[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13086-13088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5041]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-816]


Notice of Final Results of the Twelfth Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel 
Flat Products from the Republic of Korea

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 11, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review for certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat 
products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). See Certain 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea: Notice of 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 53370 (September 11, 2006) (Preliminary 
Results). This review covers four manufacturers/exporters of the 
subject merchandise: Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Union); 
Pohang Iron & Steel Company, Ltd. (POSCO) and Pohang Coated Steel Co., 
Ltd. (POCOS) (collectively, the POSCO Group); Hyundai HYSCO (HYSCO); 
and Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongbu) (collectively, respondents). The 
period of review (POR) is August 1, 2004, through July 31, 2005.
    As a result of our analysis of the comments received, these final 
results differ from the preliminary results. For our final results, we 
have found that during the POR, Union and Dongbu sold subject 
merchandise at less than normal value (NV). We have also found that 
HYSCO and the POSCO Group did not make sales of the subject merchandise 
at less than NV (i.e., they have a zero or de minimis dumping margin).

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska (Union), Preeti Tolani 
(Dongbu), Victoria Cho (the POSCO Group), and Joy Zhang (HYSCO), AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
8362, (202) 482-0395, (202) 482-5075, and (202) 482-1168, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 11, 2006, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results. On January 3, 2007, the Department published the notice of 
extension of final results of the antidumping administrative review of 
CORE from Korea, extending the date for these final results to March 
12, 2007. See Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from 
Korea: Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results of Antidumping 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 102 (January 3, 2007).

Comments from Interested Parties

    We invited parties to comment on our Preliminary Results. On 
October 20, 2006, Mittal Steel USA ISG, Inc. (Mittal) and United States 
Steel Corporation (US Steel) filed case briefs concerning all 
respondents and all respondents filed a case brief.\1\ On October 31, 
2006, Mittal filed a rebuttal brief concerning all respondents and U.S. 
Steel filed rebuttal briefs concerning Union, Dongbu, and POSCO. On 
October 31, 2006, all respondents filed a rebuttal brief.
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    \1\ The Nucor Corporation, a domestic interested party, did not 
submit a case brief or a rebuttal brief.
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Scope of the Order

    This order covers cold-rolled (cold-reduced) carbon steel flat-
rolled carbon steel products, of rectangular shape, either clad, 
plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, 
aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys, whether or 
not corrugated or painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other 
nonmetallic substances in addition to the metallic coating, in coils 
(whether or not in successively superimposed layers) and of a width of 
0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths which, if of a thickness 
less than 4.75 millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and 
which measures at least 10 times the thickness or if of a thickness of 
4.75 millimeters or more are of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters 
and measures at least twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item 
numbers 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 
7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000, 
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 
7217.90.5030,

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7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090. Included in this order are corrosion-
resistant flat-rolled products of non-rectangular cross-section where 
such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., 
products which have been ``worked after rolling'') for example, 
products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges. Excluded from 
this order are flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with 
tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (terne plate), 
or both chromium and chromium oxides (tin-free steel), whether or not 
painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic 
substances in addition to the metallic coating. Also excluded from this 
order are clad products in straight lengths of 0.1875 inch or more in 
composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and 
measures at least twice the thickness. Also excluded from this order 
are certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are three-
layered corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products less than 
4.75 millimeters in composite thickness that consist of a carbon steel 
flat-rolled product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-
60%-20% ratio.
    These HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written descriptions remain dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal brief by parties to this 
administrative review are addressed in the accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of 
the issues which parties have raised, and to which we have responded in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this notice as an 
Appendix. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average margins exist:

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                                                       Weighted-Average
                Producer/Manufacturer                       Margin
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Dongbu..............................................              2.07 %
Union...............................................              1.45 %
The POSCO Group.....................................          0.35 % (de
                                                                minimis)
HYSCO...............................................          0.09 % (de
                                                                minimis)
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Assessment

    The Department will determine, and Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b). The Department calculated importer-
specific duty assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total 
antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total 
entered value of the examined sales for that importer. Where the 
assessment rate is above de minimis, we will instruct CBP to assess 
duties on all entries of subject merchandise by that importer. The 
Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to 
CBP 15 days after publication of these final results.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of CORE from Korea entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date of these final results, as 
provided by section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act): (1) for companies covered by this review, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate listed above; (2) for previously reviewed or 
investigated companies other than those covered by this review, the 
cash deposit rate will be the company-specific rate established for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation, but 
the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the subject merchandise; 
and (4) if neither the exporter nor the producer is a firm covered in 
this review, a prior review, or the investigation, the cash deposit 
rate will be 17.70 percent, the ``All Others'' rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation. These deposit requirements shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to 
liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in the presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and 
the subsequent increase in antidumping duties by the amount of 
antidumping and/or countervailing duties reimbursed.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also is the only 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. Timely written 
notification of the 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 12, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

APPENDIX I

List of Comments in the Accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum

A. General Issues

Comment 1: Model-Match Methodology and Laminated Products
Comment 2: Treatment of CEP Offset
Comment 3: Adjustments to U.S. Prices for Duty Drawback Paid in Korea
Comment 4: Treatment of Indirect Selling Expenses incurred in Korea
Comment 5: Treatment of Production Yields

B. Company-Specific Issues

Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.

Comment 6: Treatment of All Sales Entered During the POR in Dongbu's 
Margin Calculation

Hyundai HYSCO

Comment 7: Cash Deposit Rate for HYSCO

Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Comment 8: DINDIRSU Calculation
Comment 9: Treatment of Union's Indirect Selling Expense Ratio
Comment 10: Treatment of Union's Calculation of DKA's Short Term 
Interest Rate
Comment 11: Treatment of Union's Overrun Sales in the Home Market
Comment 12: Treatment of Union's Home Market Sales of Non-Prime 
Merchandise in the Calculation of Normal Value
Comment 13: Ministerial Error with respect to QTYCVNU Field

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Comment 14: Ministerial Error Regarding Union's Home Market Credit 
Expenses

Pohang Iron & Steel Company, Ltd. and Pohang Coated Steel Co., Ltd.

Comment 15: Treatment of the POSCO's Group Home Market Credit Expenses 
on Freight billed to its Customers
Comment 16: The Department's Calculation of the POSCO Group's Sales 
Database Affecting Certain Conversion Factors
Comment 17: Treatment of the POSCO Group's Short-Term Interest Rate 
Used for U.S. Credit Expenses
Comment 18: Treatment of the POSCO Group's of Overun Sales in the Home 
Market
Comment 19: The Department's Calculation of the POSCO Group's Certain 
Merchandise Sales in the Home Market
Comment 20: Treatment of the POSCO Group's Cash Deposit Instructions
Comment 21: Treatment of POSAM's (Pohang Steel America Corp.) Indirect 
Selling Expenses
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