[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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