[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 249 (Thursday, December 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80156-80158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28388]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-876]


Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination 
of No Shipments; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that certain producers/exporters subject to this 
administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than 
normal value (NV). Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable December 29, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Simons or Paul Gill, 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) 482-6172 or (202) 482-5673, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 4, 2022, based on timely requests for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on welded line pipe from the 
Republic of Korea (Korea).\1\ The period of review (POR) is December 1, 
2020, through November 30, 2021. On August 17, 2022, we extended the 
preliminary results of this review to no later than December 23, 
2022.\2\ For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 6487 (February 4, 2022); see also 
Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the Republic of 
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056, 75057 (December 1, 
2015) (Order).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of 2020-2021 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated 
August 17, 2022.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2020-2021 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Welded Line Pipe from Korea,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is welded line pipe.\4\ 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 subheadings are provided for 
convenience and for customs purposes, the written product description 
remains dispositive.
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    \4\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price 
and constructed export price are calculated in accordance with section 
772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the 
Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as 
Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and 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 
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Among the companies under review, HiSteel Co., Ltd. (HiSteel) 
properly filed a statement that it made no shipments of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR.\5\ Based on its 
certification and our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) information, we preliminarily determine that HiSteel had no 
reviewable transactions during the POR.\6\ Consistent with our 
practice, we are not preliminarily rescinding the review with respect 
to HiSteel. Instead, we will complete the review for HiSteel and issue 
appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of this 
review.\7\
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    \5\ See HiSteel's Letter, ``No Shipments Letter,'' dated March 
7, 2022.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Results of No Shipments Inquiry for 
HiSteel Co., Ltd.,'' dated March 7, 2022.
    \7\ See, e.g., Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020, 87 FR 928 
(January 7, 2022), unchanged in Welded Line Pipe from the Republic 
of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2019-2020, 87 FR 38061 (June 27, 2022).
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Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following weighted-average dumping margins for the period December 1, 
2020, through November 30, 2021:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Producer or exporter                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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NEXTEEL Co., Ltd............................................        2.56

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SeAH Steel Corporation......................................        4.14
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review \8\............        3.32
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Review-Specific Average Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual 
Review

    The exporters or producers not selected for individual review are 
listed in Appendix II.
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    \8\ Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate 
is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of the 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters 
and producers individually examined, excluding any margins that are 
zero or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on 
the basis of facts available{time} .'' For these preliminary 
results, we have preliminarily calculated a weighted-average dumping 
margin for these companies using the calculated rates of the 
mandatory respondents, NEXTEEL and SeAH, which are not zero or de 
minimis, or determined entirely on the basis of facts available.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuing the final results, Commerce shall determine, and CBP 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL) reported the 
entered value of its U.S. sales, 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 Steel Corporation 
(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 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 based on the weighted average of the 
cash deposit rates calculated for NEXTEEL and SeAH excluding any which 
are zero, de minimis, or determined entirely on adverse facts 
available. 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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    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by NEXTEEL or SeAH 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 
U.S. 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 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 the companies 
listed above will be that 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 or 
reviewed companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit 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 less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the 
manufacturer is, then 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 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 Order.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\11\ Interested 
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\12\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days 
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\13\ Parties who submit 
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to 
submit with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\14\ Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\15\ Note that Commerce 
has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving 
documents containing business proprietary information, until further 
notice.\16\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \13\ Commerce is exercising its discretion, under 19 CFR 
351.309(d)(1), to alter the time limit for filing of rebuttal 
briefs.
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \16\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 
10, 2020).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\17\ 
Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be 
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is 
made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the 
hearing.\18\
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis raised in any written 
briefs, not later than 120 days after the publication of these 
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise 
extended.\19\
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    \19\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding

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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 to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 22, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to Companies Not Selected for 
Individual Review

1. AJU Besteel Co., Ltd.
2. BDP International, Inc.
3. Daewoo International Corporation
4. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co.
5. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
6. Dongkuk Steel Mill
7. Dong Yang Steel Pipe
8. EEW Korea Co., Ltd.
9. Husteel Co., Ltd.
10. Hyundai RB Co. Ltd.
11. Hyundai Steel Company/Hyundai HYSCO
12. Kelly Pipe Co., LLC
13. Keonwoo Metals Co., Ltd.
14. Kolon Global Corp.
15. Korea Cast Iron Pipe Ind. Co., Ltd.
16. Kurvers Piping Italy S.R.L.
17. Miju Steel MFG Co., Ltd.
18. MSTEEL Co., Ltd.
19. Poongsan Valinox (Valtimet Division)
20. POSCO
21. POSCO Daewoo
22. R&R Trading Co. Ltd.
23. Sam Kang M&T Co., Ltd.
24. Sin Sung Metal Co., Ltd.
25. SK Networks
26. Soon-Hong Trading Company
27. Steel Flower Co., Ltd.
28. TGS Pipe
29. Tokyo Engineering Korea Ltd.

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