[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13490-13492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6258]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-580-816)


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from the 
Republic of Korea: Notice of Final Results of the Fifteenth 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 8, 2009, 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 the Republic of 
Korea: Notice of Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 46110 (September 8, 2009) (Preliminary 
Results). This review covers seven manufacturers and exporters 
(collectively, the respondents) of the subject merchandise: LG Chem., 
Ltd. (LG Chem), Haewon MSC Co. Ltd. (Haewon), Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd., 
(Dongbu), Hyundai HYSCO (HYSCO), Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (POSCO) 
and Pohang Coated Steel Co., Ltd. (POCOS) (collectively, the POSCO 
Group), and Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Union) (collectively, 
respondents).\1\ The period of review (POR) is August 1, 2007, through 
July 31, 2008.
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    \1\ As noted in the Preliminary Results, the Department selected 
HYSCO and Union as mandatory respondents in this review. See 
Memorandum from Christopher Hargett, International Trade Compliance 
Analyst, through James Terpstra, Program Manager, to Melissa 
Skinner, Director, Office 3, entitled ``2007-2008 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Selection of Respondents for 
Individual Review,'' dated December 8, 2008. On July 8, 2009, we 
reconsidered our resources and found it practicable to review the 
POSCO Group as a voluntary respondent. See Memorandum from James 
Terpstra to Melissa Skinner entitled ``2007-2008 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel 
Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Selection of POSCO as a 
Voluntary Respondent,'' dated July 8, 2009.
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    As a result of our analysis of the comments received, these final 
results differ from the Preliminary Results. For our final results, we 
find that HYSCO, the POSCO Group, and Union, made sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value (NV). In addition, based on the 
final results for the respondents selected for individual review, we 
have determined a weighted-average margin for those companies that were 
not selected for individual review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 22, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure (Union), Christopher 
Hargett (HYSCO) and Victoria Cho (the POSCO Group, and non-selected 
companies), 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) 482-5973,

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(202) 482-4161, and (202) 482-5075, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 8, 2009, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results. In the Preliminary Results, the Department determined that 
HYSCO, the POSCO Group, and Union made sales of subject merchandise at 
less than NV during the POR. In addition, based on the preliminary 
results for the respondents selected for individual review, the 
Department calculated a weighted-average margin for those companies 
that were not selected for individual review. On November 16, 2009, the 
Department extended the time limits for the final results of this 
review until no later than March 8, 2010. See Corrosion-Resistant 
Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 58945 (November 16, 2009).

Comments from Interested Parties

    We invited parties to comment on our Preliminary Results. On 
January 20, 2010, United States Steel Corporation (US Steel) filed its 
case briefs concerning all three mandatory respondents. On the same 
day, the three mandatory respondents filed case briefs. On January 27, 
2010, US Steel, and Nucor Corporation (Nucor) filed rebuttal briefs 
concerning all of the mandatory respondents. The three mandatory 
respondents filed rebuttal briefs on the same day. The Department 
conducted a public hearing on January 28, 2010.

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, 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[percnt]-60[percnt]-20[percnt] 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 briefs 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 Internet 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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          Manufacturer/exporter                    Percent margin
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HYSCO....................................                   3.29[percnt]
The POSCO Group..........................      0.01[percnt] (de minimis)
Union....................................                  14.01[percnt]
Review-Specific Average RateApplicable to                   8.65[percnt]
 the Following Companies\2\:LG Chem,
 Haewon, and Dongbu......................
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\2\ This rate is a simple average percentage margin (based on the two
  reviewed companies with an affirmative deposit rate) for the period
  August 1, 2007, through July 31, 2008, and normally does not include
  zero and de minimis rates or any rates based solely on the facts
  available.

Assessment

    The Department will determine, and U.S. 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 intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after publication of these final results of 
review.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment''' regulation 
on May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This clarification applies to POR entries 
of subject merchandise produced by companies examined in this review 
(i.e., companies for which a dumping margin was calculated) where the 
companies

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did not know that their merchandise 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. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

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 15, 2010.
Kim Glas,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

List of Comments in the Accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum:

A. General Issues

Comment 1: Treatment of ``Negative Dumping Margins'' (Zeroing)
Comment 2: Comment 2:Home Market Revenue for the POSCO Group (Freight 
and Interest) and HYSCO (Interest)
Comment 3: Use of Quarterly Cost Methodology
Comment 4: Laminated Products

B. Company-Specific Issues

Hyundai HYSCO

Comment 5: Date of Sale
Comment 6: Liquidations Instructions
Comment 7: Major Input Adjustments

The POSCO Group

Comment 8: Inadvertent Omission of Certain U.S. Sales from POSCO's 
Margin Calculations in the Post-Preliminary Analysis
Comment 9: The Treatment of Certain SAS Programming for the POSCO Group
Comment 10: The Department's Calculation of POCOS' Loans in the 
Calculation of the Home Market Interest Rate
Comment 11: The Department's Calculation of POSCO America Corporation 
(POSAM)'s Indirect Selling Expense
Comment 12: Financial Expense Ratio Calculation
Comment 13: Margin Calculation Error for Applying General and 
Administrative Expense Ratio Union
Comment 14: Window Period Sales
Comment 15: The Treatment of Overrun
Comment 16: Union's General and Administrative and Financial Expense 
Ratios
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