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1For a complete description of the Scope of the 

Order, see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum 

for the Preliminary Results of the 2015–2016 

Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Welded Line Pipe from Korea,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

SA513 Type 3), ASTM A–513 Type 4 (ASME 

SA513 Type 4), ASTM A–513 Type 5 (ASME 

SA513 Type 5), ASTM A–513 Type 6 (ASME 

SA513 Type 6), ASTM A–519 (cold-finished); 

(2) SAE International (Society of 

Automotive Engineers) specifications SAE 

J524, SAE J525, SAE J2833, SAE J2614, SAE 

J2467, SAE J2435, SAE J2613; 

(3) Aerospace Material Specification (AMS) 

AMS T–6736 (AMS 6736), AMS 6371, AMS 

5050, AMS 5075, AMS 5062, AMS 6360, 

AMS 6361, AMS 6362, AMS 6371, AMS 

6372, AMS 6374, AMS 6381, AMS 6415; 

(4) United States Military Standards (MIL) 

MIL–T–5066 and MIL–T–6736; 

(5) foreign standards equivalent to one of 

the previously listed ASTM, ASME, SAE, 

AMS or MIL specifications including but not 

limited to: 

(a) German Institute for Standardization 

(DIN) specifications DIN 2391–2, DIN 2393– 

2, DIN 2394–2); 

(b) European Standards (EN) EN 10305–1, 

EN 10305–2, EN 10305–3, EN 10305–4, EN 

10305–6 and European national variations on 

those standards (e.g., British Standard (BS 

EN), Irish Standard (IS EN) and German 

Standard (DIN EN) variations, etc.); 

(c) Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) JIS G 

3441 and JIS G 3445; and 

(6) proprietary standards that are based on 

one of the above-listed standards. 

The subject cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

may also be dual or multiple certified to 

more than one standard. Pipe that is multiple 

certified as cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

and to other specifications not covered by 

this scope, is also covered by the scope of 

this investigation when it meets the physical 

description set forth above. 

Steel products included in the scope of this 

investigation are products in which: (1) Iron 

predominates, by weight, over each of the 

other contained elements; and (2) the carbon 

content is 2 percent or less by weight. 

For purposes of this scope, the place of 

cold-drawing determines the country of 

origin of the subject merchandise. Subject 

merchandise that is subject to minor working 

in a third country that occurs after drawing 

in one of the subject countries including, but 

not limited to, heat treatment, cutting to 

length, straightening, nondestruction testing, 

deburring or chamfering, remains within the 

scope of this investigation. 

All products that meet the written physical 

description are within the scope of this 

investigation unless specifically excluded or 

covered by the scope of an existing order. 

Merchandise that meets the physical 

description of cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

above is within the scope of the investigation 

even if it is also dual or multiple certified to 

an otherwise excluded specification listed 

below. The following products are outside of, 

and/or specifically excluded from, the scope 

of this investigation: 

(1) Cold-drawn stainless steel tubing, 

containing 10.5 percent or more of chromium 

by weight and not more than 1.2 percent of 

carbon by weight; 

(2) products certified to one or more of the 

ASTM, ASME or American Petroleum 

Institute (API) specifications listed below: 

• ASTM A–53; 

• ASTM A–106; 

• ASTM A–179 (ASME SA 179); 

• ASTM A–192 (ASME SA 192); 

• ASTM A–209 (ASME SA 209); 

• ASTM A–210 (ASME SA 210); 

• ASTM A–213 (ASME SA 213); 

• ASTM A–334 (ASME SA 334); 

• ASTM A–423 (ASME SA 423); 

• ASTM A–498; 

• ASTM A–496 (ASME SA 496); 

• ASTM A–199; 

• ASTM A–500; 

• ASTM A–556; 

• ASTM A–565; 

• API 5L; and 

• API 5CT 

except that any cold-drawn tubing product 

certified to one of the above excluded 

specifications will not be excluded from the 

scope if it is also dual- or multiple-certified 

to any other specification that otherwise 

would fall within the scope of this 

investigation. 

The products subject to the investigation 

are currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under item numbers: 7304.31.3000, 

7304.31.6050, 7304.51.1000, 7304.51.5005, 

7304.51.5060, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020, 

7306.50.5030. Subject merchandise may also 

enter under numbers 7306.30.1000 and 

7306.50.1000. The HTSUS subheadings 

above are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes only. The written 

description of the scope of the investigation 

is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–876] 

Welded Line Pipe From Korea: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2015– 

2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on welded line 

pipe (WLP) from Korea. The period of 

review (POR) is May 22, 2015, through 

November 30, 2016. This administrative 

review covers 24 producers and/or 

exporters of the subject merchandise. 

Commerce selected two mandatory 

respondents for individual examination: 

Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai 

Steel) and SeAH Steel Company (SeAH). 

We preliminarily determine that sales of 

subject merchandise have been made 

below normal value (NV) during the 

POR. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable January 9, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Goldberger or Ross Belliveau, 

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) 482–4136 or 

(202) 482–4952, respectively. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the order 

is welded line pipe.1 The product is 

currently classified under the following 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) item numbers: 

7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 

7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 

7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 

7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 

7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 

7306.19.5110, and 7306.19.5150. 

Although the HTSUS numbers are 

provided for convenience and for 

customs purposes, the written product 

description remains dispositive. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

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

Export price and constructed export 

price are calculated in accordance with 

section 772 of the Act. NV 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. 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, and to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

A list of the topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

attached as the Appendix to this notice. 


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2As discussed in Welded Line Pipe from the 

Republic of Korea: Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, 80 FR 61366 (October 13, 

2015), and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at 1, Hyundai HYSCO merged with 

Hyundai Steel subsequent to the period of 

investigation and Hyundai HYSCO no longer exists. 

Accordingly, our examination of Hyundai Steel 

includes entries made by Hyundai HYSCO prior to 

the date of the merger. 

3This rate is based on the simple average margin 

using the publicly-ranged data calculated for those 

companies selected for individual review. Because 

we cannot apply our normal methodology of 

calculating a weighted-average margin due to 

requests to protect business proprietary 

information, we find this rate to be the best proxy 

of the actual weighted-average margin determined 

for the mandatory respondents. See Ball Bearings 

and Parts Thereof from France, et al.: Final Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final 

Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and 

Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 

(September 1, 2010); see also Memorandum, 

‘‘Calculation of the Review-Specific Average Rate 

for the Preliminary Results,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice. 

4This rate was calculated as discussed in footnote 

3, above. 

5See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

6See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of 

Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping 

Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056, 75057 (December 1, 

2015). 

7See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

11See 19 CFR 351.303. 

12See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the following 

weighted-average dumping margins for 

the period May 22, 2015, through 

November 30, 2016: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Hyundai Steel Company/ 

Hyundai HYSCO 2 ............. 19.42 

SeAH Steel Company .......... 2.30 

Review-Specific Average Rate 

Applicable to the Following 

Companies: 3

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

AJU BESTEEL CO., Ltd. ...... 10.86 

Daewoo International Corporation ............................. 10.86 

Dong Yang Steel Pipe .......... 10.86 

Dongbu Incheon Steel Co. ... 10.86 

Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd .......... 10.86 

Dongkuk Steel Mill ................ 10.86 

EEW Korea Co, Ltd. ............. 10.86 

HISTEEL Co., Ltd. ................ 10.86 

Husteel Co., Ltd. ................... 10.86 

Keonwood Metals Co., Ltd. .. 10.86 

Kolon Global Corp. ............... 10.86 

Korea Cast Iron Pipe Ind. 

Co., Ltd. ............................ 10.86 

Miju Steel MFG Co., Ltd. ...... 10.86 

MSTEEL Co., Ltd. ................ 10.86 

NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. .............. 10.86 

Poongsan Valinox (Valtimet 

Division) ............................ 10.86 

POSCO ................................. 10.86 

Sam Kang M&T Co., Ltd. ..... 10.86 

Sin Sung Metal Co., Ltd. ...... 10.86 

Soon-Hong Trading Company .................................. 10.86 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Steel Flower Co., Ltd. ........... 10.86 

TGS Pipe .............................. 10.86 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

where Hyundai Steel and SeAH 

reported the entered value for of their 

U.S. sales, we calculated importerspecific ad valorem duty assessment 

rates based on the ratio of the total 

amount of dumping calculated for the 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of the sales for which entered 

value was reported. Where Hyundai 

Steel did not report entered value, we 

calculated the entered value in order to 

calculate the assessment rate. Where 

either the respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de 

minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific 

rate is zero or de minimis, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 

entries without regard to antidumping 

duties. 

For the companies which were not 

selected for individual review, we will 

assign an assessment rate based on the 

average 4 of the cash deposit rates 

calculated for Hyundai Steel and SeAH. 

The final results of this 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.5

We intend to issue liquidation 

instructions to CBP 15 days after 

publication of the final results of this 

review. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective for all shipments of the 

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 each specific 

company listed above will be that 

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 investigated companies not 

participating in this review, the cash 

deposit will continue to be the 

company-specific rate published for the 

most recently completed segment of this 

proceeding in which the company 

participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 

firm covered in this review, or the 

original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation, but the manufacturer is, 

the cash deposit rate will be the rate 

established for the most recent segment 

for the manufacturer of the 

merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 

rate for all other manufacturers or 

exporters will continue to be 4.38 

percent, the all-others rate established 

in the LTFV investigation.6 These 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with these preliminary results to 

interested parties within five days after 

the date of publication of this notice.7

Interested parties may submit case briefs 

not later than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.8 Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 

five days after the time limit for filing 

case briefs.9 Parties who submit case 

briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding 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.10 Case and rebuttal briefs 

should be filed using ACCESS.11

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. An electronically-filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time within 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice.12

Hearing requests should contain: (1) The 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number; (2) the number of participants; 


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13 Id. 

14See Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

1See Stainless Steel Flanges from India and the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Less-ThanFair-Value Investigations, 82 FR 42649 (September 

11, 2017). 

2The petitioners are the Coalition of American 

Flange Producers and its individual members, Core 

Pipe Products, Inc. and Maass Flange Corporation. 

3See the Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Stainless Steel 

Flanges from India: the Petitioners’ Request to 

Extend the Preliminary Determination,’’ dated 

December 18, 2017; Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Stainless 

Steel Flanges from the People’s Republic of China: 

the Petitioners’ Request to Extend the Preliminary 

Determination,’’ dated December 18, 2017. 

4 Id. 

and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 

Issues raised in the hearing will be 

limited to issues raised in the briefs. If 

a request for a hearing is made, parties 

will be notified of the time and date for 

the hearing to be held at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230.13

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis 

raised in any written briefs, not later 

than 120 days after the publication of 

these preliminary results in the Federal 

Register, unless otherwise extended.14

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f) 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. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: January 2, 2018. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy 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. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Normal Value Comparisons 

1. Determination of Comparison Method 

2. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

B. Product Comparisons 

C. Export Price and Constructed Export 

Price 

D. Normal Value 

1. Particular Market Situation 

2. Home Market Viability and Selection of 

Comparison Market 

3. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test 

4. Level of Trade 

5. Cost of Production Analysis 

6. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison 

Market Prices 

7. Calculation of NV Based on CV 

E. Currency Conversion 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–877, A–570–064] 

Stainless Steel Flanges From India and 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATE: Applicable January 9, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Courtney Canales at (202) 482–4997 

(India) and Ian Hamilton at (202) 482– 

4798 (the People’s Republic of China 

(China)), AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 5, 2017, the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigations of imports of stainless 

steel flanges from India and China.1

Currently, the preliminary 

determinations are due no later than 

January 23, 2018. 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations 

Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

Commerce to issue the preliminary 

determination in a LTFV investigation 

within 140 days after the date on which 

Commerce initiated the investigation. 

However, section 733(c)(1)(A)(b)(1) of 

the Act permits Commerce to postpone 

the preliminary determination until no 

later than 190 days after the date on 

which Commerce initiated the 

investigation if: (A) The petitioners 2

submit a timely request for a 

postponement; or (B) Commerce 

concludes that the parties concerned are 

cooperating, that the investigation is 

extraordinarily complicated, and that 

additional time is necessary to make a 

preliminary determination. Under 19 

CFR 351.205(e), the petitioners must 

submit a request for postponement 25 

days or more before the scheduled date 

of the preliminary determination and 

must state the reasons for the request. 

Commerce will grant the request unless 

it finds compelling reasons to deny the 

request. 

On December 18, 2017, the petitioners 

submitted a timely request that 

Commerce postpone the preliminary 

determinations in these LTFV 

investigations.3 The petitioners stated 

that they request postponement ‘‘in 

order to ensure that {Commerce} has 

sufficient time to review all 

questionnaire responses and request 

clarification and/or additional 

information as necessary, so that the 

preliminary determinations will reflect 

the most accurate results possible.’’ 4

For the reasons stated above and 

because there are no compelling reasons 

to deny the request, Commerce, in 

accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act, is postponing the deadline for 

the preliminary determinations by 50 

days (i.e., 190 days after the date on 

which these investigations were 

initiated). As a result, Commerce will 

issue its preliminary determinations no 

later than March 14, 2018. In 

accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the 

deadline for the final determinations of 

these investigations will continue to be 

75 days after the date of publication of 

the preliminary determinations, unless 

postponed at a later date. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: January 3, 2018. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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Administration 

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Recovery Plans 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

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Commerce. 


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