Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 15 / Tuesday, January 26, 2021 / Notices 7071 

15Commerce has determined that Borusan 

Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.; Borusan 

Istikbal Ticaret.; Borusan Lojistik Dag. Deg. Tas Ve; 

Borusan Mannesmann Boru Yatirim Holding A.S ̧.; 

and Borusan Holding A.S ̧. are cross-owned. See 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

16See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue 

Liquidation Instructions After 15 Days in 

Applicable Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January 

15, 2021). 

17See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

18See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); 351.309(d)(1); and 

19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

19See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

20See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

21See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

Assessment Rates 

Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon 

issuance of the final results, Commerce 

will determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. If 

Borusan continues to have a de minimis 

rate in the final results, Commerce 

intends to instruct CBP to liquidate 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after January 1, 

2018 through December 31, 2018, 

without regard to countervailing duties. 

Consistent with its recent notice,16

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). 

For the companies for which this 

review is rescinded, Commerce will 

instruct CBP to assess countervailing 

duties on all appropriate entries at a rate 

equal to the cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties required at the 

time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

period January 1, 2018 through 

December 31, 2018, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 

intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 

deposits of estimated countervailing 

duties at the rate determined in the final 

results. If the rate calculated for Borusan 

in the final results remains de minimis, 

no cash deposit will be required on 

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 

review. For all non-reviewed firms, CBP 

will continue to collect cash deposits at 

the most recent company-specific or allothers rate applicable to the company, 

as appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose to parties in this 

review the calculations performed in 

reaching the preliminary results within 

five days of publication of these 

preliminary results.17 Interested parties 

may submit written comments (case 

briefs) on the preliminary results no 

later than 30 days from the date of 

publication of this Federal Register 

notice, and rebuttal comments (rebuttal 

briefs) within seven days after the time 

limit for filing case briefs.18 Pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs 

must be limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs. Parties who submit 

arguments are requested to submit with 

the argument: (1) A statement of the 

issue; (2) a brief summary of the 

argument; and (3) a table of 

authorities.19 All briefs must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS. 

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 by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice.20 Hearing requests should 

contain: (1) The party’s name, address, 

and telephone number; (2) the number 

of participants; and (3) a list of the 

issues to be discussed. Issues addressed 

at the hearing will be limited to those 

raised in the briefs. If a request for a 

hearing is made, parties will be notified 

of the date and time for the hearing to 

be determined.21

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of our analysis of 

the issues raised by the parties in their 

comments, no later than 120 days after 

the date of publication of this notice, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1), unless 

this deadline is extended. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: January 19, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Partial Rescission of Review 

V. Intent to Rescind Administrative Review 

in Part 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Benchmark Interest Rates and Discount 

Rates 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Recommendation 

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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: Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that the producers/exporters subject to 

this administrative review did not make 

sales of subject merchandise at less than 

normal value (NV) during the period of 

review (POR) September 1, 2018 

through August 31, 2019. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results of review. 

DATES: Applicable January 26, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alice Maldonado or Jacob Garten, 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) 482–4682 or (202) 482–3342, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 12, 2019, based on 

timely requests for review, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an 

administrative review on heavy walled 

rectangular welded carbon steel pipes 

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1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

61011 (November 12, 2019). 

2We received a timely submission withdrawing 

all review requests for 19 companies; we rescinded 

the review with respect to these companies. See 

Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel 

Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2018–2019, in Part, 85 FR 16060 (March 20, 

2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Heavy Walled Rectangular 

Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the 

Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of the 3rd Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated April 20, 2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2018–2019 

Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon 

Steel Pipes and Tubes from Korea,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

7For a complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

8For a full description of the scope of the order, 

see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

9See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F.3d 

1345 (Fed. Cir. 2016). 

10As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has preliminarily 

determined to collapse Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd. with 

its affiliated producer SeAH Steel Corporation, and 

treat these companies as a single entity, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.401(f). 

11See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

12See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Heavy Walled 

Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 

from the Republic of Korea: Request for 

Verification,’’ dated February 19, 2020. 

13Commerce is exercising its discretion, under 19 

CFR 351.309(d)(1), to alter the time limit for filing 

of rebuttal briefs. See Temporary Rule Modifying 

AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; 

and tubes from Korea.1 This review 

covers three producers and exporters of 

the subject merchandise.2 Commerce 

selected Dong-A Steel Company 

(DOSCO) and HiSteel Co., Ltd (HiSteel) 

for individual examination. The 

producer and/or exporter not selected 

for individual examination is listed in 

the ‘‘Preliminary Results of the Review’’ 

section of this notice. 

On April 20, 2020, Commerce 

extended the preliminary results of this 

review by 120 days, until September 29, 

2020.3 On April 24, 2020, Commerce 

tolled all deadlines in administrative 

reviews by 50 days.4 On July 21, 2020, 

Commerce tolled all deadlines for 

preliminary and final determinations in 

administrative reviews by an additional 

60 days.5 Therefore, the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review is 

January 19, 2021. For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.6

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

certain heavy walled rectangular welded 

steel pipes and tubes from the Republic 

of Korea (Korea).7 Products subject to 

the order are currently classified under 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) item number 

7306.61.1000. Subject merchandise may 

also be classified under 7306.61.3000. 

Although the HTSUS numbers and 

ASTM specification are provided for 

convenience and for customs purposes, 

the written product description remains 

dispositive.8

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 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. The 

Preliminary 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). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 

and electronic versions of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. A list of the topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is attached as an 

appendix to this notice. 

Rate for Non-Selected Respondents 

The Act and Commerce’s regulations 

do not address the 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. 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 weightedaverage of the estimated weightedaverage 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}.’’ 

In this review, we have preliminarily 

calculated weighted-average dumping 

margins for DOSCO and HiSteel that are 

zero percent and we have assigned this 

rate to the non-selected company in this 

review (i.e., Kukje Steel Co. Ltd), 

pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(B) of the 

Act.9 For additional information, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margins exist for the period September 

1, 2018 through August 31, 2019: 

Producers/exporters 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd 10 ............ 0.00 

HiSteel Co., Ltd .......................... 0.00 

Kukje Steel Co., Ltd ................... 0.00 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with these preliminary results to 

interested parties within five days after 

the date of publication of this notice.11

Verification 

On February 19, 2020, Commerce 

received a request from the petitioners 

to conduct verification of the responses 

in this administrative review.12

Commerce is currently unable to 

conduct on-site verification of the 

information relied upon for the final 

results of this review. Accordingly, we 

intend to take additional steps in lieu of 

on-site verification. Commerce will 

notify interested parties of any 

additional documentation or 

information required. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. A timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments will be provided to interested 

parties at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, may be filed no later than seven 

days after the deadline for filing case 

briefs.13 Parties who submit case briefs 

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Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 

2020). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

15See 19 CFR 351.303. 

16See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

17See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

18See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

19See 19 CFR 351.212(b). 

20 In these preliminary 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) (Final Modification for 

Reviews). 

21 Id. at 8102. 

22For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 

23See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon 

Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea, 

Mexico, and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping 

Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865, 62866 (September 13, 

2016). 

or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities.14 Case and 

rebuttal briefs should be filed using 

ACCESS.15

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, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, filed electronically via 

ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.16 Hearing 

requests should contain: (1) The party’s 

name, address, and telephone number; 

(2) the number of participants; and (3) 

a list of 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 intends to hold the hearing 

at a date and time to be determined.17

Parties should confirm the date, time, 

and location of the hearing two days 

before the scheduled date. 

An electronically filed document 

must be received successfully in its 

entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the established 

deadline. 

Final Results 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any written briefs, not 

later than 120 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, unless 

otherwise extended.18

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries.19 If the weighted average 

dumping margin for DOSCO or HiSteel 

is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 

0.5 percent), we will calculate importerspecific ad valorem antidumping duty 

assessment rates based on the ratio of 

the total amount of dumping calculated 

for each importer’s examined sales to 

the total entered value of those same 

sales in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1).20 Where the respondent 

did not report entered value, we will 

calculate the entered value in order to 

calculate the assessment rate. If the 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the respondents listed above is zero or 

de minimis in the final results, or an 

importer-specific assessment rate is zero 

or de minimis in the final results, we 

will instruct CBP not to assess 

antidumping duties on any of their 

entries in accordance with the Final 

Modification for Reviews.21

Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’ 

will apply to entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR produced 

by companies included in these final 

results of review for which the reviewed 

companies did not know that the 

merchandise they sold to the 

intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading 

company, or exporter) was destined for 

the United States. In such instances, we 

will instruct CBP to liquidate 

unreviewed entries at the all-others rate 

if there is no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction.22

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 deposit requirements 

will be effective for all shipments of the 

subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date 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 the exporters listed 

above will be equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in 

the final results of this 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 companies not participating 

in this review, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific 

cash deposit rate published for the most 

recently completed segment; (3) if the 

exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, or the original less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigation, but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be the cash deposit rate established 

for the most recently completed segment 

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.23

These deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: January 15, 2021. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Examination 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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