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1See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 

Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 

FR 7154 (February 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 

Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 FR 27953 

(June 15, 2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Large Diameter Welded 

Pipe from the Republic of Korea’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Large Diameter Welded 

Pipe from Canada, Greece, India, the People’s 

Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the 

Republic of Turkey: Scope Comments Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,’’ 

dated June 19, 2018 (Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum). 

Large diameter welded pipe used to 

transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is 

normally produced to the American 

Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L. 

Large diameter welded pipe may also be 

produced to American Society for Testing 

and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252, 

or A53, or other relevant domestic 

specifications, grades and/or standards. Large 

diameter welded pipe can be produced to 

comparable foreign specifications, grades 

and/or standards or to proprietary 

specifications, grades and/or standards, or 

can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting 

the physical description set forth above is 

covered by the scope of this investigation, 

whether or not produced according to a 

particular standard. 

Subject merchandise also includes large 

diameter welded pipe that has been further 

processed in a third country, including but 

not limited to coating, painting, notching, 

beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter 

welded pipe. 

The large diameter welded pipe that is 

subject to this investigation is currently 

classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 

7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 

7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060, 

7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010, 

7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and 

7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Affiliation and Collapsing 

A. Affiliation 

B. Collapsing 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Determination of the Comparison 

Method 

B. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

VII. Date of Sale 

VIII. Product Comparisons 

IX. Export Price 

X. Normal Value 

A. Home Market Viability 

B. Level of Trade 

C. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis 

1. Calculation of COP 

2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison 

Market Prices 

E. Calculation of NV Based on Constructed 

Value 

XI. Currency Conversion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–897] 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Postponement of Final 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that large diameter welded pipe (welded 

pipe) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) 

is being, or is likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is January 1, 2017, through 

December 31, 2017. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable August 27, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sergio Balbontin, or Jesus Saenz, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6478 or 

(202) 482–8184, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

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 investigation 

on February 20, 2018.1 On June 8, 2018, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation and 

the revised deadline is now August 20, 

2018.2 For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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, and to all parties in the 

Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of 

the main Department of Commerce 

building. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is welded pipe from Korea. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I to 

this notice. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this investigation, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 Commerce is 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the revised scope in 

Appendix I. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 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. Furthermore, pursuant to 

section 776(a) and (b) of the Act, 

Commerce has preliminarily relied 


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7With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins calculated for the examined respondents; 

(B) a simple average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins calculated for the 

examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 

calculated for the examined respondents using each 

company’s publicly-ranged U.S. sales values for the 

merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 

compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate 

closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all 

other producers and exporters. See Ball Bearings 

and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, 

Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final 

Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and 

Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 

(September 1, 2010). As a result of this comparison, 

Commerce based the all-others rate on the 

weighted-average of the preliminary dumping 

margins calculated for the examined respondents 

using the publicly-ranged sales data. For a complete 

analysis of the data, see the All-Others’ Rate 

Calculation Memorandum, dated August 20, 2018. 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also 19 

CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

upon facts otherwise available, with 

adverse inferences, for Samkang M&T 

Co., Ltd (SKMT) for its failure to 

cooperate in this investigation. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying the preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in 

the preliminary determination 

Commerce shall determine an estimated 

all-others rate for all exporters and 

producers not individually examined. 

This rate shall be 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 under 

section 776 of the Act. In this 

investigation, Commerce calculated 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins for SeAH Steel Corporation 

(SeAH) and Hyundai RB Co., Ltd. 

(Hyundai RB) that are not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available. Commerce 

calculated the all-others’ rate as the 

weighted-average of these margins, 

using the respondents’ publicly-ranged 

sales data.7

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Hyundai RB Co., Ltd ............ 14.97 

SeAH Steel Corporation ....... 22.21 

Samkang M&T Co., Ltd ........ 22.21 

All-Others .............................. 20.13 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Further, pursuant 

to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for the respondents listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins determined in this 

preliminary determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above, but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. 

Commerce normally adjusts cash 

deposits for estimated antidumping 

duties by the amount of export subsidies 

countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding, 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, in cases where 

Commerce preliminarily makes an 

affirmative determination for 

countervailable export subsidies, 

Commerce offsets the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin by 

the appropriate CVD rate. However, we 

made no adjustment to the weightedaverage dumping margin for cash 

deposit purposes in this case because 

we found no measurable export 

subsidies in the companion CVD 

proceeding. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis to interested 

parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

regarding non-scope issues may be 

submitted to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance no later 

than seven days after the date on which 

the last verification report is issued in 

this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in case briefs, 

may be submitted no later than five days 

after the deadline date for case briefs.8

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation 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. 

Additionally, case briefs regarding 

scope issues may be submitted within 

10 days after the date of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Rebuttal briefs 

regarding scope issues, limited to those 

issues in the scope case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for scope case briefs. 

All scope case and rebuttal briefs must 

be filed identically on the records of this 

investigation and the concurrent LTFV 

and CVD investigations of welded pipe. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm the 

date, time, and location of the hearing 

two days before the scheduled date. 


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9See Hyundai RB’s Letter, ‘‘Large Diameter 

Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Request 

to Extend the Deadline for the Final 

Determination,’’ dated August 1, 2018; and SeAH’s 

Letter, ‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation of Large 

Diameter Welded Pipe from Korea—Request for 

Extension of Final Determination,’’ dated August 3, 

2018. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination. The final 

determination may be postponed if, in 

the event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, exporters, who account 

for a significant proportion of exports of 

subject merchandise, request a 

postponement, or, in the event of a 

negative preliminary determination, 

petitioners request a postponement. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce’s 

regulations requires that a request by 

exporters for postponement of the final 

determination be accompanied by a 

request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On August 1 and 3, 2015, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.210(e), Hyundai RB and 

SeAH, respectively, requested that 

Commerce postpone the final 

determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.9 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: August 20, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is welded carbon and alloy steel 

pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more 

than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal 

outside diameter (large diameter welded 

pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, 

surface finish, grade, end finish, or 

stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may 

be used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or 

other fluids, liquids, or gases. It may also be 

used for structural purposes, including, but 

not limited to, piling. Specifically, not 

included is large diameter welded pipe 

produced only to specifications of the 

American Water Works Association (AWWA) 

for water and sewage pipe. 

Large diameter welded pipe used to 

transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is 

normally produced to the American 

Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L. 

Large diameter welded pipe may also be 

produced to American Society for Testing 

and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252, 

or A53, or other relevant domestic 

specifications, grades and/or standards. Large 

diameter welded pipe can be produced to 

comparable foreign specifications, grades 

and/or standards or to proprietary 

specifications, grades and/or standards, or 

can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting 

the physical description set forth above is 

covered by the scope of this investigation, 

whether or not produced according to a 

particular standard. 

Subject merchandise also includes large 

diameter welded pipe that has been further 

processed in a third country, including but 

not limited to coating, painting, notching, 

beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter 

welded pipe. 

Excluded from the scope are any products 

covered by the existing antidumping duty 

order on welded line pipe from the Republic 

of Korea. See Welded Line Pipe from the 

Republic of Korea and the Republic of 

Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 

75056 (December 1, 2015). Also excluded 

from the scope are any products covered by 

the existing antidumping order on welded 

ASTM A–312 stainless steel pipe from Korea. 

See Welded ASTM A–312 Stainless Steel 

Pipe from South Korea: Antidumping Duty 

Order, 57 FR 62300 (December 30, 1992). 

The large diameter welded pipe that is 

subject to this investigation is currently 

classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 

7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 

7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060, 

7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010, 

7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and 

7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inferences 

A. Application of Facts Available 

B. Use of Adverse Inference 

C. Preliminary Estimated WeightedAverage Dumping Margins Based on 

AFA 

D. Selection and Corroboration of the AFA 

Rate 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Comparisons to Fair Value 

B. Determination of Comparison Method 

C. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

VII. Date of Sale 

VIII. Product Comparisons 

IX. Export Price and Constructed Export 

Price 

X. Normal Value 

A. Particular Market Situation 

1. Petitioners’ Allegation 

2. Analysis 

B. Home Market Viability and Selection of 

Comparison Market 

C. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test 

D. Affiliation 

E. Level of Trade 

F. Cost of Production Analysis 

1. Calculation of COP 

2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

G. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison 

Market Prices 

XI. Currency Conversion 

XII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–881] 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe From 

India: Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that large diameter welded pipe (welded 


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