[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83078-83079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26136]


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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 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2021-2022

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 (HWR) from 
the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold at less than normal value 
during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2021, through August 31, 
2022.

DATES: Applicable November 28, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca M. Janz, 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) 482-2972.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 31, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of the 2021-2022 administrative review \1\ of the 
antidumping duty order on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel 
pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea (Korea).\2\ We invited 
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\3\ No 
interested party submitted comments. Accordingly, the final results of 
the review remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results. Commerce 
conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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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; 
2021-2022, 88 FR 51773 (July 31, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See 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 (September 13, 2016) 
(Order).
    \3\ See Preliminary Results.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are certain heavy walled 
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from Korea.\4\
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    \4\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Preliminary Results PDM at 2-3.
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Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists for the period September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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NEXTEEL Co., Ltd...........................................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Because Commerce received no comments on the Preliminary Results, 
we have not modified our analysis, and no decision memorandum 
accompanies this Federal Register notice. We are adopting the 
Preliminary Results as the final results of this review. Consequently, 
there are no new calculations to disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b) for these final results of review.

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. Because the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin 
or importer-specific assessment rates are zero or de minimis in the 
final results of review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the 
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\5\ These final results of 
administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review and 
for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\6\
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    \5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102-03 (February 14, 
2012); see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    \6\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. for which it did not know that the merchandise it 
sold was destined for the United States, 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.\7\
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    \7\ For a full discussion of this practice, 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

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of 
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 respondent will equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of this 
administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by a company 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 cash deposit rate published in the completed segment for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, or a previous segment, but the producer is, 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 less-than-fair-
value investigation.\8\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (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

    Commerce is issuing and publishing the final results of this review 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 17, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-26136 Filed 11-27-23; 8:45 am]
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