[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70150-70151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27534]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-523-812]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of
Oman: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the Sultanate of
Oman (Oman) has been sold in the United States at prices below normal
value (NV) during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2017 through
November 30, 2018. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable December 20, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Robert Palmer, 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) 482-5973 or (202)
482-9068, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 14, 2019, Commerce initiated the antidumping duty
administrative review on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from
the Sultanate of Oman.\1\ This review covers one producer/exporter of
the subject merchandise, Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al
Jazeera). For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 9297 (March 14, 2019).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Circular Welded
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman; 2017-2018,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order \3\ is CWP from Oman. A full
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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\3\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the
Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates: Amended
Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping
Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December 19, 2016) (Order).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). Export price was calculated in accordance with section 772 of the
Act. NV was calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice. One of the issues raised in the course of
this review was the treatment of duties paid pursuant to section 232 of
the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended.\4\ As explained in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we have adjusted export prices to
reflect the payment of those duties, in accordance with section
772(c)(2)(A) of the Act.\5\
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\4\ See 19 U.S.C. 1862.
\5\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 17-19.
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In addition, the domestic interested parties \6\ have alleged the
existence of a particular market situation (PMS) in Oman with respect
to the price of the input, hot rolled coil, pursuant to section 773(e)
of the Act.\7\ We have preliminarily determined that there is no
PMS.\8\
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\6\ The domestic interested parties are Independence Tube
Corporation, a Nucor company, and Southland Tube, Incorporated, a
Nucor company.
\7\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Certain Circular
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman:
Particular Market Situation Allegation and Supporting Information,''
dated June 19, 2019.
\8\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 6-13.
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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 http://access.trade.gov, and
to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that, for the period of December 1, 2017
through November 30, 2018, the following weighted-average dumping
margin exists:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG......................... 1.04
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Disclosure, Public Comment, and Opportunity To Request a Hearing
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results of review to interested parties within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\9\
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.\10\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(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.\11\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\12\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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 ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30
days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should
contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; (3) whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (4) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be
determined.\13\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review,
including
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the results of its analysis of issues raised in any written briefs, not
later than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice,
unless the deadline is extended.\14\
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\14\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\15\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), as Al Jazeera reported the
entered value for its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific ad
valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of
the sales.\16\ Where the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin
is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an
importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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\16\ In these preliminary results, we 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).
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The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.
In accordance with our ``automatic assessment'' practice, for
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Al Jazeera
for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate.\17\
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\17\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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 for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Al Jazeera will
be the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) for
previously reviewed or investigated companies not participating in this
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific
rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 7.36 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\18\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\18\ See Order.
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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 doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
The preliminary results of this review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 16, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Allegation of a Particular Market Situation
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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