notice of
initiation of the ninth administrative review of the Order.\2\ Commerce
initiated this administrative review covering the following six
exporters of subject merchandise: (1) Sonha International Corporation
(Sonha International); (2) Mejonson Industrial Vietnam Co., Ltd.
(Mejonson); (3) Sonha SSP Vietnam Sole Member Co. Limited (Sonha SSP);
(4) Vinasteel Production Joint Stock Company (Vinasteel); (5) Vinlong
Stainless Steel (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. (Vinlong); and (6) the Vietnam-wide
Entity.\3\ On September 17, 2024, the petitioners withdrew their review
requests for all exporters except for Mejonson, Vinasteel, and the
Vietnam-wide entity.\4\
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\1\ See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from Malaysia, Thailand,
and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders, 79
FR 42289 (July 21, 2014) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 66035 (August 14, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\3\ Id., 89 FR at 66041.
\4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated September 17, 2024 (Petitioners'
Withdrawal of Review Request).
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the
preliminary results in this administrative review by 90 days.\5\ On
June 16, 2025, we extended the deadline for the preliminary results of
this administrative review until October 29, 2025.\6\ Due to the lapse
in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47
days.\7\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that were
electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS)
during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce
tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21
days.\8\ Accordingly, the deadline for the preliminary results is now
January 5, 2026.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results,'' dated June 16, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\9\ A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via 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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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Welded Stainless
Steel Pressure Pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; 2023-
2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this Order is circular welded austenitic
stainless pressure pipe, not greater than 14 inches in outside
diameter, from Vietnam. A full description of the scope of the Order is
contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Partial Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
the publication of the notice of initiation. We received the
petitioners' timely withdrawal of the request for review, which stated
that all requests for review of Sonha International, Sonha SSP, and
Vinlong were fully withdrawn and that Commerce should, therefore,
rescind this review with respect to these three companies.\10\
Accordingly, we find that all requests for review of Sonha
International, Sonha SSP, and Vinlong were timely withdrawn within 90
days of the publication of the Initiation Notice, and we are rescinding
this review with respect to these three companies, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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\10\ See Petitioners' Withdrawal of Review Request.
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As noted above, we initiated this review with respect to six
entities and the petitioners timely withdrew their request for a review
of three of these entities, i.e., Sonha International, Sonha SSP, and
Vinlong.\11\ During the course of the review, we selected one mandatory
respondent, i.e., the Vietnam-wide entity. Consequently, there are two
companies upon which a review was requested, not withdrawn, and which
were not selected for individual examination.
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\11\ See Initiation Notice; see also Petitioners' Withdrawal of
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no reviewable suspended entries.
Based on our analysis of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
information, the two remaining companies listed in the Initiation
Notice (i.e., Mejonson and Vinasteel), for which the review request was
not withdrawn, had no entries of subject merchandise during the
POR.\12\ On January 30, 2025, Commerce notified interested parties of
our intent to rescind this administrative review, including these two
companies.\13\ No interested party commented on our intent to rescind
this administrative review with respect to Mejonson and Vinasteel. As
such, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to Mejonson and
Vinasteel in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\12\ See Initiation Notice at 66041; see also Memorandum,
``Release of Customs Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection,''
dated September 11, 2024 (CBP Data Memorandum).
\13\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review,''
dated January 30, 2025.
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The Vietnam-Wide Entity
Under Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the
Vietnam-wide entity,\14\ the Vietnam-wide entity will not be under
review unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-
initiates, a review of the entity. The petitioners \15\ requested a
review of the Vietnam-wide entity in the instant review; therefore, the
Vietnam-wide entity is under review.
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\14\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\15\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated July 31, 2024.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). Pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has
preliminarily assigned a weighted average dumping margin to the
Vietnam-wide entity based upon total facts otherwise available with
adverse inferences. For a full description of the methodology
underlying the preliminary results of this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average
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dumping margin exists for the period July 1, 2023, through June 30,
2024:
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Weighted-average
Exporter dumping margin
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Vietnam-wide Entity................................. 90.80
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Normally, Commerce discloses to parties to the proceeding the
calculations performed in connection with a preliminary results of
review within five days of any public announcement of the preliminary
results or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the
date of publication of the notice of preliminary results of review in
the Federal Register,in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However,
because Commerce preliminarily applied a weighted-average dumping
margin based on total adverse facts available (AFA) to the individually
examined entity in this administrative review, in accordance with
section 776 of the Act, and assigned an AFA rate equal to the highest
margin alleged in the underlying petition, as listed in the
Investigation Initiation,\16\ there are no calculations to disclose.
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\16\ See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from Malaysia, Thailand,
and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping
Duty Investigations, 78 FR 35253, 35257 (June 12, 2013)
(Investigation Initiation).
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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 no later than 21 days after the
date of publication of this notice.\17\ 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.\18\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review must submit: (1) a statement
of the issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\19\ 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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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\18\ 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).
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\20\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the 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 each issue. 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\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\21\ 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 requesting party's name,
address, and telephone number; (2) the number of individuals associated
with the requesting party that will attend the hearing and whether any
of those individuals is a foreign national; and (3) a list of the
issues the party intends to discuss at the hearing. 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 intends to hold
the hearing at a time and date to be determined. Parties should confirm
by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days
before the scheduled date. An electronically filed hearing request must
be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic
records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Commerce
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days
after the 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).
If Commerce continues to base the Vietnam-wide entity's weighted-
average dumping margin upon total facts otherwise available, with
adverse inferences, in the final results of this review, then Commerce
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at the rate determined
in the final results of review the Vietnam-wide entity.
However, if the Vietnam-wide entity's final weighted-average
dumping margin is not based on total facts otherwise available, with
adverse inferences, Commerce intends to calculate the entity rate by
dividing the total amount of dumping for reviewed sales to U.S.
customers by the total quantity of sales by the Vietnam-wide entity.
Commerce will calculate an estimated ad valorem entity-wide assessment
rate to determine whether the per-unit assessment rate is de minimis;
however, it will instruct CBP to apply the per-unit assessment
rate.\22\
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\22\ See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
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Pursuant to a refinement to Commerce's assessment practice, for
sales that were not reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by a
respondent individually examined during this review, Commerce will
instruct CBP to liquidate the entry of such merchandise at the dumping
assessment rate assigned to the Vietnam-wide entity.\23\
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\23\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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For the companies for which this review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit 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)(l)(i). For the companies rescinded
from review, Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP
35 days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 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 deposits of estimated antidumping
duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
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administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise from
Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the notice of the final results of
administrative review in the Federal Register, as provided for by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the companies that have a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that rate established in
the final results of this review (except, if the rate is de minimis,
then a cash deposit rate of zero will be required); (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese exporters for
which a review was not requested and that received a separate rate in a
prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue
to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Vietnamese
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for
the Vietnam-wide entity (i.e., 90.8 percent); and (4) for all non-
Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise that have not received
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to
the Vietnamese exporter that supplied that non-Vietnamese exporter.
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, which will include the results
of its analysis of issues raised in case and rebuttal briefs, within
120 days of these preliminary results of review in the Federal
Register, pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the
amount of the countervailing 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
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: January 5, 2026.
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
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Recission of Administrative Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation
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