Notice2026-05001
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
March 16, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold in the United States at prices below normal value. The period of review (POR) is September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12575-12577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05001]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-870]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results 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 certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of
Korea (Korea) were not sold in the United States at prices below normal
value. The period of review (POR) is September 1, 2023, through August
31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 16, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Hedberg, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0955.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
These preliminary results are made in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce
published the notice of initiation of this administrative review on
October 17, 2024.\1\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 90 days.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 83644 (October 17, 2024).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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On August 8, 2025, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, Commerce extended the preliminary results of review until December
9, 2025.\3\ Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government
shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative proceedings by 47 days.\4\ 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.\5\ On February 10 and March 2,
2026, we extended the preliminary results of this review by an
additional 13 days and seven days, respectively.\6\ Accordingly, the
current deadline for the preliminary results of this review is March 9,
2026.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 8,
2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 25, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated February
10, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\7\ 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 accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea;
2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>8</SUP>
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\8\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the
Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain Oil
Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR
53691 (September 10, 2014) (Order).
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The product covered by the Order is OCTG from Korea. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(2) of the Act. Commerce has calculated export
prices and constructed export prices in accordance with sections 772(a)
and (b) of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with
section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Selected Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the rate to be
applied to companies not selected for individual examination when
Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section
735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for
guidance when calculating the weighted-average dumping margin for
companies which were not selected for individual examination in an
administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-
others rate is normally an amount equal to the weighted average of the
estimated weighted average dumping margins established for exporters
and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de
minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely on the basis of
facts available. Where the rates for the individually examined
companies are zero, de minimis, or determined based entirely on facts
available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides that Commerce may
use ``any reasonable method to establish the estimated all-others rate
for exporters and producers not individually investigated . . .''
In this administrative review, Commerce preliminarily calculated
weighted-average dumping margins of for each of the mandatory
respondents, NEXTEEL and SeAH, of zero percent.
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Accordingly, we have preliminarily determined, as a reasonable method,
to continue to assign the estimated weighted-average dumping margins
currently in effect to the non-selected companies subject to review or
if rate is de minimis the last above de minimis rate applied to the
non-selected companies. For a full discussion of the rates for non-
selected companies, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period September 1, 2023, through August
31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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NEXTEEL Co., Ltd........................................... 0.00
SeAH Steel Corporation..................................... 0.00
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies:
AJU Besteel Co., Ltd................................... 1.18
Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd.................................. 1.18
HiSteel Co., Ltd....................................... 0.77
Husteel Co., Ltd....................................... 1.18
Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.\9\........................ 1.18
ILJIN Steel Corporation................................ 1.18
K Steel Corporation.................................... 1.18
Keonwoo Metals Co., Ltd................................ 1.18
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd................................... 1.18
Kumkang Kind Co., Ltd.................................. 11.70
MSTEEL Co., Ltd........................................ 1.18
Nissei Trading Co., Ltd................................ 1.18
POSCO International Corporation........................ 1.18
Sung Won Steel Co., Ltd................................ 1.18
TGS Pipe Co. Ltd....................................... 1.18
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\9\ Commerce previously determined that Hyundai Steel Pipe Co.,
Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel Company and
should receive the cash deposit rate previously assigned 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). Accordingly, we have not included
Hyundai Steel Company in the rate chart above.
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Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed for these preliminary results to interested parties within
five days after public announcement, or if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.\10\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment
Because Commerce intends to solicit additional information from
interested parties, Commerce will notify interested parties of the
deadline for submission of case briefs at a later date.\11\ 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.\12\
Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and
(2) a table of authorities.\13\
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\11\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the filing of case
briefs.
\12\ 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).
\13\ 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.\14\ 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 public 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).\15\
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\14\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\15\ 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 5:00 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
the 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, parties will be notified of the time and date for
the hearing.\16\
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\16\ 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.\17\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety via 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).\18\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\18\ 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 of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate
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entries covered by this review.\19\ For any individually examined
respondents whose weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis
(i.e., greater than or equal to 0.5 percent) in the final results of
this review, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem duty
assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping
duties calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of
the examined sales to that importer, and we will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each
respondent for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\20\ Where the individually
selected respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de
minimis, or an importer- specific assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\20\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we
intend to assign an assessment rate based on the methodology described
in the ``Rates for Non-Examined Companies'' section. The final results
of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping
duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review where
applicable.
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.\21\ 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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\21\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue
Liquidation Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 884 (January
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash 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 rate for the companies
listed above will be that established in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or
reviewed companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the
company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or the LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent
segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to
be 5.24 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\22\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\22\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of
Korea: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony with Final
Determination, 81 FR 59603 (August 30, 2016).
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Final Results of the Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any 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).
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
Commerce is issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2)
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: March 9, 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 I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Intent to Rescind, in Part
V. Rates for Non-Selected Companies
VI. Affiliation
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation
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