Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 89659-89661 [2023-28585]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–876]
Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Partial Rescission 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
determines that SeAH Steel Corporation
(SeAH), a producer/exporter of welded
line pipe, did not make sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR),
December 1, 2021, through November
31, 2022. Interested parties are invited
to comment on these preliminary results
of review.
DATES: Applicable December 28, 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:
Background
On February 2, 2023, based on timely
requests for review, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on welded line
pipe from the Republic of Korea
(Korea).1 On February 14, 2023,
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL) timely
withdrew its request for review.2 On
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
7060 (February 2, 2023); see also Welded Line Pipe
from the Republic of Korea and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056,
75057 (December 1, 2015) (Order).
2 See NEXTEEL’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request
for Administrative Review,’’ dated February 14,
2023.
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March 10 and 14, 2023, Hyundai Steel
Company (Hyundai Steel) and Husteel
Co., Ltd. (Husteel), respectively, timely
withdrew their requests for review.3 On
August 10, 2023, we extended the
preliminary results of this review to no
later than December 20, 2023.4
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.5 For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, 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.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order
is welded line pipe from Korea. The
product is currently classified under the
following Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings: 7305.11.1030,
7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000,
7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060,
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030,
7305.19.5000, 7306.19.1010,
7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, and
7306.19.5150. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and for customs purposes,
the written product description remains
dispositive. For a complete description
of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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 a review
3 See Hyundai Steel’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated March
10, 2023; and Husteel’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated March
14, 2023.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of 2021–2022 Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated August 10,
2023.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the 2021–2022
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Welded Line Pipe from Korea,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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withdraws its request within 90 days of
the date of publication of notice of
initiation. As noted above, the following
companies timely withdrew their
review requests and no other party
requested an administrative review of
these companies: Husteel, Hyundai
Steel, and NEXTEEL. Therefore, we are
rescinding this administrative review
with respect to these companies,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Constructed export price is calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Normal value is calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine the following
weighted-average dumping margin
exists for the period December 1, 2021,
through November 30, 2022:
Producer/exporter
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
SeAH Steel Corporation .......
0.00
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed for these preliminary results
to interested parties within five days
after the date of publication of this
notice.6 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
interested parties may submit case briefs
no later than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed not later than
five days after the date for filing case
briefs.7 Interested parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding must submit: (1) a table of
contents listing each issue; and (2) a
table of authorities.8 All briefs must be
filed electronically using ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety in
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
the established deadline.
As provided under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged
interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their briefs that
19 CFR 351.224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,
88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and
Final Service Rule).
8 See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
should be limited to five pages total,
including footnotes. In this review, we
instead request that interested parties
provide at the beginning of their briefs
a public, executive summary for each
issue raised in their briefs.9 Further, we
request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no
more than 450 words, not including
citations. We intend to use the executive
summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and
decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this
administrative review. We request that
interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the executive
summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).10
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Requests
should contain: (1) the party’s name,
address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Oral
presentations at the hearing will be
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If
a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce will inform parties of the
scheduled date for the hearing.11
Assessment Rates
Upon issuing the final results,
Commerce shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), SeAH did not report
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. 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.
Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’
practice will apply to entries of subject
6 See
7 See
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9 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an
argument that Commerce would normally address
in a comment of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
10 See APO and Final Service Rule.
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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merchandise during the POR produced
by SeAH for which it did not know that
the merchandise it 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.
Because Commerce is rescinding this
review with respect to Husteel, Hyundai
Steel, and NEXTEEL, Commerce will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise during the POR for
these companies at rates equal to the
cash deposit rate of estimated
antidumping duties required at the time
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse,
for consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends
to issue its rescission instructions to
CBP no earlier than 35 days after the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP
regarding SeAH no earlier than 35 days
after the date of publication of the 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 deposit requirements
will be effective for all shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for the 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 or
reviewed companies not covered in this
review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific
cash deposit rate published for the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, or the lessthan-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
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Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
manufacturer of the merchandise; and
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other
manufacturers or exporters will
continue to be 4.38 percent, the allothers rate established in the LTFV
investigation.12 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Review, in Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation
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Background
This administrative review covers one
producer/exporter of silicon metal from
Malaysia, PMB Silicon Sdn. Bhd (PMB
Silicon).1 On September 12, 2023,
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results of this administrative review
and invited parties to comment.2 No
interested party submitted comments on
the Preliminary Results.3 Accordingly,
the final results remain unchanged from
the Preliminary Results.4 Commerce
conducted this administrative review in
accordance with section 751 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order 5
The merchandise under review is all
forms and sizes of silicon metal,
including silicon metal powder. Silicon
metal contains at least 85.00 percent but
less than 99.99 percent silicon, and less
than 4.00 percent iron, by actual weight.
Semiconductor grade silicon
(merchandise containing at least 99.99
percent silicon by actual weight and
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheading 2804.61.0000) is excluded
from the scope of this review.
Silicon metal is currently classifiable
under subheadings 2804.69.1000 and
2804.69.5000 of the HTSUS. Although
the HTSUS numbers are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
under review is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the
following estimated weighted-average
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–557–820]
Silicon Metal From Malaysia: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2021–2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
silicon metal from Malaysia was not
sold in the United States at less than
normal value during the period of
review (POR), February 1, 2021, through
July 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable December 28, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Jennings, AD/CVD Operations,
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AGENCY:
12 See
Order.
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1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR
71829 (October 18, 2022).
2 See Silicon Metal from Malaysia: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2021–2022, 88 FR 62537 (September 12,
2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
3 We received comments from Globe Specialty
Metals, Inc. and Mississippi Silicon LLC
(collectively, the petitioners), requesting that
Commerce refer certain record information to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for further
evaluation. Because these comments do not concern
the Preliminary Results, we do not find it necessary
to address the petitioners’ request in a decision
memorandum; we do, however, intend to refer the
information to CBP with these final results,
consistent with the request. See Petitioners’ Letter,
‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated December 6, 2023.
4 For a complete description of our analysis, see
the Preliminary Results.
5 See Silicon Metal from Malaysia: Antidumping
Duty Order, 86 FR 46677 (August 19, 2021) (Order).
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dumping margin exists for the period
February 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022:
Exporter/producer
PMB Silicon Sdn. Bhd ..........
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
0.00
Disclosure
Because Commerce received no
comments on the Preliminary Results,
we have not modified our analysis and
no decision memorandum accompanies
this Federal Register notice. We are
adopting the Preliminary Results as the
final results of this review.
Consequently, there are no new
calculations to disclose in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b) for these final
results.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce shall determine, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. Where the respondent’s
weighted-average dumping margin is
either zero or de minimis (i.e., less than
0.5 percent), we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
Accordingly, because PMB Silicon’s
weighted-average dumping margin is
zero percent, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by PMB
Silicon for which it did not know its
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.6
We intend to instruct CBP to take into
account the ‘‘provisional measures
deposit cap,’’ in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(d). Commerce intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the 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).
6 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-876]
Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH), a producer/exporter of
welded line pipe, did not make sales of subject merchandise at less
than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), December 1,
2021, through November 31, 2022. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable December 28, 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 February 2, 2023, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on welded line pipe from the
Republic of Korea (Korea).\1\ On February 14, 2023, NEXTEEL Co., Ltd.
(NEXTEEL) timely withdrew its request for review.\2\ On March 10 and
14, 2023, Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel) and Husteel Co., Ltd.
(Husteel), respectively, timely withdrew their requests for review.\3\
On August 10, 2023, we extended the preliminary results of this review
to no later than December 20, 2023.\4\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 7060 (February 2, 2023); see also
Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056, 75057 (December 1,
2015) (Order).
\2\ See NEXTEEL's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated February 14, 2023.
\3\ See Hyundai Steel's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated March 10, 2023; and Husteel's Letter,
``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated March 14,
2023.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2021-2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
August 10, 2023.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions,
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.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Welded Line Pipe from Korea,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is welded line pipe from
Korea. The product is currently classified under the following
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings:
7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060,
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050,
7306.19.5110, and 7306.19.5150. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and for customs purposes, the written product
description remains dispositive. For a complete description of the
scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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 a
review
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withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication of
notice of initiation. As noted above, the following companies timely
withdrew their review requests and no other party requested an
administrative review of these companies: Husteel, Hyundai Steel, and
NEXTEEL. Therefore, we are rescinding this administrative review with
respect to these companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period
December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022:
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Weighted-
average dumping
Producer/exporter margin
(percent)
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SeAH Steel Corporation................................. 0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days after the
date of publication of this notice.\6\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\7\ Interested parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\8\ All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS.
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Final Service Rule).
\8\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their briefs that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\9\ Further, we
request that interested parties limit their executive summary of each
issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to
use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries
included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the
final results in this administrative review. We request that interested
parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the executive
summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).\10\
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\9\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\10\ See APO and Final Service Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants;
and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the
hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request
for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled
date for the hearing.\11\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuing the final results, Commerce shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), SeAH did not
report 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. 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.
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 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.
Because Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to Husteel,
Hyundai Steel, and NEXTEEL, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
during the POR for these companies at rates equal to the cash deposit
rate of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue its rescission instructions
to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding
SeAH no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the 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 deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the 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 or
reviewed companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the
company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or the 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
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manufacturer 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 LTFV investigation.\12\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\12\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Review, in Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation
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