Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-580-897]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024</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 determines that large diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) was not sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable August 29, 2025. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Katerina Katsiadas or Brian Smith, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4929 or (202) 482-1766, respectively. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On May 2, 2019, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> the antidumping duty (AD) order on LDWP from Korea. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On May 2, 2024, 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 July 5, 2024, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order.</E> <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> Additionally, on December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the preliminary results in this administrative review by 90 days. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce extended the deadline until August 8, 2025. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination and Antidumping Duty Order,</E> 84 FR 18767 (May 2, 2019) ( <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> 89 FR 35778 (May 2, 2024). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 89 FR 55567 (July 5, 2024). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memoranda, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated May 5, 2025; and “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated July 25, 2025. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Order</HD> The product covered by the <E T="03">Order</E> is LDWP from Korea. For a full description of the scope, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea; 2023-2024,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of 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 included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is provided in Appendix I. 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 at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Rate for Non-Selected Companies</HD> The Act 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}.” Where the rates for the individually examined companies are all zero, <E T="03">de minimis,</E> or determined entirely using facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act instructs that Commerce “may use any reasonable method to establish the estimated all-others rate for exporters and producers not individually investigated, including averaging the estimated weighted average dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually investigated.” One such reasonable method is to weight average the zero and <E T="03">de minimis</E> rates, and the rates determined entirely pursuant to facts available. In fact, the SAA states that this is the “expected” method in such circumstances. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Statement of Administrative Action Accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, H.R. Doc. 103-316, vol. 1 (1994) (SAA) at 873. </FTNT> In this review, we have preliminarily calculated a weighted-average dumping margin for each of the mandatory respondents, Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel)/Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (HSP)  <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> and SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH), that is zero percent. Accordingly, we preliminarily assign to the non-selected companies a dumping margin of zero percent consistent with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act. <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>  On November 14, 2024, Commerce determined that HSP is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel. <E T="03">See 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). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of the Review</HD> We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024: <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Appendix II. </FTNT> <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,nj,tp0,i1" CDEF="s25,9"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Exporter and/or producer</CHED> <ENT I="01">Hyundai Steel Company/Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>0.00</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">SeAH Steel Corporation</ENT> <ENT>0.00</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01"> Non-Examined Companies  <ENT>0.00</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure</HD> Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations performed for these preliminary results 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 in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Public Comment</HD> Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the date of the publication of this notice. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> 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. <SU>12</SU> <FTREF/> Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities. <SU>13</SU> <FTREF/> Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS. <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); <E T="03">see also</E> 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>12</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.309(d); <E T="03">see also Administrative ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 21k characters. 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