Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part; 2020-2021, 51771-51773 [2023-16687]
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Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) is amending the
final results of the administrative review
of the antidumping duty order on
welded line pipe from the Republic of
Korea to correct certain ministerial
errors. The period of review (POR) is
December 1, 2020, through November
30, 2021.
DATES: Applicable August 4, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Simons, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6172.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
RIN 0694–XC098
Background
On June 30, 2023, Commerce
published the Final Results in the
Federal Register.1 On July 3, 2023, we
1 See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2020–2021, 88 FR 42295
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received a timely submitted ministerial
error allegation from SeAH Steel
Corporation (SeAH).2 We are amending
the Final Results to correct the
ministerial errors raised by SeAH.
Legal Framework
Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), defines a
‘‘ministerial error’’ as including ‘‘errors
in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical errors
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
unintentional error which the
administering authority considers
ministerial.’’ 3 With respect to final
results of administrative reviews, 19
CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce
‘‘will analyze any comments received
and, if appropriate, correct any . . .
ministerial error by amending the final
results of review . . . .’’
Ministerial Errors
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Dated: July 31, 2023.
David Mussatt,
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In the Final Results, we made certain
revisions to SeAH’s preliminary results
calculations,4 including: (1) adjustments
to SeAH’s affiliate State Pipe & Supply,
Inc.’s (State Pipe’s) further
manufacturing general and
administrative (G&A) expense ratio; 5 (2)
revisions to SeAH’s G&A expense
ratio; 6 and (3) revisions to SeAH’s
financial expense ratio.7 In its
Ministerial Error Comments, SeAH
alleged that, in revising State Pipe’s
G&A expense ratio, Commerce included
certain adjustments that it rejected in
the Final Results. SeAH also alleged that
in the comparison market and margin
programs, Commerce failed to multiply
SeAH’s G&A and financial expense
ratios by SeAH’s total cost of
manufacturing (COM) to determine the
G&A and financial expenses included in
SeAH’s total cost of production.8
We agree with SeAH that we made
ministerial errors in the Final Results
pursuant to section 751(h) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.224(f) and have
amended our calculations to correct
State Pipe’s G&A expense ratio and to
apply SeAH’s G&A and financial
expense ratios to total COM in the
comparison market and margin
programs.
(June 30, 2023) (Final Results) and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
2 See SeAH’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on Ministerial
Errors in the Final Determination,’’ dated July 3,
2023 (Ministerial Error Comments).
3 See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘SeAH Final Calculation
Memorandum,’’ dated June 26, 2023.
5 See Final Results IDM at Comment 12.
6 Id. at Comment 7.
7 Id. at Comment 8.
8 See Ministerial Error Comments at 2–4.
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
amended final results of this review.
SeAH did not report the actual
entered value for all of its U.S. sales; in
such instances, we calculated importerspecific per-unit duty assessment rates
by aggregating the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales and dividing this
amount by the total quantity of those
sales. NEXTEEL’s dumping margin did
not change in these amended results;
therefore, we continue to calculate
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 an
importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
Amended Final Results of Review
without regard to antidumping duties.
For the companies not selected for
As a result of correcting the
individual review, we used an
ministerial errors described above, we
assessment rate based on the weighted
determine the following weightedaverage dumping margins for the period average of the cash deposit rates
calculated for NEXTEEL and SeAH. The
December 1, 2020, through November
amended final results of this review
30, 2021:
shall be the basis for the assessment of
Weighted- antidumping duties on entries of
average
merchandise covered by the amended
Exporter or producer
dumping
final results of this review and for the
margin
future deposits of estimated duties
(percent)
where applicable.13
Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’
SeAH Steel Corporation .............
4.17
Companies Not Selected for Inpractice will apply to entries of subject
dividual Review 12 ...................
3.24 merchandise during the POR produced
by SeAH for which it did not know that
Disclosure
the merchandise it sold to an
We intend to disclose the calculations intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading
company, or exporter) was destined for
performed in connection with these
the United States. In such instances, we
amended final results of review to
will instruct CBP to liquidate
parties in this review within five days
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate
of the date of publication of this notice
if there is no rate for the intermediate
in the Federal Register, in accordance
company(ies) involved in the
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
transaction.
Assessment Rates
Commerce intends to issue
assessment
instructions to CBP no
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
earlier than 35 days after the date of
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
publication of the amended final results
Commerce has determined, and U.S.
of this review in the Federal Register.
If a timely summons is filed at the U.S.
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Analysis of Ministerial
Court of International Trade, the
Error Allegations,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Ministerial Error
assessment instructions will direct CBP
Memorandum); see also Memorandum,
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
‘‘Calculations for SeAH Steel Corporation for the
time for parties to file a request for a
Amended Final Results,’’ dated concurrently with
statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
this notice.
10 The margin for the other mandatory
within 90 days of publication).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are
amending the Final Results to correct
these ministerial errors in the
calculation of the weighted-average
dumping margin for SeAH, which
changes from 4.23 percent to 4.17
percent.
For a complete discussion of the
ministerial error allegations, as well as
Commerce’s analysis, see the
accompanying Ministerial Error
Memorandum.9 The Ministerial Error
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via ACCESS.
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov.
Furthermore, we are also amending
the rate for the companies not selected
for individual examination in this
review based on the weighted-average
dumping margins calculated for the
mandatory respondents,10 which
changes from 3.27 percent to 3.24
percent.11
respondent, NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL),
remains unchanged from the Final Results and
continues to be 2.38 percent.
11 See Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation of the
Amended Final Cash Deposit Rate for Non-Selected
Companies,’’ dated concurrently with this notice.
12 See Appendix for a full list of these companies.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following amended cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
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shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after June 30,
2023, the publication date of the Final
Results, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the amended
cash deposit rate for the companies
listed above will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin
established in these amended final
results of review; (2) for merchandise
exported by producers or exporters not
covered in this review but covered in a
prior completed segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published in the completed segment for
the most recent period; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the original
investigation but the producer has been
covered in a prior completed segment of
this proceeding, then the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established in the
completed segment for the most recent
period for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 4.38
percent, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.14 These cash 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 Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
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
14 See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of
Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056, 75057 (December 1,
2015).
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and the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
amended final results of review in
accordance with sections 751(h) and
777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e).
Dated: July 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Companies Not Selected for
Individual Examination Receiving the
Review-Specific Rate
1. AJU BESTEEL Co., Ltd.
2. BDP International, Inc.
3. Daewoo International Corporation
4. Dong Yang Steel Pipe
5. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co.
6. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
7. Dongkuk Steel Mill
8. EEW Korea Co., Ltd.
9. Husteel Co., Ltd.
10. Hyundai RB Co. Ltd.
11. Hyundai Steel Company/Hyundai
HYSCO
12. Kelly Pipe Co., LLC
13. Keonwoo Metals Co., Ltd.
14. Kolon Global Corp.
15. Korea Cast Iron Pipe Ind. Co., Ltd.
16. Kurvers Piping Italy S.R.L.
17. Miju Steel MFG Co., Ltd.
18. MSTEEL Co., Ltd.
19. Poongsan Valinox (Valtimet Division)
20. POSCO
21. POSCO Daewoo
22. R&R Trading Co. Ltd.
23. Sam Kang M&T Co., Ltd.
24. Sin Sung Metal Co., Ltd.
25. SK Networks
26. Soon-Hong Trading Company
27. Steel Flower Co., Ltd.
28. TGS Pipe
29. Tokyo Engineering Korea Ltd.
Background
On September 13, 2016, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on HWR from
Korea.1 On September 1, 2022,
Commerce published in the Federal
Register a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
Order.2 On November 3, 2022, based on
timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
antidumping duty administrative review
of three producers and exporters of the
subject merchandise.3 On November 7,
2022, Dong-A-Steel Co., Ltd. and SeAH
Steel Corporation (collectively, DOSCO/
SeAH) withdrew its request for an
administrative review.4 Commerce
issued the antidumping duty (AD)
questionnaire to the two remaining
companies, HiSteel Co., Ltd. (HiSteel)
and NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL). On
December 20, 2022, HiSteel withdrew
its request for an administrative
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Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary
Results and Rescission, in Part, of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2021–2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
finds that heavy walled rectangular
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes
(HWR) from the Republic of Korea
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(Korea) were not sold at less than
normal value during the period of
review (POR) September 1, 2021,
through August 31, 2022. In addition,
Commerce is rescinding this
administrative review in part with
respect to two companies for which the
request for review was timely
withdrawn. We invite interested parties
to comment on these preliminary results
of review.
DATES: Applicable August 4, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alice Maldonado, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 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 (September 13, 2016)
(Order).
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual
Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 53719 (September 1,
2022).
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR
66275 (November 3, 2022).
4 See DOSCO/SeAH’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review for DOSCO and
SeAH Steel,’’ dated November 7, 2022. In a prior
administrative review, Commerce collapsed DongA Steel Co., Ltd. with its affiliated producer, SeAH
Steel Corporation, and we continue to treat these
companies as a single entity, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.401(f). See Heavy Walled Rectangular
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the
Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2018–2019, 86 FR
35060, 35061 (July 1, 2021).
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review.5 Thus, we conducted a review
with respect to the sole remaining
company subject to the administrative
review, NEXTEEL.
On May 5, 2023, Commerce extended
the preliminary results of this review
until August 1, 2023.6 For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.7
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order
are certain heavy walled rectangular
welded steel pipes and tubes from
Korea.8
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 is
calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if a party who requested the review
withdraws its request within 90 days of
the date of publication of notice of
initiation. Because as stated above,
DOSCO/SeAH and HiSteel withdrew
5 See HiSteel’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review for HiSteel,’’ dated
December 20, 2022.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of the 5th Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated May 5, 2023.
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2021–2022: Heavy Walled
Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes
from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
8 For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-876]
Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Amended Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty
order on welded line pipe from the Republic of Korea to correct certain
ministerial errors. The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2020,
through November 30, 2021.
DATES: Applicable August 4, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Simons, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6172.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 30, 2023, Commerce published the Final Results in the
Federal Register.\1\ On July 3, 2023, we received a timely submitted
ministerial error allegation from SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH).\2\ We
are amending the Final Results to correct the ministerial errors raised
by SeAH.
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\1\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR
42295 (June 30, 2023) (Final Results) and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum (IDM).
\2\ See SeAH's Letter, ``Comments on Ministerial Errors in the
Final Determination,'' dated July 3, 2023 (Ministerial Error
Comments).
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Legal Framework
Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
defines a ``ministerial error'' as including ``errors in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other
unintentional error which the administering authority considers
ministerial.'' \3\ With respect to final results of administrative
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any
comments received and, if appropriate, correct any . . . ministerial
error by amending the final results of review . . . .''
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Errors
In the Final Results, we made certain revisions to SeAH's
preliminary results calculations,\4\ including: (1) adjustments to
SeAH's affiliate State Pipe & Supply, Inc.'s (State Pipe's) further
manufacturing general and administrative (G&A) expense ratio; \5\ (2)
revisions to SeAH's G&A expense ratio; \6\ and (3) revisions to SeAH's
financial expense ratio.\7\ In its Ministerial Error Comments, SeAH
alleged that, in revising State Pipe's G&A expense ratio, Commerce
included certain adjustments that it rejected in the Final Results.
SeAH also alleged that in the comparison market and margin programs,
Commerce failed to multiply SeAH's G&A and financial expense ratios by
SeAH's total cost of manufacturing (COM) to determine the G&A and
financial expenses included in SeAH's total cost of production.\8\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``SeAH Final Calculation Memorandum,'' dated
June 26, 2023.
\5\ See Final Results IDM at Comment 12.
\6\ Id. at Comment 7.
\7\ Id. at Comment 8.
\8\ See Ministerial Error Comments at 2-4.
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We agree with SeAH that we made ministerial errors in the Final
Results pursuant to section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f) and
have amended our calculations to correct State Pipe's G&A expense ratio
and to apply SeAH's G&A and financial expense ratios to total COM in
the comparison market and margin programs.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are amending the Final Results to
correct these ministerial errors in the calculation of the weighted-
average dumping margin for SeAH, which changes from 4.23 percent to
4.17 percent.
For a complete discussion of the ministerial error allegations, as
well as Commerce's analysis, see the accompanying Ministerial Error
Memorandum.\9\ The Ministerial Error Memorandum is a public document
and is on file electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov.
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Analysis of Ministerial Error
Allegations,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Ministerial Error Memorandum); see also Memorandum,
``Calculations for SeAH Steel Corporation for the Amended Final
Results,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Furthermore, we are also amending the rate for the companies not
selected for individual examination in this review based on the
weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the mandatory
respondents,\10\ which changes from 3.27 percent to 3.24 percent.\11\
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\10\ The margin for the other mandatory respondent, NEXTEEL Co.,
Ltd. (NEXTEEL), remains unchanged from the Final Results and
continues to be 2.38 percent.
\11\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of the Amended Final Cash
Deposit Rate for Non-Selected Companies,'' dated concurrently with
this notice.
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Amended Final Results of Review
As a result of correcting the ministerial errors described above,
we determine the following weighted-average dumping margins for the
period December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021:
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\12\ See Appendix for a full list of these companies.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter or producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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SeAH Steel Corporation...................................... 4.17
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review \12\........... 3.24
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with
these amended final results of review to parties in this review within
five days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, 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 amended final
results of this review.
SeAH did not report the actual entered value for all of its U.S.
sales; in such instances, we calculated importer-specific per-unit duty
assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales and dividing this amount by the total
quantity of those sales. NEXTEEL's dumping margin did not change in
these amended results; therefore, we continue to calculate 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
an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
For the companies not selected for individual review, we used an
assessment rate based on the weighted average of the cash deposit rates
calculated for NEXTEEL and SeAH. The amended final results of this
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise covered by the amended final results of this
review and for the future deposits of estimated duties where
applicable.\13\
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by SeAH for which it did
not know that the merchandise it sold to an 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.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the amended final results
of this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at
the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following amended cash deposit requirements will be effective
for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after June 30, 2023, the publication
date of the Final Results, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) the amended cash deposit rate for the companies listed above
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in
these amended final results of review; (2) for merchandise exported by
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a
prior completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published in the completed
segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation
but the producer has been covered in a prior completed segment of this
proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in
the completed segment for the most recent period for the producer of
the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 4.38 percent, the all-
others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\14\
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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\14\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the
Republic of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056, 75057
(December 1, 2015).
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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 Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
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
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and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these amended final results of review
in accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: July 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination Receiving the
Review-Specific Rate
1. AJU BESTEEL Co., Ltd.
2. BDP International, Inc.
3. Daewoo International Corporation
4. Dong Yang Steel Pipe
5. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co.
6. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
7. Dongkuk Steel Mill
8. EEW Korea Co., Ltd.
9. Husteel Co., Ltd.
10. Hyundai RB Co. Ltd.
11. Hyundai Steel Company/Hyundai HYSCO
12. Kelly Pipe Co., LLC
13. Keonwoo Metals Co., Ltd.
14. Kolon Global Corp.
15. Korea Cast Iron Pipe Ind. Co., Ltd.
16. Kurvers Piping Italy S.R.L.
17. Miju Steel MFG Co., Ltd.
18. MSTEEL Co., Ltd.
19. Poongsan Valinox (Valtimet Division)
20. POSCO
21. POSCO Daewoo
22. R&R Trading Co. Ltd.
23. Sam Kang M&T Co., Ltd.
24. Sin Sung Metal Co., Ltd.
25. SK Networks
26. Soon-Hong Trading Company
27. Steel Flower Co., Ltd.
28. TGS Pipe
29. Tokyo Engineering Korea Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2023-16687 Filed 8-3-23; 8:45 am]
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