Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders
| Published date | 04 March 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 12774 |
| Record Number | 2020-04395 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | International Trade Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 43 (Wednesday, March 4, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12774-12775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04395]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-857; A-580-870; A-489-816; A-552-817]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India, the Republic of
Korea, Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of
Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable March 4, 2020.
SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty
orders on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India, the
Republic of Korea (Korea), the Republic of Turkey (Turkey), and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping. The magnitude of the dumping
margins likely to prevail are indicated in the ``Final Results of
Sunset Review'' section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsey Simonovich, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1979.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
In 2014, Commerce published in the Federal Register its final
affirmative determinations of sales at less than fair value with
respect to imports of certain OCTG from India, Korea, Turkey, and
Vietnam.\1\ On June 4, 2019, Commerce published the notice of
initiation of the sunset reviews of the AD Orders on OCTG from India,
Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam.\2\
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\1\ See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain Oil
Country Tubular Goods from India, 79 FR 41981 (July 18, 2014);
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Negative Final
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 41983 (July 18,
2014); Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of
Turkey: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Affirmative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part,
79 FR 41971 (July 18, 2014); Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 79 FR 41973 (July 18, 2014).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84 FR 25741
(June 4, 2019).
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On July 3, 2019, Commerce received complete substantive responses
to the notices of initiation from domestic interested parties within
the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ Commerce
received no substantive responses from respondent interested parties.
As a result, Commerce conducted an expedited, i.e., 120-day, sunset
review of these AD Orders pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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\3\ See Petitioners' Letters, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods from
India: Substantive Response of the Domestic Industry to Commerce's
Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews''
(Petitioners' Substantive Response for India); ``Oil Country Tubular
Goods from South Korea: Substantive Response to Notice of
Initiation'' (Petitioners' Substantive Response for Korea); ``Oil
Country Tubular Goods from Turkey: Substantive Response of the
Domestic Industry to Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Reviews'' (Petitioners' Substantive Response for
Turkey); and ``Oil Country Tubular Goods from Vietnam: Substantive
Response of the Domestic Industry to Commerce's Notice of Initiation
of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews'' (Petitioners' Substantive
Response for Vietnam), each dated July 3, 2019.
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise subject to the AD Orders is certain OCTG. For a
complete description of the products covered, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum: Final
Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders
on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the Republic of
Korea, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in these reviews are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation, and the magnitude of
dumping margins likely to prevail if the orders were revoked. Parties
can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this review and
the corresponding recommendations in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which 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
http://access.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit in Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. A list ofthe
topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to
this notice as anAppendix. In addition, a complete version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet
at http://trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed and electronic versions of
the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on
OCTG from India, Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the
dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average margins up
to 11.24 percent for India, 6.49 percent for Korea, 35.86 percent for
Turkey, and 111.47 percent for Vietnam.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to the
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification
of the 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 which is subject to
sanction. We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: October 2, 2019.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the AD Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
VII. Final Results of the Review
VIII. Recommendation
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