[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 34 (Friday, February 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10072-10073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02906]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-913]
Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies were not provided to SeAH Steel Corporation
and its cross-owned affiliate, SeAH Steel Holdings Corporation
(collectively, the SeAH Steel Companies), a producer and exporter of
oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Korea (Korea).
The period of review (POR) is September 29, 2022, through December 31,
2022.
DATES: Applicable February 21, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Janz, 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) 482-2972.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 13, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the preliminary results of the 2022 administrative review \1\ of the
countervailing duty order on OCTG from Korea.\2\ We invited interested
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\3\ No interested party
submitted comments. Accordingly, we have not modified our analysis from
the Preliminary Results, and no decision memoranda accompany this
notice. We are, hereby, adopting the Preliminary Results as the final
results of this review. Commerce conducted this review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
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\1\ See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results and Rescission, In Part, of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR 100969 (December 13, 2024)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea and
the Russian Federation: Countervailing Duty Orders, 87 FR 70782
(November 21, 2022) (Order).
\3\ See Preliminary Results, 89 FR 100970.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is OCTG from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Results.\4\
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\4\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 5.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce determines the following net countervailable subsidy rate
exists for the POR, September 29, 2022, through December 31, 2022:
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Subsidy
rate
Producer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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SeAH Steel Corporation; SeAH Steel Holding Corporation \5\. * 0.14
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* De minimis.
Disclosure
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\5\ As discussed in the Preliminary Results, Commerce has found
SeAH Steel Holding Corporation to be cross-owned with SeAH Steel
Corporation. See Preliminary Results, 89 FR at 100970.
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Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the final results within five days of any
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days of the date of publication of the notice of the final results in
the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However,
because we made no changes from the Preliminary Results, there are no
new calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.212(b)(2). Because we calculated a de minimis
countervailable subsidy rate for the SeAH Steel Companies in the final
results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate
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entries without regard to countervailing duties in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(2) and 351.106(c)(2).
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
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties at the appropriate rates.\6\ For shipments of subject
merchandise by the SeAH Steel Companies entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of these
final results, the cash deposit rate will be zero. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\6\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act (``The {results of
the{time} determination . . . shall be the basis for the assessment
of countervailing or antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the determination and for deposits of estimated
duties.'').
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 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 return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: February 13, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-02906 Filed 2-20-25; 8:45 am]
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