[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7120-7122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02637]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-484-803]


Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the 
producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales of 
subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of 
review (POR), April 19, 2019, through April 30, 2020.

DATES: Applicable February 8, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Litwin, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
II,

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Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-6002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This review covers one producer and exporter of the subject 
merchandise, Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A. (Corinth). On August 
6, 2021, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\ In September 
2021, we received case and rebuttal briefs from the petitioners \2\ and 
Corinth.\3\ On October 26, 2021, we held a public hearing to discuss 
interested parties' comments.\4\ For a description of the events that 
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\5\ On November 19, 2021, Commerce extended the final 
results of this review by 60 days, until February 2, 2022.\6\
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    \1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 86 FR 
43172 (August 6, 2021) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ The petitioners are American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Berg 
Steel Pipe Corp., Berg Spiral Pipe Corp., Dura-Bond Industries, JS W 
Steel (USA) Inc., Stupp Corporation, Welspun Global Trade LLC, 
individually and as members of the American Line Pipe Producers 
Association; Greens Bayou Pipe Mill, LP; Skyline Steel; and Trinity 
Products LLC (collectively, the petitioners).
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated September 14, 
2021; see also Corinth's Letter, ``Case Brief on behalf of Corinth 
Pipeworks and Corinth America,'' dated September 14, 2021; 
Petitioners' Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated September 28, 2021; 
and Corinth's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief on Behalf of Corinth 
Pipeworks and Corinth America,'' dated September 28, 2021.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``2019-2020 Administrative Review of Large 
Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Scheduling of Public Hearing,'' 
dated October 26, 2021.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the 2019-2020 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Large Diameter Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe from 
Greece,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
2019-2020 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November 
19, 2021.
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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 merchandise covered by this order is welded carbon and alloy 
steel line pipe (other than stainless steel pipe), more than 406.4 mm 
(16 inches) in nominal outside diameter (large diameter welded line 
pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish, grade, end 
finish, or stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may be used to 
transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or other fluids, liquids, or gases.
    The large diameter welded line pipe that is subject to this order 
is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 
7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 
7305.19.1060, and 7305.19.5000. Merchandise currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and 
7305.39.5000 and that otherwise meets the above scope language is also 
covered. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this order is 
dispositive.\7\
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    \7\ On June 22, 2020, Commerce published a notice in the Federal 
Register revoking the order, in part, with respect to certain welded 
pipe products with specific combinations of grades, diameters, and 
wall thicknesses in response to a changed circumstances review 
request. This change in the scope was effective as of June 22, 2020, 
and, thus, not applicable to this review. See Large Diameter Welded 
Pipe from Greece: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Reviews, 85 FR 37424 (June 22, 2020). For a full 
description of the scope of the order, see 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.\8\ 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 https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \8\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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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 find it 
appropriate to apply a dumping margin based on total adverse facts 
available (AFA) to Corinth, in accordance with sections 776(a) and (b) 
of the Act.\9\ For further discussion, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \9\ Id.
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Final Results of the Review

    We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margin to 
the firm listed below for the period April 19, 2019, through April 30, 
2020:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producers/exporters                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A........................       41.04
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with a final determination within five days of 
any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within 
five days of the date of publication of the notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). However, because Commerce applied total AFA to the sole 
mandatory respondent in this review in accordance with section 776 of 
the Act, and the AFA dumping margin is based solely on the petition, 
there are no calculations to disclose.

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.
    Because we are applying total AFA as to Corinth's entries for this 
POR, we will instruct CBP to apply an assessment rate to all entries 
Corinth produced and/or exported equal to the dumping margin indicated 
above.
    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.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
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Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct 
CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to 
file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 
days of publication).

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 Corinth will be 
the rate shown above; (2) for previously investigated companies not 
participating in this review, the cash deposit rate 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, 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 10.26 percent, the all-
others rate made effective by the LTFV investigation.\10\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \10\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Amended Final 
Affirmative Antidumping Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 84 
FR 18769 (May 2, 2019).
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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 Commerce'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

    This notice is being issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: February 2, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inferences
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Application of Total Adverse Facts Available (AFA) 
for Corinth's Failure to Provide an Adequate Cost Reconciliation
    Comment 2: Application of Total AFA for Corinth's Failure to 
Provide Adequate Cost Buildups
    Comment 3: Application of Partial AFA to Corinth's Unreconciled 
Costs
    Comment 4: Adjustment of Corinth's Reported Interest Expense 
Ratio to Account for Certain Excluded Expenses
    Comment 5: Inclusion of ``Idle'' Costs in Corinth's General and 
Administrative (G&A) Expenses
    Comment 6: Application of Partial AFA to Services Provided by 
Dia.Vi.Pe.Thi.V S.A
    Comment 7: Double Counting of Foreign Port Charges on U.S. Sales
    Comment 8: Section 232 Duty Deduction from Corinth's Constructed 
Export Price (CEP)
VI. Recommendation

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