SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

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On June 4, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of this review by 113 days, until September 30, 2026.^[6] On September 24, we further extended the preliminary results of this review by seven days, until no later than October 7, 2026.^[7]

For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.^[8] A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. 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), which is available to registered users at access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at access.trade.gov/​frnotices.

Scope of the Order

The merchandise covered by the scope of the Order is stainless pressure pipe from Vietnam. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication of notice of initiation.^[9] As noted above, the petitioners withdrew their review requests and no other party requested an administrative review of Sonha International; Sonha SSP; Vinlong; Quang Thuong; and Cong Ty. Therefore, we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to these companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it concludes that there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR.^[10] Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate for the review period.^[11] Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the calculated AD assessment rate for the review period.^[12] According to the CBP data, there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise for either Mejonson or Vinasteel.^[13] In the absence of any suspended entries of subject merchandise from either Mejonson or Vinasteel, we are preliminarily rescinding this administrative review with respect to both Mejonson and Vinasteel, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).

Methodology

Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has preliminarily assigned a weighted average dumping margin to the Vietnam-wide entity based upon total facts otherwise available with adverse inferences. For a full description of the methodology underlying the preliminary results of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

The Vietnam-Wide Entity

Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the Vietnam-wide entity applies to this administrative review.^[14] Under this policy, the Vietnam-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the entity. The petitioners ^[15] requested a review of the Vietnam-wide entity in the instant review; therefore, the Vietnam-wide entity is under review.

Preliminary Results of Review

Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exist for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025:

Disclosure

Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations performed in connection with its 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 the notice of preliminary results in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 ( printed page 64879) CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce preliminarily applied a weighted-average dumping margin based on total adverse facts available (AFA) to the individually examined entity in this administrative review, in accordance with section 776 of the Act, and assigned an AFA rate equal to the highest margin alleged in the underlying petition, as listed in the Investigation Initiation,^[16] there are no calculations to disclose.

Public Comment

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.^[17] 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.^[18] 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.^[19]

As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.^[20] Further, we request that interested parties limit their public, executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public, executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public, executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).^[21]

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 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 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, and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.^[22]

Application of Facts Available With an Adverse Inference

If Commerce continues to base the Vietnam-wide entity's weighted-average dumping margin upon total facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences, in the final results of this review, then Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at the rate determined in the final results of review for the Vietnam-wide entity.

However, if the Vietnam-wide entity's final weighted-average dumping margin is not based on total facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences, Commerce intends to calculate the entity rate by dividing the total amount of dumping for reviewed sales to U.S. customers by the total quantity of sales by the Vietnam-wide entity. Commerce will calculate an estimated ad valorem entity-wide assessment rate to determine whether the per-unit assessment rate is de minimis; however, it will instruct CBP to apply the per-unit assessment rate.^[23]

Assessment Rates

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review.

For the Final Results, if we continue to rescind this review with respect to the companies listed above for which the review is being preliminary rescinded, then Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the Final Results in the Federal Register .

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.

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 upon publication of the final results of this administrative review for shipments of the subject merchandise from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the companies listed above, which have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that established in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese exporters not listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the existing rate for the Vietnam-wide entity of 90.80 percent; and (4) for all non-Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Vietnamese exporter that supplied that non-Vietnamese exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 ( printed page 64880) presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Order

IV. Preliminary Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

V. Discussion of the Methodology

VI. Recommendation