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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 123-125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-24216]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-876]
Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers and exporters subject to this administrative review did not
make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the
period of review (POR), December 1, 2022, through November 30, 2023.
DATES: Applicable January 2, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Fuller, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 23, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and
invited interested parties to comment.\1\
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\1\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 90 FR
17038 (April 23, 2025) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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On July 22, 2025, we issued the Post-Preliminary Analysis in this
administrative review.\2\ On August 14, 2025, Commerce extended the
deadline for the final results to September 11, 2025,\3\ and on
September 9, 2025, Commerce again extended the deadline for the final
results to October 17, 2025.\4\
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis for the 2022-
2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Welded Line Pipe from
the Republic of Korea,'' dated July 22, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
2022-2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 14,
2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
2022-2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September
9, 2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled
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all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days.\5\
Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that were electronically
filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal
Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21 days.\6\
Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now December 29,
2025.\7\ For a complete description of the events that occurred since
the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\7\ Because the tolled deadline for these final results falls on
a holiday (i.e., December 24, 2025), the deadline became the next
business day (i.e., December 29, 2025). See Notice of Clarification:
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As
Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Welded Line Pipe from Korea; 2022-2023,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>9</SUP>
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\9\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the
Republic of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056, 75057
(December 1, 2015) (Order).
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The merchandise subject to the Order is welded line pipe. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the
appendix 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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain
changes to our calculations for SeAH and Hyundai Pipe; however, these
changes did not result in revised margins for SeAH or Hyundai Pipe. For
a detailed discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Final Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we determine the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin for the period December 1, 2022,
through November 30, 2023:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Husteel Co., Ltd........................................ 0.00
Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd............................. 0.00
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd........................................ 0.00
SeAH Steel Corporation.................................. 0.00
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for SeAH and
Hyundai Pipe in connection with these final results of review to
interested parties within five days after public announcement of the
final results or, if there is no public announcement, within five days
of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (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 the final results of this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), SeAH did not report the actual
entered value for all of its U.S. sales; in such instances, we
calculated importer-specific per-unit duty assessment rates by
aggregating the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales and dividing this amount by the total quantity of those
sales. For Hyundai Pipe, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total entered
value of these sales. 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.
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 the future deposits of
estimated duties where applicable.\10\
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\10\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by SeAH and Hyundai Pipe
for which they did not know that the merchandise they sold to the
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was
destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after 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 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 the companies
listed above will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed
companies not listed above, 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 participated; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or the original
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the
cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the
most recently completed segment for the producer of the subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 4.38 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\11\ These deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\11\ See Order.
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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 review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition 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 return/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
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 29, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Continue to Use its
Differential Pricing Test
Comment 2: Whether to Deny Offsets for Non-Dumped Transactions
Comment 3: Whether to Revise Hyundai Pipe's Financial Expense
Ratio
Comment 4: Whether the Revision to Hyundai Pipe's Reported
Insurance Expenses Should be Reversed
Comment 5: Whether to Correct Certain Programming Errors for
Hyundai Pipe
Comment 6: Whether to Revise the Draft Liquidation Instructions
for Hyundai Pipe
Comment 7: Whether to Make a Major Input Adjustment to SeAH's
Cost of Manufacturing
Comment 8: Whether to Make an Adjustment to SeAH's General and
Administrative (G&A) Expenses for Services Obtained from SeAH
Holdings Corporation (SHC)
Comment 9: Whether to Recalculate State Pipe & Supply, Inc.'s
(State Pipe) Cost of In-House Processing
Comment 10: Including State Pipe's G&A Expenses as Either
Further Manufacturing or Indirect Selling Expenses
VI. Recommendation
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