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1See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular 

Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s 

Republic of China, 73 FR 42547 (July 22, 2008); see 

also Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe 

from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of 

Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty 

Order, 73 FR 42545 (July 22, 2008) (collectively, 

Orders). 

2See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, 

‘‘Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from 

the People’s Republic of China—Request for 

Circumvention Inquiry’’, dated July 9, 2024. 

3See Al Jazeera’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded 

Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s 

Republic of China; Al Jazeera comments on 

petitioners’ request for anti-circumvention inquiry,’’ 

dated July 19, 2024. 

4See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, 

‘‘Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from 

the People’s Republic of China—Response and 

Rebuttal Factual Information Regarding Comments 

on Request for Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated July 

29, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Circular Welded Carbon 

Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of 

China (A–570–910 and C–570–911): Extension of 

Time to Determine Whether to Initiate 

Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated August 12, 2024. 

6See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Circumvention Request 

with Respect to the Antidumping Order and 

Countervailing Duty Order on Circular Welded 

Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s 

Republic of China: Request for Information,’’ dated 

August 28, 2024 (Request for Information). 

Dated: November 12, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigations 

The products within the scope of these 

investigations are file folders consisting 

primarily of paper, paperboard, pressboard, 

or other cellulose material, whether coated or 

uncoated, that has been folded (or creased in 

preparation to be folded), glued, taped, 

bound, or otherwise assembled to be suitable 

for holding documents. The scope includes 

all such folders, regardless of color, whether 

or not expanding, whether or not laminated, 

and with or without tabs, fasteners, closures, 

hooks, rods, hangers, pockets, gussets, or 

internal dividers. The term ‘‘primarily’’ as 

used in the first sentence of this scope means 

50 percent or more of the total product 

weight, exclusive of the weight of fasteners, 

closures, hooks, rods, hangers, removable 

tabs, and similar accessories, and exclusive 

of the weight of the packaging. 

Subject folders have the following 

dimensions in their folded and closed 

position: lengths and widths of at least 8 

inches and no greater than 17 inches, 

regardless of depth. 

The scope covers all varieties of folders, 

including but not limited to manila folders, 

hanging folders, fastener folders, 

classification folders, expanding folders, 

pockets, jackets, and wallets. 

Excluded from the scope are: 

• mailing envelopes with a flap bearing 

one or more adhesive strips that can be used 

permanently to seal the entire length of a side 

such that, when sealed, the folder is closed 

on all four sides; 

• binders, with two or more rings to hold 

documents in place, made of paperboard or 

pressboard encased entirely in plastic; 

• binders consisting of a front cover, back 

cover, and spine, with or without a flap; to 

be excluded, a mechanism with two or more 

metal rings must be included on or adjacent 

to the interior spine; 

• non-expanding folders with a depth 

exceeding 2.5 inches and that are closed or 

closeable on the top, bottom, and all four 

sides (e.g., boxes or cartons); 

• expanding folders that have: (1) 13 or 

more pockets; (2) a flap covering the top; (3) 

a latching mechanism made of plastic and/ 

or metal to close the flap; and (4) an affixed 

plastic or metal carry handle; 

• folders that have an outer surface (other 

than the gusset, handles, and/or closing 

mechanisms, if any) that is covered entirely 

with fabric, leather, and/or faux leather; 

• fashion folders, which are defined as 

folders with all of the following 

characteristics: (1) plastic lamination 

covering the entire exterior of the folder; (2) 

printing, foil stamping, embossing (i.e., 

raised relief patterns that are recessed on the 

opposite side), and/or debossing (i.e., 

recessed relief patterns that are raised on the 

opposite side), covering the entire exterior 

surface area of the folder; (3) at least two 

visible and printed or foil stamped colors 

(other than the color of the base paper), each 

of which separately covers no less than 10 

percent of the entire exterior surface area; 

and (4) patterns, pictures, designs, or artwork 

covering no less than thirty percent of the 

exterior surface area of the folder; 

• portfolios, which are folders having: (1) 

a width of at least 16 inches when open flat; 

(2) no tabs or dividers; and (3) one or more 

pockets that are suitable for holding letter 

size documents and that cover at least 15 

percent of the surface area of the relevant 

interior side or sides; and 

• report covers, which are folders having: 

(1) no tabs, dividers, or pockets; and (2) one 

or more fasteners or clips, each of which is 

permanently affixed to the center fold, to 

hold papers securely in place. 

Imports of the subject merchandise are 

provided for under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

category 4820.30.0040. Subject imports may 

also enter under other HTSUS classifications. 

While the HTSUS subheading is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of these 

investigations is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–910, C–570–911] 

Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel 

Pipe From the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Circumvention 

Inquiry on the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to requests from 

Bull Moose Tube Company, Maruichi 

American Corporation, Wheatland Tube 

Company, and the United Steel, Paper 

and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 

Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 

Workers International Union, AFL–CIO, 

CLC (collectively, the domestic 

interested parties), the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a 

country-wide circumvention inquiry to 

determine whether circular welded 

carbon quality steel pipe (CWP) from 

the People’s Republic of China (China), 

which is completed in the Sultanate of 

Oman (Oman) from hot-rolled steel 

(HRS) produced in China, is 

circumventing the antidumping duty 

(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) 

orders on CWP from China. 

DATES: Applicable November 19, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

IV Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4037. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 9, 2024, pursuant to section 

781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.226(i), the domestic interested 

parties filed circumvention inquiry 

requests alleging that CWP completed in 

Oman using HRS manufactured in 

China is circumventing the AD and CVD 

Orders 1 on CWP from China and, 

accordingly, should be included within 

the scope of the Orders.2 On July 19, 

2024, Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. 

SAOG (Al Jazeera), an Omani producer 

of CWP, filed comments in opposition 

to the domestic interested parties’ 

request.3 On July 29, 2024, the domestic 

interested parties filed rebuttal 

comments to Al Jazeera’s July 19, 2024 

comments.4

On August 12, 2024, we extended the 

deadline to initiate this circumvention 

inquiry by 30 days, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.226(d)(1).5

On August 28, 2024, we issued a 

request for information questionnaire to 

the domestic interested parties.6 In the 

Request for Information, we clarified 

that we issued the request because we 

had found that the request to conduct 

the circumvention inquiry was 

insufficient for purposes of initiation, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(d)(1). 

Additionally, we clarified that 30-day 

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7 Id. 

8See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, 

‘‘Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from 

the People’s Republic of China—Request for 

Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated September 27, 2024 

(Circumvention Request). We note that the 

Circumvention Request contained a new 

circumvention allegation as well as responses to our 

Request for Information. See Circumvention 

Request at Appendix. 

9See Al Jazeera’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded 

Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from People Republic of 

China: Al Jazeera comments on petitioners’ request 

for anti-circumvention inquiry,’’ dated October 7, 

2024 (Al Jazeera Opposition Comments). 

10See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, 

‘‘Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from 

the People’s Republic of China—Response and 

Rebuttal Factual Information Regarding Comments 

on Request for Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated 

October 15, 2024 (Domestic Interested Party 

Rebuttal Comments). 

11See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Circumvention 

Request with Respect to the Antidumping Order 

and Countervailing Duty Order on Circular Welded 

Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s 

Republic of China: Rejection of Al Jazeera 

comments on domestic interested parties’ revised 

request for anti-circumvention inquiry,’’ and 

‘‘Circumvention Request with Respect to the 

Antidumping Order and Countervailing Duty Order 

on Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from 

the People’s Republic of China: Rejection of 

Response and Rebuttal Factual Information 

Regarding Comments on Request for Circumvention 

Inquiry,’’ both dated October 28, 2024 

12For a complete description of the scope of the 

Orders, see Checklist, ‘‘Circular Welded Carbon 

Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of 

China (Circumvention Initiation Checklist). 

13See Statement of Administrative Action 

Accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements 

Act, H.R. Doc. No. 103–316, Vol. 1 (1994) (SAA), 

at 893. 14See Uncovered Innerspring Units from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 65626 (December 

21, 2018), and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at 4. 15See Circumvention Initiation Checklist. The 

Circumvention Initiation Checklist is a public 

document available electronically online via 

Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 

System (ACCESS). 

whether to initiate on domestic 

interested parties’ circumvention 

inquiry would begin with domestic 

interested parties’ response to the 

Request for Information.7 Subsequently, 

on September 27, 2024, the domestic 

interested parties filed their response to 

our request for information.8 Thus, we 

consider the inquiry request to have 

been filed on September 27, 2024. 

On October 7, 2024, Al Jazeera filed 

opposition comments in response to the 

Domestic Interested Parties’ Request.9

On October 15, 2024, the domestic 

interested parties filed rebuttal 

comments to Al Jazeera’s Circumvention 

Request.10 On October 28, 2024, 

Commerce rejected both the Al Jazeera 

Opposition Comments and the Domestic 

Interested Party Rebuttal Comments.11

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of the Orders is CWP from China. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of Orders, see the Circumvention 

Initiation Checklist.12

Merchandise Subject to the 

Circumvention Inquiry 

This circumvention inquiry covers 

CWP from China, completed in Oman 

using Chinese-produced HRS, and 

subsequently exported from Oman to 

the United States. 

Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry 

Section 351.226(d) of Commerce’s 

regulations states that if Commerce 

determines that a request for a 

circumvention inquiry satisfies the 

requirements of 19 CFR 351.226(c), then 

Commerce ‘‘will accept the request and 

initiate a circumvention inquiry.’’ 

Section 351.226(c)(1) of Commerce’s 

regulations, in turn, requires that each 

circumvention inquiry request alleges 

‘‘that the elements necessary for a 

circumvention determination under 

section 781 of the Act exist’’ and be 

‘‘accompanied by information 

reasonably available to the interested 

party supporting these allegations.’’ The 

domestic interested parties alleged 

circumvention pursuant to section 

781(b) of the Act, which pertains to 

merchandise completed or assembled in 

other foreign countries. 

Section 781(b)(1) of the Act provides 

that Commerce may find circumvention 

of an AD or CVD order when 

merchandise of the same class or kind 

subject to the order is completed or 

assembled in a foreign country other 

than the country to which the order 

applies. In conducting a circumvention 

inquiry, under section 781(b)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce relies on the following 

criteria: (A) merchandise imported into 

the United States is of the same class or 

kind as any merchandise produced in a 

foreign country that is the subject of an 

AD or CVD order or finding; (B) before 

importation into the United States, such 

imported merchandise is completed or 

assembled in another foreign country 

from merchandise which is subject to 

the order or merchandise which is 

produced in the foreign country that is 

subject to the order; (C) the process of 

assembly or completion in the foreign 

country referred to in section (B) is 

minor or insignificant; (D) the value of 

the merchandise produced in the 

foreign country to which the AD or CVD 

order applies is a significant portion of 

the total value of the merchandise 

exported to the United States; and (E) 

the administering authority determines 

that action is appropriate to prevent 

evasion of such order or finding. 

In determining whether the process of 

assembly or completion in a third 

country is minor or insignificant under 

section 781(b)(1)(C) of the Act, section 

781(b)(2) of the Act directs Commerce to 

consider: (A) the level of investment in 

the foreign country; (B) the level of 

research and development in the foreign 

country; (C) the nature of the production 

process in the foreign country; (D) the 

extent of production facilities in the 

foreign country; and (E) whether or not 

the value of processing performed in the 

foreign country represents a small 

proportion of the value of the 

merchandise imported into the United 

States. However, no single factor, by 

itself, controls Commerce’s 

determination of whether the process of 

assembly or completion in a third 

country is minor or insignificant.13

Accordingly, it is Commerce’s practice 

to evaluate each of these five factors, 

depending on the totality of the 

circumstances of the particular 

circumvention inquiry.14

In addition, section 781(b)(3) of the 

Act sets forth additional factors to 

consider in determining whether to 

include merchandise assembled or 

completed in a third country within the 

scope of an AD or CVD order. 

Specifically, Commerce shall take into 

account such factors as: (A) the pattern 

of trade, including sourcing patterns; (B) 

whether the manufacturer or exporter of 

the merchandise is affiliated with the 

person who, in the third country, uses 

the merchandise to complete or 

assemble the merchandise which is 

subsequently imported into the United 

States; and (C) whether imports of the 

merchandise into the third country have 

increased after the initiation of the 

investigation that resulted in the 

issuance of such order or finding. 

Based on our analysis of the domestic 

interested parties’ circumvention 

request, Commerce determines that the 

domestic interested parties have 

satisfied the criteria under 19 CFR 

351.226(c) to warrant the initiations of 

circumvention inquiries of these Orders. 

Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.226(d)(1)(ii), we are initiating the 

requested circumvention inquiries. For 

a full discussion of the basis for our 

decisions to initiate these 

circumvention inquiries, see the 

Circumvention Initiation Checklist.15 As 

explained in the Circumvention 

Initiation Checklist, the information 

provided by the domestic interested 

parties in this instance warrants 

initiating this circumvention inquiry on 

a country-wide basis. Commerce has 

taken this approach in prior 

circumvention inquiries, where the facts 


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16See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on the 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 

83 FR 37785 (August 2, 2018); Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry on 

the Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 40556, 40560 

(August 25, 2017) (stating at initiation that 

Commerce would evaluate the extent to which a 

country-wide finding applicable to all exports 

might be warranted); and Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic 

of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries 

on the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 

Orders, 81 FR 79454, 79458 (November 14, 2016) 

(stating at initiation that Commerce would evaluate 

the extent to which a country-wide finding 

applicable to all exports might be warranted). 17See Circumvention Initiation Checklist. 1See Oil Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022–2023, 89 FR 64872 

(August 8, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

(PDM). 2Commerce has previously determined that 

Interpipe Europe S.A.; Interpipe Ukraine LLC; PJSC 

Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant; and 

LLC Interpipe Niko Tube are affiliated and treated 

as a single entity (i.e., Interpipe). See Preliminary 

Results PDM at ‘‘Summary.’’ 

3See Interpipe’s Letter, ‘‘Case Brief for Interpipe,’’ 

dated September 9, 2024; see also Vallourec’s 

Letter, ‘‘Letter in Lieu of Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated 

September 16, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Oil 

Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine, 2022–2023,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

6See Termination of the Suspension Agreement 

on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

Ukraine, Rescission of Administrative Review, and 

Issuance of Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 33918 

(July 16, 2019) (Order). 

warranted initiation on a country-wide 

basis.16

Consistent with the approach in the 

prior circumvention inquiries that we 

initiated on a country-wide basis, 

Commerce intends to issue 

questionnaires to solicit information 

from producers and exporters in Oman 

concerning their shipments of CWP, 

made from Chinese-origin HRS, to the 

United States. A company’s failure to 

respond completely to Commerce’s 

requests for information may result in 

the application of partial or total facts 

available, pursuant to section 776(a) of 

the Act, which may include adverse 

inferences, pursuant to section 776(b) of 

the Act. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.226(l)(1), 

Commerce will notify U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) of the initiation 

and direct CBP to continue the 

suspension of liquidation of entries of 

products subject to the circumvention 

inquiry that were already subject to the 

suspension of liquidation under the 

Orders. Should Commerce issue 

preliminary or final circumvention 

determinations, Commerce will follow 

the suspension of liquidation rules 

under 19 CFR 351.226(l)(2)–(4). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(d) 

and section 781(b) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that the domestic interested 

parties’ requests for this circumvention 

inquiry satisfies the requirements of 19 

CFR 351.226(c). Accordingly, Commerce 

is notifying all interested parties of the 

initiation of this circumvention inquiry 

to determine whether certain imports of 

CWP from China, completed in and 

exported from Oman using HRS inputs 

manufactured in China, are 

circumventing the Orders. In addition, 

we have included a description of the 

products that are the subject of this 

inquiry, and an explanation of the 

reasons for Commerce’s decision to 

initiate this inquiry as provided above 

and in the accompanying 

Circumvention Initiation Checklist.17 In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(e)(2), 

Commerce intends to issue its final 

circumvention determination within 

300 days from the date of publication of 

the notice of initiation of a 

circumvention inquiry in the Federal 

Register. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 781(b) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.226(d)(1)(ii). 

Dated: November 12, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–823–815] 

Oil Country Tubular Goods From 

Ukraine: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2022– 

2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from 

Ukraine were sold at prices below 

normal value during the period of 

review (POR) July 1, 2022, through June 

30, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable November 19, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni 

Page, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1398. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 8, 2024, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results of 

this administrative review.1 Interpipe,2

the sole mandatory respondent, and the 

domestic interested party, Vallourec 

Star, L.P. (Vallourec), each submitted 

comments on the Preliminary Results.3

On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 

certain deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.4 The 

deadline for these final results is now 

December 6, 2024. 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Results, may be found in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum.5

Commerce conducted this review in 

accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 6

The products covered by the Order 

are OCTG from Ukraine. For a full 

description of the scope, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in Interpipe’s case 

brief and Vallourec’s letter in lieu of a 

rebuttal brief are addressed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. A list of 

these issues is attached as an appendix 

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. 

Final Results of Review 

We have calculated the following 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for Interpipe for the POR, July 1, 

2022, through June 30, 2023: 


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