Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 41538-41540 [2020-14918]
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at issue being covered by the orders.10
Additionally, the domestic industry
does not currently produce the
particular large diameter welded pipe
products subject to this CCR request,
nor were these products produced in the
United States during the period of
investigation. Furthermore, according to
the domestic producers, the investment
needed for the industry to produce these
products far exceeds the potential
benefit of such an investment, given that
the U.S. market for deep offshore
projects, i.e., the primary market for the
large diameter welded pipe product
groups at issue, is relatively small.11
Furthermore, in the Greece CCR
Preliminary Results, Commerce stated:
There is no evidence that harm is done to
the domestic industry only by imports of
Greek welded pipe and not by Indian welded
pipe. Accordingly, we find that the domestic
producers’ statements are equally applicable
to the CCRs for both countries, as the lack of
domestic production or planned domestic
production is true regardless of the foreign
country of production.12
The AD and CVD orders on large
diameter welded pipe from Korea began
with the same scope in the petitions 13
that resulted in the AD orders against
India and Greece and the CVD order
against India. Accordingly, we find that
the domestic producers’ statements are
also applicable to the CCR requests for
Korea. All of the facts that led
Commerce to determine that there was
‘‘good cause’’ to initiate CCRs and
finally modify the scopes of the India
and Greece orders pertaining to large
diameter welded pipe are equally
applicable to the AD and CVD orders on
large diameter welded pipe from Korea.
Preliminary Results of Changed
Circumstances Reviews
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In the absence of any objection by any
other interested parties, and consistent
with the revocation, in part, of the AD
and CVD orders on large diameter
welded pipe from India and the AD
order on large diameter welded pipe
from Greece, we preliminarily
determine that substantially all of the
domestic producers of the like product
10 See India CCR Preliminary Results, 84 FR at
69357 (unchanged in India CCR Final Results 85 FR
at 26930).
11 Id.
12 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 85 FR 26924, 26926 (May 6,
2020) (Greece CCR Preliminary Results) (unchanged
in Greece CCR Final Results).
13 The scope in each of the large diameter welded
pipe petitions was identical except for the
exclusion of certain products covered by existing
AD and/or CVD orders at the time of the initiation
of the investigations. See Initiation Notice at
Appendix.
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have no interest in the continued
application of part of the AD and CVD
orders on large diameter welded pipe
from Korea. Accordingly, we are
notifying the public of our intent to
revoke, in part, the Korea AD and CVD
orders as they relate to certain specific
large diameter welded pipe products
produced in Korea. We intend to amend
the scope of the AD and CVD orders on
large diameter welded pipe from Korea
by adding the exclusion language
provided in the Attachment to this
notice.
Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case
briefs not later than 14 days after the
date of publication of this notice.14
Rebuttal briefs, which must be limited
to issues raised in case briefs, may be
filed not later than seven days after the
due date for case briefs.15 Note that
Commerce has modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary
information, until July 17, 2020, unless
extended.16 All submissions must be
filed electronically using Enforcement
and Compliance’s AD and CVD
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date set forth
in this notice.
An interested party may request a
hearing within 14 days of publication of
this notice. Hearing requests should
contain the following information: (1)
The party’s name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of the issues
to be discussed. Oral presentations at
the hearing will be limited to issues
raised in the briefs. If 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 in a room
to be determined.17
Unless extended, consistent with 19
CFR 351.216(e), we intend to issue the
final results of these CCRs no later than
14 Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19
CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for filing
of case briefs.
15 Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19
CFR 351.309(d)(1) to alter the time limit for filing
of rebuttal briefs.
16 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR
17006 (March 26, 2020); see also Temporary Rule
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to
COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR
29615 (May 18, 2020).
17 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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270 days after the date on which these
reviews were initiated, or within 45
days of that date if all parties agree to
the outcome of the reviews.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is published in
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216
and 351.221(c)(3).
Dated: July 2, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Attachment
Proposed Revision to the Scope of the Orders
Excluded from the scope of the AD/CVD
orders are large diameter welded pipe
products in the following combinations of
grades, outside diameters, and wall
thicknesses:
• Grade X60, X65, or X70, 18 inches
outside diameter, 0.688 inches or greater wall
thickness;
• Grade X60, X65, or X70, 20 inches
outside diameter, 0.688 inches or greater wall
thickness;
• Grade X60, X65, X70, or X80, 22 inches
outside diameter, 0.750 inches or greater wall
thickness; and
• Grade X60, X65, or X70, 24 inches
outside diameter, 0.750 inches or greater wall
thickness.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–880]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Korea: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that producers
and/or exporters subject to this
administrative review made sales of
subject merchandise at less than normal
value during the period of review (POR),
September 1, 2017 through August 31,
2018.
DATES: Applicable July 10, 2020.
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.
AGENCY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This review covers 21 producers and
exporters of the subject merchandise.
Commerce selected Dong-A Steel
Company (DOSCO), HiSteel Co., Ltd
(HiSteel), and Kukje Steel Co., Ltd.
(Kukje Steel), for individual
examination. DOSCO informed
Commerce that it did not intend to
respond to the questionnaire or
participate as a mandatory respondent
in this administrative review. The
producers and or exporters not selected
for individual examination are listed in
the ‘‘Final Results of the Review’’
section of this notice.
On November 18, 2019, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results.1 In
January and February 2020, the
petitioner,2 Kukje Steel, and HiSteel
submitted case and rebuttal briefs. On
February 12, 2020, we postponed the
final results until May 15, 2020.3 On
April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative reviews by
50 days, thereby extending the deadline
for these results until July 6, 2020.4
Commerce conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
certain heavy walled rectangular welded
steel pipes and tubes from the Republic
of Korea (Korea). Products subject to the
order are currently classified under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) item number
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.5
1 See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 84 FR 63613
(November 18, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
2 The petitioner is Nucor Tubular Products Inc.,
formally known as Independence Tube Corporation
and Southland Tube, Incorporated, Nucor
companies.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Heavy Walled Rectangular
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the
Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review,’’ dated February 12, 2020.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
5 For a full description of the scope of the order,
see Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2017–
2018 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs are listed in the
Appendix to this notice and addressed
in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.6 Interested parties can
find a complete discussion of these
issues and the corresponding
recommendations in this public
memorandum, which is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and
electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and
comments received from interested
parties regarding our Preliminary
Results, we made certain changes to the
preliminary weighted-average margin
calculations for HiSteel and Kukje Steel
and for those companies not selected for
individual review.7
Final Results of the Review
We are assigning the following
weighted-average dumping margins to
the firms listed below for the period
September 1, 2017 through August 31,
2018:
Producers/exporters
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Dong-A Steel Company 8 ............
53.80
HiSteel Co., Ltd ...........................
26.20
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd ....................
35.11
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to
the Following Companies: 9
Ahshin Pipe & Tube Company ...
Bookook Steel Co., Ltd ...............
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd ................
Ganungol Industries Co. Ltd .......
Hanjin Steel Pipe ........................
Husteel Co., Ltd ..........................
Hyosung Corporation ..................
Hyundai Steel Co ........................
Hyundai Steel Pipe Company .....
K Steel Co. Ltd ...........................
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
Duty Order on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of
Korea,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
6 Id.
7 See accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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Producers/exporters
Miju Steel Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd ............................................
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd ......................
POSCO DAEWOO ......................
Sam Kang Industrial Co., Ltd .....
Sam Kang Industries Co., Ltd ....
Samson Controls Ltd., Co ..........
SeAH Steel Corporation .............
Yujin Steel Industry Co. Ltd ........
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Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
29.07
Weintend to disclose the calculations
performed within five days of the date
of publication of this notice to parties in
this proceeding, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce has determined, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
where HiSteel and Kukje Steel 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
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.
For the companies which were not
selected for individual review, we will
assign an assessment rate based on the
8 As explained in the Preliminary Results and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
mandatory respondent DOSCO failed to respond to
Commerce’s questionnaire, and we applied facts
otherwise available with adverse inferences (AFA),
in accordance with section 776 of the Act. No party
challenged our Preliminary Results with respect to
DOSCO or the rate selected. Therefore, we continue
to apply AFA to DOSCO, and we have continued
to apply the same rate that we are able to
corroborate using transaction-specific margins from
HiSteel and Kukje Steel.
9 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. See Memorandum, ‘‘Final
Results of the Antidumping Administrative Review
of Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea:
Calculation of the Cash Deposit Rate for NonReviewed Companies,’’ dated July 6, 2020.
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average 10 of the cash deposit rates
calculated for HiSteel and Kukje Steel.
Because DOSCO withdrew its
participation from this review and
reported no information to Commerce
for this POR, we will instruct CBP to
apply an assessment rate to all entries
it produced and/or exported equal to the
dumping margin of 53.80 percent, as
indicated above. 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.11
Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’
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.
We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
administrative review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of
this administrative review, as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
The cash deposit rate for each specific
company 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 of this
proceeding; (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,
then the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most recent
segment for the manufacturer of the
10 This
rate was calculated as discussed in
footnote 9.
11 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 3.24
percent, the all-others rate established
in the LTFV investigation.12 These
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in the Secretary’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: July 6, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Margin Calculations
V. Discussion of Issues
General Issues
Comment 1: Existence of a Particular
Market Situation (PMS)
Comment 2: Quantification of PMS
Adjustment
12 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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Comment 3: Application of PMS
Adjustment
HiSteel-Specific Issues
Comment 4: Credit Expenses
Comment 5: Differential Pricing
VI. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) has received requests to
conduct administrative reviews of
various antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) orders and
findings with May anniversary dates. In
accordance with Commerce’s
regulations, we are initiating those
administrative reviews.
DATES: Applicable July 10, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations,
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone:
(202) 482–4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce has received timely
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), for administrative reviews of
various AD and CVD orders and
findings with May anniversary dates.
All deadlines for the submission of
various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by
Commerce discussed below refer to the
number of calendar days from the
applicable starting time.
Notice of No Sales
If a producer or exporter named in
this notice of initiation had no exports,
sales, or entries during the period of
review (POR), it must notify Commerce
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. All
submissions must be filed electronically
at https://access.trade.gov in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.303.1 Such
submissions are subject to verification
1 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).
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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: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the
period of review (POR), September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable July 10, 2020.
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.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This review covers 21 producers and exporters of the subject
merchandise. Commerce selected Dong-A Steel Company (DOSCO), HiSteel
Co., Ltd (HiSteel), and Kukje Steel Co., Ltd. (Kukje Steel), for
individual examination. DOSCO informed Commerce that it did not intend
to respond to the questionnaire or participate as a mandatory
respondent in this administrative review. The producers and or
exporters not selected for individual examination are listed in the
``Final Results of the Review'' section of this notice.
On November 18, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary
Results.\1\ In January and February 2020, the petitioner,\2\ Kukje
Steel, and HiSteel submitted case and rebuttal briefs. On February 12,
2020, we postponed the final results until May 15, 2020.\3\ On April
24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50
days, thereby extending the deadline for these results until July 6,
2020.\4\
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\1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 84 FR 63613 (November 18,
2019) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ The petitioner is Nucor Tubular Products Inc., formally
known as Independence Tube Corporation and Southland Tube,
Incorporated, Nucor companies.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Extension of
Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review,'' dated February 12, 2020.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
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Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are certain heavy walled
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea
(Korea). Products subject to the order are currently classified under
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item number
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.\5\
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\5\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see
Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the 2017-2018 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from
the Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the
Appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\6\ Interested parties can find a complete discussion of
these issues and the corresponding recommendations in this public
memorandum, which is on file electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic
versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain
changes to the preliminary weighted-average margin calculations for
HiSteel and Kukje Steel and for those companies not selected for
individual review.\7\
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\7\ See accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of the Review
We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margins to
the firms listed below for the period September 1, 2017 through August
31, 2018:
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Weighted-
average
Producers/exporters dumping
margin
(percent)
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Dong-A Steel Company \8\..................................... 53.80
HiSteel Co., Ltd............................................. 26.20
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd......................................... 35.11
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies: \9\
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Ahshin Pipe & Tube Company................................... 29.07
Bookook Steel Co., Ltd....................................... 29.07
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd........................................ 29.07
Ganungol Industries Co. Ltd.................................. 29.07
Hanjin Steel Pipe............................................ 29.07
Husteel Co., Ltd............................................. 29.07
Hyosung Corporation.......................................... 29.07
Hyundai Steel Co............................................. 29.07
Hyundai Steel Pipe Company................................... 29.07
K Steel Co. Ltd.............................................. 29.07
Miju Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd............................ 29.07
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd............................................. 29.07
POSCO DAEWOO................................................. 29.07
Sam Kang Industrial Co., Ltd................................. 29.07
Sam Kang Industries Co., Ltd................................. 29.07
Samson Controls Ltd., Co..................................... 29.07
SeAH Steel Corporation....................................... 29.07
Yujin Steel Industry Co. Ltd................................. 29.07
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We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days
of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this
proceeding, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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\8\ As explained in the Preliminary Results and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, mandatory respondent DOSCO failed
to respond to Commerce's questionnaire, and we applied facts
otherwise available with adverse inferences (AFA), in accordance
with section 776 of the Act. No party challenged our Preliminary
Results with respect to DOSCO or the rate selected. Therefore, we
continue to apply AFA to DOSCO, and we have continued to apply the
same rate that we are able to corroborate using transaction-specific
margins from HiSteel and Kukje Steel.
\9\ 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. See Memorandum, ``Final Results of the
Antidumping Administrative Review of Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Calculation
of the Cash Deposit Rate for Non-Reviewed Companies,'' dated July 6,
2020.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where HiSteel and Kukje Steel
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
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.
For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we
will assign an assessment rate based on the
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average \10\ of the cash deposit rates calculated for HiSteel and Kukje
Steel. Because DOSCO withdrew its participation from this review and
reported no information to Commerce for this POR, we will instruct CBP
to apply an assessment rate to all entries it produced and/or exported
equal to the dumping margin of 53.80 percent, as indicated above. 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.\11\
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\10\ This rate was calculated as discussed in footnote 9.
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' 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.
We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this administrative review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for each specific
company 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 of this proceeding; (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, then 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 established in the LTFV investigation.\12\
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\12\ 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 serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding.
Timely written notification of return/destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: July 6, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Margin Calculations
V. Discussion of Issues
General Issues
Comment 1: Existence of a Particular Market Situation (PMS)
Comment 2: Quantification of PMS Adjustment
Comment 3: Application of PMS Adjustment
HiSteel-Specific Issues
Comment 4: Credit Expenses
Comment 5: Differential Pricing
VI. Recommendation
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