Notice2026-19091
Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
September 17, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that SeAH Steel VINA Corporation (SeAH VINA) made sales of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 179 (Thursday, September 17, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58848-58850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19091]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-552-817]
Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Final Results 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) determines that
SeAH Steel VINA Corporation (SeAH VINA) made sales of oil country
tubular
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goods (OCTG) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) at less
than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 1,
2023, through August 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable September 17, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preston Cox, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (240) 956-8630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 16, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
the 2023-2024 administrative review of the antidumping duty order of
OCTG from Vietnam in the Federal Register and invited interested
parties to comment.\1\ On April 6, 2026, we received case briefs from
SeAH VINA, and from Axis Pipe and Tube, Borusan Pipe US Inc., Vallourec
Star, and Welded Tube USA, Inc. (collectively, the domestic interested
parties).\2\ On April 13, 2026, SeAH VINA and the domestic interested
parties submitted rebuttal briefs.\3\ Between July 10 and September 4,
2026, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of this
review by 59 days.\4\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final results
is September 11, 2026. Commerce conducted this administrative review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Oil Country Tubular Goods from Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 91 FR 12563 (March 16, 2026)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ See SeAH VINA's Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated April 6, 2026;
see also Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested
Parties' Case Brief, dated April 6, 2026.
\3\ See SeAH VINA's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated April 13,
2026; see also Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic
Interested Parties' Rebuttal Brief, dated April 13, 2026.
\4\ See Memoranda, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024,'' dated July 10,
2026; ``Second Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024,'' dated August
20, 2026; and ``Third Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024,'' dated September
4.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\ The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS),
which 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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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>6</SUP>
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\6\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the
Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain Oil
Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR
53691 (September 10, 2014); see also Certain Oil Country Tubular
Goods from India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of
Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of Correction
to the Antidumping Duty Orders With Respect to Turkey and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 79 FR 59740 (October 3, 2014)
(collectively, Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is OCTG from Vietnam. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 2-3.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in case and rebuttal briefs filed by interested
parties in this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is provided in Appendix I to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review of the record and our analysis of the comments
received, Commerce made certain changes to the weighted-average dumping
margin calculation for SeAH VINA. For further discussion of these
changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of Administrative Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period September 1, 2023, through August
31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/manufacturer dumping
margin
(percent)
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SeAH Steel VINA Corporation................................. 15.52
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review to interested parties in
this review within five days after public announcement of the final
results or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise covered by the final results of this
review.
Because the mandatory respondent'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 calculated 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 calculated 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. To determine whether an importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also calculated an importer-specific ad valorem
ratio based on estimated entered values. Where a mandatory respondent'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.\8\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 352.106(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 SeAH VINA
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
Vietnam-wide rate (i.e., 111.47 percent) \9\ if there is no rate for
the intermediate companies involved in the transaction.\10\
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\9\ See Order, 79 FR at 53694.
\10\ 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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The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of
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antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties,
where applicable.\11\
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\11\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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 Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for SeAH VINA, the
cash deposit rate will be the margin listed above; (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese exporters not
listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-
specific rate published for the most-recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the exporter was reviewed; (3) for all Vietnamese
exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the Vietnam-wide entity, which is 111.47 percent; \12\
and (4) for all non-Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate applicable to the Vietnamese exporter that supplied that non-
Vietnamese exporter with the subject merchandise. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\12\ See Order, 79 FR at 53694.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final 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 POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: September 11, 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Select a Different Surrogate Country
Comment 2: Whether to Select Different Surrogate Financial
Ratios
Comment3: Whether to Value SeAH VINA's Hot-Rolled Coil (HRC)
Using Market Economy (ME) Purchases Prices
Comment 4: Whether to Include Interest Expenses in the
Calculation of Further Manufacturing Costs
Comment 5: Whether to Correct a Ministerial Error
Comment 6: Whether to Adjust Commerce's Differential Pricing
Analysis
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-19091 Filed 9-16-26; 8:45 am]
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