Notice2026-19529
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
September 24, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were sold 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 184 (Thursday, September 24, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60583-60584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19529]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-870]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea:
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 oil
country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were
sold at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR)
September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable September 24, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Hedberg, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-0955.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 16, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Results.\1\ On June 11, 2026, Commerce issued a post-
preliminary analysis addressing the particular market situation alleged
by the domestic interested parties.\2\ Between June 26, and September
2, 2026, we extended the deadline for the final results of this
proceeding by 60 days.\3\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final
results is now September 14, 2026.\4\ Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).
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\1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2023-2024, 91 FR 12575 (March 16, 2024) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis,'' dated June
11, 2026.
\3\ See Memoranda, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024,'' dated June 26,
2026; ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024,'' dated August 25, 2026; and
``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024,'' dated September 2, 2026.
\4\ Commerce's practice dictates that where a deadline falls on
a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next
business day. Because the current deadline falls on a weekend (i.e.,
September 12, 2026), the deadline becomes the next business day
(i.e., September 14, 2026). See Notice of Clarification: Application
of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination
Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR
24533 (May 10, 2005).
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A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the
Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised
by parties for these final results, may be found in 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, 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 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 2023-2024 Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the
Republic of Korea,'' 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) (Order).
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The product covered by the Order is OCTG from Korea. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by interested
parties in this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. For a list of issues raised by parties, see
Appendix I.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
We have made three changes since the Preliminary Results, which
are: (1) to rely on U.S. benchmark prices to calculate the particular
market situation (PMS) adjustment, (2) to apply a different source to
calculate constructed value (CV) profit and selling expense ratios for
NEXTEEL and SeAH, and (3) to apply a correction to SeAH's margin
program by updating the constructed export price (CEP) profit rate.
Rate for Non-Individually Examined Respondents
The statute and Commerce's regulations at the time of initiation do
not address the establishment of a rate 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. For the rate for non-selected respondents in an
administrative review, 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 zero or de minimis margins, and any margins determined
entirely {on the basis of facts available{time} .'' For these final
results, we are assigning the non-individually examined respondents a
rate of 19.87 percent, which is the simple average of the weighted-
average dumping margins calculated for NEXTEEL and SeAH.\7\
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\7\ Commerce does not calculate a weighted average of the
dumping margins for two mandatory respondents using actual sales
values because doing so would reveal business proprietary
information (BPI). Instead, in an administrative review, Commerce
normally compares a weighted average of the dumping margins of the
mandatory respondents using publicly ranged values of their total
export sales of subject merchandise with the simple average of their
rates, selecting whichever value is closer to the weighted average
using BPI sales data as the rate for companies not selected for
individual examination. However, in this administrative review, SeAH
did not submit publicly ranged sales data, so we have instead
applied a simple average of SeAH's and NEXTEEL's calculated dumping
margins.
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Final Results of Review
For these final results, Commerce determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the
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period September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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NEXTEEL Co., Ltd............................................ 29.94
SeAH Steel Corporation...................................... 9.80
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies \8\......... 19.87
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
final results of review within five days after the date of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
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\8\ See Appendix II for a list of the non-examined companies
receiving a review-specific rate.
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Assessment
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
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.\9\
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\9\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in
Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
NEXTEEL or SeAH for which it did not know its merchandise was destined
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\10\ For the companies that were not
selected for individual examination, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
entries at the rates established in these final results of review.
Commerce intends to issue appropriate 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).
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\10\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of this notice for all shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication of these final results, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for the companies
listed in these final results will be equal to the simple-average
dumping margins 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 segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published
for the most recently completed segment in which the company was
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original investigation, but the producer is, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate will be the rate established for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be 5.24 percent,\11\ the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\11\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of
Korea: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final
Determination, 81 FR 59603, 59604 (August 30, 2016).
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final 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 the POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties did occur and the subsequent assessment of
doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (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 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: September 14, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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: Calculation of Constructed Value (CV) Profit and
Selling Expenses
Comment 2: Particular Mark Situation (PMS) Finding and
Adjustment
Comment 3: SeAH's Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset
Comment 4: Ministerial Error Allegation
Comment 5: Differential Pricing
Comment 6: Rate for Non-Selected Companies
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Non-Examined Companies Receiving a Review-Specific Rate
1. AJU Besteel Co., Ltd.
2. Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd.
3. HiSteel Co., Ltd.
4. Husteel Co., Ltd.
5. Hyundai Steel Company
6. Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
7. ILJIN Steel Corporation
8. K Steel Corporation
9. Keonwoo Metals Co., Ltd.
10. Kukje Steel Co., Ltd.
11. Kumkang Kind Co., Ltd.
12. MSTEEL Co., Ltd.
13. Nissei Trading Co., Ltd.
14. POSCO International Corporation
15. Sung Won Steel Co., Ltd.
16. TGS Pipe Co. Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2026-19529 Filed 9-23-26; 8:45 am]
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