[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 78 (Monday, April 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22031-22033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08632]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-851-804]


Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe 
From the Czech Republic: Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), 
Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty order on seamless carbon and 
alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from the 
Czech Republic.

DATES: Applicable April 26, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on March 5, 2021, 
Commerce published its affirmative final determination in the less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of seamless pipe from the Czech 
Republic.\1\ On April 19, 2021, the ITC notified Commerce of its final 
affirmative determination that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the 
Act, by reason of the LTFV imports of seamless pipe from the Czech 
Republic.\2\
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    \1\ See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and 
Pressure Pipe from the Czech Republic: Final Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 12909 (March 
5, 2021) (Final Determination).
    \2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final 
Determination,'' dated April 19, 2021 (ITC Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are seamless pipe and redraw 
hollows from the Czech Republic, less than or equal to 16 inches in 
nominal outside diameter, regardless of wall-thickness, manufacturing 
process, end finish, or surface finish. For a complete description of 
the scope of the order, see the appendix to this notice.

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Antidumping Duty Order

    On April 19, 2021, in accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination 
that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason 
of imports of seamless pipe from the Czech Republic.\3\ Therefore, 
Commerce is issuing this antidumping duty order in accordance with 
sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act. Because the ITC determined that 
imports of seamless pipe from the Czech Republic are materially 
injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from 
the Czech Republic, which are entered or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \3\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal 
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the 
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all 
relevant entries of seamless pipe from the Czech Republic. Antidumping 
duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of seamless pipe from 
the Czech Republic entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after December 21, 2020, the date of publication of 
the Preliminary Determination.\4\
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    \4\ See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and 
Pressure Pipe from the Czech Republic: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 85 FR 83059 
(December 21, 2020) (Preliminary Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce will instruct 
CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries of 
seamless pipe from the Czech Republic which are entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of 
the ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal Register. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits for estimated 
antidumping duties equal to the amounts as indicated below. 
Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in the Federal 
Register of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP will 
require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated 
duties on this subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the cash 
deposit rates listed below.\5\ The all-others rate applies to all 
producers or exporters not specifically listed, as appropriate.
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    \5\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The dumping margins for this antidumping duty order are as follows:

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                                                                Dumping
                      Exporter/producer                         margin
                                                               (percent)
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Liberty Ostrava A.S.........................................       51.70
Moravia Steel A.S...........................................       51.70
All Others..................................................       51.07
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in 
effect for more than four months, except that Commerce may extend the 
four-month period to no more than six months at the request of 
exporters representing a significant proportion of exports of the 
subject merchandise. Commerce's Preliminary Determination was published 
on December 21, 2020.\6\ Commerce's Final Determination was not 
extended and was published on March 5, 2021.\7\ As such, the four-month 
period beginning on the date of publication of the Preliminary 
Determination ended on April 19, 2021.
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    \6\ See Preliminary Determination.
    \7\ See Final Determination.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce 
will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation, and to 
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries 
of seamless pipe from the Czech Republic entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption after April 19, 2021, the date on which the 
provisional measures expired, through the day preceding the date of 
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the 
Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the 
Federal Register.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
seamless pipe from the Czech Republic, pursuant to section 736(a) of 
the Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders 
currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: April 20, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is seamless carbon and 
alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipes and redraw hollows, 
less than or equal to 16 inches (406.4 mm) in nominal outside 
diameter, regardless of wall-thickness, manufacturing process (e.g., 
hot-finished or cold-drawn), end finish (e.g., plain end, beveled 
end, upset end, threaded, or threaded and coupled), or surface 
finish (e.g., bare, lacquered or coated). Redraw hollows are any 
unfinished carbon or alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipe 
or ``hollow profiles'' suitable for cold finishing operations, such 
as cold drawing, to meet the American Society for Testing and 
Materials (ASTM) or American Petroleum Institute (API) 
specifications referenced below, or comparable specifications. 
Specifically included within the scope are seamless carbon and alloy 
steel (other than stainless steel) standard, line, and pressure 
pipes produced to the ASTM A-53, ASTM A-106, ASTM A-333, ASTM A-334, 
ASTM A-589, ASTM A-795, ASTM A-1024, and the API 51 specifications, 
or comparable specifications, and meeting the physical parameters 
described above, regardless of application, with the exception of 
the exclusions discussed below.
    Specifically excluded from the scope of this order are: (1) All 
pipes meeting aerospace, hydraulic, and bearing tubing 
specifications, including pipe produced to the ASTM A-822 standard; 
(2) all pipes meeting the chemical requirements of ASTM A-335, 
whether finished or unfinished; and (3) unattached couplings. Also 
excluded from the scope of the order are all mechanical, boiler, 
condenser and heat exchange tubing, except when such products 
conform to the dimensional requirements, i.e., outside diameter and 
wall thickness, of ASTM A-53, ASTM A-106 or API 51 specifications. 
Also excluded from the scope of the order are: (1) Oil country 
tubular goods consisting of drill pipe, casing, tubing and coupling 
stock; (2) all pipes meeting the chemical requirements of ASTM A-335 
regardless of their conformity to the dimensional requirements of 
ASTM A-53, ASTM A-106 or API 5L; and (3) the exclusion for ASTM A335 
applies to pipes meeting the comparable specifications GOST 550-75.
    Subject seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe are normally 
entered under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings 7304.19.1020, 7304.19.1030, 7304.19.1045, 
7304.19.1060, 7304.19.5020, 7304.19.5050, 7304.31.6050, 
7304.39.0016, 7304.39.0020, 7304.39.0024, 7304.39.0028, 
7304.39.0032, 7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 
7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 7304.39.0062, 
7304.39.0068, 7304.39.0072, 7304.51.5005,

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7304.51.5060, 7304.59.6000, 7304.59.8010, 7304.59.8015, 
7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 
7304.59.8040, 7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 
7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, and 7304.59.8070. The HTSUS subheadings 
and specifications are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes; the written description of the scope is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2021-08632 Filed 4-23-21; 8:45 am]
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