Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-580-809]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) was sold at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023. Additionally, Commerce determines that one mandatory respondent did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than NV during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable December 13, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Benjamin Nathan or Mira Warrier, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3834 or 202-482-8031, respectively. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On November 2, 1992, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> the antidumping duty (AD) order on CWP from Korea. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On November 1, 2022, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order.</E> <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On December 29, 2023, based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order</E> covering 26 producers/exporters. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> On February 27, 2024, we selected Husteel Co., Ltd. (Husteel) and Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel)  <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> for individual examination as mandatory respondents in this administrative review. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">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,</E> 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,</E> 87 FR 65750 (November 1, 2022). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 88 FR 90168 (December 29, 2023); <E T="03">see also Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea; Certain 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 Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews,</E> 89 FR 89962 (November 14, 2024) ( <E T="03">Hyundai Steel</E> CCR), determining that Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel Company. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>  We note that in the context of the <E T="03">Hyundai Steel CCR,</E> Commerce determined that Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to the mandatory respondent, Hyundai Steel. At the completion of the final results of this review, the cash deposit rate applicable to Hyundai Steel will be applicable to Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Respondent Selection,” dated February 27, 2024. </FTNT> On July 17, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline to issue the preliminary results of this review until November 29, 2024. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> The deadline for the preliminary results is now December 6, 2024. For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results,” dated July 17, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Order</HD> The merchandise covered by the scope of the <E T="03">Order</E> is CWP from Korea. For a complete description of the scope of the <E T="03">Order, see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Rescission of Administrative Review in Part</HD> Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review if a party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. On March 13, 2024, Wheatland Tube Company timely withdrew its request for review with respect to three companies. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> Because no other parties requested a review of these companies, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to the following three companies: SeAH Steel VINA Corporation, Hoa Sen Group, and Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co Ltd. <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Wheatland Tube Company's Letter, “Withdrawal Request for Administrative Reviews,” dated March 13, 2024. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> 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). Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as Appendix II to this notice. The Preliminary 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 <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Rate for Non-Selected Companies</HD> The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for companies not selected for individual 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 an investigation, for guidance when determining 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 any zero and <E T="03">de minimis</E> margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available}.” In this review, we have preliminarily calculated a <E T="03">de minimis</E> weighted-average dumping margin for Hyundai Steel and calculated an above <E T="03">de minimis</E> weighted-average dumping margin for Husteel. Accordingly, we have preliminarily assigned Husteel's estimated weighted-average dumping margin to the 21 non-selected companies, <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> consistent with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act. <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Appendix I for a list of the non-selected companies. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of Review</HD> Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s50,9"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Producer or exporter</CHED> <ENT I="01">Husteel Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>1.21</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01"> Hyundai Steel Company  <ENT>0.01</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01"> Non-selected Companies  <ENT>1.21</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1"> Disclosure and Public Comment for information pertaining to the status of Hyundai Steel's successor-in-interest. As explained above, following the completion of the final results, the cash deposit rate applicable to Hyundai Steel will be applicable to Hyundai Steel's successor-in-interest, Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. <SU>12</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Appendix I for a list of the non-selected companies. </FTNT> Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 23k characters. Full document text is stored and available for version comparison. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━