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Notice2023-077122023-04-12

Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

Commerce Department, International Trade Administration

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT), completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in the People's Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on LWRPT from China.

Action & Dates

Dates
Applicable April 12, 2023.

Document Excerpt

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-914, C-570-915] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT), completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in the People's Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on LWRPT from China. DATES: Applicable April 12, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald Anadio, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3166. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 5, 2008, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD and CVD orders on LWRPT from China. [ 1 ] On August 4, 2022, Commerce initiated a country-wide circumvention inquiry to determine whether certain imports of LWRPT completed in Vietnam using HRS produced in China are circumventing the Orders. [ 2 ] On August 30, 2022, Commerce selected, in alphabetical order, Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (Hoa Phat) and Vina One Steel Manufacturing Corp (Vina One) as the mandatory respondents in this circumvention inquiry. [ 3 ] Between September 2022 and February 2023, Commerce issued questionnaires to Vina One

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Citation: 88 FR 21985