[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13088-13090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04297]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-880]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
HiSteel Co., Ltd. (HiSteel) made sales of subject merchandise at less 
than normal value during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2020, 
through August 31, 2021.

DATES: Applicable March 2, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado, 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) 482-4682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 1, 2022, Commerce published the Preliminary Results 
and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ In October 2022, HiSteel 
submitted a case brief.\2\ In the same month, Nucor Tubular Products 
Inc. (Nucor) submitted a rebuttal brief.\3\ For a description of the 
events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and 
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2020-2021, 87 FR 53725 (September 1, 2022) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ In October 2022, HiSteel filed a redacted brief based on 
Commerce's request to remove untimely new factual information. See 
HiSteel's Letter, ``Redacted Case Brief of HiSteel Co. Ltd.,'' dated 
October 24, 2022.
    \3\ In October 2022, Nucor filed a redacted rebuttal brief based 
on Commerce's request to remove untimely new factual information. 
See Nucor's Letter, ``Nucor Tubular's Rebuttal Brief Resubmission,'' 
dated October 24, 2022.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2020-2021 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon 
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, these results (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are certain heavy walled 
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea. 
Products subject to the order are currently classified under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item subheading 
7306.61.1000. Subject merchandise may also be classified under 
7306.61.3000. Although the HTSUS subheadings and ASTM specification are 
provided for convenience and for customs purposes, the written product 
description remains dispositive.\5\
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    \5\ 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. The Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made no 
changes to the preliminary weighted-average margin calculations for 
HiSteel.\6\
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    \6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of Review

    We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margin to 
the firm listed below for the period September 1, 2020, through August 
31, 2021:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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HiSteel Co., Ltd...........................................        2.80
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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.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where the respondent did not 
report entered value, we calculated the entered value in order to 
calculate the assessment rate. Where 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.
    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.\7\
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    \7\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by HiSteel in these final 
results of review for which HiSteel did not know that the merchandise 
it 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 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 each specific 
company 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 companies not participating in this review, the cash 
deposit 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, 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 3.24 
percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\8\ 
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \8\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and the Republic of 
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865 (September 13, 2016).
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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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
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

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

    Dated: February 24, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. Discussion of Issue
    Comment: Differential Pricing

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V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2023-04297 Filed 3-1-23; 8:45 am]
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