[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4385-4386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01179]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-836]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From 
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2011-2012

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-
length carbon-quality steel plate products (CTL plate) from the 
Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of review (POR) is February 1, 
2011, through January 31, 2012. We preliminarily find that the subject 
merchandise has not been sold at less than normal value.

DATES: Effective Date: January 22, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5760.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping duty order are certain CTL 
plate. Imports of CTL plate are currently classified in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 
7208.40.30.30, 7208.40.30.60, 7208.51.00.30, 7208.51.00.45, 
7208.51.00.60, 7208.52.00.00, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.90.00.00, 
7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.13.00.00, 7211.14.00.30, 
7211.14.00.45, 7211.90.00.00, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, 
7212.50.00.00, 7225.40.30.50, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.50.60.00, 
7225.99.00.90, 7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 
7226.99.00.00. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes. The written description is dispositive. A full 
description of the scope of the order is contained in the memorandum 
from Gary Taverman, Senior Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, ``Preliminary Decision Memorandum for the 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from the Republic of Korea'' 
dated concurrently with this notice (``Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum''), which is hereby adopted by this notice.
    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA 
ACCESS''). Access to IA ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://iaaccess.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Preliminary Determination of No Reviewable Entries

    We received timely submission of letters from Daewoo International 
Corp. (Daewoo), Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongbu), GS Global Corp. (GS 
Global), and Hyundai Steel Co. (Hyundai Steel) reporting to the 
Department that they had no exports, sales or entries of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR.\1\ Based on record 
evidence, we preliminarily determine that Daewoo, Dongbu, GS Global, 
and Hyundai Steel had no reviewable entries during the POR.
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    \1\ See the letters from Daewoo, Dongbu, GS Global, and Hyundai 
Steel dated May 22, 2012, April 26, 2012, May 22, 2012, and April 
24, 2012, respectively.
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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 
of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 
of the Act. In accordance with section 773(b) of the Act, we 
disregarded certain sales made by Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM) in 
the home market which were made at below-cost prices.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rates for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination

    Generally we have looked to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which 
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an 
investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for respondents 
not selected for individual review.
    Therefore, based on the facts available, and in accordance with the 
statute, we determine that a reasonable method for determining the 
weighted-average dumping margins for the non-selected respondents in 
this review (i.e., Samsung C&T Corp. and TCC Steel Corp.) is to assign 
the rate calculated for DSM, which is the sole company selected for 
individual examination.
    For a full description of the methodology we used in calculating 
rates for respondents not selected for individual examination, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the respondents 
for the period February 1, 2011, through January 31, 2012.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                  Manufacturer/Exporter                   dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.............................            0.00
Samsung C&T Corp........................................            0.00
TCC Steel Corp..........................................            0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\2\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of 
authorities.\3\
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed document 
must be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's 
electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\4\ 
Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone 
number;

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(2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case briefs. The Department will issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    If DSM's weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis in the 
final results of this review, we will calculate an importer-specific 
assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
antidumping duties calculated for the importer's examined sales and the 
total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\5\ If DSM's weighted-average dumping margin continues to 
be zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we will instruct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) not to assess duties on any of 
its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews, 
i.e., ``where the weighted-average margin of dumping for the exporter 
is determined to be zero or de minimis, no antidumping duties will be 
assessed.'' \6\
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    \5\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 
Reviews).
    \6\ See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 8102.
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by DSM, which is the company 
selected for individual examination in this review, for which it did 
not know its 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).
    For the companies which were not selected for individual 
examination, Samsung C&T Corp. and TCC Steel Corp., we will instruct 
CBP to apply the rates listed above to all entries of subject 
merchandise produced and/or exported by those firms.
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of CTL plate from Korea entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 
companies subject to this review will be the rate established in the 
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the 
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) the 
cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 0.98 percent,\7\ the all-others rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation, adjusted for the export-subsidy 
rate in the companion countervailing duty investigation. These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \7\ See, e.g., Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 21527, 21529 (April 10, 2012).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    The Department is issuing and publishing these results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 14, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

Scope of the Order
Preliminary Determination of No Reviewable Entries
Rates for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination
Comparisons to Normal Value
Product Comparisons
Date of Sale
Level of Trade/CEP Offset
Constructed Export Price
Normal Value
    A. Overrun Sales
    B. Selection of Comparison Market
    C. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm's Length Test
    D. Cost of Production
    1. Calculation of Cost of Production
    2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    3. Results of the COP Test
    E. Constructed Value
    F. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
Currency Conversion

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