[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70150-70151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27534]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-812]


Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of 
Oman: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the Sultanate of 
Oman (Oman) has been sold in the United States at prices below normal 
value (NV) during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2017 through 
November 30, 2018. We invite interested parties to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable December 20, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Robert Palmer, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973 or (202) 
482-9068, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 14, 2019, Commerce initiated the antidumping duty 
administrative review on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from 
the Sultanate of Oman.\1\ This review covers one producer/exporter of 
the subject merchandise, Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al 
Jazeera). For a detailed description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 9297 (March 14, 2019).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Circular Welded 
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman; 2017-2018,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order \3\ is CWP from Oman. A full 
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \3\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the 
Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates: Amended 
Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping 
Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December 19, 2016) (Order).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) and (a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). Export price was calculated in accordance with section 772 of the 
Act. NV was calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as 
an appendix to this notice. One of the issues raised in the course of 
this review was the treatment of duties paid pursuant to section 232 of 
the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended.\4\ As explained in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we have adjusted export prices to 
reflect the payment of those duties, in accordance with section 
772(c)(2)(A) of the Act.\5\
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    \4\ See 19 U.S.C. 1862.
    \5\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 17-19.
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    In addition, the domestic interested parties \6\ have alleged the 
existence of a particular market situation (PMS) in Oman with respect 
to the price of the input, hot rolled coil, pursuant to section 773(e) 
of the Act.\7\ We have preliminarily determined that there is no 
PMS.\8\
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    \6\ The domestic interested parties are Independence Tube 
Corporation, a Nucor company, and Southland Tube, Incorporated, a 
Nucor company.
    \7\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Certain Circular 
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman: 
Particular Market Situation Allegation and Supporting Information,'' 
dated June 19, 2019.
    \8\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 6-13.
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    The Preliminary 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, and 
to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    We preliminarily determine that, for the period of December 1, 2017 
through November 30, 2018, the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG.........................        1.04
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Disclosure, Public Comment, and Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these 
preliminary results of review to interested parties within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). Interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\9\ 
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.\10\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(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.\11\ Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\12\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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 ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should 
contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the 
number of participants; (3) whether any participant is a foreign 
national; and (4) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues 
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective 
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce 
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be 
determined.\13\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and 
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including

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the results of its analysis of issues raised in any written briefs, not 
later than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice, 
unless the deadline is extended.\14\
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    \14\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\15\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), as Al Jazeera reported the 
entered value for its U.S. sales, 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.\16\ Where 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 rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \16\ In these preliminary results, we 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).
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    The final results of this review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by 
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated 
duties, where applicable.
    In accordance with our ``automatic assessment'' practice, for 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Al Jazeera 
for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United 
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 
all-others rate.\17\
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    \17\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of 
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    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 for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the 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 Al Jazeera will 
be the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) for 
previously reviewed or investigated companies not participating in this 
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific 
rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this 
proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of subject 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 7.36 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation.\18\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \18\ See Order.
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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 doubled 
antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    The preliminary results of this review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: December 16, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Allegation of a Particular Market Situation
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2019-27534 Filed 12-19-19; 8:45 am]
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