[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22478-22479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09130]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-809]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: 
Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of 
Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of 
Administrative Review; 2008-2009

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

SUMMARY: On September 25, 2013, the United States Court of 
International Trade (Court or CIT) issued its final judgment affirming 
the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) final results of the 
remand redetermination \1\ concerning the 2008-2009 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel 
pipe (CWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea).\2\ Consistent with the 
decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 
(Federal Circuit) in Timken Co., v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. 
Cir. 1990) (Timken), as clarified by Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition 
v. United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades), 
the Department is notifying the public that the final CIT judgment in 
this case is not in harmony with the Department's final results of 
administrative review and is amending its final results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on CWP from Korea 
covering the period of review (POR) of November 1, 2008, through 
October 31, 2009, with respect to the weighted-average dumping margin 
calculated for SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH).
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    \1\ See ``Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Remand: 
SeAH Steel Corporation and Kurt Orban Partners, LLC v. United States 
(Defendant) and Allied Tube Conduit et al. (Defendants-Intervenors), 
Consol. Court No. 11-00226'' (January 11, 2012) (Remand Results).
    \2\ See SeAH Steel Corporation and Kurt Orban Partners, LLC v. 
United States and Allied Tube and Conduit, TMK IPSCO Tubular, and 
United States Steel Corporation, Consol. Court No. 11-00226, Slip 
Op. 13-124 (CIT September 25, 2013) (SeAH v. United States).

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DATES: Effective Date: October 5, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Decker or Joshua Morris, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0196 or (202) 
482-1779, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department published the final results 
of the 2008-2009 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
CWP from Korea on June 21, 2011.\3\ SeAH, a Korean producer and 
exporter of CWP, and Kurt Orban Partners, LLC, a U.S. importer of the 
same merchandise, timely filed complaints with the CIT to challenge the 
Department's application of its zeroing methodology in the Final 
Results. SeAH also challenged the cost recovery analysis the Department 
employed in the Final Results. On October 13, 2011, the Court remanded 
the Department to reconsider its position with regard to its zeroing 
methodology in the underlying administrative review in light of the 
decision of the Federal Circuit in JTEKT Corp. v. United States, 642 
F.3d 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (JTEKT), while also granting the 
Department's request for a voluntary remand to reconsider its cost-
recovery analysis in light of SeAH Steel Corp. v. United States, 764 F. 
Supp. 2d 1322 (CIT 2011) (SeAH II).\4\ On January 11, 2012, the 
Department filed the Remand Results with the CIT, in which the 
Department altered its cost-recovery analysis to comply with the 
decision in SeAH II and provided its explanation supporting its 
position to deny offsets for non-dumped sales in administrative reviews 
when using the average-to-transaction comparison method. Accordingly, 
the Department recalculated SeAH's weighted-average dumping margin from 
4.99 percent to 3.87 percent. On September 25, 2013, the Court affirmed 
the Department's Remand Results.\5\
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    \3\ See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic 
of Korea: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 76 FR 36089 (June 21, 2011) (Final Results).
    \4\ See SeAH Steel Corporation and Kurt Orban Partners, LLC v. 
United States (Defendant) and Allied Tube Conduit et al. 
(Defendants-Intervenors), Court No. 11-00226 (CIT October 13, 2011).
    \5\ See SeAH v. United States, Slip Op. 13-124 at 23.
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at 341, as clarified by Diamond 
Sawblades, the Federal Circuit held that, pursuant to section 516A(e) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department must 
publish a notice of a court decision not ``in harmony'' with a 
Department determination, and must suspend liquidation of entries 
pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The Court's September 25, 
2013, judgment constitutes a final decision of the CIT that is not in 
harmony with the Department's Final Results. This notice is published 
in fulfillment of the publication requirement of Timken. The period of 
appeal expired, and the court decision is now final and conclusive.

Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court decision with respect to this 
case, the Department is amending its Final Results with respect to 
SeAH's weighted-average dumping margin for this POR. The revised 
weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:

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                                                            Weighted-
                  Producer or exporter                       average
                                                         dumping  margin
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SeAH Steel Corporation.................................           3.87%
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    Since the CIT's ruling is final and has not been appealed, the 
Department will instruct United State Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to liquidate entries of subject merchandise from SeAH during the 
POR based on the

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revised assessment rates calculated by the Department in the Remand 
Results. Since the Final Results, the Department established a new cash 
deposit rate for SeAH. Therefore, the case deposit rate for SeAH will 
remain the company-specific rate established for the subsequent and 
most recent period for a completed administrative review during which 
SeAH was reviewed.\6\
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    \6\ See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic 
of Korea: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 77 FR 34344, 34345 (June 11, 2012).
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    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(e)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 15, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-09130 Filed 4-21-14; 8:45 am]
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