[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83643-83644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23983]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-809, A-580-870, A-580-876, A-580-897]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea; 
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea; Welded 
Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea; and Large Diameter Welded Pipe 
From the Republic of Korea: Notice of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (HSP) is the successor-in-
interest to Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel) in the context of the 
antidumping duty (AD) orders on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe 
(CWP), certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG), welded line pipe 
(WLP), and large diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from the Republic of Korea 
(Korea). Therefore, HSP is entitled to Hyundai Steel's AD cash deposit 
rate with respect to entries of the subject merchandise in the above-
referenced proceedings. Interested parties are invited to comment on 
these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable October 17, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon, 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) 482-1167.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 11, 2024, HSP requested that, pursuant to section 
751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 
351.216, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), Commerce conduct a changed 
circumstances review (CCR) to determine that HSP is the successor-in-
interest to Hyundai Steel and, accordingly, to assign HSP the cash 
deposit rates currently applicable to Hyundai Steel pursuant to the CWP 
Order; OCTG Order; Welded Line Pipe Order; and LDWP Order.\1\ On April 
25, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of a CCR to 
determine if HSP is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel in the 
above-referenced Orders.\2\
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Orders: Certain Circular Welded 
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea (Korea), 
Mexico, and Venezuela, and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 
Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992) (CWP Order); 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; 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) (OCTG 
Order); Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the Republic 
of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056 (December 1, 2015) 
(WLP Order); and Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of 
Korea: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination and 
Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 18767 (May 2, 2019) (LDWP Order) 
(collectively, the Orders).
    \2\ See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic 
of Korea; Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea; 
Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea; and Large Diameter 
Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews, 89 FR 31726 (April 
25, 2024).
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is CWP, OCTG, WLP, and LDWP 
from Korea. For a complete description of the scope of each of these 
orders, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review of Circular 
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea; Certain Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea; Welded Line Pipe 
from the Republic of Korea; and Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the 
Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Legal Framework

    In determining whether one company is the successor-in-interest to 
another company as part of an AD proceeding, Commerce examines several 
factors including, but not limited to: (1) management and ownership; 
(2) production facilities; (3) supplier relationships; and (4) customer 
base.\4\ Although no single factor, or combination of factors, will 
necessarily provide a dispositive indication of successorship, 
generally, Commerce will consider one company to be the successor-in-
interest to another company if its operations are not materially 
dissimilar to those of the other company.\5\ Thus, if the totality of 
the evidence demonstrates that, with respect to the production and sale 
of the subject merchandise, the new company operates as the same 
business entity as the prior company, Commerce will find the new 
company to be the successor-in-interest to the prior company and assign 
the new company the cash deposit rate of its predecessor.\6\
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    \4\ See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France: 
Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, 75 FR 34688 (June 18, 
2010), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM) at 
Comment 1.
    \5\ See, e.g., Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon from Norway; 
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 64 FR 9979, 9979-80 (March 1, 1999).
    \6\ Id.; see also Brass Sheet and Strip from Canada; Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 57 FR 20460 (May 
13, 1992), and accompanying IDM at Comment 1.
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Preliminary Results of the CCR

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216, we preliminarily determine that 
HSP is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel with respect to the 
subject merchandise and the Orders because record evidence, as 
submitted by HSP, indicates that HSP operates as essentially the same 
business entity as Hyundai Steel. HSP's management and ownership, 
production facilities, supplier relationships, and customer base are 
the same, or substantially the same, as those of Hyundai Steel. Based 
on the foregoing, which is explained in greater detail in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we preliminarily determine that HSP is 
the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel and, as such, that HSP is 
entitled to Hyundai Steel's AD cash deposit rates with respect to 
entries of subject merchandise.
    For a complete discussion of the information that HSP provided, and 
the complete successor-in-interest analysis, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically

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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.

Public Comment

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may 
submit case briefs no later than 14 days after the date of publication 
of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case 
briefs, may be filed no later than seven days after the case briefs, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs must submit: 
(1) a table of contents listing each issue discussed in the brief; and 
(2) a table of authorities.\7\ 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 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.\8\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their 
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the 
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision 
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the executive summary of each issue.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \8\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
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    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, filed electronically via ACCESS, within 14 
days of publication of this notice. Requests should contain the 
following information: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants and whether any participant is a 
foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. If a 
request for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the date 
and time for the hearing.
    All submissions are to be filed electronically using ACCESS. An 
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its 
entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the day it is due.\9\ 
Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements 
for serving documents containing business proprietary information, 
until further notice.\10\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
    \10\ 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).
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews

    Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), we intend to issue the final 
results of this CCR no later than 270 days after the date on which this 
review was initiated, or within 45 days of publication of these 
preliminary results, if all parties agree to the preliminary findings.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing these preliminary results notice in accordance with 
sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216(b) and 
351.221(b)(1).

    Dated: October 10, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scopes of the Orders
IV. Current Cash Deposit Rates
V. Successor-in-Interest Determination
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-23983 Filed 10-16-24; 8:45 am]
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