Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Initiation and Expedited Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews, 41536-41538 [2020-14920]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the
Republic of Korea: Initiation and
Expedited Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing
Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is initiating and issuing
expedited preliminary results of
changed circumstances reviews (CCR) of
the antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on
large diameter welded pipe from the
Republic of Korea (Korea).
DATES: Applicable July 10, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katherine Johnson or Sergio Balbontin,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4929 or
(202) 482–6478, respectively.
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AGENCY:
Background
On May 2, 2019, Commerce published
the AD and CVD orders on large
diameter welded pipe from Korea.1 On
June 11, 2020,2 SeAH Steel Corporation
(SeAH), a Korean producer of large
diameter welded pipe, requested that
Commerce initiate CCRs to revoke, in
part, the AD and CVD orders on large
diameter welded pipe from Korea with
respect to certain large diameter welded
pipe products within four specific
groups of grades, outside diameters, and
wall thicknesses.3 In its June 11 CCR
1 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Korea:
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping
Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR
18767 (May 2, 2019); and Large Diameter Welded
Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Countervailing
Duty Order, 84 FR 18773 (May 2, 2019)
(collectively, Orders).
2 This request was originally filed on the record
of the investigation on May 7, 2020, without any
of the attachments referenced therein. It was refiled
on June 11, 2020, on the correct segment and with
the referenced attachments included.
3 See SeAH’s Letter, ‘‘Large Diameter Welded
Pipe from Korea: Request for Changed
Circumstances Review and Revocation, in Part,’’
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Request, SeAH included as attachments
the CCR requests filed in the companion
India AD and CVD proceedings by nine
members of the domestic industry,
including the petitioners in the
underlying investigations (individually
and as members of the American Line
Pipe Producers Association) and
Welspun Global Trade LLC.4 In those
CCR requests, the domestic industry
requested that Commerce initiate CCRs
to revoke, in part, the AD and CVD
orders on large diameter welded pipe
from India, with respect to certain large
diameter welded pipe products within
four specific groups of grades, outside
diameters, and wall thicknesses.
In its June 11 CCR Request, SeAH
states that Commerce recently made
determinations to revoke, in part, the
AD and CVD orders on large diameter
welded pipe from India and the AD
order on large diameter welded pipe
from Greece for these same four product
groups. SeAH argues that because the
domestic industry has expressed ‘‘no
interest’’ in these four product groups
from India, the domestic industry’s
statement should apply equally to the
AD and CVD orders on Korea.
According to SeAH, the AD and CVD
orders for India and the AD order for
Greece, as well as the AD and CVD
orders for Korea, were the result of the
same set of original January 17, 2018,
petitions,5 each of which included the
four product groups in which the
domestic industry has now expressed
‘‘no interest.’’ 6 SeAH requests that
Commerce modify the Korea large
diameter welded pipe AD and CVD
orders in a manner consistent with the
changes that have been made to the
corresponding India and Greece orders.
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these
orders is welded carbon and alloy steel
pipe (other than stainless steel pipe),
more than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in
nominal outside diameter (large
diameter welded pipe), regardless of
wall thickness, length, surface finish,
grade, end finish, or stenciling. Large
diameter welded pipe may be used to
dated June 11, 2020 (June 11 CCR Request) and
Attachment to this notice.
4 See June 11 CCR Request at Exhibits 1–3.
5 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada,
Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the
Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey:
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83
FR 7154 (February 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
6 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances
Reviews, 85 FR 26930 (May 6, 2020) (India CCR
Final Results); and Large Diameter Welded Pipe
from Greece: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, 85 FR 37424 (June
22, 2020) (Greece CCR Final Results).
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transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or other
fluids, liquids, or gases. It may also be
used for structural purposes, including,
but not limited to, piling. Specifically,
not included is large diameter welded
pipe produced only to specifications of
the American Water Works Association
(AWWA) for water and sewage pipe.
Large diameter welded pipe used to
transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids
is normally produced to the American
Petroleum Institute (API) specification
5L. Large diameter welded pipe may
also be produced to American Society
for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
standards A500, A252, or A53, or other
relevant domestic specifications, grades
and/or standards. Large diameter
welded pipe can be produced to
comparable foreign specifications,
grades and/or standards or to
proprietary specifications, grades and/or
standards, or can be non-graded
material. All pipe meeting the physical
description set forth above is covered by
the scope of these orders, whether or not
produced according to a particular
standard.
Subject merchandise also includes
large diameter welded pipe that has
been further processed in a third
country, including but not limited to
coating, painting, notching, beveling,
cutting, punching, welding, or any other
processing that would not otherwise
remove the merchandise from the scope
of the orders if performed in the country
of manufacture of the in-scope large
diameter welded pipe.
Excluded from the scope are any
products covered by the existing
antidumping duty order on welded line
pipe from the Republic of Korea. See
Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of
Korea and the Republic of Turkey:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056
(December 1, 2015).7
The large diameter welded pipe that
is subject to these orders is currently
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under subheadings 7305.11.1030,
7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000,
7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060,
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030,
7305.19.1060, 7305.19.5000,
7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090,
7305.39.1000 and 7305.39.5000. While
the HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes,
the written description of the scope of
these orders is dispositive.
7 This paragraph does not appear in the scope of
the CVD order on large diameter welded pipe from
Korea.
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Initiation of Changed Circumstances
Review
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce will
conduct a CCR of an AD or CVD order
when it receives information which
shows changed circumstances sufficient
to warrant such a review. Section
782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that Commerce
may revoke an order (in whole or in
part) if it determines that producers
accounting for substantially all of the
production of the domestic like product
have no further interest in the order, in
whole or in part. In the event Commerce
determines that expedited action is
warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii)
permits Commerce to combine the
notices of initiation and preliminary
results.
For the reasons discussed below, we
find that such sufficient information
exists to warrant the initiation of the
CCRs requested by SeAH. Further,
Commerce requires no additional
information to make preliminary
findings. For this reason, as permitted
by 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), Commerce
finds that expedited action is warranted
and is conducting these reviews on an
expedited basis by publishing
preliminary results in conjunction with
this notice of initiation.
Furthermore, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.216(c), Commerce will not review a
final determination in an investigation
less than 24 months after the date of
publication of notice of the final
determination, unless Commerce
determines that good cause exists. In the
India CCR Preliminary Results,
Commerce found that ‘‘good cause’’
existed to initiate the India CCRs even
though the request was made less than
24 months after the final
determination.8 The 10 domestic
producers who requested the India
CCRs represented substantially all of the
production of the domestic like product
covered by the India orders,9 and have
stated in those proceedings that they are
no longer interested in the merchandise
8 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India:
Initiation and Expedited Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty
Changed Circumstances Reviews, 84 FR 69356,
69357 (December 18, 2019) (India CCR Preliminary
Results); see also India CCR Final Results, 85 FR at
26930.
9 In its administrative practice, Commerce has
interpreted ‘‘substantially all’’ to mean at least 85
percent of the total production of the domestic like
product covered by the order. See, e.g.,
Supercalendered Paper from Canada: Final Results
of Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation
of Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 32268 (July 12,
2018).
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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
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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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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-897, C-580-898]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Initiation
and Expedited Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating and
issuing expedited preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews
(CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders
on large diameter welded pipe from the Republic of Korea (Korea).
DATES: Applicable July 10, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Johnson or Sergio Balbontin,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4929
or (202) 482-6478, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2019, Commerce published the AD and CVD orders on large
diameter welded pipe from Korea.\1\ On June 11, 2020,\2\ SeAH Steel
Corporation (SeAH), a Korean producer of large diameter welded pipe,
requested that Commerce initiate CCRs to revoke, in part, the AD and
CVD orders on large diameter welded pipe from Korea with respect to
certain large diameter welded pipe products within four specific groups
of grades, outside diameters, and wall thicknesses.\3\ In its June 11
CCR
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Request, SeAH included as attachments the CCR requests filed in the
companion India AD and CVD proceedings by nine members of the domestic
industry, including the petitioners in the underlying investigations
(individually and as members of the American Line Pipe Producers
Association) and Welspun Global Trade LLC.\4\ In those CCR requests,
the domestic industry requested that Commerce initiate CCRs to revoke,
in part, the AD and CVD orders on large diameter welded pipe from
India, with respect to certain large diameter welded pipe products
within four specific groups of grades, outside diameters, and wall
thicknesses.
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Korea: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 84
FR 18767 (May 2, 2019); and Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the
Republic of Korea: Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 18773 (May 2,
2019) (collectively, Orders).
\2\ This request was originally filed on the record of the
investigation on May 7, 2020, without any of the attachments
referenced therein. It was refiled on June 11, 2020, on the correct
segment and with the referenced attachments included.
\3\ See SeAH's Letter, ``Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Korea:
Request for Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation, in Part,''
dated June 11, 2020 (June 11 CCR Request) and Attachment to this
notice.
\4\ See June 11 CCR Request at Exhibits 1-3.
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In its June 11 CCR Request, SeAH states that Commerce recently made
determinations to revoke, in part, the AD and CVD orders on large
diameter welded pipe from India and the AD order on large diameter
welded pipe from Greece for these same four product groups. SeAH argues
that because the domestic industry has expressed ``no interest'' in
these four product groups from India, the domestic industry's statement
should apply equally to the AD and CVD orders on Korea. According to
SeAH, the AD and CVD orders for India and the AD order for Greece, as
well as the AD and CVD orders for Korea, were the result of the same
set of original January 17, 2018, petitions,\5\ each of which included
the four product groups in which the domestic industry has now
expressed ``no interest.'' \6\ SeAH requests that Commerce modify the
Korea large diameter welded pipe AD and CVD orders in a manner
consistent with the changes that have been made to the corresponding
India and Greece orders.
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\5\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, Greece, India,
the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the
Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 83 FR 7154 (February 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
\6\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances
Reviews, 85 FR 26930 (May 6, 2020) (India CCR Final Results); and
Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 85 FR 37424 (June 22, 2020)
(Greece CCR Final Results).
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is welded carbon and alloy
steel pipe (other than stainless steel pipe), more than 406.4 mm (16
inches) in nominal outside diameter (large diameter welded pipe),
regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish, grade, end
finish, or stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may be used to
transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or other fluids, liquids, or gases.
It may also be used for structural purposes, including, but not limited
to, piling. Specifically, not included is large diameter welded pipe
produced only to specifications of the American Water Works Association
(AWWA) for water and sewage pipe.
Large diameter welded pipe used to transport oil, gas, or natural
gas liquids is normally produced to the American Petroleum Institute
(API) specification 5L. Large diameter welded pipe may also be produced
to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards A500,
A252, or A53, or other relevant domestic specifications, grades and/or
standards. Large diameter welded pipe can be produced to comparable
foreign specifications, grades and/or standards or to proprietary
specifications, grades and/or standards, or can be non-graded material.
All pipe meeting the physical description set forth above is covered by
the scope of these orders, whether or not produced according to a
particular standard.
Subject merchandise also includes large diameter welded pipe that
has been further processed in a third country, including but not
limited to coating, painting, notching, beveling, cutting, punching,
welding, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the orders if performed in the country of
manufacture of the in-scope large diameter welded pipe.
Excluded from the scope are any products covered by the existing
antidumping duty order on welded line pipe from the Republic of Korea.
See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056 (December 1, 2015).\7\
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\7\ This paragraph does not appear in the scope of the CVD order
on large diameter welded pipe from Korea.
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The large diameter welded pipe that is subject to these orders is
currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) under subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060,
7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030,
7305.19.1060, 7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000
and 7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope
of these orders is dispositive.
Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce will conduct a CCR of an AD
or CVD order when it receives information which shows changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant such a review. Section 782(h)(2) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that Commerce may revoke an
order (in whole or in part) if it determines that producers accounting
for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product
have no further interest in the order, in whole or in part. In the
event Commerce determines that expedited action is warranted, 19 CFR
351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits Commerce to combine the notices of initiation
and preliminary results.
For the reasons discussed below, we find that such sufficient
information exists to warrant the initiation of the CCRs requested by
SeAH. Further, Commerce requires no additional information to make
preliminary findings. For this reason, as permitted by 19 CFR
351.221(c)(3)(ii), Commerce finds that expedited action is warranted
and is conducting these reviews on an expedited basis by publishing
preliminary results in conjunction with this notice of initiation.
Furthermore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.216(c), Commerce will not
review a final determination in an investigation less than 24 months
after the date of publication of notice of the final determination,
unless Commerce determines that good cause exists. In the India CCR
Preliminary Results, Commerce found that ``good cause'' existed to
initiate the India CCRs even though the request was made less than 24
months after the final determination.\8\ The 10 domestic producers who
requested the India CCRs represented substantially all of the
production of the domestic like product covered by the India orders,\9\
and have stated in those proceedings that they are no longer interested
in the merchandise
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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\
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\8\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India: Initiation and
Expedited Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing
Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews, 84 FR 69356, 69357 (December 18,
2019) (India CCR Preliminary Results); see also India CCR Final
Results, 85 FR at 26930.
\9\ In its administrative practice, Commerce has interpreted
``substantially all'' to mean at least 85 percent of the total
production of the domestic like product covered by the order. See,
e.g., Supercalendered Paper from Canada: Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review and Revocation of Countervailing Duty Order, 83
FR 32268 (July 12, 2018).
\10\ See India CCR Preliminary Results, 84 FR at 69357
(unchanged in India CCR Final Results 85 FR at 26930).
\11\ Id.
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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\
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\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).
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.
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\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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Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews
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 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.
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\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).
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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\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Unless extended, consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), we intend to
issue the final results of these CCRs no later than 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.
[FR Doc. 2020-14920 Filed 7-9-20; 8:45 am]
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