Notice2026-19272
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
September 21, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 181 (Monday, September 21, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59766-59767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19272]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-880]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Korea: Final Results of the 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
heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from the
Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold at less than normal value
during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023, through August 31,
2024.
DATES: Applicable September 21, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kayden Jenson, 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) 482-0967.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 20, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review and invited comments from interested
parties.\1\ This review covers two companies: HiSteel Co., Ltd.
(HiSteel) and Dong-A-Steel Co., Ltd. (DOSCO). On April 10, 2026, we
received case briefs from Nucor Tubular Products Inc. (the
petitioner).\2\ On August 17, 2026, we received case briefs from
HiSteel, DOSCO, and Kukje Steel Co., Ltd. (Kukje Steel).\3\ On August
24, 2026, we received rebuttal comments from HiSteel, DOSCO, and the
petitioner.\4\ On July 8, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline of these
final results by 53 days, until September 9, 2026.\5\ On September 1,
2026, Commerce again extended the deadline of these final results by 7
days, until September 16, 2026.\6\
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\1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2023-2024, 91 FR 13588 (March 20, 2026) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Nucor Tubular's Case Brief,''
dated April 10, 2026.
\3\ See HiSteel's Letter, ``HiSteel's Case Brief,'' dated August
17, 2026; DOSCO's Letter, ``Case Brief of Dong-A-Steel Co. Ltd.,''
dated August 17, 2026; and Kukje Steel's Letter, ``Kukje Steel's
Case Brief,'' dated August 17, 2026.
\4\ See HiSteel's Letter, ``HiSteel's Rebuttal Brief,'' dated
August 24, 2026; see also DOSCO's Letter, ``DOSCO's Rebuttal
Brief,'' dated August 24, 2026; and Petitioner's Letter, ``Nucor
Tubular's Rebuttal Brief,'' dated August 24, 2026.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 8, 2026.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 1, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Korea; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is certain heavy walled
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from Korea. For a full
description of the scope of the Order, see Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case briefs filed by interested parties in
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum and are listed in an appendix to this notice. 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, which is available to registered
users at <a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://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>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, and for the
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Commerce
changed the rate for Kukje Steel to 0.00 percent, adjusted the window
period in SAS for HiSteel, disregarded certain transactions between
DOSCO and SeAH and affiliated companies, and corrected the indirect
selling expense ratio calculation in regard to SeAH's home market
sales.\8\
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\8\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Rate for Non-Individually Examined Company
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a weighted-average dumping margin to be applied 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
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when
calculating 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 zero and de minimis
margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts
available{time} .'' Where the dumping margin for individually examined
respondents are all 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 weighted average
dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually
investigated.''
In this review, we calculated a dumping margin of zero percent for
both mandatory respondents. Following the guidance provided in the SAA
\9\ using the ``expected method (i.e., to weight average the zero and
de minimis margins, and margins determined pursuant to facts
available),'' the dumping margin calculated for the non-selected
company, Kukje Steel, is zero percent.
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\9\ See Statement of Administrative Action accompanying the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act, H.R. Rep. No. 103-316, vol. 1 (1994)
(SAA) at 873.
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Final Results of Administrative Review
As a result of this review, we determine that the following
estimated weighted-average dumping margins
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exist for the period September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Dong-a-Steel Co., Ltd....................................... 0.00
HiSteel Co., Ltd............................................ 0.00
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd........................................ 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review to interested parties
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 in accordance with the final results of
this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because HiSteel and DOSCO
reported the entered value of their U.S. sales, we calculated importer-
specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales
and the total entered value of those sales. Where either the
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis,
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each
individually examined respondent for which the producer did not know
that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation (i.e., 3.24 percent) \10\ if
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\11\
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\10\ See Order.
\11\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the
following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication 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 each company listed above will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed
segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the original LTFV investigation, but the
producer has been covered in a prior completed segment of this
proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in
the completed segment for the most recent period for the producer of
the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers
or exporters will continue to be 3.24 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation for this proceeding.\12\ These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\12\ Id.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a 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 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.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition 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 return/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 violation subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: September 16, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Modify the Rate Assigned to Kukje Steel
Comment 2: Whether to Include HiSteel's April and May 2023 Home
Market Sales in the Analysis
Comment 3: Whether to Grant HiSteel a Constructed Export Price
Offset
Comment 4: Commerce's Differential Pricing Analysis
Comment 5: Whether to Incorporate the Minor Corrections Accepted
During Verification
Comment 6: Whether to Apply the Transactions Disregarded Rule to
Purchases from Affiliated Parties
Comment 7: Whether to Disallow Certain General and
Administrative (G&A) Offsets Related to Miscellaneous Income
Comment 8: Whether to Disallow the Investment-Related Offset to
SeAH Steel's G&A Expenses
Comment 9: Whether to Include SeAH Steel's Headquarter Expense
in its Reported G&A Expenses
Comment 10: Whether to Apply a Single Interest Expense Ratio to
the Consolidated Cost Database
Comment 11: Whether to Deny HiSteel's Claimed Scrap Offsets
VI. Recommendation
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