[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39823-39825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13060]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-484-803]


Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this 
administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than 
normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2021, through 
April 30, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable June 20, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan Araya, 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) 482-3401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 14, 2022, based on timely requests for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative 
review of the

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antidumping duty order \1\ on large diameter welded line pipe from 
Greece.\2\ This administrative review covers one producer/exporter of 
the subject merchandise, Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A. (CPW).
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    \1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Amended Final 
Affirmative Antidumping Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 84 
FR 18769 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 42144 (July 14, 2022).
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    On January 6, 2023, Commerce extended the preliminary results by 
120 days, until May 31, 2023.\3\ For a complete description of the 
events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.\4\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix 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.
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of 2021-2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated 
January 6, 2023.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is large diameter welded carbon 
and alloy steel line pipe from Greece. For a complete description of 
the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Constructed export price is calculated 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 our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2021, through April 30, 
2022:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry S.A........................        6.95
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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.\5\ Interested 
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\6\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days 
after the deadline for filing case briefs.\7\ 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.\8\ Case and rebuttal 
briefs should be filed using ACCESS \9\ and must be served on 
interested parties.\10\ Executive summaries should be limited to five 
pages total, including footnotes. Note that Commerce has temporarily 
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing 
business proprietary information, until further notice.\11\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
    \11\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID19; 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, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\12\ 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.\13\ Parties are reminded that all 
briefs and hearing requests must be filed electronically using ACCESS 
and received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 
on the established deadline.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \13\ 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 of issues raised in any 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\14\
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    \14\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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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.\15\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), if CPW's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or 
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this 
review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates based on 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales. CPW'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.
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by CPW for 
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United 
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-
others rate established in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation (i.e., 10.26 percent) if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\16\
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    \16\ 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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    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

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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 
company listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping 
margin 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 reviewed or investigated 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 in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit 
rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently 
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 10.26 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation.\17\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \17\ See Order.
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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 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 doubled antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

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

    Dated: May 31, 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

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