[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2719-2721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00642]


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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; 2017-
2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded 
non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The 
period of review (POR) is November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018. 
Commerce preliminarily determines that the producers/exporters subject 
to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal 
value. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Applicable January 16, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Huang or Justin Neuman, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4047 or (202) 482-0486, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 6, 2019, Commerce initiated the administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on CWP from Korea in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ This 
review covers 25 companies,\2\ including mandatory respondents Husteel 
Co., Ltd. (Husteel) and Nexteel Co., Ltd. (Nexteel).\3\ The remaining 
23 companies were not selected for individual examination and remain 
subject to this administrative review. Commerce exercised its 
discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the partial federal 
government closure from December 22, 2018 through the resumption of 
operations on January 29, 2019, resulting in a revised deadline for 
these preliminary results.\4\ Additionally, Commerce extended the 
deadline for the preliminary results until January 9, 2020.\5\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 2159 (February 6, 2019).
    \2\ Id. at 2161-2162.
    \3\ See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe 
from the Republic of Korea, Respondent Selection Memorandum'', dated 
March 25, 2019.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Partial Shutdown 
of the Federal Government,'' dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines 
in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from 
Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 
2017-2018 Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated August 27, 
2019.
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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

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contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ 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: 2017-2018,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying 
these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A 
list of the topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included as an appendix to this notice. 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 https://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 is 
available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Rate for Non-Examined Companies

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the 
establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for 
individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an 
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. 
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which 
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a market 
economy investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for 
companies which were not selected for individual examination in an 
administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-
others rate is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for 
exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero 
or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the 
basis of facts available{time} .''
    In this review, we have preliminarily calculated weighted-average 
dumping margins for Husteel and Nexteel that are not zero, de minimis, 
or determined entirely on the basis of facts available. Accordingly, we 
have preliminarily assigned to the companies not individually examined 
in this review a margin of 23.74 percent, which is the weighted-average 
of the antidumping duty margins calculated using the public ranged 
sales data of Husteel and Nexteel.\7\
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    \7\ For a full description of the rate for non-examined 
companies, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum; see also Memorandum, 
``Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 
Calculation of the Margin for Respondents Not Selected for 
Individual Examination,'' dated January 9, 2020.
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Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the respondents for the period November 1, 
2017 through October 31, 2018:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                  Producer and/or exporter                      dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Aju Besteel.................................................       23.74
Bookook Steel...............................................       23.74
Chang Won Bending...........................................       23.74
Dae Ryung...................................................       23.74
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (Dsme).............       23.74
Daiduck Piping..............................................       23.74
Dong Yang Steel Pipe........................................       23.74
Dongbu Steel................................................       23.74
Eew Korea Company...........................................       23.74
Histeel.....................................................       23.74
Husteel Co., Ltd............................................        5.11
Hyundai Rb..................................................       23.74
Hyundai Steel (Pipe Division)...............................       23.74
Hyundai Steel Company.......................................       23.74
Kiduck Industries...........................................       23.74
Kum Kang Kind...............................................       23.74
Kumsoo Connecting...........................................       23.74
Miju Steel Manufacturing....................................       23.74
Nexteel Co., Ltd............................................       31.64
Samkang M&T.................................................       23.74
Seah Fs.....................................................       23.74
Seah Steel..................................................       23.74
Steel Flower................................................       23.74
Vesta Co., Ltd..............................................       23.74
Yep Co......................................................       23.74
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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.\8\ 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.\9\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \9\ 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.\10\ 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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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. If Husteel or Nexteel's weighted-average dumping margin is not 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results 
of this review, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem 
antidumping duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total 
amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the 
total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-specific 
assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review is not 
zero or de minimis. If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin 
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. 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.\11\
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    \11\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Husteel 
or Nexteel for which it did not know that the

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merchandise was destined to the United States, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate those entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for 
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\12\
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    \12\ For a full discussion of this practice, 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 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, then 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,\13\ the all-others rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation, adjusted for the 
export-subsidy rate in the companion countervailing duty investigation.
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    \13\ 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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    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

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: January 9, 2020.
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. Rates for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
VII. Normal Value
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation

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