[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18526-18528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06501]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Thailand: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-
2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds 
that the sole exporter subject to this review, Thai Premium Pipe Co. 
Ltd. (TPP), made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value 
during the period of review (POR) March 1, 2021, through February 28, 
2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Applicable March 29, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 11, 1986, Commerce published in the Federal Register an 
antidumping duty order on Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
(CWP) from Thailand.\1\ On March 3, 2022, we published in the Federal 
Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of 
the Order.\2\ On May 13, 2022, based on a timely request for 
administrative review, Commerce initiated an administrative review of 
TPP.\3\ On November 7, 2022, Commerce extended the period for issuing 
the preliminary results of this review by 120 days to no later than 
March 31, 2023.\4\ For a more complete description of the events 
between the initiation of this review and these preliminary results, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Circular Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes from Thailand, 51 FR 8341 (March 11, 1986) (Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 12086 (March 3, 
2022).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 29280, 29282 (May 13, 2022).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022,'' 
dated November 7, 2022.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from Thailand: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are CWP from Thailand. For a full 
description of the scope of this Order, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ``Scope of the 
Order.''
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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). We calculated 
export price in accordance with section 772 of the Act, normal value is 
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying these 
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of 
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as 
the Appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is made available to the public 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 is available at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Results of Review

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average

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dumping margin exists for the period March 1, 2021, through February 
28, 2022:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                Producer or exporter                    dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Thai Premium Pipe Co. Ltd...........................               0.71
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties within 
five days after public announcement of the preliminary results.\7\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than seven days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\8\ 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.\9\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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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. 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. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the briefs.
    An electronically filed submission must be received successfully in 
its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its 
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary 
information until further notice.\10\
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    \10\ 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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Final Results of Review

    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in 
any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, unless extended, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the final results, Commerce shall determine and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\11\ If TPP's 
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less 
than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, we intend to 
calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates on the basis of 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's 
examined sales and the total entered value of those same sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\12\ If either the respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin or an importer-specific assessment rate 
is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we intend to 
instruct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries without regards to 
antidumping duties.
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \12\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by TPP 
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined to the 
United States, 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.\13\
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    \13\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    The final results of this administrative 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.\14\ 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).
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    \14\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of 
administrative review for all shipments of CWP from Thailand entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 
cash deposit rate for TPP will be equal to the weighted-average dumping 
margin established in the final results of this review (except, if that 
rate is de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then the 
cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for merchandise exported by a 
company not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed 
segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review or another completed segment of this proceeding, but the 
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the company-specific 
rate established for the completed segment for the most recent period 
for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for 
all other producers or exporters will continue to be 15.67 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\15\
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    \15\ See Order.
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    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: March 23, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Particular Market Situation
V. Product Comparisons
VI. Discussion of Methodology
VII. Recommendation

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