[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15974-15975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04707]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-823-819]


Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe 
From Ukraine: Final 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) determines that 
seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe 
(seamless pipe) from Ukraine was sold at prices below normal value 
during the period of review (POR) February 10, 2021, through July 31, 
2022.

DATES: Applicable March 6, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald Anadio, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3166.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 7, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ Interpipe,\2\ 
the sole mandatory respondent under review, and the domestic interested 
party Vallourec Star, L.P. (Vallourec), each submitted comments on the 
Preliminary Results.\3\ For a description of the events since the 
Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised 
by parties for these final results of review, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\4\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and 
Pressure Pipe from Ukraine: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2021-2022 88 FR 61503 (September 7, 2023) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ Interpipe refers to the collapsed entity, Interpipe Ukraine 
LLC, PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant, LLC 
Interpipe Niko Tube, and Interpipe Europe S.A. See Preliminary 
Results PDM at the sections titled ``Summary'' and ``Affiliation/
Single Entity.''
    \3\ See Interpipe's Letter, ``Case Brief for Interpipe,'' dated 
October 10, 2023; see also Vallourec's Letter, ``Petitioner's 
Rebuttal Brief,'' dated October 17, 2023.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 
Line, and Pressure Pipe from Ukraine,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 5
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    \5\ See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and 
Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, 
and Ukraine: Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 47055 (August 23, 2021) 
(Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the scope of the Order is seamless pipe 
from Ukraine. For a full description of the scope, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in Interpipe's case brief and Vallourec's 
rebuttal brief are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 
list of these issues is attached as an appendix to this notice. 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.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists for the period February 10, 2021, through July 31, 2022:

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                                                            Weighted-
                                                         average dumping
                   Exporter/producer                          margin
                                                            (percent)
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Interpipe Ukraine LLC/LJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky               4.99
 Tube Rolling Plant/LLC Interpipe Niko Tube/Interpipe
 Europe S.A............................................
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Disclosure

    Because Commerce made no changes to the Preliminary Results, we 
have not modified our preliminary weighted-average dumping margin 
calculation. We are adopting the Preliminary Results as the final 
results of this review. Consequently, there are no calculations to 
disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b) for these final results.

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 these final results 
of review.\6\ We will calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment 
rates for the merchandise by dividing the total amount of antidumping 
duties calculated for all reviewed sales to the importer by the total 
entered value of the merchandise sold to the importer, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer-specific ad valorem 
assessment rate is not zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP 
to collect the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. Where an 
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard 
to antidumping duties.\7\
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    \6\ See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 
2012).
    \7\ Id., 77 FR 8101, 8102; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate POR entries of subject merchandise which 
Interpipe produced and sold but did not know was destined for the 
United States, at the all-others rate (i.e., 23.75 percent) \8\ if 
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.\9\
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    \8\ See Order, 86 FR 47055.
    \9\ 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 this notice 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 this 
notice in the Federal Register, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of 
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Interpipe will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin listed in the table above; (2) for 
companies that were previously reviewed or investigated in this 
proceeding that are not listed in the table above, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the rate assigned to the company in the most 
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completed segment of this proceeding in which the company was examined; 
(3) if the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have a company-
specific rate but the producer of the subject merchandise does, then 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate assigned to the producer of the 
subject merchandise in the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding in which the producer was examined; and (4) the cash deposit 
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be the all-
others rate of 23.75 percent that was established in the less-than-
fair-value investigation in this proceeding.\10\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \10\ See Order, 84 FR at 47057.
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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 the return or 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 these final results of review in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: February 29, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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 the Issue
    Comment: Whether to Grant Interpipe a Constructed Export Price 
(CEP) Offset
V. Recommendation

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