[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65314-65316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17748]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-812]


Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of 
Oman: 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 Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera) sold 
subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period 
of review (POR) December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022. We invite 
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable August 9, 2024.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noah Wetzel or Dennis McClure, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7466 or (202) 
482-5973, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 2022, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the Sultanate of 
Oman (Oman) for the 2021-2022 POR.\1\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(c), 
Commerce received a request from Al Jazeera to defer the 2021-2022 
administrative review with respect to itself for one year.\2\ Commerce 
did not receive any objections to the deferral within 15 days after the 
end of the December 2022 anniversary month. As such, we deferred the 
initiation of the administrative review for the 2021-2022 POR with 
respect to Al Jazeera to the month immediately following the next 
anniversary month.\3\ On February 8, 2024, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published its initiation of an 
administrative review of the Order for the 2021-2022 POR with respect 
to Al Jazeera.\4\ Commerce did not receive a request for review for the 
2022-2023 POR. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 
this administrative proceeding by seven days.\5\ The deadline for the 
preliminary results is now September 9, 2024.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 73752 (December 
1, 2022); see also Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from 
the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates: 
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December 19, 2016) (Order).
    \2\ See Al Jazeera's Letter, ``Al Jazeera request for 
administrative review and request for deferral of 2021/22 review,'' 
dated December 31, 2022.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 7060 (February 2, 2023).
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 8641 (February 8, 2024).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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    For a complete description of the events that occurred that 
followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\6\ The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document 
and is available 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 found at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of 
Oman; 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is CWP from Oman. The product 
is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 
7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150, 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020, 
7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 
7306.30.5090, 7306.50.1000, 7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, and 
7306.50.5070. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only; the written product description of the scope of 
the Order is dispositive. For a complete description of the scope of 
the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is 
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV 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.

Preliminary Results

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

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/Producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG..........................        0.61
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed for these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of publication 
of this notice.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the 
case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for 
filing case briefs.\8\ Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal 
briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing 
each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\9\ Case and rebuttal briefs 
should be filed using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time on the established deadline.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \9\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\10\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the 
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that 
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the executive summary of

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each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements 
pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\11\
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    \10\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \11\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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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 whether any 
participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, 
Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\12\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce intends to determine, and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review. 
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
administrative 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).
    If Al Jazeera's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de 
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), upon completion of the final 
results, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific antidumping 
duty assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total 
entered value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for 
all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to 
the total quantity of those sales.\13\ To determine whether an 
importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an 
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values. 
If the weighted-average dumping margin for Al Jazeera is zero or de 
minimis, or an importer specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, 
we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.\14\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding: 
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 Al 
Jazeera for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\15\
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    \15\ 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 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 cash deposits of 
estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.\16\
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    \16\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication 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 Al Jazeera 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 listed in the 
final results of this review, the cash deposit rate 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 another completed segment of this proceeding, but the 
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established 
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the 
producer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the 
producer is a firm covered in this or any previously completed segment 
of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the all-others 
rate of 7.36 percent that was established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\17\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \17\ See Order, 81 FR at 91908.
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Final Results of the Review

    Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to 
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the 
results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties in the written 
comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results 
in the Federal Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

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 the POR. 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

    These preliminary results are issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 5, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

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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