Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea; Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea; Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea; and Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews, 31726-31727 [2024-08894]
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not reported in the U.S. sales data
submitted by the respondent, but the
merchandise was entered for
consumption in the United States
during the POR, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate any entries of such
merchandise at the all-others rate (i.e.,
49.40 percent) if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.14
Because Commerce is rescinding this
review with respect to Alanod,
Constellium Rolled, Constellium
Singen, and Novelis, we will instruct
CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise during the POR from these
companies at rates equal to the cash
deposit rate for estimated antidumping
duties that was 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.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be in effect for all
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the notice of the final
results of this administrative review in
the Federal Register, as provided for by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for Speira will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established for the company in
the final results of this review, except if
the weighted-average dumping margin
is less than 0.50 percent, and, therefore,
de minimis within the meaning of 19
CFR 351.106(c)(1), the cash deposit rate
will be zero; (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed exporters that
are not covered by this review, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
company’s cash deposit rate from the
most recently completed segment of the
proceeding in which it was examined;
(3) if the exporter is not covered by this
review, and does not have a cash
deposit rate from a completed segment
of this proceeding, but the producer of
the subject merchandise does have a
cash deposit rate, then the cash deposit
rate will be the producer’s cash deposit
rate from the most recently completed
segment of the proceeding in which it
was examined; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
14 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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will continue to be 49.40 percent, the
all-others rate established in the lessthan-fair-value investigation.15 These
cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice 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
preliminary results of review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213
and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: April 19, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix—List of Sections in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–809, A–580–870, A–580–876, A–580–
897]
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
From the Republic of Korea; Oil
Country Tubular Goods From the
Republic of Korea; Welded Line Pipe
From the Republic of Korea; and Large
Diameter Welded Pipe From the
Republic of Korea: Notice of Initiation
of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
15 See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from
Germany: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 86 FR 13318 (March 8, 2021).
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The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a
changed circumstances review (CCR) to
determine whether Hyundai Steel Pipe
Co., Ltd. (HSP) is the successor-ininterest to Hyundai Steel Company
(Hyundai Steel) in the context of the
antidumping duty (AD) orders on
circular welded non-alloy steel pipe
(CWP); oil country tubular goods
(OCTG); welded line pipe (WLP); and
large diameter welded pipe (LDWP)
from the Republic of Korea (Korea).
DATES: Applicable April 25, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Kearney, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; (202) 482–0167.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On November 2, 1992, September 10,
2014, December 1, 2015, and May 2,
2019, respectively, Commerce published
in the Federal Register AD orders on
CWP, OCTG, WLP, and LDWP from
Korea.1 On March 11, 2024, HSP
requested that, pursuant to section
751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216, and
19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), Commerce
conduct an expedited CCR to determine
that HSP is the successor-in-interest to
Hyundai Steel and accordingly to assign
it the cash deposit rates currently
applicable to Hyundai Steel pursuant to
CWP Order, OCTG Order, WLP Order,
and LDWP Order.2 In its submission,
HSP stated that on April 1, 2021,
Hyundai Steel restructured to organize
its internal departmental units on the
basis of product type through the end of
2023. HSP stated that on September 26,
2023, Hyundai Steel’s board of directors
1 See Notice of Antidumping Orders: Certain
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil,
the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and
Venezuela, and Amendment to Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Circular
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea, 57 FR
49453 (November 2, 1992) (CWP Order); Certain Oil
Country Tubular Goods from India, the Republic of
Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty
Orders; and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 79 FR 53691 (September 10, 2014) (OCTG
Order); Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of
Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056 (December 1, 2015) (WLP
Order); and Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the
Republic of Korea: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determination and Antidumping
Duty Order, 84 FR 18767 (May 2, 2019) (LDWP
Order) (collectively, Orders).
2 See HSP’s Letter, ‘‘Hyundai Steel Pipe Request
for Changed Circumstances Review,’’ dated March
11, 2024 (HSP’s CCR Request).
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approved a plan to spin off its Steel Pipe
Business Division into an independent
operating company named Hyundai
Steel Pipe Co., Ltd (HSP). HSP stated
that, on October 25, 2023, Hyundai
Steel’s board of directors approved a
resolution to transfer its assets and
liabilities to HSP.3
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these
orders is CWP, OCTG, WLP, and LDWP
from Korea.4
Initiation of CCRs
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce
conducts a CCR upon receipt of
information concerning, or a request
from, an interested party for a review of
an AD and/or CVD order which shows
changed circumstances sufficient to
warrant a review of the order. The
information submitted by HSP regarding
its claim that it is the successor-ininterest to Hyundai Steel demonstrates
changed circumstances sufficient to
warrant the initiation of such reviews.5
Therefore, in accordance with section
751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.216(d) and (e), we are initiating the
CCRs.
In making a successor-in-interest
determination, Commerce examines
several factors, including, but not
limited to, changes in the following: (1)
management; (2) production facilities;
(3) supplier relationships; and (4)
customer base.6 While no single factor
or combination of factors will
necessarily provide a dispositive
indication of a successor-in-interest
relationship, generally, Commerce will
consider the new company to be the
successor to the previous company if
the new company’s resulting operation
is not materially dissimilar to that of its
predecessor.7 Thus, if the record
evidence demonstrates that, with
respect to the production and sale of the
subject merchandise, the new company
operates as the same business entity as
the predecessor company, Commerce
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3 Id.
4 For a complete description of the scope of each
of these orders, see CWP Order, OCTG Order, WLP
Order, and LDWP Order.
5 See HSP’s CCR Request.
6 See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review,
81 FR 75376 (October 31, 2016) (Shrimp from India
Preliminary Results), unchanged in Certain Frozen
Warmwater Shrimp from India: Notice of Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 81 FR 90774 (December 15,
2016) (Shrimp from India Final Results).
7 See, e.g., Shrimp from India Preliminary Results,
81 FR at 75377, unchanged in Shrimp from India
Final Results, 81 FR at 90774.
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may assign the new company the cash
deposit rate of its predecessor.8
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii),
Commerce may combine the notices of
initiation and preliminary results of a
CCR into a single notice if it concludes
that expedited action is warranted. We
have determined that it is appropriate to
further consider, and potentially seek
additional information regarding,
certain factors noted above that
Commerce examines in successor-ininterest CCRs. Therefore, we have
determined that expedited action is not
warranted, and we have not combined
the notice of preliminary results of the
CCRs with this notice. Commerce
intends to publish in the Federal
Register a notice of the preliminary
results of this CCR, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i),
which will set forth Commerce’s
preliminary factual and legal
conclusions. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties will
have an opportunity to comment on the
preliminary results.
Unless extended, Commerce intends
to issue the final results of this CCR
within 270 days after the date of
initiation, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.216(e).
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing this notice in
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and
777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b)
and 351.221(b)(1).
Dated: April 19, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy &
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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8 Id.; see also Notice of Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, 67 FR
58, 59 (January 2, 2002); Ball Bearings and Parts
Thereof from France: Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, 75 FR 34688, 34689 (June
18, 2010); and Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pipe from the Republic of Korea; Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 63 FR 14679 (March 26,
1998), unchanged in Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe from Korea; Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review,
63 FR 20572 (April 27, 1998), in which Commerce
found that a company which only changed its name
and did not change its operations is a successor-ininterest to the company before it changed its name.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–041]
Truck and Bus Tires From People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of the
Expedited First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty
(CVD) order on truck and bus tires from
the People’s Republic of China (China)
would likely lead to the continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies
at the levels indicated in the ‘‘Final
Results of Expedited Sunset Review’’
section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable April 25, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suresh Maniam, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1603.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 15, 2019, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
CVD Order on truck and bus tires from
China.1 On January 2, 2024, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of the first five-year
sunset review of the Order pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act).2 On January 12,
2024, we received a timely notice of
intent to participate in this sunset
review from the United Steel, Paper and
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing,
Energy, Allied Industrial Workers
Union, AFL–CIO, CLC (the domestic
interested party) within 15-day deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3
The domestic interested claimed
interested party status under section
771(9)(D) of the Act as a certified union
representative of a U.S. industry
engaged in the manufacture of truck and
bus tires in the United States. On
February 4, 2024, the domestic
interested party provided a complete
substantive response for this review
1 See Truck and Bus Tires from the People’s
Republic of China: Amended Final Determination
and Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 4434
(February 15, 2019) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89
FR 66 (January 2, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
3 See Domestic Interested Party’s Letter, ‘‘Notice
of Intent to Participate,’’ dated January 12, 2024.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-809, A-580-870, A-580-876, A-580-897]
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea;
Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea; Welded Line Pipe
From the Republic of Korea; and Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the
Republic of Korea: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Reviews
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a
changed circumstances review (CCR) to determine whether Hyundai Steel
Pipe Co., Ltd. (HSP) is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel
Company (Hyundai Steel) in the context of the antidumping duty (AD)
orders on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP); oil country
tubular goods (OCTG); welded line pipe (WLP); and large diameter welded
pipe (LDWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea).
DATES: Applicable April 25, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Kearney, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; (202) 482-0167.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 2, 1992, September 10, 2014, December 1, 2015, and May
2, 2019, respectively, Commerce published in the Federal Register AD
orders on CWP, OCTG, WLP, and LDWP from Korea.\1\ On March 11, 2024,
HSP requested that, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3),
Commerce conduct an expedited CCR to determine that HSP is the
successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel and accordingly to assign it the
cash deposit rates currently applicable to Hyundai Steel pursuant to
CWP Order, OCTG Order, WLP Order, and LDWP Order.\2\ In its submission,
HSP stated that on April 1, 2021, Hyundai Steel restructured to
organize its internal departmental units on the basis of product type
through the end of 2023. HSP stated that on September 26, 2023, Hyundai
Steel's board of directors
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approved a plan to spin off its Steel Pipe Business Division into an
independent operating company named Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd (HSP).
HSP stated that, on October 25, 2023, Hyundai Steel's board of
directors approved a resolution to transfer its assets and liabilities
to HSP.\3\
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\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Orders: Certain Circular Welded
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea (Korea),
Mexico, and Venezuela, and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992) (CWP Order); Certain
Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan,
the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 53691 (September 10, 2014)
(OCTG Order); Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the
Republic of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056 (December
1, 2015) (WLP Order); and Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the
Republic of Korea: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping
Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 18767 (May 2, 2019)
(LDWP Order) (collectively, Orders).
\2\ See HSP's Letter, ``Hyundai Steel Pipe Request for Changed
Circumstances Review,'' dated March 11, 2024 (HSP's CCR Request).
\3\ Id.
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is CWP, OCTG, WLP, and LDWP
from Korea.\4\
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orders, see CWP Order, OCTG Order, WLP Order, and LDWP Order.
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Initiation of CCRs
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d),
Commerce conducts a CCR upon receipt of information concerning, or a
request from, an interested party for a review of an AD and/or CVD
order which shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review
of the order. The information submitted by HSP regarding its claim that
it is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel demonstrates changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant the initiation of such reviews.\5\
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.216(d) and (e), we are initiating the CCRs.
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In making a successor-in-interest determination, Commerce examines
several factors, including, but not limited to, changes in the
following: (1) management; (2) production facilities; (3) supplier
relationships; and (4) customer base.\6\ While no single factor or
combination of factors will necessarily provide a dispositive
indication of a successor-in-interest relationship, generally, Commerce
will consider the new company to be the successor to the previous
company if the new company's resulting operation is not materially
dissimilar to that of its predecessor.\7\ Thus, if the record evidence
demonstrates that, with respect to the production and sale of the
subject merchandise, the new company operates as the same business
entity as the predecessor company, Commerce may assign the new company
the cash deposit rate of its predecessor.\8\
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\6\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India:
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 81 FR 75376 (October 31, 2016) (Shrimp from
India Preliminary Results), unchanged in Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from India: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, 81 FR 90774 (December 15, 2016)
(Shrimp from India Final Results).
\7\ See, e.g., Shrimp from India Preliminary Results, 81 FR at
75377, unchanged in Shrimp from India Final Results, 81 FR at 90774.
\8\ Id.; see also Notice of Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, 67 FR 58, 59 (January 2, 2002);
Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France: Final Results of
Changed-Circumstances Review, 75 FR 34688, 34689 (June 18, 2010);
and Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea;
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances
Review, 63 FR 14679 (March 26, 1998), unchanged in Circular Welded
Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea; Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, 63 FR 20572 (April 27, 1998), in which
Commerce found that a company which only changed its name and did
not change its operations is a successor-in-interest to the company
before it changed its name.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), Commerce may combine the
notices of initiation and preliminary results of a CCR into a single
notice if it concludes that expedited action is warranted. We have
determined that it is appropriate to further consider, and potentially
seek additional information regarding, certain factors noted above that
Commerce examines in successor-in-interest CCRs. Therefore, we have
determined that expedited action is not warranted, and we have not
combined the notice of preliminary results of the CCRs with this
notice. Commerce intends to publish in the Federal Register a notice of
the preliminary results of this CCR, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i), which will set forth Commerce's
preliminary factual and legal conclusions. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties will have an opportunity to
comment on the preliminary results.
Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this CCR within 270 days after the date of initiation, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.216(e).
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1)
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b) and 351.221(b)(1).
Dated: April 19, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy & Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
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