[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86316-86318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27356]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-863]


Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Canada: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Evraz Inc. NA, Evraz Inc. NA Canada, and The Canadian National Steel 
Corporation (collectively, Evraz) and the 36 non-examined companies, 
for which a review was initiated, made sales of the subject merchandise 
at prices below normal value (NV), during the period of review (POR) 
May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022. We also determine that Forterra 
Pipe & Precast, Ltd. (Forterra), Hyprescon Inc. (Hyprescon), and Canam 
Group Inc. (Canam) had no shipments of subject merchandise during the 
POR.

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faris Montgomery, 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) 482-1537.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 6, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in the 
2021-2022 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on large 
diameter welded pipe from Canada and invited interested parties to 
comment.\1\ A summary of the events that occurred since publication of 
the Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of

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the issues raised by parties for these final results, are discussed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022, 88 FR 37011 (June 6, 2023) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2021-2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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    \3\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada: Antidumping Duty 
Order, 84 FR 18775 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is welded carbon and alloy 
steel pipe (other than 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. Imports of the product are 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, 7305.31.6090, 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 
Order is dispositive. For a complete description of the scope of the 
Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in parties' case and rebuttal briefs are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum and are listed in 
Appendix I to this notice. 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 (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested 
parties, Commerce made certain changes to the margin calculations for 
Evraz. The Issues and Decision Memorandum contains descriptions of 
these changes.

Rate for Non-Examined Companies

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the 
establishment of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for 
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 an investigation, for guidance when determining the weighted-
average dumping margin 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 rates that are zero, de minimis or determined 
entirely on the basis of facts available.
    For these final results of review, we calculated a weighted-average 
dumping margin that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
available for Evraz, the sole mandatory respondent. Because this is the 
only weighted-average dumping margin determined in this review for an 
individually examined respondent, we are applying this rate to the non-
examined companies under review consistent with section 735(c)(5)(A) of 
the Act.\4\
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    \4\ See Appendix II for a list of non-examined companies under 
review.
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Determination of No Shipments

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, we received no shipment claims 
from Forterra, Hyprescon, and Canam and preliminarily determined that 
Forterra, Hyprescon, and Canam had no shipments of subject merchandise 
during the POR.\5\ We received no comments from interested parties with 
respect to these claims. Therefore, because the record indicates that 
Forterra, Hyprescon, and Canam had no suspended entries of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR, we continue to find 
that Forterra, Hyprescon, and Canam had no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 37011.
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Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins 
exist for the period May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                  Producer/exporter                     dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Evraz Inc. NA; Evraz Inc. NA Canada; The Canadian                   9.17
 National Steel Corporation.........................
Non-Examined Companies \6\..........................                9.17
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Disclosure
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    \6\ See Appendix II for a list of these companies.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for Evraz within 
five days of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries in 
this review, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.212(b). Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to 
CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these 
final results 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).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because Evraz's weighted-average 
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1), and Evraz reported the entered value of all its U.S. 
sales, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates 
based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the 
examined sales to the

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total entered value of those sales. Where an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\7\
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    \7\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Evraz 
for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United 
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-
others rate (i.e., 12.32 percent) \8\ if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\9\
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    \8\ See Order, 84 FR at 18775-76.
    \9\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    For the companies which were not selected for individual 
examination, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at a 
rate equal to the weighted-average dumping margin determined for the 
non-examined companies in the final results of review.\10\
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    \10\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    For the companies with no shipments, i.e., Forterra, Hyprescon, and 
Canam, any suspended entries made under that exporter's case number 
(i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the all-others 
rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in 
the transaction.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of 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 companies listed above will 
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of the review; (2) for subject merchandise exported by a 
company not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed 
segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, 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 subject merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 12.32 percent ad valorem, 
the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\11\ These 
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \11\ See Order, 84 FR at 18768.
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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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
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 violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative 
review in accordance with sections 751(a) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 
CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 1, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

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: Adjustments to Evraz's General and Administrative 
(G&A) Expense Calculation
    Comment 2: Treatment of Materials as Co-Products in Evraz's 
Scrap Adjustment
    Comment 3: Correction of Clerical Errors Generated from Missing 
Values
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to Companies Not Selected for 
Individual Examination

1. Acier Profile SBB Inc.
2. Aciers Lague Steels Inc.
3. Amdor Inc.
4. BPC Services Group
5. Bri-Steel Manufacturing
6. Canada Culvert.
7. Cappco Tubular Products Canada Inc.
8. CFI Metal Inc.
9. Dominion Pipe & Piling
10. Enduro Canada Pipeline Services
11. Fi Oilfield Services Canada
12. Gchem Ltd.
13. Graham Construction
14. Groupe Fordia Inc.
15. Grupo Fordia Inc.
16. Hodgson Custom Rolling
17. Interpipe Inc.
18. K K Recycling Services
19. Kobelt Manufacturing Co.
20. Labrie Environment
21. Les Aciers Sofatec
22. Lorenz Conveying P
23. Lorenz Conveying Products
24. Matrix Manufacturing
25. MBI Produits De Forge
26. Nor Arc
27. Peak Drilling Ltd.
28. Pipe & Piling Sply Ltd.
29. Pipe & Piling Supplies
30. Prudental
31. Prudential
32. Shaw Pipe Protecction
33. Shaw Pipe Protection
34. Tenaris Algoma Tubes Facility
35. Tenaris Prudential
36. Welded Tube of Can Ltd.

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