[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 90 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27359-27361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09905]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-485-805]


Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line 
and Pressure Pipe From Romania: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 
2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that S.C. Silcotub S.A. (Silcotub), a producer/exporter of certain 
small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressure 
pipe (small diameter seamless pipe) from Romania, did not sell subject 
merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of 
review (POR) August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2019. In addition, 
Commerce preliminarily determines that ArcelorMittal Tubular Products 
Roman S.A. (ArcelorMittal) had no shipments of subject merchandise 
during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable May 8, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Johnson or Samantha Kinney, 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) 482-4929 or (202) 
482-2285, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 7, 2019, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), 
Commerce published a notice of initiation of an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on small diameter seamless pipe from 
Romania covering four producers/exporters.\1\ On October 15, 2019, 
United States Steel Corporation (the petitioner) withdrew its request 
for administrative review of SC TMK-Artrom S.A. (TMK-Artrom) and SC 
Tubinox S.A. (Tubinox).\2\ Based on this request, we rescinded this 
review with respect to TMK-Artrom and Tubinox, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(1).\3\ The administrative review remains active with 
respect to the two remaining companies for which a review was 
initiated, i.e., ArcelorMittal and Silcotub.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 53411 (October 7, 2019).
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter,'' Carbon and Alloy Seamless 
Standard Line, and Pressure Pipe (Under 4.5 Inches) from Romania: 
Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated October 15, 2019.
    \3\ See Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure 
Pipe (Under 4.5 Inches) from Romania: Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 84 FR 58684 
(November 1, 2019).
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    On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
reviews by 50 days, thereby extending the deadline for these results 
until June 22, 2020.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order \5\ is small diameter seamless 
pipe from Romania. The product is currently classified under 
subheadings 7304.10.10.20, 7304.10.50.20, 7304.19.10.20, 7304.19.50.20, 
7304.31.30.00, 7304.31.60.50, 7304.39.00.16, 7304.39.00.20, 
7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28, 7304.39.00.32, 7304.51.50.05, 
7304.51.50.60, 7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.10, 7304.59.80.15, 
7304.59.80.20, and 7304.59.80.25 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 
merchandise subject to the scope is dispositive. For a full description 
of the Scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \5\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Small Diameter 
Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe from 
Romania, 65 FR 48963 (August 10, 2000) (Order).
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy 
Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe from Romania: Decision 
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 
2018-2019,'' 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 sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Constructed export price (CEP) is calculated in accordance with section 
772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the 
Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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. 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. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    We preliminarily determine that ArcelorMittal had no shipments of 
the subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.\7\ 
Consistent with its practice, Commerce finds that it is not appropriate 
to preliminarily rescind the review with respect to ArcelorMittal, but 
rather to complete the review and issue appropriate instructions to CBP 
based on the final results of this review.
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    \7\ Id.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce preliminarily determines that 
the following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period 
August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2019:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Producer/exporter                     dumping margin
                                                             percent)
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S.C. Silcotub S.A.......................................            0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days after 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.\8\ Rebuttal 
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no 
later than seven days after the date for filing case briefs.\9\ Note 
that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for 
serving documents containing business proprietary information, until 
May 19, 2020, unless extended.\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.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary Rule Modifying AD/
CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 
2020) (Temporary Rule) (``To provide adequate time for release of 
case briefs via ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date for all 
rebuttal briefs to be 7 days after case briefs are filed (while 
these modifications are in effect).'').
    \10\ See Temporary Rule.
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    All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically using 
Enforcement and Compliance's electronic records system, ACCESS,\11\ and 
must also be served on interested parties.\12\ An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS, by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the date that the document is due.
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, using ACCESS within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.\13\ 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 issues 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. 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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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including 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.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and 
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered 
by this review.\14\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    If Silcotub's calculated weighted-average dumping margin is above 
de minimis (i.e., greater than or equal to 0.50 percent) in the final 
results of this review, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem 
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of 
antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total 
entered value of the examined sales to that importer, and we will 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review. If Silcotub's weighted-average dumping margin 
continues to be zero or de minimis, 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.\15\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    In accordance with the Department's ``automatic assessment'' 
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Silcotub 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 if there is no rate for the intermediate company 
(or companies) involved in the transaction.\16\
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    \16\ 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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    If we continue to find in the final results that ArcelorMittal had 
no shipments of subject merchandise, for entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR produced by ArcelorMittal for which it did not know that 
the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate un-reviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is 
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the 
publication date of the final results of this review.

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 small diameter seamless pipe from Romania 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 Silcotub will be the rate established in the final 
results of this administrative review, except if the rate is de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1) (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for 
merchandise exported by manufacturers 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 recently-completed segment; (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 for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 13.06 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\17\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \17\ See Order, 65 FR at 48965.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 review period. 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: May 4, 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

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