[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 133 (Friday, July 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41538-41540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14918]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-880]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
the Republic of Korea: 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 
producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made 
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the 
period of review (POR), September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable July 10, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado or Whitley Herndon, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4682 or (202) 
482-6274, respectively.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This review covers 21 producers and exporters of the subject 
merchandise. Commerce selected Dong-A Steel Company (DOSCO), HiSteel 
Co., Ltd (HiSteel), and Kukje Steel Co., Ltd. (Kukje Steel), for 
individual examination. DOSCO informed Commerce that it did not intend 
to respond to the questionnaire or participate as a mandatory 
respondent in this administrative review. The producers and or 
exporters not selected for individual examination are listed in the 
``Final Results of the Review'' section of this notice.
    On November 18, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results.\1\ In January and February 2020, the petitioner,\2\ Kukje 
Steel, and HiSteel submitted case and rebuttal briefs. On February 12, 
2020, we postponed the final results until May 15, 2020.\3\ On April 
24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 
days, thereby extending the deadline for these results until July 6, 
2020.\4\
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    \1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 84 FR 63613 (November 18, 
2019) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ The petitioner is Nucor Tubular Products Inc., formally 
known as Independence Tube Corporation and Southland Tube, 
Incorporated, Nucor companies.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon 
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Extension of 
Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review,'' dated February 12, 2020.
    \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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    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are certain heavy walled 
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea 
(Korea). Products subject to the order are currently classified under 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item number 
7306.61.1000. Subject merchandise may also be classified under 
7306.61.3000. Although the HTSUS numbers and ASTM specification are 
provided for convenience and for customs purposes, the written product 
description remains dispositive.\5\
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    \5\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see 
Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the 2017-2018 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
the Republic of Korea,'' 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 the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the 
Appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\6\ Interested parties can find a complete discussion of 
these issues and the corresponding recommendations in this public 
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. 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.
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    \6\ Id.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain 
changes to the preliminary weighted-average margin calculations for 
HiSteel and Kukje Steel and for those companies not selected for 
individual review.\7\
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    \7\ See accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of the Review

    We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margins to 
the firms listed below for the period September 1, 2017 through August 
31, 2018:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                     Producers/exporters                        dumping
                                                                 margin
                                                               (percent)
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Dong-A Steel Company \8\.....................................      53.80
HiSteel Co., Ltd.............................................      26.20
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd.........................................      35.11
 
 Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies: \9\
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Ahshin Pipe & Tube Company...................................      29.07
Bookook Steel Co., Ltd.......................................      29.07
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd........................................      29.07
Ganungol Industries Co. Ltd..................................      29.07
Hanjin Steel Pipe............................................      29.07
Husteel Co., Ltd.............................................      29.07
Hyosung Corporation..........................................      29.07
Hyundai Steel Co.............................................      29.07
Hyundai Steel Pipe Company...................................      29.07
K Steel Co. Ltd..............................................      29.07
Miju Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd............................      29.07
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd.............................................      29.07
POSCO DAEWOO.................................................      29.07
Sam Kang Industrial Co., Ltd.................................      29.07
Sam Kang Industries Co., Ltd.................................      29.07
Samson Controls Ltd., Co.....................................      29.07
SeAH Steel Corporation.......................................      29.07
Yujin Steel Industry Co. Ltd.................................      29.07
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    \8\ As explained in the Preliminary Results and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, mandatory respondent DOSCO failed 
to respond to Commerce's questionnaire, and we applied facts 
otherwise available with adverse inferences (AFA), in accordance 
with section 776 of the Act. No party challenged our Preliminary 
Results with respect to DOSCO or the rate selected. Therefore, we 
continue to apply AFA to DOSCO, and we have continued to apply the 
same rate that we are able to corroborate using transaction-specific 
margins from HiSteel and Kukje Steel.
    \9\ This rate is based on the rates for the respondents that 
were selected for individual review, excluding rates that are zero, 
de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. See section 
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. See Memorandum, ``Final Results of the 
Antidumping Administrative Review of Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded 
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Calculation 
of the Cash Deposit Rate for Non-Reviewed Companies,'' dated July 6, 
2020.
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, 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.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where HiSteel and Kukje Steel 
reported the entered value of their 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 for which entered value was reported. Where 
either 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.
    For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we 
will assign an assessment rate based on the

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average \10\ of the cash deposit rates calculated for HiSteel and Kukje 
Steel. Because DOSCO withdrew its participation from this review and 
reported no information to Commerce for this POR, we will instruct CBP 
to apply an assessment rate to all entries it produced and/or exported 
equal to the dumping margin of 53.80 percent, as indicated above. 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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    \10\ This rate was calculated as discussed in footnote 9.
    \11\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in 
these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not 
know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary (e.g., a 
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United 
States. In such instances, 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 the transaction.
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this administrative review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash 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 each specific 
company listed above will be that established in the final results of 
this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, 
therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in 
which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously 
investigated companies not participating in this review, the cash 
deposit 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, or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent segment 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate 
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 3.24 
percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\12\ 
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \12\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and the Republic of 
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865, 62866 (September 13, 
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)(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 the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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 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) of the Act.

    Dated: July 6, 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. Margin Calculations
V. Discussion of Issues
    General Issues
    Comment 1: Existence of a Particular Market Situation (PMS)
    Comment 2: Quantification of PMS Adjustment
    Comment 3: Application of PMS Adjustment
    HiSteel-Specific Issues
    Comment 4: Credit Expenses
    Comment 5: Differential Pricing
VI. Recommendation

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