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10See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

11See Temporary Rule. 

12See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

13See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 

the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

14 Id., 77 FR at 8102–03; see also 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(2). 

15See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 16See Order. 17See section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 18See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 19See Order. 

is made, Commerce will inform parties 

of the time and date for the hearing.10

All briefs and hearing requests must 

be filed electronically using ACCESS 

and received successfully in their 

entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

the due date. Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.11

Unless the deadline is extended, 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), 

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 any 

written briefs, no later than 120 days 

after the date of publication of these 

preliminary results. 

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

Commerce shall determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise covered by this review.12 If 

the weighted-average dumping margin 

for an individually examined 

respondent is not zero or de minimis 

(i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final 

results of this review, we will calculate 

importer-specific ad valorem 

assessment rates on the basis of the ratio 

of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for each importer’s examined 

sales and the total entered value of such 

sales in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1).13 For any individually 

examined respondent whose weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de 

minimis in the final results of review, or 

if an importer-specific assessment rate is 

zero or de minimis, Commerce will 

instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate 

entries without regard to antidumping 

duties.14

Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’ 

practice will apply to entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR produced 

by Hyundai or POSCO for which the 

reviewed companies did not know that 

the merchandise they sold to the 

intermediary (i.e., a reseller, trading 

company, or exporter) was destined for 

the United States.15 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.16

For Dongbu, the company that was 

not selected for individual examination, 

we intend to assign an assessment rate 

based on the weighted average of the 

cash deposit rates calculated for 

Hyundai and POSCO, excluding any 

which are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely on the basis of facts 

available.17

The final results of this administrative 

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 

cash deposits of estimated antidumping 

duties, where applicable.18 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 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 equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin 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 20.33 

percent, the all-others rate established 

in the LTFV investigation.19 These 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also 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 and/or countervailing 

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 and/or countervailing 

duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary 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)(4). 

Dated: September 29, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

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. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Currency Conversion 

VI. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–870] 

Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods 

From the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review and 

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments; 2021–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 


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1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 

66275 (November 3, 2022). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘2021–2022 Administrative 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Oil 

Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea: 

Respondent Selection,’’ dated December 8, 2022. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated May 4, 2023. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2021–2022 

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 (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See 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). 

6See HiSteel’s Letter, ‘‘No Shipments Letter,’’ 

dated November 8, 2022. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea 2021– 

22: No Shipment Inquiry for HiSteel Co., Ltd., 

During the Period 09/01/2021 through 08/31/2022,’’ 

dated September 26, 2023. 

8See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 

from Thailand; Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of 

Review, Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments; 2012–2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March 

24, 2014), unchanged in Certain Frozen Warmwater 

Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final 

Determination of No Shipments, and Partial 

Rescission of Review; 2012–2013, 79 FR 51306, 

51307 (August 28, 2014). 

9See Appendix II. 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily finds that 

certain oil country tubular goods 

(OCTG) from the Republic of Korea 

(Korea) were sold in the United States 

at prices below normal value. The 

period of review (POR) is September 1, 

2021, through August 31, 2022. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable October 5, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael J. Heaney or Mark Flessner, 

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) 482–4475 or 

(202) 482–6312, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

These preliminary results are made in 

accordance with section 733(b) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Commerce published the notice of 

initiation of this administrative review 

on November 3, 2022.1 Commerce 

selected Hyundai Steel Company 

(Hyundai Steel) and SeAH Steel 

Corporation (SeAH) as the two 

mandatory respondents in this review.2

On May 4, 2023, in accordance with 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 

Commerce extended the preliminary 

results of review by 119 days, until 

September 29, 2023.3

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this administrative review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.4 A 

list of topics included in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

included as Appendix I to this notice. 

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://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 5

The product covered by the Order is 

OCTG from Korea. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a)(2) of the Act. 

Commerce has calculated export prices 

in accordance with section 772(a) of the 

Act. Constructed export prices have 

been calculated in accordance with 

section 772(b) of the Act. Normal value 

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. 

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

On November 8, 2022, HiSteel Co., 

Ltd. (HiSteel) submitted a letter 

certifying that it had no exports or sales 

of subject merchandise into the United 

States during the POR.6 U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) did not 

have any information to contradict this 

claim of no shipments during the POR.7

Therefore, we preliminarily determine 

that HiSteel did not have any shipments 

of subject merchandise during the POR. 

Consistent with Commerce’s practice, 

we will not rescind the review with 

respect to HiSteel but will complete the 

review and issue instructions to CBP 

based on the final results.8

Rates for Non-Examined Companies 

The statute and Commerce’s 

regulations do not address the rate to be 

applied to companies not selected for 

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 weighted 

average 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}.’’ 

For these preliminary results, we 

calculated a dumping margin of 1.18 

percent for SeAH and zero percent for 

Hyundai Steel, the mandatory 

respondents in this review. Consistent 

with our normal methodology, we have 

assigned to the companies not 

individually examined (see Appendix II 

for a full list of these companies) a 

margin of 1.18 percent, which is the 

margin calculated for SeAH. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Commerce preliminarily finds that, 

for the period September 1, 2021, 

through August 31, 2022, the following 

weighted-average dumping margins 

exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Hyundai Steel Company ............. 0.00 

SeAH Steel Corporation ............. 1.18 

Non-examined companies 9 ........ 1.18 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for these preliminary results 

to the parties within five days after 

public announcement of the preliminary 

results in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). Interested parties may 

submit case briefs no later than 30 days 

after the date of publication of these 

preliminary results of review.10 Rebuttal 

briefs may be filed no later than seven 

days after case briefs are due and may 


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11See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

13See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

14See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

15See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

16For a full discussion of this clarification, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 

17See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue 

Liquidation Instructions After 15 Days in 

Applicable Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 884 (January 15, 

2021). 

18See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

the Republic of Korea: Notice of Court Decision Not 

in Harmony with Final Determination, 81 FR 59603 

(August 30, 2016). 

respond only to arguments raised in the 

case briefs.11 Parties who submit case 

briefs 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.12 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.13

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. An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by Commerce’s electronic 

records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time within 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice.14

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. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case 

briefs. 

Unless otherwise extended, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

which will include the results of its 

analysis of issues raised in any briefs, 

within 120 days of publication of these 

preliminary results of review, pursuant 

to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

Assessment Rate 

Upon issuance of the final results, 

Commerce shall determine, and CBP 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review.15

For any individually examined 

respondents whose weighted-average 

dumping margin is above de minimis 

(i.e., greater than or equal to 0.5 percent) 

in the final results of this review, we 

will calculate importer-specific ad 

valorem duty assessment rates based on 

the ratio of the total amount of 

antidumping duties calculated for the 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of the examined sales to that 

importer, and we will instruct CBP to 

assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review. For entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR produced 

by each respondent for which it did not 

know its merchandise was destined for 

the United States, we will instruct CBP 

to liquidate such entries at the all-others 

rate if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction.16 Where the 

individually-selected respondent’s 

weighted-average dumping margin is 

zero or de minimis, or an importerspecific assessment rate is zero or de 

minimis, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties. 

For the companies which were not 

selected for individual review, we 

intend to assign an assessment rate 

based on the methodology described in 

the ‘‘Rates for Non-Examined 

Companies’’ section. The final results of 

this review shall be the basis for the 

assessment of antidumping duties on 

entries of merchandise covered by this 

review where applicable. 

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.17 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 notice 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) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit 

rate for the companies listed in the final 

results of review will be equal to the 

weighted-average dumping margin 

established in the final results of this 

administrative review; (2) for 

merchandise exported by producers or 

exporters not covered in this review but 

covered in a prior segment of the 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding in 

which they were reviewed; (3) if the 

exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, a prior review, or the original 

investigation but the producer is, then 

the cash deposit rate will be the rate 

established for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding 

for the producer of the merchandise; (4) 

the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers or exporters will continue to 

be 5.24 percent, the all-others rate 

established in the less-than-fair-value 

investigation.18 These cash 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 POR. 

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 

Commerce is 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)(4). 

Dated: September 28, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

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. Rates for Non-Examined Companies 

V. Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

VI. Affiliation 

VII. Discussion of the Methodology 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

IX. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

List of Companies Not Individually 

Examined 

1. AJU Besteel Co., Ltd. 

2. Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd. 

3. Husteel Co., Ltd. 

4. ILJIN Steel Corporation 

5. K Steel Corporation 

6. Keonwoo Metals Co., Ltd. 

7. Kukje Steel 

8. MSTEEL Co., Ltd. 

9. NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. 

10. Nissei Trading Co., Ltd. 


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1See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel 

Bar from Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 

(February 21, 1995) (Order). 

2See Welspun’s Letter, ‘‘Request for New Shipper 

Review,’’ dated August 31, 2023 (NSR Request). 

3See NSR Request at Exhibit NSR–1. 

4 Id. 

5 Id. 

6 Id. at Exhibit NSR–2 

7See NSR Request at Exhibits C and D; see also 

Welspun’s Letter, ‘‘Response to Supplemental 

Questionnaire,’’ dated September 29, 2023. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘New Shipper Initiation 

Checklist,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Initiation Checklist). 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Placement of Welspun CBP 

Data Query Results on the Record’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice (CBP Release Memo). 

10See, generally, NSR Request. 

11See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act. 

12The Act was amended by the Trade Facilitation 

and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, which 

removed from section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act the 

provision directing Commerce to instruct CBP to 

allow an importer the option of posting a bond or 

security in lieu of a cash deposit during the 

pendency of an NSR. This was also codified in 

Commerce’s regulations at 19 CFR 351.214(e). 

11. POSCO International Corporation 

12. Sungwon Steel Co., Ltd. 

13. TGS Pipe 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–810] 

Stainless Steel Bar From India: 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty New 

Shipper Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) has determined 

that a request for a new shipper review 

(NSR) of the antidumping duty order on 

stainless steel bars from India meets the 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

for initiation. The period of review 

(POR) for the NSR is February 1, 2023, 

through July 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable October 5, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Weiner, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3902. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce published the 

antidumping duty order on stainless 

steel bars from India on February 21, 

1995.1 On August 31, 2023, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 

CFR 351.214(c), Commerce received a 

timely NSR request from Welspun 

Specialty Solutions Ltd. (Welspun).2

In its submission, Welspun certified 

that it is the producer and exporter of 

the subject merchandise subject to this 

request for an NSR.3 Pursuant to section 

751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(i), Welspun certified that 

it did not export stainless steel bars to 

the United States during the period of 

investigation (POI).4 Additionally, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), 

Welspun certified that, since the 

initiation of the investigation, it has not 

been affiliated with any producer or 

exporter that exported stainless steel 

bars to the United States during the POI, 

including those not individually 

examined during the investigation.5

In its submission, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(iv), Welspun certified that 

it would provide necessary information 

related to the unaffiliated customer in 

the United States during the NSR. 

Welspun also provided a certification by 

its unaffiliated customer of its 

willingness to participate in the NSR.6

In addition to the certifications 

described above, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(v), Welspun submitted 

documentation establishing the 

following: (1) the date on which the 

subject merchandise was first entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption; (2) the volume of its first 

shipment and any subsequent 

shipments, including whether such 

shipments were made in commercial 

quantities; and (3) the date of its first 

sale and any subsequent sales to an 

unaffiliated customer in the United 

States.7

As explained in the Initiation 

Checklist,8 Commerce conducted a 

query of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) data which confirmed 

that subject merchandise entered the 

United States for consumption and that 

liquidation of such entries had been 

properly suspended for antidumping 

duties.9 The CBP data examined by 

Commerce is consistent with 

information provided by Welspun in its 

NSR Request. In particular, the CBP data 

confirm the price and quantity reported 

by Welspun for the Type 3 sales that 

form the basis of its NSR Request. 

Period of Review 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.214(g)(1)(i)(B), the POR for an NSR 

initiated in the month immediately 

following the semiannual anniversary 

month will be the six-month period 

immediately preceding the semiannual 

anniversary month. Therefore, the POR 

for this NSR is February 1, 2023, 

through July 31, 2023. 

Initiation of NSR 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b), and based 

on the information on the record, we 

find that Welspun’s NSR request meets 

the threshold requirements for initiation 

of an NSR of its shipments of stainless 

steel bars to the United States.10

However, if the information supplied by 

Welspun is later found to be incorrect 

or insufficient during the course of this 

NSR, Commerce may rescind the review 

or apply adverse facts available, 

pursuant to section 776 of the Act, as 

appropriate. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce will publish 

the notice of initiation of an NSR no 

later than the last day of the month 

following the anniversary or semiannual 

anniversary month of the Order. 

Commerce intends to issue the 

preliminary results of this review no 

later than 180 days from the date of 

initiation, and the final results of this 

review no later than 90 days after the 

date the preliminary results are 

issued.11

We intend to conduct this NSR in 

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of 

the Act.12

Because Welspun certified that it 

exported subject merchandise, the sale 

of which is the basis for its NSR request, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend 

or continue to suspend liquidation of all 

entries of subject merchandise produced 

and exported by Welspun. To assist in 

its analysis of the bona fide nature of 

Welspun’s sale(s), upon initiation of this 

NSR, Commerce will require Welspun 

to submit, on an ongoing basis, 

complete transaction information 

concerning any sales of subject 

merchandise to the United States that 

were made subsequent to the POR. 

Interested parties requiring access to 

proprietary information in this NSR 

should submit applications for 

disclosure under administrative 

protective order in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.305 and 351.306. 

This initiation notice is published in 

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 

351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: September 29, 2023. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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