Notice2026-12001
Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
June 15, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 26 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35954-35957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-12001]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-876]
Welded Line 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 producers/exporters subject to this review made sales
of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period
of review (POR) December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024. In
addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 26 companies.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 15, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Fuller or Aislin Salassi, 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) 482-6228 or (202)-482-1882,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 27, 2025, 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 (AD) order on welded line pipe from the
Republic of Korea
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(Korea).\1\ On February 24, 2025, Commerce selected Hyundai Steel Pipe
Co., Ltd (Hyundai Pipe) \2\ and SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH) as the
mandatory respondents in this review.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 8187 (January 27, 2025); see also
Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056 (December 1, 2015)
(Order).
\2\ On November 14, 2024, Commerce found via a changed
circumstances review that Hyundai Pipe is the successor-in-interest
to Hyundai Steel Company. 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), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated February 24,
2025.
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\4\ 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\ On January 26, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of
this review by 90 days.\7\ Further, on April 1, 2026, we extended the
preliminary results of this review by an additional 21 days.\8\ On May
20, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of this review by an
additional two days.\9\ Finally, on June 1, 2026, we extended the
preliminary results of this review by an additional seven days to no
later than June 8, 2026.\10\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023- 2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated January 26, 2026.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023- 2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated April 1, 2026.
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023- 2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated May 20, 2026.
\10\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023- 2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated June 1, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\11\
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 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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\11\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Welded Line Pipe from 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 welded line pipe 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), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review of an AD order where it concludes that there were
no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR.\12\
Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended
entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate for the review
period.\13\ 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.\14\ Commerce notified all
interested parties of its intent to rescind the instant review
regarding the companies listed in Appendix II because there were no
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise from these
companies during the POR and invited interested parties to comment.\15\
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 with respect to the companies
listed in Appendix II, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\12\ 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).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
\15\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated April 21, 2026.
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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).
Export price and constructed export price are 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.
As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, Commerce
intends to issue a post-preliminary analysis regarding whether a
particular market situation exists that distorts the price of the
respondents' purchases of hot-rolled coil during the POR.
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 less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when determining the weighted-
average dumping margin 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.''
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For these preliminary results, because the rate calculated for SeAH
is zero, we are preliminarily assigning to the companies under review
that were not selected for individual examination a dumping margin
based on the rate calculated for Hyundai Pipe (i.e., 1.86 percent).\16\
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\16\ The companies receiving this rate are: AJU Besteel Co.,
Ltd. (AJU Besteel); EEW Korea Co., Ltd (EEW Korea); Husteel Co.,
Ltd. (Husteel); Kumkang Kind Co., Ltd (Kumkang Kind); and NEXTEEL
Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL).
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margins for the period
December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
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Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd................................. 1.86
SeAH Steel Corporation...................................... 0.00
AJU Besteel Co., Ltd........................................ 1.86
EEW Korea Co., Ltd.......................................... 1.86
Husteel Co., Ltd............................................ 1.86
Kumkang Kind Co., Ltd....................................... 1.86
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd............................................ 1.86
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties 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
On May 7, 2025, the American Cast Iron Pipe Company and Dura-Bond
Industries, domestic interested parties, requested that Commerce
conduct verification of SeAH's responses. Accordingly, in May 2026, as
provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, we verified SeAH's
information relied upon for the preliminary results of this review.
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs to Commerce no later than seven days after the date on which
Commerce issues its post-preliminary analysis in this administrative
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.\17\ 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.\18\ 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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\17\ 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).
\18\ 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.\19\ 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).\20\
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\19\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\20\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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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, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
Hearing 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; and (3) a list of the 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.\21\
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\21\ 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 shall determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this review.
If Hyundai Pipe's and SeAH's weighted-average dumping margins are
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.\22\ 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 Hyundai Pipe's or SeAH'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.\23\
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\22\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\23\ 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 Hyundai
Pipe or SeAH 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 LTFV
investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\24\
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\24\ 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 that were not selected for individual examination
(i.e., AJU Besteel, EEW Korea, Husteel, Kumkang Kind, and NEXTEEL), 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.\25\
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For the companies listed in Appendix II for which the review is
being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all
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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 appropriate assessment instructions to CBP for the
companies listed in Appendix II no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of this rescission in the Federal Register.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding
Hyundai Steel, SeAH, AJU Besteel, EEW Korea, Husteel, Kumkang Kind, and
NEXTEEL 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 upon
publication in the Federal Register 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 the companies listed above will be that
established in the final results of this administrative 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 in 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,
a prior 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 merchandise; and (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will
continue to be 4.38 percent, the all-others rate established in the
LTFV investigation.\26\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
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: June 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 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. Particular Market Situation
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies for Which the Review Is Rescinded
1. BDP International, Inc.
2. Daewoo International Corporation
3. Dong Yang Steel Pipe
4. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co.
5. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
6. Dongkuk Steel Mill
7. HISTEEL Co., Ltd.
8. Hyundai RB Co. Ltd.
9. Kelly Pipe Co., LLC
10. Keonwoo Metals Co., Ltd.
11. Kolon Global Corp.
12. Korea Cast Iron Pipe Ind. Co., Ltd.
13. Kurvers Piping Italy S.R.L.
14. Miju Steel MFG Co., Ltd.
15. MSTEEL Co., Ltd.
16. Poongsan Valinox (Valtimet Division)
17. POSCO
18. POSCO Daewoo
19. R&R Trading Co. Ltd.
20. Sam Kang M&T Co., Ltd.
21. Sin Sung Metal Co., Ltd.
22. SK Networks
23. Soon-Hong Trading Company
24. Steel Flower Co., Ltd.
25. TGS Pipe
26. Tokyo Engineering Korea Ltd.
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