Notice2026-09708
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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Published
May 14, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that producers and/or exporters of large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27246-27248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09708]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-898]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers and/or exporters of large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe)
from the Republic of Korea (Korea) received countervailable subsidies
during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2023, through December
31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable May 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon James, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7472.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 11, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary Results
of this administrative review in the Federal Register and invited
interested parties to comment.\1\ Due to the lapse in appropriations
and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled
all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days,\2\ and, due to
a backlog of documents that were administratively 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
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additional 21 days.\3\ On February 18, 2026, Commerce extended the
deadline for the final results an additional 51 days.\4\ Accordingly,
the deadline for these final results is now May 8, 2026.\5\ For a
complete description of the events that occurred after the Preliminary
Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\ The Issues and
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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/FRnotices">https://access.trade.gov/FRnotices</a>.
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2023, 90 FR 44017 (September 11, 2025)
(Preliminary Results) and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated February 18,
2026.
\5\ Id.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea; 2023,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>7</SUP>
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\7\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea:
Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 18773 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is welded pipe. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in interested parties' briefs are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised by
parties in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the
appendix to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the case and rebuttal briefs and the
evidence on the record, we made no changes from the Preliminary
Results.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we find that there
is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.\8\ For a full description of the methodology underlying
Commerce's conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\8\ 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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Rate for Non-Selected Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not directly address the
subsidy rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual
examination where Commerce limits its examination in an administrative
review pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, Commerce
normally determines the rates for non-selected companies in reviews in
a manner that is consistent with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation. Section 777A(e)(2) of the Act provides that ``the
individual countervailable subsidy rates determined under subparagraph
(A) shall be used to determine the all-others rate under section
705(c)(5) {of the Act{time} .'' Section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act states
that for companies not investigated, in general, we will determine an
all-others rate by weight averaging the countervailable subsidy rates
established for each of the companies individually investigated,
excluding zero and de minimis rates or any rates based solely on facts
otherwise available. There are eight companies for which a review was
requested and not rescinded, and which were not selected as mandatory
respondents or found to be cross-owned with a mandatory respondent. For
these companies, because the rate calculated for mandatory respondent,
Hyundai RB, is above de minimis and not based entirely on facts
available, we are applying a subsidy rate based on net subsidy rate
calculated for Hyundai RB to the non-selected companies under review,
consistent with our practice pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A) of the
Act.
Final Results of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we determine the following
net countervailable subsidy rates exist for the POR January 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Hyundai RB Co., Ltd.\9\................................. 0.79
SeAH Steel Corporation \10\............................. * 0.41
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Review-Specific Average Rate For Non-Selected Companies \11\
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AJU Besteel Co., Ltd.................................... 0.79
Chang Won Bending Co., Ltd.............................. 0.79
Dong Yang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd........................... 0.79
EEW Korea Co., Ltd...................................... 0.79
HiSteel Co., Ltd........................................ 0.79
Husteel Co., Ltd.\12\................................... 0.79
Hyundai Steel Company \13\.............................. 0.79
Nexteel Co,. Ltd........................................ 0.79
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* (de minimis).
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
of the final results of an administrative review within five days of a
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However,
because we have made no changes to the Preliminary Results, there are
no new calculations to disclose.
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\9\ Commerce previously found Shinchang Construction Co., Ltd.
to be cross-owned with Hyundai RB. See Large Diameter Welded Pipe
from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2021,
88 FR 37200 (June 7, 2023), and accompanying PDM at 6-7, unchanged
in Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2021, 88 FR
85236 (December 7, 2023), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
\10\ Commerce finds SeAH Steel Holdings Corporation to be cross-
owned with SeAH Steel. See Preliminary Results PDM at 7.
\11\ This rate is based on the rates for the respondents that
were selected for individual review, excluding rates that are zero,
de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
\12\ Subject merchandise both produced and exported by Husteel
Co., Ltd. (Husteel) is excluded from the order. See Order, 84 FR at
18773. Thus, Husteel's inclusion in this administrative review is
limited to entries for which Husteel was not both the producer and
exporter of the subject merchandise.
\13\ Subject merchandise both produced and exported by Hyundai
Steel Company (Hyundai Steel) and subject merchandise produced by
Hyundai Steel and exported by Hyundai Corporation are excluded from
the countervailing duty order. See Order, 84 FR at 18773. Thus,
Hyundai Steel's inclusion in this administrative review is limited
to entries for which Hyundai Steel was not the producer and exporter
of the subject merchandise and for which Hyundai Steel was not the
producer and Hyundai Corporation was not the exporter of subject
merchandise.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review, for the above-listed companies at the applicable ad
valorem assessment rates for the POR (i.e., January 1, 2023, to
December 31,
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2023). 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).
Cash Deposit Instructions
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amounts shown for each of the companies listed above
based on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the
final results of this administrative review.\14\ For all non-reviewed
firms subject to the Order, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific rate or the all-others rate established in the
original investigation (i.e., 9.29 percent), as appropriate.\15\ These
cash deposit requirements, effective upon publication of these final
results, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\14\ See, e.g., Honey from Argentina: Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 29518 (May 24, 2004), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Issue 4.
\15\ See Order, 84 FR at 18775.
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 8, 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether the Provision of Electricity Was Consistent
with Market Principles During the POR
Comment 2: Whether to Modify the Benefit Calculation for the
Provision of Electricity for Less Than Adequate Renumeration (LTAR)
Program
Comment 3: Whether the Provision of Electricity for LTAR Program
Is Specific
Comment 4: Whether the Demand Response Resources Program Is
Countervailable
Comment 5: Whether Tax Exemptions under Restriction of Special
Tax Act Article 24 are De Facto Specific
Comment 6: Whether to Modify the Benefit Calculation for Tax
Reductions under Restriction of Special Local Taxation Act Article
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VII. Recommendation
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