Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order; 2021-2022

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-812]

Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order; 2021-2022

AGENCY:

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

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales of circular welded carbon-quality pipe (CWPs) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022.

DATES:

Applicable September 24, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis McClure or Noah Wetzel, 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) 482-7466, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On August 9, 2024, Commerce published the preliminary results in this administrative review in the

Federal Register

.

1

Although we provided interested parties with an opportunity to comment on the

Preliminary Results,

no interested party submitted comments. Accordingly, the final results remain unchanged from the

Preliminary Results,

and thus, there is no decision memorandum accompanying this notice. Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

1

See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021- 2022,

89 FR 65314 (August 9, 2024) (

Preliminary Results

), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).

Scope of the Order

2

2

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).

The product covered by the

Order

is CWPs from Oman. For a complete description of the scope of the

Order, see

the

Preliminary Results.

3

3

See Preliminary Results

PDM at 2-5.

Final Results of the Review

For these final results, we determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022:

Producer and/or exporter

Weighted-

average

dumping

margin

(percent)

Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG

0.61

Disclosure

Normally, Commerce discloses to parties in the proceeding the calculations performed in connection with the final results of review 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 the final results in the

Federal Register

, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because we made no changes from the

Preliminary Results,

there are no calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of 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 covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera) reported the entered value for all of 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 those same sales.

Commerce's “automatic assessment” will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Al Jazeera for which the company did not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary (

e.g.,

a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.

4

4

See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,

68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2023).

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 upon publication in the

Federal Register

of these final results of administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Al Jazeera will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in these final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by companies not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or the less-than-fair-value (LFTV) investigation, but the producer is, then 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 and exporters will continue to be the all-others rate (

i.e.,

7.36 percent).

5

These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

5

See Order.

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 (APO)

This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 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 the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

This notice is being issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

Dated: September 19, 2024.

Ryan Majerus,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

[FR Doc. 2024-21818 Filed 9-23-24; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P