[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81425-81428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23265]


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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 and Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, in Part; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds 
that heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 
(HWRPT) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold at less than

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normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2022, 
through August 31, 2023. In addition, Commerce is rescinding this 
administrative review in part, with respect to two companies for which 
the request for review was timely withdrawn. We invite interested 
parties to comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable October 8, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Kinney, 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) 482-2285.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 13, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on HWRPT from Korea.\1\ On September 6, 
2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On 
November 15, 2023, based on timely requests for review, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an antidumping duty 
administrative review of three producers and exporters of the subject 
merchandise.\3\ On November 16 and 17, 2023, respectively, NEXTEEL Co., 
Ltd. (NEXTEEL) and Dong-A-Steel Co., Ltd. (DOSCO) withdrew their 
requests for an administrative review.\4\ The sole company remaining 
subject to this review is HiSteel Co., Ltd. (HiSteel).
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    \1\ 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).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 60923 (September 
6, 2023).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 78298, 78300 (November 15, 2023).
    \4\ See NEXTEEL's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated November 16, 2023 (NEXTEEL's 
Withdrawal Request); see also DOSCO's Letter, ``Withdrawal of 
Request for Administrative Review for DOSCO,'' dated November 17, 
2023 (DOSCO's Withdrawal Request).
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    On May 9, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary 
results of this review until September 25, 2025.\5\ On July 22, 2024, 
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 
seven days.\6\ The deadline for the preliminary results is now October 
2, 2024. For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 9, 
2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
the Republic of Korea; 2022-2023,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is certain heavy walled 
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from Korea. For a full 
description of the scope of the Order see Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 
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. A list of topics 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an 
appendix 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.

Recission of Review, In Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On 
November 16 and 17, 2023, respectively, NEXTEEL and DOSCO withdrew 
their requests for an administrative review.\8\ Because no other 
parties requested a review of these two companies, we are rescinding 
the administrative review in part, with respect to these two companies.
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    \8\ See NEXTEEL's Withdrawal Request; see also DOSCO's 
Withdrawal Request.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period 
September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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HiSteel Co., Ltd...........................................        0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed for these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days after public announcement, or if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register.\9\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    Interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 
30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\10\ Rebuttal 
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no 
later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\11\ 
Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and 
(2) a table of authorities.\12\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
    \12\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this administrative review, we instead 
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their 
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their 
briefs.\13\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their 
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as 
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision 
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this

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administrative review. We request that interested parties include 
footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of 
each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements 
pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\14\
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    \13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \14\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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    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. 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. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the respective case briefs. A hearing request must be 
received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. 
If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold a hearing 
at a time and date to be determined and will notify the parties through 
ACCESS.\15\ Parties should confirm the date, time, and location of the 
hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as 
hearing requests, should be filed using ACCESS.\16\ An electronically-
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, upon completion of the 
final results of this administrative review, 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.\17\
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    For the companies for which this review is being rescinded, in 
part, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). With respect 
to the recission of this review, in part, Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), if the weighted-average dumping 
margin for HiSteel is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 
percent) in the final results of this review, Commerce intends to 
calculate importer-specific ad valorem 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 sales. If HiSteel's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the 
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific ad valorem 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, 
we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.\18\ 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 deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable.\19\
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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also 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).
    \19\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
HiSteel for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for 
the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 3.24 percent) in the original 
less than fair value (LTFV) investigation \20\ if there is no rate for 
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\21\
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    \20\ See Order, 81 FR at 62865.
    \21\ 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 deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register 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)(C) of the Act: 
(1) the cash deposit rate for HiSteel will be equal to the weighted-
average 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 previously reviewed or investigated 
companies not participating in this review, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which the company was 
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the 
cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit 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 LTFV investigation.\22\ These deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \22\ See Order.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to 
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the 
results of its analysis of issues raised by interested parties in the 
written comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary 
results in the Federal Register.\23\
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    \23\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 
351.213(h).
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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 preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: October 2, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

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