[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 160 (Monday, August 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47055-47057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18187]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-909, A-821-826, A-823-819]
Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe
From the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine:
Antidumping Duty Orders
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 antidumping duty orders on seamless carbon and
alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from the
Republic of Korea (Korea), the Russian Federation (Russia), and
Ukraine.
DATES: Applicable August 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua DeMoss (Korea), Mark Hoadley
(Russia), or Lilit Astvatsatrian (Ukraine) AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3362, (202) 482-3148, or (202) 482-6412,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 July 2, 2021,
Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative final
determinations in the less-than-fair-value investigations of seamless
pipe from Korea, Russia, and Ukraine.\1\ On August 16, 2021, the ITC
notified Commerce of its affirmative final determinations 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 less-than-fair-
value imports of seamless pipe from Korea, Russia, and Ukraine.\2\
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\1\ See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and
Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 35274 (July 2,
2021); see also Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and
Pressure Pipe from the Russian Federation: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 35269 (July 2,
2021); and Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and
Pressure Pipe from Ukraine: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 35272 (July 2, 2021).
\2\ See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and
Pressure Pipe from Korea, Russia, and Ukraine, USITC Investigation
Nos. 701-TA-654-655 and 731-TA-1530-1532 (Final) (August 16, 2021).
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is seamless pipe from
Korea, Russia, and Ukraine. For a complete description of the scope of
these orders, see the appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
Given Commerce's affirmative final determinations, as noted above,
and notification from the ITC, in accordance with section 735(d) of the
Act, of its final determinations in these investigations, in which it
found 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
imports of seamless pipe from Korea, Russia, and Ukraine,\3\ Commerce
is issuing antidumping duty orders on seamless pipe from Korea, Russia,
and Ukraine. Because the ITC determined that imports of seamless pipe
from Korea, Russia, and Ukraine are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of subject merchandise from Korea,
Russia, and Ukraine, that was entered into the United States, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption are subject to the assessment
of antidumping duties.
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\3\ Id.
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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 instructions by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the foreign like product
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of subject
merchandise, for all relevant entries of seamless pipe from Korea,
Russia, and Ukraine. With the exception of entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures period and before publication of
the ITC's final affirmative injury determinations in the Federal
Register, as further described below, antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of seamless pipe from Korea, Russia,
and Ukraine entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on
or after February 10, 2021, the date of publication of the Preliminary
Determinations.\4\
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\4\ See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and
Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR
8887 (February 10, 2021); see also Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel
Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Russian Federation:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 86 FR 8891 (February 10, 2021); and Seamless
Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from
Ukraine: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 86 FR 8889 (February 10, 2021) (collectively,
Preliminary Determinations).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all relevant entries
of seamless pipe from Korea, Russia, and Ukraine. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated in the tables
below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determinations, CBP will require, at the same time that importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on the merchandise, a cash deposit
equal to the rates listed below. The relevant all-others rates apply to
all producers or exporters not specifically listed.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that the instructions issued under
section 733(d)(1) and (2) of the Act 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. At the
request of exporters that account for a significant proportion of
seamless pipe from Korea, Russia, and Ukraine, Commerce extended the
four-month period in each of these investigations. Commerce published
the Preliminary Determinations in these investigations in the Federal
Register on February 10, 2021.\5\
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\5\ Id.
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The extended provisional measures period, beginning on the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determinations, ended on August 8, 2021.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and its
practice,\6\ Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of seamless pipe from Korea, Russia, and Ukraine
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after August 8,
2021, the final day on which the provisional measures were in effect,
until and through the day preceding the date of publication of the
ITC's final affirmative injury determinations in the Federal Register.
Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will
resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determinations in
the Federal Register.
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\6\ See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea,
and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392
(July 25, 2016).
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
Korea:
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Estimated Cash deposit
weighted- rate
average (adjusted for
Exporter/producer dumping subsidy
margin offset)
(percent) (percent) \7\
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ILJIN Steel Corporation................. 4.48 4.44
All Others.............................. 4.48 4.44
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Russia:
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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PAO TMK and Volzhsky Pipe Plant Joint Stock Company 209.72
(collectively, TMK)....................................
All Others.............................................. 209.72
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Ukraine:
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Estimated
dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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Interpipe Ukraine LLC/PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovksy 23.75
Tube Rolling Plant/LLC Interpipe Niko Tube.............
All Others.............................................. 23.75
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to
seamless pipe from Korea, Russia, and Ukraine 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.
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\7\ In the companion countervailing duty (CVD) investigation,
Commerce calculated a 0.04 percent export subsidy rate for ILJIN
Steel Corporation. See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard,
Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 FR 35267 (July 2,
2021), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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These antidumping duty orders are published in accordance with
section 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: August 17, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by the scope of the orders 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 the orders 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 orders are (1) 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 A53, ASTM A-106 or API 51
specifications. Also excluded from the scope of the orders 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, 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.
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