Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe From Ukraine: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-823-819]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe From Ukraine: Final 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) determines that seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from Ukraine was sold at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable March 24, 2025. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Reginald Anadio, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3166. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On September 13, 2024, Commerce published the <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> of this administrative review in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 90 days. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> The deadline for the final results of this review is April 11, 2025. <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from Ukraine: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,</E> 89 FR 74919 (September 13, 2024) ( <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> ), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024. </FTNT> Interpipe, <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> the sole mandatory respondent under review, and the domestic interested party Vallourec Star, L.P. (the petitioner), each submitted comments on the <E T="03">Preliminary Results.</E> <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> For a description of the events that occurred since the <E T="03">Preliminary Results,</E> as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for these final results of review, <E T="03">see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>  Interpipe refers to the collapsed entity, Interpipe Ukraine LLC, PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant, LLC Interpipe Niko Tube, Interpipe Europe S.A., and JSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant. <E T="03">See Preliminary Results</E> PDM at the sections titled “Summary” and “Affiliation/Single Entity.” </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Interpipe's Letter, “Case Brief of Interpipe,” dated October 22, 2024; <E T="03">see also</E> Petitioner's Letter, “Petitioner's Case Brief,” dated October 15, 2024; and Petitioner's Letter, “Letter in Lieu of Rebuttal Brief,” dated October 28, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from Ukraine,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1"> Scope of the Order  <E T="51">6</E> <E T="03">See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine: Antidumping Duty Orders,</E> 86 FR 47055 (August 23, 2021) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> The merchandise covered by the scope of the <E T="03">Order</E> is seamless pipe from Ukraine. For a full description of the scope, <E T="03">see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Analysis of Comments Received</HD> Commerce addressed all the issues raised by interested parties in their briefs in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of these issues 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 <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Final Results of Review</HD> We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s50,9C"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Exporter/producer</CHED> <ENT I="01">Interpipe Ukraine LLC/PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant/LLC Interpipe Niko Tube/Interpipe Europe S.A./JSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant</ENT> <ENT>2.07</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure</HD> Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these final results of review to parties to the proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Assessment Rates</HD> 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 these final results of review. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> We calculated importer-specific <E T="03">ad valorem</E> assessment rates for the merchandise by dividing the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for all reviewed sales to the importer by the total entered value of the merchandise sold to the importer, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer-specific <E T="03">ad valorem</E> assessment rate is not zero or <E T="03">de minimis,</E> Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. Where an importer-specific <E T="03">ad valorem</E> assessment rate is zero or <E T="03">de minimis,</E> Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification,</E> 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">Id.,</E> 77 FR 8101, 8102; <E T="03">see also</E> 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). </FTNT> In accordance with Commerce's “automatic assessment” practice, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate POR entries of the subject merchandise that Interpipe produced and sold, but did not know it was destined for the United States, at the all-others rate ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> 23.75 percent)  <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See Order,</E> 86 FR 47055. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,</E> 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). </FTNT> Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . 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 ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> within 90 days of publication). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Cash Deposit Requirements</HD> 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 publication date of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> , as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Interpipe will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin listed in the table above; (2) for companies that were previously reviewed or investigated in this proceeding that are not listed in the table above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the rate assigned to the company in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company was examined; (3) if the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have a company-specific rate but the producer of the subject merchandise does, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate assigned to the producer of the subject merchandise in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the producer was examined; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be the all-others rate of 23.75 percent that was established in the less-than-fair-value investigation in this proceeding. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See Order,</E> 84 FR at 47057. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Notification to Importers</HD> This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 12k characters. 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