[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 160 (Monday, August 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47060-47061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18188]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-910, C-821-827]


Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe 
From the Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation: Countervailing 
Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), 
Commerce is issuing countervailing duty (CVD) orders on seamless carbon 
and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from 
the Republic of Korea (Korea) and the Russian Federation (Russia).

DATES: Applicable August 23, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caitlin Monks (Russia), or Moses Song 
and Natasia Harrison (Korea), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitutions Avenue NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2670, (202) 482-7885, or (202) 482-1240, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with section 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), on July 2, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal 
Register its affirmative final determinations in the CVD investigations 
of seamless pipe from Korea and Russia.\1\ On August 16, 2021, the ITC 
notified Commerce of its affirmative final determinations, pursuant to 
section 705(d) of the Act, that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured within the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the 
Act, by reason of subsidized imports of seamless pipe from Korea and 
Russia.\2\
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    \1\ See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and 
Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 FR 35267 (July 2, 2021); see 
also Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure 
Pipe from the Russian Federation: Final Affirmative Countervailing 
Duty Determination, 86 FR 35263 (July 2, 2021).
    \2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final 
Determinations,'' dated August 16, 2021; see also Seamless Carbon 
and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from Korea, 
Russia, and Ukraine, ITC Investigation Nos. 701-TA-654-655 and 731-
TA-1530-1532 (August 16, 2021).
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is seamless pipe from Korea 
and Russia. For a complete description of the scope of these orders, 
see the appendix to this notice.

Countervailing Duty Orders

    In accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act, 
the ITC has notified Commerce of its final determinations that the 
industry in the United States producing seamless pipe is materially 
injured by reason of subsidized imports of seamless pipe from Korea and 
Russia. Therefore, in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, we 
are issuing these CVD orders. Because the ITC determined that imports 
of seamless pipe from Korea and Russia are materially injuring a U.S. 
industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from Korea and 
Russia, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are 
subject to the assessment of countervailing duties.
    Countervailing duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of 
seamless pipe from Korea and Russia entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after December 11, 2020, the date of 
publication of the preliminary determinations,\3\ but will not include 
entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures 
period and before the publication of the ITC's final injury 
determination under section 705(b) of the Act, as further described 
below.
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    \3\ See 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); see also Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Russian Federation: 
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 
Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty 
Determination, 85 FR 80007 (December 11, 2020) (Russia Preliminary 
Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits

    In accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 
instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties for all relevant entries 
of seamless pipe from Korea and Russia in an amount equal to the net 
countervailable subsidy rates for the subject merchandise. On or after 
the publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal 
Register, CBP must require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated import duties on this merchandise, cash 
deposits for each

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entry of subject merchandise equal to the rates noted below. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    Korea:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                    Exporter/producer                      (ad valorem)
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ILJIN Steel Corporation.................................            1.78
All Others..............................................            1.78
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    Russia:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                    Exporter/producer                      (ad valorem)
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PAO TMK/Volzhsky Pipe Plant Joint Stock Company 4.......           48.38
All Others..............................................           48.38
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Provisional Measures
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    \4\ Commerce found the following companies to be cross-owned 
with PAO TMK and Volzhsky Pipe Plant Joint Stock Company: Sinarsky 
Pipe Plant; Taganrog Metallurgical Plant Joint Stock Company; 
Sinarsky Pipe Plant Joint Stock Company; Seversky Pipe Plant Joint 
Stock Company; TMK CHERMET LLC; TMK CHERMET LLC Volzhsky; TMK 
CHERMET LLC Ekaterinburg; TMK CHERMET LLC Rostov; TMK CHERMET LLC 
Saratov; and TMK CHERMET LLC Service. See Russia Preliminary 
Determination PDM at 2-3 and 9-10.
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    Section 703(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant 
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect 
for more than four months. In the underlying investigations, Commerce 
published the preliminary determinations on December 11, 2020. As such, 
the four-month period beginning on the date of the publication of the 
preliminary determinations ended on April 9, 2021. Furthermore, section 
707(b) of the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on the 
date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination. Therefore, 
in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we have instructed CBP to 
discontinue the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without 
regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated entries of seamless pipe 
from Korea and Russia, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption, on or after April 10, 2021, the day after provisional 
measures expired, until and through the day preceding the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal 
Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the CVD orders with respect to seamless 
pipe from Korea and Russia, pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties can find a list of CVD orders currently in effect at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    These CVD orders are issued and published in accordance with 
section 706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: August 18, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.

Appendix--Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by the scope of these orders 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), of 
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 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 API 51 specification, 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 orders 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 orders are all mechanical, boiler, 
condenser and heat exchange tubing, except when such products 
conform to the dimensional requirements, i.e., outside diameter and 
wall thickness, or ASTM A-53, ASTM A-106 or API 51 specification. 
Also excluded from the scope of the orders 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-53, 
ASTM A-106 or API 5L; and (3) the exclusion for ASTM A-335 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.

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