Notice2026-09459
Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results, Intent To Rescind, in Part, and Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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Published
May 13, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were not provided to SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH Steel), a producer and exporter of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. In addition, Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect to four companies. Further, Commerce intends to rescind this review with respect to Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Pipe). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27019-27021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09459]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-913]
Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary
Results, Intent To Rescind, in Part, and Rescission, in Part, of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable subsidies were not provided to SeAH
Steel Corporation (SeAH Steel), a producer and exporter of oil country
tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of
review (POR) is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. In
addition, Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect to
four companies. Further, Commerce intends to rescind this review with
respect to Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Pipe). Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable May 13, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Janz, 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) 482-2972.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 18, 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 countervailing duty (CVD) order on OCTG from Korea.\1\ In
January and February 2025, AJU Besteel Co., Ltd. (AJU Besteel); ILJIN
Steel Corporation (ILJIN); Kumkang Kind Co., Ltd. (Kumkang Kind); and
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL) timely withdrew their requests for
review.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 102856 (December 18, 2024); see also
Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea and the Russian
Federation: Countervailing Duty Orders, 87 FR 70782 (November 21,
2022) (Order).
\2\ See AJU Besteel's Letter, ``Withdrawal Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated February 3, 2025; see also ILJIN's
Letter, ``Withdrawal Request for Administrative Review,'' dated
February 3, 2025; Kumkang Kind's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated February 4, 2025; and NEXTEEL's
Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated
January 22, 2025.
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the
preliminary results in administrative reviews for which the opportunity
to request the review was published in November or December 2024 by 90
days.\3\ The opportunity notice to request this administrative review
was published on November 1, 2024.\4\ On September 29, 2025, Commerce
extended the time period for issuing these preliminary results by 120
days, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).\5\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 87338 (November
1, 2024).
\5\ See Memorandum, '' Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
September 29, 2025.
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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,\6\ and, 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.\7\ Accordingly, the deadline for
these preliminary results is now May 7, 2026.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\7\ 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.\8\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as the 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea;
2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is OCTG from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties that
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date
of publication of the notice of initiation. As noted above, Commerce
received timely-filed withdrawal requests with respect to the following
companies: AJU Besteel, ILJIN, Kumkang Kind, and NEXTEEL. Therefore, we
are rescinding this administrative review with respect to these
companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Intent To Rescind the Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce's practice is to rescind
an administrative review of a CVD order, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3), 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 CVD assessment rate calculated for the
POR.\9\ Therefore, for an administrative review of a company to be
conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce
can instruct U.S.
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the CVD assessment
rate calculated for the POR.\10\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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According to the CBP import data on the record, Hyundai Pipe did
not have reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for
which liquidation is suspended.\11\ Accordingly, in the absence of
reviewable, suspended of entries of subject merchandise during the POR,
we intend to rescind this administrative review with respect to Hyundai
Pipe, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\11\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Entry Data,'' dated January 7, 2025.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs
found countervailable, Commerce preliminarily determines that there is
a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and the subsidy is
specific.\12\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\12\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following net countervailable subsidy rate exists for the POR, January
1, 2023, through December 31, 2023:
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Subsidy rate (percent ad
Company valorem)
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SeAH Steel Corporation \13\............... 0.13 (de minimis).
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Disclosure
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\13\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
Commerce has found the following company to be cross-owned with SeAH
Steel: SeAH Steel Holding Corporation.
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Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these 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 this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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.\14\ 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.\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 (ET) 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 Procedures).
\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), we 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 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).\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 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 by 5:00 p.m. ET 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; (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.\19\
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and CBP
shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review.
For the companies listed above for which this review is being
rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties
on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of
estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to
CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding
SeAH Steel and Hyundai Pipe 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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amount indicated above with regard to shipments of
subject merchandise produced and/or exported by SeAH Steel entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this administrative review. If the
rate calculated in the final results is zero or de minimis, no cash
deposit will be required on shipments of the subject merchandise
produced and/or exported by SeAH Steel entered or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this
review.
For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate of
the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the company or the
all-others rate, as appropriate. These cash deposit instructions, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the
final results of administrative review, including the results of our
analysis of the issues raised by the parties in their written briefs,
no later than 120 days after publication of these preliminary results,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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, 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 7, 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. Diversification of Korea's Economy
V. Intent to Rescind, In Part
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-09459 Filed 5-12-26; 8:45 am]
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