[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22007-22008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07709]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008, A-583-814]


Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan 
and Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Taiwan: Negative 
Preliminary Determinations of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty 
Orders

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 
(pipe and tube) and circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) imported 
into the United States during the period of inquiry, January 1, 2017, 
through December 31, 2021, were not completed in the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) manufactured in 
Taiwan, and, therefore, no such imports are circumventing the 
antidumping duty (AD) orders on pipe and tube and CWP from Taiwan. We 
invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
determinations.

DATES: Applicable April 12, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicolas Mayora (Pipe and Tube) or 
Preston Cox and Scarlet Jaldin (CWP), AD/CVD Operations, Offices V and 
VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3053, (202) 482-5041, and (202) 482-
4275, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 7, 1984 and November 2, 1992, Commerce published the orders 
on pipe and tube and CWP from Taiwan, respectively.\1\ On August 4, 
2022, Commerce initiated country-wide circumvention inquiries, pursuant 
to section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 
19 CFR 351.226, to determine whether imports of pipe and tube and CWP 
from Vietnam, completed in Vietnam from HRS manufactured in Taiwan, are 
circumventing the Orders.\2\ On August 30, 2022, Commerce selected SeAH 
Steel VINA Corporation (SeAH VINA) and Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan 
Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd. (Vietnam Haiphong) as the mandatory 
respondents in these circumvention inquiries.\3\ For a complete 
description of the events that followed the initiation of these 
inquiries, see the Preliminary Decision Memoranda.\4\
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    \1\ See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 49 FR 19369 (May 7, 1984); see 
also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipe from Taiwan, 57 FR 49454 (November 2, 1992) 
(collectively, Orders).
    \2\ See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the 
People's Republic of China; Certain Circular Welded Non Alloy Steel 
Pipe from the Republic of Korea; Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Standard Pipes and Tubes from India; Certain Circular Welded Carbon 
Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan; Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipe from Taiwan; Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from 
the People's Republic of China; Light Walled Rectangular Pipe and 
Tube from the Republic of Korea; Light Walled Welded Rectangular 
Carbon Steel Tubing from Taiwan: Initiation of Circumvention 
Inquiries on the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 87 FR 
47711 (August 4, 2022).
    \3\ See Memoranda, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated August 30, 
2022.
    \4\ See Memoranda, ``Preliminary Decision Memorandum for the 
Circumvention Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice; and 
``Preliminary Decision Memorandum for the Circumvention Inquiry of 
the Antidumping Duty Order on Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe 
from Taiwan,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (collectively, Preliminary Decision Memoranda).
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by these Orders are pipe and tube from Taiwan 
and CWP from Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of the 
Orders, see each respective Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Merchandise Subject to the Circumvention Inquiries

    These circumvention inquiries cover pipe and tube and CWP completed 
in Vietnam using Taiwan-origin HRS and subsequently exported from 
Vietnam to the United States.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting these circumvention inquiries in accordance 
with section 781(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.226. For a full 
description of the methodology underlying Commerce's preliminary 
determinations, see the Preliminary Decision Memoranda. A list of 
topics discussed in each Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as 
an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memoranda are 
public documents and are 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, complete versions of the 
Preliminary Decision Memoranda can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Determinations of No Shipments

    As detailed in the Preliminary Decision Memoranda, Commerce 
preliminarily determines that SeAH VINA and Vietnam Haiphong did not 
complete pipe and tube and CWP using Taiwanese HRS in Vietnam, nor did 
they export pipe and tube or CWP incorporating Taiwan HRS to the United 
States during the period of inquiry. Accordingly, Commerce is making 
negative preliminary findings of circumvention of the Orders on a 
country-wide basis.

Verification

    As provided in 19 CFR 351.307, Commerce may verify information 
relied upon in making its final determinations.

Public Comment

    Because Commerce intends to conduct verification, a timeline for 
the submission of case briefs and written comments will be provided to 
interested parties at a later date.\5\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days 
after the date for filing case briefs.\6\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal 
briefs in these proceedings 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.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c). Interested parties will be notified 
through ACCESS regarding the deadline for submitting case briefs.
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list 
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, 
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be 
determined.
    All submissions should be filed electronically via ACCESS.\7\ 
Alternative arrangements for manual filings must be made by contacting 
the official in charge

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at least 72 hours before the deadline. Note that Commerce has 
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents 
containing business proprietary information, until further notice.\8\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \8\ 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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Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
section 781(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.226(g)(1).

    Dated: April 6, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memoranda

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Merchandise Subject to the Circumvention Inquiry
V. Period of Circumvention Inquiry
VI. Statutory and Regulatory Framework for Circumvention Inquiry
VII. Preliminary Circumvention Determination
VIII. Verification
IX. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2023-07709 Filed 4-11-23; 8:45 am]
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