Notice2026-09467
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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May 13, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel) and Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (HSP) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2023, through October 31, 2024. Commerce preliminarily determines that Husteel Co., Ltd. (Husteel) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than NV during the POR. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 14 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27029-27032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09467]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-809]
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe 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
determines that Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel) and Hyundai Steel
Pipe Co., Ltd. (HSP) made sales of subject merchandise at less than
normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2023,
through October 31, 2024. Commerce preliminarily determines that
Husteel Co., Ltd. (Husteel) did not make sales of subject merchandise
at less than NV during the POR. In addition, we are rescinding the
review with respect to 14 companies. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 13, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin Nathan or Mira Warrier, 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) 482-3834 or (202)
482-8031, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 18, 2024, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel
pipe (CWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea).\1\ On February 6, 2025,
Commerce selected Hyundai Steel/HSP \2\ and Husteel as the mandatory
respondents in this review.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 102860 (December 18, 2024); see also
Notice of Antidumping Orders: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and
Venezuela, and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from
Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992). (Order).
\2\ 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) (Hyundai Steel CCR), determining that
Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai
Steel Company.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated February 6,
2026.
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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\ On November 21, 2025, Commerce postponed the
preliminary determination of this administrative review by 120 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 the preliminary results is now May 7,
2026.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023- 2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated November 21, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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On March 30, 2026, Commerce notified interested parties of our
intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to 14
companies that have no reviewable suspended entries.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in
Part,'' dated March 27, 2026 (Intend to Rescind Memorandum).
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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 the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a
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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 in Antidumping Administrative Review of Circular Welded Non-
Alloy Steel Pipe 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 CWP 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)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an antidumping duty order where it
concludes that there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.\9\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative
review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the antidumping duty
assessment rate for the review period.\10\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable,
suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD assessment rate calculated for
the POR.\11\ Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to
rescind the instant review regarding the 14 companies listed in
Appendix III because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of
subject merchandise from these companies during the POR and invited
interested parties to comment.\12\ No party commented on this
memorandum. In the absence of any suspended entries of subject
merchandise from these companies during the POR, we are rescinding this
administrative review for the companies listed in Appendix III, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\9\ See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to Length
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. United States,
380 F.Supp.3d 1328, 1337 (CIT 2019), at 12 (referring to section
751(a) of the Act, the U.S. Court of International Trade held that
``{w{time} hile the statute does not explicitly require that an
entry be suspended as a prerequisite for establishing entitlement to
a review, it does explicitly state the determined rate will be used
as the liquidation rate for the reviewed entries. This result can
only obtain if the liquidation of entries has been suspended''; see
also Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 86 FR 36102, and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; and Solid
Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation:
Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77
FR 65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that ``for an administrative
review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry
to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment rate'').
\12\ See Intend to Rescind Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
NV 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-Individually Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a rate to apply 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 market economy 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 rates that are zero,
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), or determined entirely on the
basis of facts available. Where the weighted-average dumping margin for
each of the individually examined companies is zero, de minimis, or
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, including averaging the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually
investigated.''
For these preliminary results, because the rate calculated for
Husteel is zero, we are preliminarily assigning to the six companies
under review that were not selected for individual examination a
dumping margin based on the rate calculated for HSP.\13\
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\13\ See Appendix II for a list of the companies not selected
for individual examination.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the
period November 1, 2023, through October 31, 2024:
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
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Husteel Co., Ltd.................................... 0.00
Hyundai Steel Company; Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., 4.19
Ltd.\14\...........................................
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review \15\... 4.19
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Disclosure
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\14\ For information pertaining to the status of Hyundai Steel's
successor-in-interest, see Hyundai Steel CCR. As explained above,
following the completion of the final results of this review, the
cash deposit rate applicable to Hyundai Steel will be applicable to
Hyundai Steel's successor-in-interest, Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
\15\ The exporters or producers not selected for individual
review are listed in Appendix II.
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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).
Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to
verify the information relied upon in making its final results.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
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Compliance no later than seven days after the date on which the last
verification report is issued in this review. 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.\16\ 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.\17\ 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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\16\ 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).
\17\ 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.\18\ 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).\19\
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\18\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\19\ 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. 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 (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the
hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request
for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled
date for the hearing.\20\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review.
If Husteel or Hyundai Steel/HSP's weighted-average dumping margin
is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final
results of this review, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total
entered value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for
all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to
the total quantity of those sales.\21\ To determine whether an
importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
If Husteel or Hyundai Steel/HSP's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\22\
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\22\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Husteel
or Hyundai Steel/HSP for which they did not know that the merchandise
was destined for the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate those entries at the all-others rate calculated in the less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\23\
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\23\ 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 the companies listed in Appendix II which were not selected for
individual review, we will assign an assessment rate based on the
review-specific rate, calculated as noted in the ``Rate for Non-
Individually Examined Companies'' section, above. 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 duties, where applicable.\24\
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\24\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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For the companies listed in Appendix III for which the review is
being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed
at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(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
Hyundai Steel/HSP and Husteel and the companies listed in Appendix II
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
The following 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 by 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
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merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 4.80 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\25\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 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 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Review-Specific Rate Applicable to Companies Not Selected for
Individual Review
1. Aju Besteel
2. Kumkang Kind Co., Ltd.
3. Miju Steel Manufacturing
4. NEXTEEL Co., Ltd.
5. SeAH FS
6. SeAH Steel Corporation
Appendix III
Companies Rescinded From Review
1. Bookook Steel
2. Chang Won Bending
3. Dae Ryung Corporation
4. Daiduck Piping Co. Ltd.
5. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
6. Dong Yang Steel Pipe
7. EEW Korea Company
8. HiSteel Co., Ltd.
9. Hyundai RB
10. Kiduck Industries
11. Kumsoo Connecting Co., Ltd.
12. Samkang M&T
13. Steel Flower Co., Ltd.
14. YCP Co., Ltd.
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