Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 97596-97597 [2024-28859]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97596-97597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28859]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-824]


Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds 
that Siderca S.A.I.C. (Siderca) made sales of subject merchandise at 
less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 11, 
2022, through October 31, 2023. We invite interested parties to comment 
on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable December 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, 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) 482-0665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 21, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from 
Argentina.\1\ On November 2, 2023, we published in the Federal Register 
a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
Order for the POR.\2\ On December 29, 2023, based on timely requests 
for an administrative review, Commerce initiated an administrative 
review of the Order.\3\ On January 25, 2024, Commerce identified 
Siderca as the sole mandatory respondent in this administrative 
review.\4\ On July 9, 2024, Commerce extended the time limit for these 
preliminary results to November 29, 2024.\5\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce 
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven 
days.\6\ The deadline for the preliminary results is now December 6, 
2024.
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    \1\ See Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, Mexico, and 
the Russian Federation: Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final 
Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination for the Russian 
Federation, 87 FR 70785 (November 21, 2022) (Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 75270 (November 
2, 2023).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 90168 (December 29, 2023).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Company to be Individually Examined,'' 
dated January 25, 2024.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 9, 
2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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    For a complete description of the events that occurred since the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from Argentina; 2022-2023,'' dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are OCTG from Argentina. For a 
complete description of the scope of this Order, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
We calculated constructed export price and NV in accordance with 
sections 772 and 773 of the Act, respectively. For a complete 
description of the methodology in these preliminary results, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached in the appendix to this 
notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 
made available to the public 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.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period May 11, 2022, through 
October 31, 2023:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Siderca S.A.I.C............................................         6.8
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations and analysis performed for 
these preliminary results to interested parties within five days of any 
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five 
days of the date of publication of this notice.\8\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs to Commerce 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.\9\ Interested parties who submit case or 
rebuttal briefs in this administrative review must submit: (1) a table 
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\10\
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    \9\ 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 Service Final Rule).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 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 brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this administrative 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.\11\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their 
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as 
the basis of the comment summaries included in the

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issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results of 
this administrative review. We request that interested parties include 
footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of 
each issue.
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    \11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice. Hearing requests should contain: (1) the 
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) 
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised at the hearing will be 
limited to those raised in the case and rebuttal briefs. If a hearing 
request is made, parties will be notified of the date and time of the 
hearing.\12\ Parties should confirm the date and time of the hearing 
two days before the scheduled date.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as 
hearing requests, should be filed using ACCESS.\13\ An electronically 
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that 
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\14\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \14\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by 
this review.\15\ If Siderca's weighted-average dumping margin is not 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results 
of this review, we intend to calculate an importer-specific assessment 
rate for antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total 
entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\16\ If Siderca's weighted-average dumping margin or an 
importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final 
results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate relevant 
entries without regards to antidumping duties.
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \16\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Siderca for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined to 
the United States, 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.\17\
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    \17\ 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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    The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis 
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise 
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of 
estimated duties, where applicable.\18\ 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.
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    \18\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the final results 
of this administrative review for all shipments of subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication as provided in section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) 
the cash deposit rate for Siderca will be equal to the weighted-average 
dumping margin established in the final results of this administrative 
review, except, if that rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, 
de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then the cash 
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by a company 
not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed segment of 
this 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 investigation but the producer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the company-specific rate established in the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 78.30 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the original less-than-fair-value investigation.\19\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \19\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), (3), and (h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: December 3, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed 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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