[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35371-35373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15619]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-876]


Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Amended Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the final 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
welded line pipe (WLP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) to correct 
two ministerial errors. Correction of these errors results in revised 
margins for SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH) and the companies not 
selected for individual examination. The amended final dumping margins 
are listed below in the section entitled, ``Amended Final Results of 
the Review.''

DATES: Applicable July 23, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Joshua Tucker, 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) 
482-2044, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 14, 2019, Commerce published the Final Results of the 2016-
2017 administrative review of WLP from Korea in the Federal 
Register.\1\ Subsequently, on June 17, 2019, SeAH and NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. 
(NEXTEEL), the two companies selected for individual examination in 
this administrative review, submitted comments alleging ministerial 
errors in Commerce's Final Results.\2\
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    \1\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017, 84 FR 27762 (June 14, 
2019) (Final Results), and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ See SeAH's Letter, ``Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Order on Welded Line Pipe from Korea--Comments on 
Ministerial Errors in Final Determination,'' dated June 17, 2019. 
See also NEXTEEL's Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of 
Korea: Ministerial Error Comments,'' dated June 17, 2019.
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Legal Framework

    A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), includes ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \3\ With respect to final results of administrative 
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any 
comments received and, if appropriate, correct any ministerial error by 
amending . . . the final results of review. . . .''
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Errors

    Commerce made two inadvertent errors within the meaning of section 
735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f) with respect to the application 
of the particular market situation (PMS) adjustment rate to SeAH's hot-
rolled coil (HRC) costs, and the application of general and 
administrative (G&A) and financial expenses to SeAH's further 
manufactured sales. Specifically, we determine that we erred: (1) In 
applying the PMS adjustment rate without adjusting it to account for 
the percentage of HRC consumed relative to the total raw materials; and 
(2) in double counting the G&A and financial expenses for further 
manufactured sales. Accordingly, we determine, in accordance with 
section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), that we made 
unintentional ministerial errors in the Final Results. Pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is amending the Final Results to reflect the 
correction of these errors. In addition, we determine that NEXTEEL's 
alleged ministerial errors reflect our intended methodology and, thus, 
are not ministerial errors. Moreover, because the review-specific 
average rate applicable to companies in this administrative review not 
selected for individual examination was based, in part, on SeAH's 
weighted-average dumping margin, we are revising the review-specific 
average rate. For a detailed discussion of the ministerial error 
allegations, as well as Commerce's analysis, see Ministerial Error 
Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Welded Line Pipe from Korea: 2016-2017 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review--Ministerial Error 
Allegations,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Ministerial Error Memorandum).
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Amended Final Results of the Review

    As a result of correcting the ministerial errors described above, 
we determine that the weighted-average dumping margins for the firms 
listed below exist for the period December 1, 2016 through November 30, 
2017:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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NEXTEEL Co., Ltd............................................       38.87
SeAH Steel Corporation......................................       22.70
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies: \5\
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    \5\ This rate is based on the weighted-average of the margins 
calculated for those companies selected for individual review using 
the publicly-ranged U.S. quantities. See Ministerial Error 
Memorandum, and Memorandum, ``Calculations for SeAH Steel 
Corporation for the Amended Final Results'' (which includes the 
calculation of the review-specific rate), dated concurrently with 
this notice.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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AJU Besteel Co., Ltd........................................       29.89
BDP International, Inc......................................       29.89
Daewoo International Corporation............................       29.89
Dongbu Incheon Steel Co.....................................       29.89
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.......................................       29.89
Dongkuk Steel Mill..........................................       29.89
Dong Yang Steel Pipe........................................       29.89
EEW Korea Co, Ltd...........................................       29.89
Husteel Co., Ltd............................................       29.89
Hyundai RB Co. Ltd..........................................       29.89
Hyundai Steel Company/Hyundai HYSCO.........................       29.89
Kelly Pipe Co., LLC.........................................       29.89
Keonwood Metals Co., Ltd....................................       29.89
Kolon Global Corp...........................................       29.89
Korea Cast Iron Pipe Ind. Co., Ltd..........................       29.89
Kurvers Piping Italy S.R.L..................................       29.89
Miju Steel MFG Co., Ltd.....................................       29.89
MSTEEL Co., Ltd.............................................       29.89
Poongsan Valinox (Valtimet Division)........................       29.89
POSCO.......................................................       29.89
POSCO Daewoo................................................       29.89
R&R Trading Co. Ltd.........................................       29.89
Sam Kang M&T Co., Ltd.......................................       29.89
Sin Sung Metal Co., Ltd.....................................       29.89
SK Networks.................................................       29.89
Soon-Hong Trading Company...................................       29.89
Steel Flower Co., Ltd.......................................       29.89
TGS Pipe....................................................       29.89
Tokyo Engineering Korea Ltd.................................       29.89
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these amended 
final results within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice to parties in this proceeding, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Antidumping Duty Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the amended final 
results of this review.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), NEXTEEL reported the entered 
value of its U.S. sales such that we calculated importer-specific 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. SeAH did not report 
actual entered value for all of its U.S. sales such that we calculated 
entered value and determined the importer-specific ad valorem 
assessment rates as described above for NEXTEEL. Where either the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific 
assessment 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 \6\ of the cash 
deposit rates calculated for NEXTEEL and SeAH. The amended final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the amended 
final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated 
duties, where applicable.\7\
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    \6\ This rate was calculated as discussed in the footnote above.
    \7\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of these amended final results of this administrative 
review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective 
retroactively for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 14, 2019, 
the date of 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 amended final results, 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 reviewed or investigated companies, including those 
for which Commerce may have determined had no shipments during the 
period of 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 or an earlier 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 recently 
completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of the 
merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a 
firm covered in this or any previously completed segment of this 
proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the all-others rate of 
4.38 percent established in the LTFV investigation.\8\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \8\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the 
Republic of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056, 75057 
(December 1, 2015).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written notification of return/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 a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These amended final results and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).


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    Dated: July 16, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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