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written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, using Enforcement and
Compliance’s ACCESS system.11
Requests should contain the party’s
name, address, and telephone number,
the number of participants, whether any
participant is a foreign national, and a
list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, we will
inform parties of the scheduled date for
the hearing which will be held at the
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, at a time and date to be
determined.12 Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of
the hearing.
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, we intend to issue the final results
of this administrative review, including
the results of our analysis of the issues
raised by the parties in their comments,
within 120 days after issuance of these
preliminary results.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results are issued
and published pursuant to sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 2, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the 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. Application of the Countervailing Duty
Law to Imports from China
V. Diversification of China’s Economy
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
VII. Subsidies Valuation
VIII. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount
Rates, Input and Electricity
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. Conclusion
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–880]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Preliminary
Determination of No Shipments; 2016–
2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that sales of heavy walled rectangular
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes
(HWR pipes and tubes) from the
Republic of Korea (Korea) have been
made below normal value. Additionally,
Commerce preliminarily determines
that a company for which we initiated
a review had no shipments during the
period of review (POR). We invite
interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable October 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alice Maldonado or Whitley Herndon,
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) 482–4682 or
(202) 482–6274, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on HWR pipes
and tubes from Korea. The notice of
initiation of this administrative review
was published on November 13, 2017.1
This review covers 14 producers and
exporters of the subject merchandise.
The period of review is March 1, 2016
through August 31, 2017. Commerce
selected two mandatory respondents for
individual examination: Dong-A Steel
Company (DOSCO) and HiSteel Co., Ltd
(HiSteel). In May 2018, Commerce
extended the preliminary results of this
review to no later than October 3, 2018.2
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1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR
52268 (November 13, 2017).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Heavy Walled Rectangular
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the
Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated May 10, 2018. In
this memorandum, we noted that Commerce
exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected
by the closure of the Federal Government from
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11 See
12 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
19 CFR 351.310.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is certain heavy walled rectangular
welded steel pipes and tubes of
rectangular (including square) cross
section, having a nominal wall
thickness of not less than 4 mm.3 The
merchandise includes, but is not limited
to, the American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) A–500, grade B
specifications, or comparable domestic
or foreign specifications. Included
products are those in which: (1) Iron
predominates, by weight, over each of
the other contained elements; (2) the
carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (3) none of the elements
below exceeds the quantity, by weight,
respectively indicated:
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or
• 1.50 percent of copper, or
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.0 percent of nickel, or
• 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
columbium), or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium.
The product is currently classified
under following Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
item numbers 7306.61.1000. Subject
merchandise may also be classified
under 7306.61.3000. Although the
HTSUS numbers and ASTM
specification are provided for
convenience and for customs purposes,
the written product description remains
dispositive.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). Export price and
constructed export price 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 our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
January 20 through January 22, 2018. See
Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the
Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated
January 23, 2018. As a result, the revised deadline
for the preliminary results became October 3, 2018.
3 For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum
for the Preliminary Results of the 2016–2017
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes from Korea,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Decision Memorandum. 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 to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room B8024 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed and electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
are identical in content. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is attached as an
Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Among the companies under review,
one company, SeAH Steel Corporation
(SeAH), properly filed a statement
reporting that it made no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR. Based on the
certification submitted by SeAH and our
analysis of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) information, we
preliminarily determine that SeAH had
no shipments during the POR.4
Consistent with its practice, Commerce
finds that it is not appropriate to
preliminarily rescind the review with
respect to this company but, rather, to
complete the review with respect to it
and issue appropriate instructions to
CBP based on the final results of this
review.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine that weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the
respondents for the period March 1,
2016, through August 31, 2017, as
follows:
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
Dong-A Steel Company .......................................................................................................................................................................
HiSteel Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................................................
30.61
5.64
Review-Specific Average Rate
Applicable to the Following
Companies: 5
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter/Producer
Ahshin Pipe & Tube Company ............................................................................................................................................................
Bookook Steel Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................................
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................................
Husteel Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................................................
Hyundai Steel Pipe Company .............................................................................................................................................................
Hyundai Steel Co .................................................................................................................................................................................
Miju Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Sam Kang Industries Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................
SeAH Steel Corporation ......................................................................................................................................................................
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................................
Yujin Steel Industry Co. Ltd .................................................................................................................................................................
18.86
18.86
18.86
18.86
18.86
18.86
18.86
18.86
18.86
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18.86
18.86
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* No shipments or sales subject to this review.
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.6
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 no later
than five days after the time limit for
filing case briefs.8 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.9
Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed
using ACCESS.10
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
4 See SeAH’s Letter re: Administrative Review of
the Antidumping Order on Heavy Walled
Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes
from the Republic of Korea for the 2016–17 Review
Period—No Shipments Letter, dated December 13,
2017.
5 This rate is based on the rates for the
respondents that were selected for individual
review, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis or
based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
6 See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically-filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m.
Eastern Time within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.11
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.
Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If
7 See
19 CFR 351.309(c).
19 CFR 351.309(d).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
10 See 19 CFR 351.303.
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
8 See
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a request for a hearing is made, parties
will be notified of the time and date for
the hearing to be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.12
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis
raised in any written briefs, not later
than 120 days after the publication date
of this notice, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless otherwise
extended.13
merchandise they sold to the
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading
company, or exporter) 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(ies) involved in the
transaction.15
We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
where DOSCO and HiSteel reported the
entered value of their U.S. sales, we
calculated importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio
of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the examined sales to the
total entered value of the sales for which
entered value was reported. Where the
respondents did not report entered
value, we calculated the entered value
in order to calculate the assessment rate.
Where either the respondent’s weightedaverage 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. We intend to instruct CBP to
take into account the ‘‘provisional
measures deposit cap,’’ in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(d).
For the companies which were not
selected for individual review, we will
assign an assessment rate based on the
average 14 of the cash deposit rates
calculated for DOSCO and HiSteel,
excluding any which are de minimis or
determined entirely based on adverse
facts available. 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
deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable.
Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’
practice will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced
by companies included in these final
results of review for which the reviewed
companies did not know that the
The following 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 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 exporters listed
above will be that 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 investigated
companies not participating in this
review, the cash deposit will continue
to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, or the
original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recent segment
for the manufacturer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 3.24
percent, the all-others rate made
effective by the LTFV investigation.16
These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
12 See
19 CFR 351.310(d).
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
14 This rate was calculated as discussed in
footnote 4, above.
13 See
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requirement could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 3, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the 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. Companies Not Selected for Individual
Examination
V. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Date of Sale
b. Determination of Comparison Method
c. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
d. Product Comparisons
e. Export Price/Constructed Export Price
f. Normal Value
i. Particular Market Situation
ii. Home Market Viability and Comparison
Market
iii. Level of Trade
iv. Affiliated-Party Transactions and
Arm’s-Length Test
v. Cost of Production Analysis
1. Cost Averaging Methodology
a. Significant of Cost Changes
b. Linkage Between Sales and Cost
Information
2. Calculation of COP
3. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
4. Results of the COP Test
vi. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
vii. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Constructed Value
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2018–21980 Filed 10–9–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
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
15 For
a full discussion of this practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
16 See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea,
Mexico, and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865, 62866 (September 13,
2016).
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International Trade Administration
[A–565–801]
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
From the Philippines: Final Results of
Changed Circumstances Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that Enlin Steel
Corporation (Enlin), Vinox Corporation
(aka Vinoc Corporation) (Vinox) and E
N Corporation should be treated as a
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-880]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments;
2016-2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that sales of heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and
tubes (HWR pipes and tubes) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) have
been made below normal value. Additionally, Commerce preliminarily
determines that a company for which we initiated a review had no
shipments during the period of review (POR). We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable October 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado or Whitley Herndon,
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) 482-4682 or (202)
482-6274, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on HWR pipes and tubes from Korea. The notice of initiation
of this administrative review was published on November 13, 2017.\1\
This review covers 14 producers and exporters of the subject
merchandise. The period of review is March 1, 2016 through August 31,
2017. Commerce selected two mandatory respondents for individual
examination: Dong-A Steel Company (DOSCO) and HiSteel Co., Ltd
(HiSteel). In May 2018, Commerce extended the preliminary results of
this review to no later than October 3, 2018.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 52268 (November 13, 2017).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review,'' dated May 10, 2018. In this memorandum, we noted that
Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by
the closure of the Federal Government from January 20 through
January 22, 2018. See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the
Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated January 23, 2018. As a
result, the revised deadline for the preliminary results became
October 3, 2018.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is certain heavy walled
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes of rectangular (including
square) cross section, having a nominal wall thickness of not less than
4 mm.\3\ The merchandise includes, but is not limited to, the American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A-500, grade B specifications,
or comparable domestic or foreign specifications. Included products are
those in which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less,
by weight; and (3) none of the elements below exceeds the quantity, by
weight, respectively indicated:
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\3\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
2016-2017 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from
Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.0 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten, or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
0.30 percent of vanadium, or
0.30 percent of zirconium.
The product is currently classified under following Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 7306.61.1000.
Subject merchandise may also be classified under 7306.61.3000. Although
the HTSUS numbers and ASTM specification are provided for convenience
and for customs purposes, the written product description remains
dispositive.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Export price and constructed export price 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 our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
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Decision Memorandum. 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 to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room
B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as
an Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Among the companies under review, one company, SeAH Steel
Corporation (SeAH), properly filed a statement reporting that it made
no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the
POR. Based on the certification submitted by SeAH and our analysis of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information, we preliminarily
determine that SeAH had no shipments during the POR.\4\ Consistent with
its practice, Commerce finds that it is not appropriate to
preliminarily rescind the review with respect to this company but,
rather, to complete the review with respect to it and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final results of this review.
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\4\ See SeAH's Letter re: Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Order on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea for the 2016-17 Review
Period--No Shipments Letter, dated December 13, 2017.
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Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the respondents for the
period March 1, 2016, through August 31, 2017, as follows:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Dong-A Steel Company.................................... 30.61
HiSteel Co., Ltd........................................ 5.64
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies:
\5\
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\5\ This rate is based on the rates for the respondents that
were selected for individual review, excluding rates that are zero,
de minimis or based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/Producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Ahshin Pipe & Tube Company.............................. 18.86
Bookook Steel Co., Ltd.................................. 18.86
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd................................... 18.86
Husteel Co., Ltd........................................ 18.86
Hyundai Steel Pipe Company.............................. 18.86
Hyundai Steel Co........................................ 18.86
Miju Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd....................... 18.86
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd........................................ 18.86
Sam Kang Industries Co., Ltd............................ 18.86
SeAH Steel Corporation.................................. *
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd.................................... 18.86
Yujin Steel Industry Co. Ltd............................ 18.86
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* No shipments or sales subject to this review.
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.\6\ 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 no later than five days
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\8\ 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.\9\ Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\10\
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\11\ 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.
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the
briefs. If
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a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time
and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.\12\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\12\ 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 raised in any written
briefs, not later than 120 days after the publication date of this
notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless otherwise
extended.\13\
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\13\ See Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where DOSCO and HiSteel reported
the entered value of their U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value
of the sales for which entered value was reported. Where the
respondents did not report entered value, we calculated the entered
value in order to calculate the assessment rate. Where either the
respondent'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. We intend to
instruct CBP to take into account the ``provisional measures deposit
cap,'' in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(d).
For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we
will assign an assessment rate based on the average \14\ of the cash
deposit rates calculated for DOSCO and HiSteel, excluding any which are
de minimis or determined entirely based on adverse facts available. 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 deposits of estimated duties,
where applicable.
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in
these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not
know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) 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(ies) involved in the transaction.\15\
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\15\ 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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We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following 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 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 exporters
listed above will be that 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 investigated
companies not participating in this review, the cash deposit will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most
recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recent segment for the manufacturer
of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 3.24 percent, the all-
others rate made effective by the LTFV investigation.\16\ These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\16\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865, 62866 (September 13,
2016).
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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 double antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 3, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
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. Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
V. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Date of Sale
b. Determination of Comparison Method
c. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
d. Product Comparisons
e. Export Price/Constructed Export Price
f. Normal Value
i. Particular Market Situation
ii. Home Market Viability and Comparison Market
iii. Level of Trade
iv. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm's-Length Test
v. Cost of Production Analysis
1. Cost Averaging Methodology
a. Significant of Cost Changes
b. Linkage Between Sales and Cost Information
2. Calculation of COP
3. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
4. Results of the COP Test
vi. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market
Prices
vii. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Constructed Value
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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