Notice2026-05467
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
March 20, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (pipe and tube) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13588-13590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05467]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-880]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results 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 heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (pipe
and tube) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold at less than
normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023,
through August 31, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on
these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable March 20, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kayden Jenson, 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) 482-0967.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 13, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty (AD) order on pipe and tube from Korea.\1\ On
October 17, 2024, based on timely requests for review, and in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the Order covering four producers and exporters of the
subject merchandise.\2\
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\1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865 (September 13, 2016)
(Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 83644 (October 17, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the
preliminary results in this administrative review by 90 days.\3\ On
August 5, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary
results of this administrative review by 120 days.\4\ Additionally, due
to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on
November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\5\ 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.\6\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final
results is now March 9, 2026.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 5,
2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\6\ 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 review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached 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 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Heavy
Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 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
The merchandise subject to the Order is certain heavy walled
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from Korea. For a full
description of the scope of the Order, see 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).
Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772
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.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no entries of subject merchandise
during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.\8\ Normally, upon
completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are
liquidated at the antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\9\ Therefore, for an administrative review of a company
to be conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the
antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the POR.
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\8\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea:
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January
24, 2023).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), on February 25, 2026, we
notified parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review
regarding NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL) because there were no suspended
entries of subject merchandise produced or exported by it during the
POR and we
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invited interested parties to comment.\10\ No parties commented on our
intent to rescind the review, in part. Therefore, in the absence of any
suspended entries of subject merchandise from NEXTEEL during the POR,
we are rescinding this administrative review with regard to NEXTEEL, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review in
Part,'' dated February 24, 2026.
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Review-Specific Rate for Company Not Selected for Individual
Examination
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 rate 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 weighted-average dumping margins for individually
examined respondents 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 review, Commerce preliminarily calculated
a weighted-average dumping margin of zero for Dong-a-Steel Co., Ltd.
(DOSCO) and HiSteel Co., Ltd. (HiSteel). Accordingly, we have
preliminarily determined, as a reasonable method, to assign the most
recently calculated non-de minimis estimated weighted-average dumping
margin to the non-selected company.\11\ For a full discussion of the
rate for the non-selected company, Kukje Steel Co., Ltd., see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\11\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 5 FR 41538, 41539 (July 10, 2020).
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the
period September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Dong-a-Steel Co., Ltd....................................... 0.00
HiSteel Co., Ltd............................................ 0.00
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd........................................ 35.11
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Disclosure
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.\12\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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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 no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\13\ 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.\14\ 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.\15\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c); 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 Procedures).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also APO and Service Procedures.
\15\ 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.\16\ 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 results in this administrative
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).\17\
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\16\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\17\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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. Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address,
and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; 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. A hearing request must be
received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold a hearing
at a time and date to be determined and will notify the parties through
ACCESS.\18\ Parties should confirm the date, time, and location of the
hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\18\ 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 using ACCESS.\19\ An electronically-
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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 entries of subject merchandise covered by
this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable.\20\ 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 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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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), if DOSCO or HiSteel's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
percent) in the final results of this review, we intend to calculate
importer-specific ad valorem antidumping 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 those same sales. If DOSCO
or HiSteel's weighted-average dumping margin in the final results is
zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an
importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19
CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by DOSCO or HiSteel for
which it did not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary
(e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the
United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
those entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 3.24 percent) calculated in
the original LTFV investigation \21\ if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\22\
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\21\ See Order, 81 FR at 62865.
\22\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For Kukje Steel Co., Ltd., the company that was not selected for
individual examination, we intend to assign an assessment rate based on
the weighted-average dumping margin calculated in the final results of
this review for DOSCO and HiSteel, unless that rate is zero or de
minimis, in which case we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate relevant
entries based on the methodology explained in the ``Rate for Non-
Selected Company'' section.
For the company for which we are rescinding this review, NEXTEEL,
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, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue
these assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of
this administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act:
(1) the cash deposit rate for DOSCO and HiSteel will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margins 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
reviewed or investigated companies not participating in this review,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in
which the company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review, or the LTFV investigation, but
the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit
rate established in 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 3.24 percent, the
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\23\ These
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\23\ See Order.
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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 issues raised by interested parties in the
written comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary
results in the Federal Register.\24\
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\24\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19 CFR
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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 review period. 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) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 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
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rate for Non-Selected Company
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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