[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63619-63621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26774]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-809]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-
2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that the producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of 
circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic of Korea 
(Korea) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) 
November 1, 2016, through October 31, 2017. Interested parties are 
invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Kennedy or Peter Zukowski, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-7883 or (202) 482-0189, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipe and tube. Imports of the product are currently classifiable 
in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 
subheadings 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, and 7306.30.5090. While the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description is dispositive. A full description of the scope of 
the order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\1\
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    \1\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see 
Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 2016-2017,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed export price 
is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value 
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 made available to the 
public 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 Commerce's Central Records Unit, located at Room B8024 of 
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.

Preliminary Results of Administrative Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping

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margins exist for the respondents for the period November 1, 2016, 
through October 31, 2017:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                  Producer and/or exporter                      dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Aju Besteel.................................................       10.56
Bookook Steel...............................................       10.56
Chang Won Bending...........................................       10.56
Dae Ryung...................................................       10.56
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (Dsme).............       10.56
Daiduck Piping..............................................       10.56
Dong Yang Steel Pipe........................................       10.56
Dongbu Steel................................................       10.56
Eew Korea Company...........................................       10.56
Histeel.....................................................       10.56
Husteel.....................................................       12.65
Hyundai Rb..................................................       10.56
Hyundai Steel (Pipe Divison)................................       10.56
Hyundai Steel Company.......................................        8.47
Kiduck Industries...........................................       10.56
Kum Kang Kind...............................................       10.56
Kumsoo Connecting...........................................       10.56
Miju Steel Mfg..............................................       10.56
Nexteel.....................................................       10.56
Samkang M&T.................................................       10.56
Seah Fs.....................................................       10.56
Seah Steel..................................................       10.56
Steel Flower................................................       10.56
Vesta Co., Ltd..............................................       10.56
Ycp Co......................................................       10.56
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days after public 
announcement of the preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may 
submit case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication 
of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing 
case briefs.\2\ 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.\3\
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    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 the Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication 
of this notice.\4\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, 
address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a 
list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be 
limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. Commerce will 
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the 
results of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not 
later than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is above de 
minimis in the final results of this review, we will calculate an 
importer-specific assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the 
total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the importer's 
examined sales and the total entered value of the sales in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\5\ If the respondent's weighted-average 
dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of reviews, 
we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) not to assess 
duties on any of its entries in accordance with the Final Modification 
for Reviews.\6\
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    \5\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 
Reviews).
    \6\ See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 8102.
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Husteel Co., Ltd. or Hyundai Steel Company for which they did not know 
their merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is 
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
    For the 23 companies which were not selected for individual 
examination, we will instruct CBP to apply the rates listed above to 
all entries of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by these 
firms.
    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 upon 
publication of the notice of final results of this review for all 
shipments of CWP from Korea entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section 
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for companies subject 
to this review will be the rates established in the final results of 
the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not 
covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate established for the most recent period for the producer of the 
merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 4.80 percent,\7\ the all-others rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation, adjusted for the 
export-subsidy rate in the companion countervailing duty investigation. 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \7\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Circular 
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea 
(Korea), Mexico, and Venezuela, and Amendment to Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. 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.
    Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: December 3, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
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. Rates for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination

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V. Discussion of the Methodology
    (1) Comparisons to Normal Value
    A. Determination of Comparison Method
    B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
VI. Date of Sale
VII. Product Comparisons
VIII. Constructed Export Price
IX. Normal Value
    A. Particular Market Situation
    B. Comparison Market Viability
    C. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm's-Length Test
    D. Level of Trade/CEP Offset
    E. Overrun Sales
    F. Cost of Production
    1. Calculation of Cost of Production
    2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    3. Results of the COP Test
    G. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
X. Currency Conversion
XI. Recommendation

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