[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12774-12775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04395]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-857; A-580-870; A-489-816; A-552-817]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India, the Republic of 
Korea, Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of 
Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders

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


DATES: Applicable March 4, 2020.
SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty 
orders on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India, the 
Republic of Korea (Korea), the Republic of Turkey (Turkey), and the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping. The magnitude of the dumping 
margins likely to prevail are indicated in the ``Final Results of 
Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsey Simonovich, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1979.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    In 2014, Commerce published in the Federal Register its final 
affirmative determinations of sales at less than fair value with 
respect to imports of certain OCTG from India, Korea, Turkey, and 
Vietnam.\1\ On June 4, 2019, Commerce published the notice of 
initiation of the sunset reviews of the AD Orders on OCTG from India, 
Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam.\2\
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    \1\ See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from India, 79 FR 41981 (July 18, 2014); 
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Negative Final 
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 41983 (July 18, 
2014); Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of 
Turkey: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Affirmative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 
79 FR 41971 (July 18, 2014); Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances, 79 FR 41973 (July 18, 2014).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84 FR 25741 
(June 4, 2019).
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    On July 3, 2019, Commerce received complete substantive responses 
to the notices of initiation from domestic interested parties within 
the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ Commerce 
received no substantive responses from respondent interested parties. 
As a result, Commerce conducted an expedited, i.e., 120-day, sunset 
review of these AD Orders pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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    \3\ See Petitioners' Letters, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods from 
India: Substantive Response of the Domestic Industry to Commerce's 
Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews'' 
(Petitioners' Substantive Response for India); ``Oil Country Tubular 
Goods from South Korea: Substantive Response to Notice of 
Initiation'' (Petitioners' Substantive Response for Korea); ``Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from Turkey: Substantive Response of the 
Domestic Industry to Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Reviews'' (Petitioners' Substantive Response for 
Turkey); and ``Oil Country Tubular Goods from Vietnam: Substantive 
Response of the Domestic Industry to Commerce's Notice of Initiation 
of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews'' (Petitioners' Substantive 
Response for Vietnam), each dated July 3, 2019.
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise subject to the AD Orders is certain OCTG. For a 
complete description of the products covered, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum: Final 
Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders 
on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the Republic of 
Korea, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these reviews are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or 
recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation, and the magnitude of 
dumping margins likely to prevail if the orders were revoked. Parties 
can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this review and 
the corresponding recommendations in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum, which 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 is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit in Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. A list ofthe 
topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to 
this notice as anAppendix. In addition, a complete version of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet 
at http://trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed and electronic versions of 
the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on 
OCTG from India, Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the 
dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average margins up 
to 11.24 percent for India, 6.49 percent for Korea, 35.86 percent for 
Turkey, and 111.47 percent for Vietnam.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification 
of the destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to 
sanction. We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: October 2, 2019.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations Enforcement and 
Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the AD Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
VII. Final Results of the Review
VIII. Recommendation

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