[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 80 (Friday, April 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22997-22998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08759]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-812]


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

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Al 
Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera) made sales of certain 
welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman at less than normal value 
(NV) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2017 through 
November 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable April 24, 2020.

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

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results on December 11, 2018.\1\ 
For events subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the 
Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 84 FR 70150 (December 20, 2019) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe 
from the Sultanate of Oman: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Administrative Review; 2017-2018,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by the order are shipments of circular welded 
carbon-quality steel pipe. The merchandise subject to review is 
currently classifiable under items 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 
7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150, 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020, 
7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 
7306.30.5090, 7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, and 
7306.50.5070 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise 
subject to the order is dispositive. For a complete description of the 
scope of the order, see Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed the issues raised in parties' case and rebuttal briefs 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised by 
parties is provided in the appendix to this notice. The Issues and 
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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and 
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, we have 
recalculated the weighted-average dumping margin for Al Jazeera.\3\
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    \3\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum; see also Memorandum, 
``Final Results Margin Calculation for Al Jazeera Steel Products 
Co.,'' dated concurrently with this memorandum.
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Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period December 1, 2017 
through November 30, 2018:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                  Producer and/or exporter                     dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG.........................        1.10
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Duty Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce shall determine and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review.\4\ Commerce intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this administrative review.
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    \4\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate 
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation 
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in 
Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 
(February 14, 2012).
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    For Al Jazeera, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem 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). Upon 
issuance of the final results of this administrative review, if any 
importer-specific assessment rates calculated in the final results are 
above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.5 percent), Commerce will issue 
instructions directly to CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
appropriate entries. Where an importer-specific assessment rate is zero 
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,\5\ 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Al 
Jazeera for which it did not know that its 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

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the transaction. We intend to issue assessment instructions directly to 
CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review.
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    \5\ 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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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2) 
of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Al Jazeera will be the rate 
established in the final results of this administrative review, as 
noted above; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters 
not covered in this administrative 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 recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 
in this review, a prior review, or the original 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 the 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 less-than-fair-
value investigation.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ 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).
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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) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to 
liquidation of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and 
the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping and/or countervailing 
duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction 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 the 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

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: April 20, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether a Particular Market Situation (PMS) Exists in 
Oman
    Comment 2: Whether Nucor Tubular Was Prejudiced by Rejection of 
Untimely Comments
    Comment 3: Whether To Recalculate Section 232 Duties
    Comment 4: Whether To Apply the Affiliated Party Test
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2020-08759 Filed 4-23-20; 8:45 am]
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