[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27438-27439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11221]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-818]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From 
Korea: Final Results of Expedited Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On January 3, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register the notice of 
initiation of the third five-year sunset review of the countervailing 
duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products 
(``CORE'') from the Republic of Korea (``Korea''), pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). See 
Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 77 FR 85 (January 3, 2012) 
(``Third Sunset Review''. On the basis of a notice of intent to 
participate and an adequate substantive response filed on behalf of 
domestic interested parties, and an inadequate response from respondent 
interested parties (in this case, no response), the Department has 
conducted an expedited sunset review of this order pursuant to section 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B). As a result of 
this sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the 
countervailing duty order is likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the level indicated in the 
``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective Date: May 10, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, 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) 482-2209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The countervailing duty order on CORE from Korea was published in 
the Federal Register on August 17, 1993. See Countervailing Duty Orders 
and Amendments to Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations: 
Certain Steel Products from Korea, 58 FR 43752 (August 17, 1993). On 
January 3, 2012, the Department initiated the third sunset review of 
the countervailing duty order on CORE from Korea, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act. See Third Sunset Review. The Department received 
notices of intent to participate from ArcelorMittal USA, LLC, Nucor 
Corporation, and United States Steel Corporation (collectively, 
``domestic interested parties''), within the deadline specified in 19 
CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). Domestic interested parties claimed interested 
party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as U.S. producers 
engaged in the manufacture, production, or wholesale of CORE in the 
United States.
    The Department received a complete substantive response from the 
domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). However, the Department did not receive a 
substantive response from any respondent interested party to this 
proceeding. As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department conducted an 
expedited review of the order.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes 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

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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 7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 
7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 
7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000, 
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, 7215.90.5000, 
7217.12.1000, 7217.13.1000, 7217.19.1000, 7217.19.5000, 7217.22.5000, 
7217.23.5000, 7217.29.1000, 7217.29.5000, 7217.32.5000, 7217.33.5000, 
7217.39.1000, and 7217.39.5000. Included in the order are 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 the 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. Excluded from the 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 the 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. 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise covered by the 
order is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum (``Decision Memorandum'') from Gary Taverman, 
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration, dated concurrently with this notice, which is 
hereby adopted by this notice. Parties can find a complete discussion 
of all issues raised in this review and the corresponding 
recommendations in this public memorandum which is on file 
electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA 
ACCESS''). Access to IA ACCESS is available in the Central Records 
Unit, room 7046, of the main Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web 
at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The electronic versions of the Decision 
Memorandum in IA ACCESS and on the Web are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    The Department determines that revocation of the countervailing 
duty order on CORE from Korea is likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following countervailing 
duty rates:

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                                                            Net subsidy
                  Manufacturer/exporter                       margin
                                                             (percent)
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Pohang Iron and Steel Company...........................            0.57
Dongbu Steel Ltd........................................            0.75
Country-Wide \1\........................................            1.26
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\1\ Union Steel Manufacturing Co. was excluded from the order on the
  basis of a de minimis net subsidy rate. See Certain Cold-Rolled and
  Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Korea: Amended
  Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations in Accordance
  with Decision Upon Remand, 66 FR 16656 (March 27, 2001).

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as 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 
notification of 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 final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 2, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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