Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 125 / Friday, July 2, 2021 / Notices 35267 

1See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 

Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination with Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 85 FR 80024 (December 11, 2020) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from the 

Republic of Korea,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

amounts shown for each of the 

respective companies listed above. For 

all non-reviewed firms, CBP will 

continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties at the 

most recent company-specific or allothers rate applicable to the company, 

as appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These final results are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: June 25, 2021. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Loan Interest Rate Benchmark and 

Discount Rates 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Properly 

Interpreted and Applied the Standard 

Established by Section 771B(1) of the Act 

for Determining ‘‘Substantially 

Dependent’’ Demand 

Comment 2: Whether the EU CAP Pillar I— 

BPS is De Jure Specific 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Used an 

Incorrect Sales Denominator To 

Calculate Agro Sevilla’s Subsidy Rate 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should 

Exclude Re-Sales and Purchases of 

Molinos Not Used To Produce Subject 

Merchandise From Camacho’s Subsidy 

Rate Calculation 

Comment 5: Whether the PROSOL Program 

is Specific 

Comment 6: Whether the ICO—National 

Investment Program is Specific 

Comment 7: Whether the Andalusia Energy 

Agency for Sustainable Energy 

Development for Andalusia Scheme is 

Specific 

Comment 8: Whether the European 

Investment Fund Loans Program is 

Specific 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Allocate Olive Subsidy Benefits to Sales 

of Olives Only 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust its Calculation for Yield Loss 

Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise its Calculation for the Two Coop 

Respondents To Eliminate Double 

Counting of Grower Quantities 

Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply AFA to Agro Sevilla’s First-Tier 

Coops and Member Growers 

Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should 

Correct Ministerial Errors for Agro 

Sevilla 

Comment 14: Whether Commerce Should 

Correct Ministerial Errors for Camacho 

Comment 15: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply AFA to Camacho’s Growers 

Comment 16: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply AFA to Dcoop’s First-Tier Coops 

and Member Growers 

Comment 17: Whether Commerce Should 

Find That All Dcoop’s Growers Received 

Greening Benefits 

Comment 18: Whether Commerce Should 

Use Dcoop’s Calendar Year 2018 Grower 

Data or, in the Alternative, Should 

Correct Ministerial Errors 

IX. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2021–14142 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–910] 

Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe 

From the Republic of Korea: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

seamless carbon and alloy steel 

standard, line, and pressure pipe 

(seamless pipe) from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea). 

DATES: Applicable July 2, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moses Song or Natasia Harrison, 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) 482–7885 or (202) 482–1240, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The petitioner in this investigation is 

Vallourec Star, LP. In addition to the 

Government of Korea (GOK), the 

mandatory respondent in this 

investigation is ILJIN Steel Corporation 

(ILJIN). On December 11, 2020, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register the Preliminary Determination 

and aligned this final determination 

with the final antidumping duty (AD) 

determination, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4)(i).1

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, may 

be found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is hereby adopted 

by this notice.2 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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

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

frn/. 

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation is January 

1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is seamless pipe from 

Korea. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

During the course of this and the 

concurrent AD investigation, Commerce 

received scope comments from 

interested parties. On January 13, 2021, 

Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum to address these 

comments, and modified the scope 

language as it appeared in the 


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35268 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 125 / Friday, July 2, 2021 / Notices 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Seamless 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and 

Pressure Pipe from the Czech Republic, the 

Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and 

Ukraine: Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated January 13, 2021 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

4See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from the 

Republic of Korea: In Lieu of On-Site Verification 

Questionnaire,’’ dated March 9, 2021. 

5See 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. 

6See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ‘‘Use 

of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’; see also Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at ‘‘Use of Facts Otherwise Available 

and Adverse Inference.’’ 

7See Preliminary Determination, 85 FR at 80025; 

see also Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

‘‘Calculation of the All-Others Rate.’’ 

Preliminary Determination to exclude 

oil country tubular goods covered by 

another order and all pipes meeting 

certain chemical requirements from the 

scope of this and the concurrent AD 

investigation.3 We did not receive 

comments from interested parties on the 

Preliminary Scope Memorandum. As 

discussed in Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

modified the scope language as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice to 

clarify certain exclusions. See the scope 

in the Appendix I to this notice. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation. 

However, we took additional steps in 

lieu of an on-site verification to verify 

the information relied upon in making 

this final determination, in accordance 

with section 782(i) of the Act.4

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 

this investigation are discussed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the issues raised by parties is 

attached to this notice at Appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce 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.5 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce is relying, in part, on facts 

otherwise available, including adverse 

facts available (AFA), pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For 

a full discussion of our application of 

AFA, see the Preliminary Determination 

and the section ‘‘Use of Facts Otherwise 

Available and Adverse Inferences’’ in 

the accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.6

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the comments received from parties, as 

well as additional information collected 

in questionnaires issued subsequent to 

the Preliminary Determination, we 

made certain changes to the 

countervailable subsidy rate calculation 

for ILJIN. For a discussion of these 

changes, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that in the final determination, 

Commerce shall determine an estimated 

all-others rate for companies not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated subsidy rates 

established for those companies 

individually examined, excluding any 

zero and de minimis rates and any rates 

based entirely under section 776 of the 

Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated an individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rate for ILJIN, 

the only individually examined 

exporter/producer, which is not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available.7 Accordingly, we 

have assigned the estimated 

countervailable subsidy rate calculated 

for ILJIN to all other producers and 

exporters, pursuant to section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following countervailable subsidy rates 

exist: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

ILJIN Steel Corporation .............. 1.78 

All Others .................................... 1.78 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties its calculations and 

analysis performed in this final 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination and pursuant to sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we 

instructed U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 

of entries of subject merchandise from 

Korea that were entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption, 

effective December 11, 2020, which is 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 703(d) of 

the Act, effective April 10, 2021, we 

instructed CBP to discontinue the 

suspension of liquidation of all entries 

at that time, but to continue the 

suspension of liquidation of all entries 

between December 11, 2020, and April 

9, 2021. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a countervailing duty order, 

and continue to require a cash deposit 

of estimated countervailing duties for 

such entries of subject merchandise in 

the amounts indicated above, in 

accordance with section 706(a) of the 

Act. If the ITC determines that material 

injury, or threat of material injury, does 

not exist, this proceeding will be 

terminated, and all estimated duties 

deposited or securities posted as a result 

of the suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of the 

final affirmative determination that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

seamless pipe from Korea. Because the 

final determination in this proceeding is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

705(b) of the Act, the ITC will make its 

final determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

seamless pipe from Korea no later than 

45 days after our final determination. In 

addition, we are making available to the 

ITC all non-privileged and 

nonproprietary information related to 

this investigation. We will allow the ITC 

access to all privileged and business 

proprietary information in our files, 

provided the ITC confirms that it will 

not disclose such information, either 


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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 125 / Friday, July 2, 2021 / Notices 35269 

1See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 

Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Russian 

Federation: Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 

Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 86 FR 8891 (February 10, 2021) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Russian 

Federation,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Notification Regarding APO 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to the APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: June 25, 2021. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by the scope of 

this investigation is seamless carbon and 

alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipes 

and redraw hollows, less than or equal to 16 

inches (406.4 mm) in nominal outside 

diameter, regardless of wall-thickness, 

manufacturing process (e.g., hot-finished or 

cold-drawn), end finish (e.g., plain end, 

beveled end, upset end, threaded, or 

threaded and coupled), or surface finish (e.g., 

bare, lacquered or coated). Redraw hollows 

are any unfinished carbon or alloy steel 

(other than stainless steel) pipe or ‘‘hollow 

profiles’’ suitable for cold finishing 

operations, such as cold drawing, to meet the 

American Society for Testing and Materials 

(ASTM) or American Petroleum Institute 

(API) specifications referenced below, or 

comparable specifications. Specifically 

included within the scope are seamless 

carbon and alloy steel (other than stainless 

steel) standard, line, and pressure pipes 

produced to the ASTM A–53, ASTM A–106, 

ASTM A–333, ASTM A–334, ASTM A–589, 

ASTM A–795, ASTM A–1024, and the API 

51 specifications, or comparable 

specifications, and meeting the physical 

parameters described above, regardless of 

application, with the exception of the 

exclusions discussed below. 

Specifically excluded from the scope of the 

investigation are: (1) All pipes meeting 

aerospace, hydraulic, and bearing tubing 

specifications, including pipe produced to 

the ASTM A–822 standard; (2) all pipes 

meeting the chemical requirements of ASTM 

A–335, whether finished or unfinished; and 

(3) unattached couplings. Also excluded from 

the scope of the investigation are (1) all 

mechanical, boiler, condenser and heat 

exchange tubing, except when such products 

conform to the dimensional requirements, 

i.e., outside diameter and wall thickness, of 

ASTM A53, ASTM A–106 or API 51 

specifications. Also excluded from the scope 

of the investigation are: (1) Oil country 

tubular goods consisting of drill pipe, casing, 

tubing and coupling stock; (2) all pipes 

meeting the chemical requirements of ASTM 

A–335 regardless of their conformity to the 

dimensional requirements of ASTM A–53, 

ASTM A–106 or API 5L; and (3) the 

exclusion for ASTM A335 applies to pipes 

meeting the comparable specifications GOST 

550–75. 

Subject seamless standard, line, and 

pressure pipe are normally entered under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheadings 7304.19.1020, 

7304.19.1030, 7304.19.1045, 7304.19.1060, 

7304.19.5020, 7304.19.5050, 7304.31.6050, 

7304.39.0016, 7304.39.0020, 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, 7304.51.5005, 

7304.51.5060, 7304.59.6000, 7304.59.8010, 

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, and 

7304.59.8070. The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes; the written 

description of the scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Final Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether the Provision of 

Electricity for Less Than Adequate 

Remuneration Is Countervailable 

Comment 2: Whether the Korea 

Development Bank is an ‘‘Authority’’ 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Determine that the Korea Development 

Bank General Operating Financing Loans 

Are Specific on the Basis of Adverse 

Facts Available 

Comment 4: Whether Tax Benefits Under 

Restriction of Special Taxation Act 

Article 10(1)(3) Are De Facto Specific 

Comment 5: Whether Tax Benefits Under 

Restriction of Special Taxation Act 

Article 26 Are Regionally Specific 

IX. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2021–14139 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–821–826] 

Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe 

From the Russian Federation: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that seamless 

carbon and alloy steel standard, line, 

and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from 

the Russian Federation (Russia) is being, 

or is likely to be, sold in the United 

States at less than fair value (LTFV) for 

the period of investigation, July 1, 2019, 

through June 30, 2020. 

DATES: Applicable July 2, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Hoadley, 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) 482–3148. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 10, 2021, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination of sales at LTFV of 

seamless pipe from Russia, in which we 

also postponed the final determination 

to June 25, 2021.1 We invited interested 

parties to comment on the Preliminary 

Determination. The mandatory 

respondent in this investigation is PAO 

TMK and Volzhsky Pipe Plant Joint 

Stock Company (collectively, TMK). For 

a complete description of the events that 

followed the Preliminary Determination, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2 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). 


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