Billing Code: 3510-DS-P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-809]
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments;
2021-2022
AGENCY:

Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of
Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Husteel Co.,
Ltd. (Husteel) and Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel) and certain producers/exporters
subject to this administrative 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, 2021, through October 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dusten Hom, 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) 4825075.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 6, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this
administrative review and invited comments from interested parties.1 The review covers 23
producers and/or exporters of subject merchandise. A summary of the events that occurred since

See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2021–2022, 88 FR 84780 (December 6,
2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
Commerce published the Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by
parties for these final results, are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.2
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order3
The merchandise subject to the Order is circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.4
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties in this review are listed in
Appendix I to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed at
https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
For reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made a change to the
calculation of Hyundai Steel’s U.S. credit expense. For a more detailed discussion of the
changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.5
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that HiSteel Co., Ltd (HiSteel) had no
shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. No party commented on this issue and

2 See

Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea; 2021-2022,” dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
3 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) (Order).
4 Id.
5 Id.

because we have not received any information to contradict our preliminary finding, we continue
to find that HiSteel did not have any shipments of subject merchandise during the POR and
intend to issue appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) based on
the final results of this review.
Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The statute and Commerce’s regulations do not address the establishment of a rate to be
applied to 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 a market economy investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate 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 or de minimis margins, and any
margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available}.” In this review, we calculated a
weighted-average dumping margin for the mandatory respondents, Husteel and Hyundai Steel,
that are 0.65 and 0.85 percent, respectively, and we have assigned to the non-selected companies
a rate of 0.75 percent, which is the weighted-average dumping margin of Husteel and Hyundai
Steel, weighted by their publicly ranged U.S. sales values.6
Final Results of Administrative Review
We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for
the period November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2022:

6 With

two respondents under examination, Commerce normally calculates: (A) a weighted-average of the dumping
margins calculated for the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the dumping margins calculated for the
examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents
using each company’s publicly-ranged U.S. sale quantities for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce then
compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all other producers
and exporters. See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-Circumstances
Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010).

Producer/Exporter
Husteel Co., Ltd.
Hyundai Steel Company
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies7

Weighted-Average Dumping
Margin (percent)
0.65
0.85
0.75

Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with these final results to
parties in this proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review.
For any individually examined respondents whose weighted-average dumping margin is above
de minimis, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio
of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total entered
value of the examined sales to that importer, and we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this. Where either 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 assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Husteel or Hyundai Steel
for which they did not know that the merchandise was destined to the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate of 4.80 percent, if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.8
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after

See Appendix II for a full list of these companies.
See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6,
2003).
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the date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register. 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 (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this administrative review in the Federal Register, as provided for 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 these 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, then 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,9 the all-others rate established in
the investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final 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 has occurred
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

See Order.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order
(APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification
of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 30, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.

VII.

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
No Shipment Determination
Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Hyundai Steel U.S. Credit Expenses
Comment 2: Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset
Comment 3: Differential Pricing
Recommendation

Appendix II
List of Companies Not Individually Examined
1. Aju Besteel
2. Bookook Steel
3. Chang Won Bending
4. Dae Ryung
5. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (Dsme)
6. Daiduck Piping
7. Dong Yang Steel Pipe
8. Dongbu Steel10
9. Eew Korea Company
10. Hyundai Rb
11. Hyundai Steel Company11
12. Kiduck Industries
13. Kum Kang Kind
14. Kumsoo Connecting
15. Miju Steel Mfg.12
16. Samkang M&T
17. Seah Fs
18. Seah Steel13
19. Steel Flower
20. Vesta Co., Ltd.
21. Ycp Co.
[FR Doc. 2024-12344 Filed: 6/4/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/5/2024]

10 This

company is also known as Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
company is also known as Hyundai Steel Corporation; Hyundai Steel; and Hyundai Steel (Pipe Division).
12 This company is also known as Miju Steel Manufacturing.
13 This company is also known as Seah Steel Corporation.
11 This