Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the United Arab Emirates: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 57128-57131 [2024-15330]
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International Trade Administration
[A–520–807]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From the United Arab Emirates:
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
producers/exporters of circular welded
carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) made
sales of subject merchandise at less than
normal value (NV) during the period of
review (POR), December 1, 2021,
through November 30, 2022.
DATES: Applicable July 12, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Janz or Sofia Pedrelli, AD/CVD
AGENCY:
BILLING CODE 3510–34–P
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Operations, Office II, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2972 or (202) 482–4301,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
complete description of the events that
occurred since the Preliminary Results,
see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.7 Commerce conducted
this administrative review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
Background
On January 8, 2024, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
preliminary results of the 2021–2022
administrative review 1 of the
antidumping duty order on CWP from
the United Arab Emirates (UAE).2 The
review covers seven companies,
including two mandatory respondents,
Conares Metal Supply Limited (Conares)
and Universal Tube and Plastic
Industries, Ltd./THL Tube and Pipe
Industries LLC/KHK Scaffolding and
Formwork LLC (collectively, Universal),
for individual examination.3
We invited parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results.4 On February 14,
2024, we received case briefs from
Conares and Universal; we did not
receive any rebuttal briefs.5 On April 24,
2024, we extended the deadline for the
final results until July 3, 2024.6 For a
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order
are CWP from the UAE. A complete
description of the scope of the Order is
contained in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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1 See
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from the United Arab Emirates: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021–
2022, 89 FR 899 (January 8, 2024) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
2 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the
United Arab Emirates: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December
19, 2016) (Order).
3 Commerce previously determined that Universal
is a single entity consisting of the following three
producers/exporters of subject merchandise:
Universal Tube and Plastic Industries, Ltd.; KHK
Scaffolding and Formwork LLC; and Universal
Tube and Pipe Industries LLC. See Circular Welded
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the United Arab
Emirates: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 81 FR 75030 (October 28, 2016), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Additionally, we previously determined that THL
Tube and Pipe Industries LLC is the successor-ininterest to Universal Tube and Pipe Industries LLC
. See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from the United Arab Emirates: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016–
2017, 84 FR 44845 (August 27, 2019). Because no
information on the record of this review contradicts
these findings, we continue to treat these
companies as a single entity.
4 See Preliminary Results.
5 See Conares’ Letter, ‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated
February 14, 2024; and Universal’s Letter, ‘‘Case
Brief,’’ dated February 14, 2024.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review,’’ dated April 24, 2024.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case briefs
filed by interested parties in this
administrative review are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
and are listed in an appendix to this
notice. The Issues and 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://access.trade.gov/
public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and
comments received from interested
parties regarding the Preliminary
Results, and for the reasons explained in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum,
Commerce made certain changes to the
preliminary weighted-average dumping
margin calculations for Conares,
Universal, and the non-examined
companies for the final results of
review.8
Rates for Non-Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce’s regulations
do not address the establishment of a
rate to be applied to individual
companies not selected for examination
when Commerce limits its examination
in an administrative review pursuant to
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally,
Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Final Results of the Administrative Review of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Circular Welded
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the United Arab
Emirates; 2021–2022,’’ dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, these results (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
8 See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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the Act, which provides instructions for
calculating the all-others rate in a lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for
guidance when calculating the
weighted-average dumping margin for
companies which were not selected for
individual examination in an
administrative review. Under section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others
rate is normally an amount equal to the
weighted average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins
established for exporters and producers
individually investigated, excluding
rates that are zero, de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent), or determined entirely
on the basis of facts available.
For the final results, Commerce
calculated weighted-average dumping
margins for Conares and Universal that
are not zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on facts otherwise available.
Accordingly, Commerce has continued
to calculate the rate for companies not
selected for individual examination
using a weighted average of the
weighted-average dumping margins
calculated for Conares and Universal,
weighted by each respondent’s publiclyranged total U.S. sales value.9
Final Results of Administrative Review
As a result of this review, we
determine that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the period December 1, 2021,
through November 30, 2022:
9 When Commerce’s individual examination of
respondents is limited to two respondents,
Commerce normally calculates: (A) a weighted
average of the weighted-average dumping margins
calculated for the individually-examined
respondents; (B) a simple average of the weightedaverage dumping margins calculated for the
individually-examined respondents; and (C) a
weighted average of the weighted-average dumping
margins calculated for the individually-examined
respondents using each company’s publicly-ranged
U.S. sales quantities of subject merchandise.
Commerce then compares then compares (B) and
(C) to (A) and selects either the (B) or (C) rate based
on the rate closest to (A) as the most appropriate
rate for companies not selected for individual
examination, as using the (A) rate would result in
the disclosure of business proprietary information.
See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order
in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010).
In this review, Commerce based the rate for
companies not selected for individual examination
on the publicly-ranged sales data of the mandatory
respondents. For an analysis of the data, see
Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation of the Review-Specific
Rate for Non-Selected Companies for the Final
Results,’’ dated concurrently with this notice.
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Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Producer/exporter
Conares Metal Supply Limited ....................................................................................................................................................
Universal Tube and Plastic Industries, Ltd; THL Tube and Pipe Industries LLC; KHK Scaffolding and Formwork LLC ..........
0.90
1.00
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies
Ajmal Steel Tubes & Pipes Ind., L.L.C ........................................................................................................................................
K.D. Industries Inc .......................................................................................................................................................................
TSI Metal Industries L.L.C ...........................................................................................................................................................
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the
calculations performed in connection
with these final results of review to
interested parties within five days after
public announcement of the final results
or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce has determined, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
because Conares and Universal reported
the entered value of their U.S. sales, we
calculated importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio
of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer’s examined
sales and the total entered value 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 importerspecific rate is zero or de minimis, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by each
individually examined respondent for
which the producer did not know that
the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate established in the LTFV
investigation (i.e., 5.95 percent) 10 if
there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the
transaction.11
For the companies identified above
that were not selected for individual
10 See
Order.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
11 See
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0.98
0.98
examination, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate entries at the rate determined
in these final results of review.
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).
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
subject to sanction.
Upon publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, the following cash
deposit requirements will be effective
for all shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for each
company listed above will be equal to
the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this
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 LTFV
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 producers or exporters
will continue to be 5.95 percent, the allothers rate established in the LTFV
investigation for this proceeding.12
These cash deposit requirements, when
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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 doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: July 3, 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 Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Differential Pricing Analysis
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Comment 2: Appropriate Currency for
Conares’ Domestic Inland Freight
Comment 3: Cost of Manufacture for SalesBelow-Cost-Test
Comment 4: Correction of Name of
Company Which is Part of the Collapsed
Entity
VI. Recommendation
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Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.3
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is
steel threaded rod from China. For a full
description of the scope of the Order,
see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–105]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod
From the People’s Republic of China:
Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain producers and exporters of
carbon and alloy steel threaded rod
(steel threaded rod) from the People’s
Republic of China (China) received
countervailable subsidies during the
period of review (POR) January 1, 2022,
through December 31, 2022.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Applicable July 12, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryan Hansen or Thomas Schauer, 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) 482–3683 or (202) 482–0410,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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On April 9, 2020, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty order on steel
threaded rod from China.1 On April 3,
2024, Commerce published the
preliminary results of the 2022
administrative review of the Order and
invited comments from interested
parties.2 For a complete description of
the events that occurred since the
1 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from
India and the People’s Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Orders, 85 FR 19927 (April 9,
2020) (Order).
2 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from
the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results
and Partial Rescission of the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR 22999 (April 3,
2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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All issues raised by Ningbo Zhenghai
Yongding Fastener Co., Ltd., in its case
brief, are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.4 A list of the
issues raised is attached as an appendix
to this notice. The Issues and 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://access.trade.gov/
public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of comments
received and the evidence on the record,
we made certain changes to the
calculations of Ningbo Zhenghai
Yongding Fastener Co., Ltd.’s benefits
for three programs: (1) provision of wire
rod at less than adequate remuneration
(LTAR); (2) provision of steel bar at
LTAR; and (3) provision of electricity at
LTAR. For a discussion of these
changes, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For
each of the subsidy programs found to
be countervailable, we determine that
there is a subsidy, i.e., a governmentprovided financial contribution that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.5 For a
full description of the methodology
underlying Commerce’s conclusions,
including our reliance, in part, on facts
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod
from the People’s Republic of China; 2022,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
4 No other interested parties filed a case or
rebuttal brief.
5 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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otherwise available with adverse
inferences pursuant to sections 776(a)
and (b) of the Act, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of Review
We find the following net
countervailable subsidy rates for the
period January 1, 2022, through
December 31, 2022:
Company
Ningbo Zhenghai Yongding
Fastener Co., Ltd.6 ...........
Subsidy
Rate
(percent
ad valorem)
7.66
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed for these final results of
review within five days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Assessment
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has
determined, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review for
Ningbo Zhenghai Yongding Fastener
Co., Ltd. at the applicable ad valorem
assessment rate listed. Commerce
intends to issue assessment instructions
to CBP no earlier than 35 days after
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
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, Commerce also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts shown for the companies listed
above for shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review. For
all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct
CBP to continue to collect cash deposits
of estimated countervailing duties at the
6 As discussed in the Preliminary Results PDM,
Commerce has found Ningbo Yongzan Machinery
Parts Co., Ltd. to be cross-owned with Ningbo
Zhenghai Yongding Fastener Co., Ltd.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-520-807]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the United Arab
Emirates: Final Results 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) determines that
producers/exporters of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP)
made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during
the period of review (POR), December 1, 2021, through November 30,
2022.
DATES: Applicable July 12, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Janz or Sofia Pedrelli, AD/CVD
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Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2972 or (202) 482-4301,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 8, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
preliminary results of the 2021-2022 administrative review \1\ of the
antidumping duty order on CWP from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).\2\
The review covers seven companies, including two mandatory respondents,
Conares Metal Supply Limited (Conares) and Universal Tube and Plastic
Industries, Ltd./THL Tube and Pipe Industries LLC/KHK Scaffolding and
Formwork LLC (collectively, Universal), for individual examination.\3\
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\1\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the
United Arab Emirates: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 89 FR 899 (January 8, 2024)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the
Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates: Amended
Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping
Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December 19, 2016) (Order).
\3\ Commerce previously determined that Universal is a single
entity consisting of the following three producers/exporters of
subject merchandise: Universal Tube and Plastic Industries, Ltd.;
KHK Scaffolding and Formwork LLC; and Universal Tube and Pipe
Industries LLC. See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from
the United Arab Emirates: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 81 FR 75030 (October 28, 2016), and accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum. Additionally, we previously determined that
THL Tube and Pipe Industries LLC is the successor-in-interest to
Universal Tube and Pipe Industries LLC . See Circular Welded Carbon-
Quality Steel Pipe from the United Arab Emirates: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 84 FR 44845
(August 27, 2019). Because no information on the record of this
review contradicts these findings, we continue to treat these
companies as a single entity.
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We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\4\ On
February 14, 2024, we received case briefs from Conares and Universal;
we did not receive any rebuttal briefs.\5\ On April 24, 2024, we
extended the deadline for the final results until July 3, 2024.\6\ For
a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\4\ See Preliminary Results.
\5\ See Conares' Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated February 14,
2024; and Universal's Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated February 14,
2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 24, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the United Arab
Emirates; 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, these results (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are CWP from the UAE. A complete
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case briefs filed by interested parties in
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum and are listed in an appendix to this notice. The Issues and
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, and for the
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Commerce made
certain changes to the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin
calculations for Conares, Universal, and the non-examined companies for
the final results of review.\8\
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Rates for Non-Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a rate to be applied to individual companies not selected for
examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative
review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce
looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for
calculating the all-others rate in a less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, for guidance when calculating the weighted-average
dumping margin for companies which were not selected for individual
examination in an administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of
the Act, the all-others rate is normally an amount equal to the
weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins
established for exporters and producers individually investigated,
excluding rates that are zero, de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
percent), or determined entirely on the basis of facts available.
For the final results, Commerce calculated weighted-average dumping
margins for Conares and Universal that are not zero, de minimis, or
based entirely on facts otherwise available. Accordingly, Commerce has
continued to calculate the rate for companies not selected for
individual examination using a weighted average of the weighted-average
dumping margins calculated for Conares and Universal, weighted by each
respondent's publicly-ranged total U.S. sales value.\9\
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\9\ When Commerce's individual examination of respondents is
limited to two respondents, Commerce normally calculates: (A) a
weighted average of the weighted-average dumping margins calculated
for the individually-examined respondents; (B) a simple average of
the weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the
individually-examined respondents; and (C) a weighted average of the
weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the individually-
examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged U.S. sales
quantities of subject merchandise. Commerce then compares then
compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects either the (B) or (C) rate
based on the rate closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for
companies not selected for individual examination, as using the (A)
rate would result in the disclosure of business proprietary
information. See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-
Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR
53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010). In this review, Commerce based the
rate for companies not selected for individual examination on the
publicly-ranged sales data of the mandatory respondents. For an
analysis of the data, see Memorandum, ``Calculation of the Review-
Specific Rate for Non-Selected Companies for the Final Results,''
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Administrative Review
As a result of this review, we determine that the following
estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period
December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022:
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Conares Metal Supply Limited........................ 0.90
Universal Tube and Plastic Industries, Ltd; THL Tube 1.00
and Pipe Industries LLC; KHK Scaffolding and
Formwork LLC.......................................
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies
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Ajmal Steel Tubes & Pipes Ind., L.L.C............... 0.98
K.D. Industries Inc................................. 0.98
TSI Metal Industries L.L.C.......................... 0.98
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review to interested parties
within five days after public announcement of the final results or, if
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because Conares and Universal
reported the entered value of their U.S. sales, we calculated importer-
specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales
and the total entered value 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.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each
individually examined respondent for which the producer did not know
that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation (i.e., 5.95 percent) \10\ if
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\11\
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\10\ See Order.
\11\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
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For the companies identified above that were not selected for
individual examination, we will instruct CBP to liquidate entries at
the rate determined in these final results of review.
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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the
following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for each company listed above will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this 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 LTFV 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 producers
or exporters will continue to be 5.95 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation for this proceeding.\12\ These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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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 doubled 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 and terms of an APO is a violation subject
to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: July 3, 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 Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Differential Pricing Analysis
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Comment 2: Appropriate Currency for Conares' Domestic Inland
Freight
Comment 3: Cost of Manufacture for Sales-Below-Cost-Test
Comment 4: Correction of Name of Company Which is Part of the
Collapsed Entity
VI. Recommendation
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