Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 96435-96437 [2016-31728]
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On March 1, 1999, the Department
initiated sunset reviews on these orders
and later published its notice of
continuation of the antidumping duty
orders for certain countries.3 On
October 1, 2004, the Department
initiated the second sunset reviews of
these orders and later published its
notice of continuation of the
antidumping duty orders on solid urea
from the Russian Federation and
Ukraine.4 On December 1, 2010, the
Department initiated the third sunset
reviews of these orders and later
published its notice of continuation of
the antidumping duty orders.5 On
November 1, 2016, the Department
initiated the fourth sunset reviews of
these orders.6
We did not receive a notice of intent
to participate from domestic interested
parties in these fourth sunset reviews by
the deadline date.7 As a result, the
Department determined that no
domestic interested party intends to
participate in the sunset reviews,8 and
on November 21, 2016, we notified the
International Trade Commission, in
writing, that we intended to issue a final
determination revoking these
antidumping duty orders.9 On
December 1, 2016, the Department
Duty Order on Solid Urea from the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics to the Commonwealth of
Independent States and the Baltic States and
Opportunity to Comment, 57 FR 28828 (June 29,
1992).
3 See Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders:
Solid Urea from Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania,
Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, 64 FR 62653 (November
17, 1999); see also Antidumping Duty Order; Urea
from the Socialist Republic of Romania, 52 FR 2636
(July 14, 1987) and Final Results of Expedited
Sunset Review: Solid Urea from Romania, 64 FR
48360 (September 3, 1999) (Because Romania was
not part of the USSR, the initial investigation and
the first five-year review on urea from Romania
were conducted separately, but the continuation
order combined the remaining former Soviet
Socialist Republics and Romania together.);
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order: Solid Urea
from Armenia, 64 FR 62654 (November 17, 1999);
March 1999 Sunset Reviews: Final Results and
Revocations, 64 FR 24137 (May 5, 1999) (revoking
the antidumping duty orders on solid urea from
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and
Moldova); and March and April 1999 Sunset
Reviews: Final Results and Revocations, 64 FR
28974 (May 28, 1999) (revoking the antidumping
duty order on solid urea from Latvia).
4 See Notice of Continuation of Antidumping
Duty Orders: Solid Urea from the Russian
Federation and Ukraine, 71 FR 581 (January 5,
2006); see also Solid Urea from Belarus, Estonia,
Lithuania, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and
Uzbekistan: Final Results and Revocation of Orders,
69 FR 77993 (December 29, 2004).
5 Solid Urea from the Russian Federation and
Ukraine: Continuation of Antidumping Duty
Orders, 76 FR 78885 (December 20, 2011).
6 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews,
81 FR 75808 (November 1, 2016).
7 See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).
8 See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(A).
9 See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(2).
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received a submission from the Ministry
of Economic Development and Trade of
Ukraine regarding its position on this
matter.10
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise subject to the orders
is solid urea, a high-nitrogen content
fertilizer which is produced by reacting
ammonia with carbon dioxide. The
product is currently classified under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) item number
3102.10.00.00. Previously such
merchandise was classified under item
number 480.3000 of the Tariff
Schedules of the United States.
Although the HTSUS subheading is
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
merchandise subject to the orders is
dispositive.
Determination To Revoke
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no
domestic interested party files a notice
of intent to participate, the Department
shall, within 90 days after the initiation
of the review, issue a final
determination revoking the order.
Because the domestic interested parties
did not file a notice of intent to
participate in these sunset reviews, the
Department finds that no domestic
interested party is participating in these
sunset reviews. Therefore, consistent
with 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i) we are
revoking these antidumping duty orders
effective December 20, 2016, the fifth
anniversary of the date the Department
published its most recent notice of
continuation of the antidumping duty
orders.
Effective Date of Revocation
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the
Department will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection to terminate the
suspension of liquidation of the
merchandise subject to these orders
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
on or after December 20, 2016. Entries
of subject merchandise prior to the
effective date of revocation will
continue to be subject to suspension of
liquidation and antidumping duty
deposit requirements. The Department
will complete any pending
administrative reviews of these orders
and will conduct administrative reviews
of subject merchandise entered prior to
the effective date of revocation in
10 See Letter from Ministry of Economic
Development and Trade of Ukraine, ‘‘Solid Urea
from Ukraine, 4th Sunset Review: A–823–801,’’
dated December 1, 2016.
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response to appropriately filed requests
for review.
We are issuing and publishing the
final determination in these five-year
(sunset) reviews and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c) and
777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 23, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–810]
Welded ASTM A–312 Stainless Steel
Pipe From the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2014–
2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on welded
ASTM A–312 stainless steel pipe from
Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of
review (POR) is December 1, 2014,
through November 30, 2015. The review
covers two exporters and/or producers
of the subject merchandise: SeAH Steel
Corporation (SeAH) and LS Metal Co.,
Ltd. (LS Metal). The Department
preliminarily determines that during the
POR SeAH made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value
and LS Metal had no shipments. We
invite interested parties to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective December 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lingjun Wang, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2316.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 9, 2016, the Department
published a notice of initiation of this
review.1 On January 27, 2016, the
Department exercised its discretion to
toll all administrative deadlines by four
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
6832 (February 9, 2016).
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business days.2 On May 3, 2016 and
December 13, 2016, the Department
extended the deadline for the
preliminary results to December 20,
2016.3 For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix
I.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order
are shipments of welded austenitic
stainless steel pipe (WSSP) from Korea
that meets the standards and
specifications set forth by the American
Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) for the welded form of
chromium-nickel pipe designated
ASTM A–312. Imports of these products
are currently classifiable under the
following United States Harmonized
Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) subheadings:
7306.40.5005, 7306.40.5015,
7306.40.5040, 7306.40.5065, and
7306.40.5085.5
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
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LS Metal, in its questionnaire
response, claimed that it made no sales
or shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR. We issued a no
shipments inquiry to, and received no
contradictory information from, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
As there is no record information
contrary to LS Metal’s claim, we
preliminarily determine that LS Metal
had no shipments of the subject
merchandise and, therefore, no
reviewable transactions during the POR.
The Department intends to complete the
review with respect to LS Metal and
will issue appropriate instructions to
CBP based on the final results of this
review. See the Preliminary Decision
2 See the Department’s January 27, 2016
memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Administrative
Deadlines as a Result of the Government Closure
during Snowstorm ‘Jonas.’ ’’
3 See the Department’s August 15, 2016
memorandum, ‘‘Certain Welded ASTM A–312
Stainless Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;’’ see
also, the Department’s December 13, 2016
memorandum, ‘‘Certain Welded ASTM A–312
Stainless Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.’’
4 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Welded ASTM A–312 Stainless Steel Pipe
from the Republic of Korea; 2014–2015,’’ dated
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
5 For a full description of the scope of the Order,
see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Memorandum for further discussion of
this issue.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). Constructed export
prices or export prices are 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 these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
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, and is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room B8024 of the Department’s main
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://www.trade.gov/
enforcement/. The signed Preliminary
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review when the importer-specific
assessment rate calculated in the final
results is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50
percent). Where either the respondent’s
weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis, or an importerspecific assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
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 where applicable.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003.7 This clarification applies
to entries of subject merchandise during
the POR produced by a respondent for
which it did not know its merchandise
was destined for the United States. In
such instances, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company or companies
involved in the transaction.
We intend to issue instructions to
CBP 15 days after publication of the
final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results
of this review for all shipments of
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
Preliminary Results of Review
consumption on or after the publication
As a result of this review, we
date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C)
preliminarily determine that the
of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for
weighted-average dumping margin for
the companies under review will be
the POR is as follows:
equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of
Margin
Producer and/or exporter
this review except if that rate is de
(percent)
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
SeAH Steel Corporation ...........
1.91 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for
merchandise exported by manufacturers
Assessment Rate
or exporters not covered in this review
Upon issuance of the final results, the
but covered in a prior completed
Department shall determine, and CBP
segment of the proceeding, the cash
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
deposit rate will continue to be the
appropriate entries covered by this
company-specific rate published for the
review. For any individually examined
most recently completed segment of this
respondents whose weighted-average
proceeding in which the manufacturer
dumping margin is above de minimis,
or exporter participated; (3) if the
we will calculate importer-specific ad
exporter is not a firm covered in this
valorem duty assessment rates based on
review, a prior review, or the original
the ratio of the total amount of dumping
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
calculated for the importer’s examined
then the cash deposit rate will be the
sales to the total entered value of those
same sales in accordance with 19 CFR
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102
351.212(b)(1).6 We will instruct CBP to
(February 14, 2012).
6 See
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
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7 For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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rate established for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding
for the manufacturer of the
merchandise; and (4) if neither the
exporter nor the manufacturer 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 7.00 percent
established in the Amended Final
Determination and Order.8 These
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
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The Department intends to disclose
the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary
results within five days after the date of
publication of this notice in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the
publication date of this notice.9 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.10 Parties who submit case briefs
or rebuttal briefs are requested to submit
with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.11 Executive summaries
should be limited to five pages total,
including footnotes.12 All briefs must be
filed electronically via ACCESS.13 An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
the on which it is due.14
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 within 30 days of the
publication date of this notice, filed
electronically via ACCESS. Requests
should contain: (1) The party’s name,
address and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues parties intend to discuss. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, the Department intends to hold
the hearing at the U.S. Department of
8 See Notice of Amended Final Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Welded Stainless
Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea, 60 FR 10064
(February 23, 1995) (Amended Final Determination
and Order).
9 See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d).
11 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
12 Id.
13 See 19 CFR 351.303.
14 See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1).
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Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at
a date and time to be determined.15
Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date.
We intend to issue the final results of
this review within 120 days after the
date of publication of this notice, unless
otherwise extended.16
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 this
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Department’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of this
review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h).
Dated: December 20, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
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. No Shipments
V. Discussion of Methodology
A. Comparisons to Normal Value
B. Date of Sale
C. Product Comparisons
D. Constructed Export Price
E. Normal Value
F. Cost of Production Analysis
G. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
H. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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19 CFR 351.310(d).
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF068
Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery;
Application for an Exempted Fishing
Permit (EFP)
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of EFP
application; request for comments.
AGENCY:
Notification to Importers
15 See
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NMFS announces the receipt
of an exempted fishing permit (EFP)
application from the West Coast Seafood
Processors Association, Environmental
Defense Fund, Oregon Trawl
Commission, and Pacific Seafoods for
an EFP Program to monitor and
minimize salmon bycatch when vessels
target rockfish in the shorebased
individual fishing quota (IFQ) fishery.
The NMFS West Coast Region’s
Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries has made a
preliminary determination that the
subject EFP application contains all the
required information and the EFP
Program warrants further consideration.
Therefore, NMFS announces that the
Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries proposes to
recommend that EFPs be issued under
an EFP Program that would allow as
many as 50 commercial fishing vessels
to conduct fishing operations that are
otherwise restricted by the regulations
governing the fisheries of the west coast
of the United States. If awarded, the EFP
Program would exempt participating
limited entry bottom trawl vessels from
the requirement to use selective flatfish
trawl gear shoreward of the Trawl
Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) north
of 40°10′ N. latitude in waters off the
west coast. In addition, if awarded, the
EFP Program would also allow
participating bottom trawl vessels that
fish any place along the west coast an
exemption to the minimum mesh size
requirement of 4.5 inches.
The EFP Program is intended to
provide additional flexibility in the
configuration and use of bottom trawl
gear for the vessels, as well as provide
additional information on potential
impacts to protected resources,
particularly Chinook salmon bycatch,
resulting from this added flexibility.
The additional information would be
used to enhance the management of the
groundfish fishery and promote the
objectives of the Pacific Coast
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-810]
Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on welded ASTM A-
312 stainless steel pipe from Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of
review (POR) is December 1, 2014, through November 30, 2015. The review
covers two exporters and/or producers of the subject merchandise: SeAH
Steel Corporation (SeAH) and LS Metal Co., Ltd. (LS Metal). The
Department preliminarily determines that during the POR SeAH made sales
of subject merchandise at less than normal value and LS Metal had no
shipments. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Effective December 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lingjun Wang, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2316.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 9, 2016, the Department published a notice of
initiation of this review.\1\ On January 27, 2016, the Department
exercised its discretion to toll all administrative deadlines by four
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business days.\2\ On May 3, 2016 and December 13, 2016, the Department
extended the deadline for the preliminary results to December 20,
2016.\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 included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as Appendix I.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 6832 (February 9, 2016).
\2\ See the Department's January 27, 2016 memorandum, ``Tolling
of Administrative Deadlines as a Result of the Government Closure
during Snowstorm `Jonas.' ''
\3\ See the Department's August 15, 2016 memorandum, ``Certain
Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review;'' see also, the Department's December 13,
2016 memorandum, ``Certain Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe
from the Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.''
\4\ See ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless
Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea; 2014-2015,'' dated
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are shipments of welded
austenitic stainless steel pipe (WSSP) from Korea that meets the
standards and specifications set forth by the American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) for the welded form of chromium-nickel
pipe designated ASTM A-312. Imports of these products are currently
classifiable under the following United States Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTSUS) subheadings: 7306.40.5005, 7306.40.5015, 7306.40.5040,
7306.40.5065, and 7306.40.5085.\5\
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\5\ For a full description of the scope of the Order, see
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
LS Metal, in its questionnaire response, claimed that it made no
sales or shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. We issued a
no shipments inquiry to, and received no contradictory information
from, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). As there is no record
information contrary to LS Metal's claim, we preliminarily determine
that LS Metal had no shipments of the subject merchandise and,
therefore, no reviewable transactions during the POR. The Department
intends to complete the review with respect to LS Metal and will issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of this
review. See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for further discussion
of this issue.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export prices or export prices are 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 these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of
the 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, and is available to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the Department's main building. In
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the internet at https://www.trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
weighted-average dumping margin for the POR is as follows:
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Margin
Producer and/or exporter (percent)
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SeAH Steel Corporation..................................... 1.91
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Assessment Rate
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review. For any individually examined respondents whose
weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis, we will calculate
importer-specific ad valorem duty 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 in accordance with
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\6\ We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review when the
importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results is
above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). Where either the respondent's
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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 where applicable.
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\6\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012).
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The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003.\7\ This clarification applies to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by a respondent for which it did
not know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company or
companies involved in the transaction.
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\7\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of
the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of this review for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the
companies under review will be equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of this review except if that
rate is de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which
case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported
by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in
a prior completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the manufacturer
or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in
this review, a prior review, or the original investigation, but the
manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the
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rate established for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither
the exporter nor the manufacturer 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 7.00 percent established in the
Amended Final Determination and Order.\8\ These deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\8\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination and Antidumping
Duty Order: Certain Welded Stainless Steel Pipe from the Republic of
Korea, 60 FR 10064 (February 23, 1995) (Amended Final Determination
and Order).
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary results within five days after the
date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the publication date of this notice.\9\ 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.\10\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs are requested to submit with each argument:
(1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and
(3) a table of authorities.\11\ Executive summaries should be limited
to five pages total, including footnotes.\12\ All briefs must be filed
electronically via ACCESS.\13\ An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the on which it is due.\14\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\12\ Id.
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1).
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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 within 30 days of the
publication date of this notice, filed electronically via ACCESS.
Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues
parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited
to those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, the Department intends to hold the
hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a date and time to be
determined.\15\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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We intend to issue the final results of this review within 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice, unless otherwise
extended.\16\
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\16\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
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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 this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of this review are issued and published
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: December 20, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
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. No Shipments
V. Discussion of Methodology
A. Comparisons to Normal Value
B. Date of Sale
C. Product Comparisons
D. Constructed Export Price
E. Normal Value
F. Cost of Production Analysis
G. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
H. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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