14248 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 49 / Monday, March 14, 2022 / Notices 

1See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 86 

FR 60210 (November 1, 2021) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 86 FR 67909 

(November 30, 2021). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 60210–11. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigations of Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

Argentina, Mexico, and the Russian Federation and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea, and the 

Russian Federation: Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated March 7, 2022 (Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum). 

7See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

8See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Request to 

Extend Preliminary Determinations and Align the 

Countervailing Duty Investigations with the 

Concurrent Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations,’’ 

dated February 10, 2022. 

9As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

company to be cross-owned with SeAH Steel 

Corporation: SeAH Steel Holding Corporation. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–913] 

Oil Country Tubular Goods From the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary 

Negative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are not 

being provided to producers and 

exporters of oil country tubular goods 

(OCTG) from the Republic of Korea 

(Korea). The period of investigation is 

January 1, 2020, through December 31, 

2020. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable March 14, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacob Garten or Paul Litwin, 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) 482–3342 or (202) 482–6002, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on November 1, 2021.1 On November 

30, 2021, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation, and the revised deadline 

is now March 7, 2022.2 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 http://

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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is OCTG from Korea. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this preliminary 

determination, and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6

Commerce is preliminarily modifying 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. See revised scope in 

Appendix I. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.7

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final countervailing duty (CVD) 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion antidumping duty (AD) 

investigations of OCTG from Argentina, 

Mexico, and the Russian Federation 

based on a request made by the 

petitioners.8 Consequently, the final 

CVD determination will be issued on 

the same date as the final AD 

determinations, which are currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than July 

18, 2022, unless postponed. 

Preliminary Determination 

For this preliminary determination, 

Commerce calculated zero or de 

minimis estimated countervailable 

subsidies for all individually examined 

producers/exporters of the subject 

merchandise. Consistent with section 

703(b)(4)(A) of the Act, Commerce has 

disregarded the zero and de minimis 

rates. Commerce preliminarily 

determines that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Hyundai Steel Corporation ...... 0.17 

(de minimis). 

SeAH Steel Corporation 9 ....... 0.00. 

Consistent with section 703(d) of the 

Act, Commerce has not calculated an 

estimated weighted-average subsidy rate 

for all other producers/exporters 

because it has not made an affirmative 

preliminary determination. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Because Commerce preliminarily 

determines that no countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to the 

production or exportation of subject 

merchandise, Commerce will not direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

suspend liquidation of any such entries. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 


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10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

11See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 

17006 (March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 

41363 (July 10, 2020). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this investigation. Accordingly, we 

intend to verify the information relied 

upon in making the final determination 

through alternative means in lieu of an 

on-site verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. A timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments will be notified to interested 

parties at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in case briefs, 

may be submitted no later than seven 

days after the deadline date for case 

briefs after the deadline date for case 

briefs.10 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

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, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine 75 days after the final 

determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: March 7, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain OCTG, which are 

hollow steel products of circular crosssection, including oil well casing and tubing, 

of iron (other than case iron) or steel (both 

carbon and alloy), whether seamless or 

welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., 

whether or not plain end, threaded, or 

threaded and coupled) whether or not 

conforming to American Petroleum Institute 

(API) or non-API specifications, whether 

finished (including limited service OCTG 

products) or unfinished (including green 

tubes and limited service OCTG products), 

whether or not thread protectors are attached. 

The scope of this investigation also covers 

OCTG coupling stock. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by performing any 

heat treatment, cutting, upsetting, threading, 

coupling, or any other finishing, packaging, 

or processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the OCTG. 

Excluded from the scope of the 

investigation are: Casing, tubing, or coupling 

stock containing 10.5 percent or more by 

weight of chromium; drill pipe; unattached 

couplings; and unattached thread protectors. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is currently classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 

7304.29.1010, 7304.29.1020, 7304.29.1030, 

7304.29.1040, 7304.29.1050, 7304.29.1060, 

7304.29.1080, 7304.29.2010, 7304.29.2020, 

7304.29.2030, 7304.29.2040, 7304.29.2050, 

7304.29.2060, 7304.29.2080, 7304.29.3110, 

7304.29.3120, 7304.29.3130, 7304.29.3140, 

7304.29.3150, 7304.29.3160, 7304.29.3180, 

7304.29.4110, 7304.29.4120, 7304.29.4130, 

7304.29.4140, 7304.29.4150, 7304.29.4160, 

7304.29.4180, 7304.29.5015, 7304.29.5030, 

7304.29.5045, 7304.29.5060, 7304.29.5075, 

7304.29.6115, 7304.29.6130, 7304.29.6145, 

7304.29.6160, 7304.29.6175, 7305.20.2000, 

7305.20.4000, 7305.20.6000, 7305.20.8000, 

7306.29.1030, 7306.29.1090, 7306.29.2000, 

7306.29.3100, 7306.29.4100, 7306.29.6010, 

7306.29.6050, 7306.29.8110, and 

7306.29.8150. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation may also enter under the 

following HTSUS item numbers: 

7304.39.0024, 7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 

7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 

7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 

7304.39.0062, 7304.39.0068, 7304.39.0072, 

7304.39.0076, 7304.39.0080, 7304.59.6000, 

7304.59.8015, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 

7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 

7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 

7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, 7304.59.8070, 

7304.59.8080, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090, 

7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5090, 7306.50.5050, 

and 7306.50.5070. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications above are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes only. The 

written description of the scope of this 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–834] 

Oil Country Tubular Goods From the 

Russian Federation: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Preliminary Negative 

Critical Circumstances Determination, 

and Alignment of Final Determination 

With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from 

the Russian Federation (Russia) for the 

period of investigation (POI) January 1, 

2020, through December 31, 2020. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable March 14, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brontee Jeffries or Theodore Pearson, 


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