Notice2026-05352
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Canada: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review
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Published
March 19, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) to determine if Interpro Pipe & Steel Inc. (Interpro) is the successor-in-interest to Evraz Inc. NA Canada (Evraz) in the context of the antidumping duty (AD) order on large diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from Canada.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13288-13289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05352]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-122-863]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Canada: Notice of Initiation of
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a
changed circumstances review (CCR) to determine if Interpro Pipe &
Steel Inc. (Interpro) is the successor-in-interest to Evraz Inc. NA
Canada (Evraz) in the context of the antidumping duty (AD) order on
large diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from Canada.
DATES: Applicable March 19, 2026.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Whitley Herndon, 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) 482-6274.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register an AD
order on LDWP from Canada.\1\ On January 26, 2026, Interpro requested
that, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), Commerce
conduct an expedited CCR to determine that Interpro is the successor-
in-interest to Evraz and accordingly to assign it the cash deposit rate
of Evraz.\2\ In its submission, Interpro stated that, effective July
31, 2025, Evraz underwent a change in corporate name and ownership when
it was acquired by an American private equity firm and it now operates
essentially the same business under the name Interpro.\3\
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada: Antidumping Duty
Order, 84 FR 18777 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Interpro's Letter, ``Interpro Pipe & Steel Inc.'s
Request for a Changed Circumstances Review in Large Diameter Welded
Pipe from Canada,'' dated January 26, 2026 (Interpro's CCR Request).
\3\ Id.
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Scope of the Order
The product subject to the Order is LDWP from Canada.\4\
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\4\ For a complete description of the scope, see Order, 84 FR at
18775-76.
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Initiation of CCR
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d),
Commerce conducts a CCR upon receipt of information concerning, or a
request from, an interested party for a review of an AD order which
shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the
order. The information submitted by Interpro supporting its claim that
it is the successor-in-interest Evraz demonstrates changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant the initiation of such a review.\5\
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.216(d) and (e), we are initiating a CCR.
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\5\ See Interpro's CCR Request.
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In making a successor-in-interest determination, Commerce examines
several factors, including, but not limited to, changes in the
following: (1) management; (2) production facilities; (3) supplier
relationships; and (4) customer base.\6\ While no single factor or
combination of factors will necessarily provide a dispositive
indication of a successor-in-interest relationship, generally, Commerce
will consider the new company to be the successor to the previous
company if the new company's resulting operation is not materially
dissimilar to that of its predecessor.\7\ Thus, if the record evidence
demonstrates that, with respect to the production and sale of the
subject merchandise, the new company operates as the same business
entity as the predecessor company, Commerce may assign the new company
the cash deposit rate of its predecessor.\8\
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\6\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India:
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 81 FR 75376 (October 31, 2016), unchanged in
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Notice of Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 81 FR 90774
(December 15, 2016).
\7\ Id.
\8\ Id.; see also Notice of Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, 67 FR 58, 59 (January 2, 2002);
Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France: Final Results of
Changed-Circumstances Review, 75 FR 34688, 34689 (June 18, 2010);
and Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea;
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances
Review, 63 FR 14679 (March 26, 1998), unchanged in Circular Welded
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea; Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, 63 FR 20572 (April 27, 1998), in which
Commerce found that a company which only changed its name and did
not change its operations is a successor-in-interest to the company
before it changed its name.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), Commerce may combine the
notices of initiation and preliminary results of a CCR into a single
notice if it concludes the expedited action is warranted. We have
determined that it is appropriate to further consider, and potentially
seek additional information regarding, certain factors noted above that
Commerce examines successor-in-interest CCRs. Therefore, we have
determined that expedited action is not warranted and we have not
combined the notice of preliminary results of the CCR with this notice.
Commerce intends to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the
preliminary results of this CCR, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i), which will set forth Commerce's
preliminary factual and legal conclusions. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties will have an opportunity to
comment on the preliminary results.
Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this CCR within 270 days after the date of initiation, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.216(e).
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1)
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b) and 351.221(b)(1).
Dated: March 10, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2026-05352 Filed 3-18-26; 8:45 am]
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