Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)
Notices
Pages 63619-63621
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2018-26774
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-580-809
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-
2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2016, through October 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable December 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Kennedy or Peter Zukowski, 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) 482-7883 or (202) 482-0189, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube. Imports of the product are currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, and 7306.30.5090. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description is dispositive. A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\1\
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\1\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 2016-2017,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 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.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 http://access.trade.gov and to all parties in Commerce's Central Records Unit, located at Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.
Preliminary Results of Administrative Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average dumping
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margins exist for the respondents for the period November 1, 2016, through October 31, 2017:
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Weighted-
average
Producer and/or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Aju Besteel................................................. 10.56
Bookook Steel............................................... 10.56
Chang Won Bending........................................... 10.56
Dae Ryung................................................... 10.56
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (Dsme)............. 10.56
Daiduck Piping.............................................. 10.56
Dong Yang Steel Pipe........................................ 10.56
Dongbu Steel................................................ 10.56
Eew Korea Company........................................... 10.56
Histeel..................................................... 10.56
Husteel..................................................... 12.65
Hyundai Rb.................................................. 10.56
Hyundai Steel (Pipe Divison)................................ 10.56
Hyundai Steel Company....................................... 8.47
Kiduck Industries........................................... 10.56
Kum Kang Kind............................................... 10.56
Kumsoo Connecting........................................... 10.56
Miju Steel Mfg.............................................. 10.56
Nexteel..................................................... 10.56
Samkang M&T................................................. 10.56
Seah Fs..................................................... 10.56
Seah Steel.................................................. 10.56
Steel Flower................................................ 10.56
Vesta Co., Ltd.............................................. 10.56
Ycp Co...................................................... 10.56
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these preliminary results to the parties within five days after public announcement of the preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs not 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.\2\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of authorities.\3\
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\2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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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. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\4\ 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. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. Commerce will issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates
If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis in the final results of this review, we will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\5\ If the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of reviews, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) not to assess duties on any of its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews.\6\
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\5\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
\6\ See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 8102.
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Husteel Co., Ltd. or Hyundai Steel Company for which they did not know their merchandise was destined for 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.
For the 23 companies which were not selected for individual examination, we will instruct CBP to apply the rates listed above to all entries of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by these firms.
We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the notice of final results of this review for all shipments of CWP from Korea entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review will be the rates established in the final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 4.80 percent,\7\ the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation, adjusted for the export-subsidy rate in the companion countervailing duty investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\7\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty 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).
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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 POR. 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.
Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 3, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
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Summary
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Background
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Scope of the Order
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Rates for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination
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Discussion of the Methodology
(1) Comparisons to Normal Value
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Determination of Comparison Method
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Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
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Date of Sale
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Product Comparisons
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Constructed Export Price
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Normal Value
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Particular Market Situation
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Comparison Market Viability
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Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm's-Length Test
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Level of Trade/CEP Offset
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Overrun Sales
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Cost of Production
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Calculation of Cost of Production
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Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
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Results of the COP Test
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Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
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Currency Conversion
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Recommendation
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