[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 230 (Monday, November 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76517-76519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26336]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-876]


Welded Line Pipe 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) finds that producers or 
exporters of welded line pipe from the Republic of Korea sold welded 
line pipe at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), 
December 1, 2017, through November 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable November 30, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Joshua Tucker, 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) 482-4136 or (202) 
482-0244, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This review covers 32 producers or exporters. Commerce selected two 
companies, NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL) and SeAH Steel Corporation 
(SeAH), for individual examination. The producers or exporters not 
selected for individual examination are listed in the ``Final Results 
of the Review'' section of this notice.
    On February 7, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\ 
On March 11, 2020, we received case briefs from Husteel Co. Ltd.; 
Hyundai Steel Company; NEXTEEL; SeAH, domestic producers California 
Steel Industries, Welspun Tubular LLC USA, Stupp Corporation, a 
Division Of Stupp Bros., Inc., and American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 
(collectively, ``Domestic Producers''); and Domestic Producers along 
with Maverick Tube Corporation, and TMK IPSCO (collectively, ``Domestic 
Interested Parties'').\2\ On March 18, 2020, we received rebuttal 
briefs from Domestic Interested Parties, Domestic Producers, Husteel, 
Hyundai Steel, NEXTEEL, and SeAH.\3\
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    \1\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 85 FR 
7268 (February 7, 2020) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Husteel's Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from South Korea, 
Case No. A-580-876; Husteel Case Brief,'' dated March 11, 2020; see 
also Hyundai Steel's Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of 
Korea: Case Brief,'' dated March 11, 2020; NEXTEEL's Letter, 
``Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: NEXTEEL's Case 
Brief,'' dated March 11, 2020; SeAH's Letter, ``Case Brief of SeAH 
Steel Corporation,'' dated March 11, 2020; Domestic Producers' 
Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Case Brief of 
California Steel Industries (CSI), Welspun Tubular LLC USA, Stupp 
Corporation, A Division Of Stupp Bros., Inc, and American Cast Iron 
Pipe Company, '' dated March 11, 2020; and Domestic Interested 
Parties' Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Case 
Brief of the Domestic Interested Parties,'' dated March 11, 2020.
    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe 
from the Republic of Korea: Rebuttal Brief of the Domestic 
Interested Parties,'' dated March 18, 2020; see also Domestic 
Producers Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 
Rebuttal Brief Of California Steel Industries, Welspun Tubular LLC 
USA, Stupp Corporation, A Division Of Stupp Bros., Inc., and 
American Cast Iron Pipe Company,'' dated March 18, 2020; Husteel's 
Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from South Korea, Case No. A-580-876; 
Husteel Rebuttal Brief,'' dated March 18, 2020; Hyundai Steel's 
Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Rebuttal 
Brief,'' dated March 18, 2020; NEXTEEL's Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe 
from the Republic of Korea: NEXTEEL's Rebuttal Brief,'' dated March 
18, 2020; and SeAH's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief of SeAH Steel 
Corporation,'' dated March 18, 2020.
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    On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
reviews by 50 days.\4\ On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines 
for preliminary and final results in administrative reviews by an 
additional 60 days.\5\ Therefore, the deadline for the final results of 
this review is November 23, 2020.
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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.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is welded line pipe.\6\ The 
product is currently classified under the following Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers: 7305.11.1030, 
7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 
7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 
and 7306.19.5150. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for 
convenience and for customs purposes, the written product description 
remains dispositive.
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    \6\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
Preliminary Results, and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in 
Appendix I to this notice and addressed in the IDM.\7\ 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 IDM can be accessed directly at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed IDM and the 
electronic

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version of the IDM are identical in content.
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2017-2018 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Welded Line Pipe from Korea'', dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (IDM).
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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 margins for NEXTEEL and 
SeAH.\8\
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    \8\ See IDM at 3.
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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 December 1, 2017 through November 
30, 2018:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Producer or exporter                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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NEXTEEL Co., Ltd............................................       15.07
SeAH Steel Corporation......................................        9.33
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Review-Specific Average Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual 
Review

    The dumping margins for the exporters or products not selected for 
individual review are listed in Appendix II.

Disclosure of Calculations

    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).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (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), NEXTEEL reported the entered 
value of its U.S. sales such that 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. SeAH did not report 
actual entered value for all of its U.S. sales; in such instances, we 
calculated importer-specific per-unit duty assessment rates by 
aggregating the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the 
examined sales and dividing this amount by the total quantity of those 
sales. 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 assessment 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 equal to each company's weighted-average 
dumping margin identified 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.\9\
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    \9\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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 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 equal to the weighted-average dumping 
margin that is 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 listed 
above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific 
rate published for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding in which the company participated; (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, the cash deposit rate 
will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently 
completed segment for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will 
continue to be 4.38 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation.\10\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \10\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the 
Republic of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056, 75057 
(December 1, 2015).
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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.

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

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

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

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the IDM

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Margin Calculations
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Lawfulness of Commerce's Interpretation of the 
Particular Market Situation (PMS) Provision
    Comment 2: Evidence of a PMS
    Comment 3: PMS Adjustment
    Comment 4: Differential Pricing
    Comment 5: Non-Prime Costs for NEXTEEL
    Comment 6: Suspended Production Loss for NEXTEEL
    Comment 7: Capping of Freight Revenue for SeAH
    Comment 8: General and Administrative Expense Adjustment for 
SeAH's U.S. Affiliates
    Comment 9: SeAH's Constructed Export Price Offset Claim
V. Recommendation

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Appendix II

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to Companies Not Selected for 
Individual Review: \11\
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    \11\ This rate is based on the weighted-average of the margins 
calculated for those companies selected for individual review using 
the publicly-ranged U.S. quantities. Because we cannot apply our 
normal methodology of calculating a weighted-average margin due to 
requests to protect business proprietary information, we find this 
rate to be the best proxy of the actual weighted-average margin 
determined for the mandatory respondents. See Ball Bearings and 
Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 
Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an 
Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010); see also 
Memorandum, ``Calculation of the Review-Specific Average Rate for 
the Final Results,'' dated concurrently with this notice.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Exporter or producer                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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AJU Besteel Co, Ltd.........................................       11.60
BDP International, Inc......................................       11.60
Daewoo International Corporation............................       11.60
Dongbu Incheon Steel Co.....................................       11.60
Dongbu Steel Co, Ltd........................................       11.60
Dongkuk Steel Mill..........................................       11.60
Dong Yang Steel Pipe........................................       11.60
EEW Korea Co, Ltd...........................................       11.60
HISTEEL Co, Ltd.............................................       11.60
Husteel Co, Ltd.............................................       11.60
Hyundai RB Co Ltd...........................................       11.60
Hyundai Steel Company/Hyundai HYSCO.........................       11.60
Kelly Pipe Co, LLC..........................................       11.60
Keonwoo Metals Co, Ltd......................................       11.60
Kolon Global Corp...........................................       11.60
Korea Cast Iron Pipe Ind. Co, Ltd...........................       11.60
Kurvers Piping Italy S.R.L..................................       11.60
MSTEEL Co, Ltd..............................................       11.60
Miju Steel MFG Co, Ltd......................................       11.60
Poongsan Valinox (Valtimet Division)........................       11.60
POSCO.......................................................       11.60
POSCO Daewoo................................................       11.60
R&R Trading Co Ltd..........................................       11.60
Sam Kang M&T Co, Ltd........................................       11.60
Sin Sung Metal Co, Ltd......................................       11.60
SK Networks.................................................       11.60
Soon-Hong Trading Company...................................       11.60
Steel Flower Co, Ltd........................................       11.60
TGS Pipe....................................................       11.60
Tokyo Engineering Korea Ltd.................................       11.60
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