[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16247-16250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05934]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-816]


Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From the Republic 
of Korea; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010 
to 2011

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

SUMMARY: On September 6, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon 
steel flat products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea).\1\ This 
review covers seven manufacturers and/or exporters (collectively, the 
respondents) of the subject merchandise: Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. 
(Dongbu), Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk), Haewon MSC Co. Ltd. 
(Haewon), Hyundai HYSCO (HYSCO), LG Chem., Ltd. (LG Chem), LG Hausys, 
Ltd. (Hausys), and Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Union). The 
period of review (POR) is August 1, 2010, through July 31, 2011. Based 
on our analysis of the comments received, we have made certain changes 
in the margin calculation for Dongbu and HYSCO. The final results, 
consequently, differ from the Preliminary Results. The final weighted-
average dumping margins for the reviewed firms are listed below in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''
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    \1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products 
from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of the 18th 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Partial Rescission, 77 
FR 54891 (September 6, 2012) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective Date: March 14, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinsons or Christopher 
Hargett, at (202) 482-3797 or (202) 482-4161, respectively; AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 6, 2012, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results. In the Preliminary Results, the Department did not address the 
targeted dumping allegation submitted by the petitioner, United States 
Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), on May 8, 2012, and May 24, 2012.\2\ We 
invited

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interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\3\ On October 
26, 2012, Dongbu, Hausys, Union, and U.S. Steel submitted case briefs 
on the Department's Preliminary Results.\4\ On November 6, 2012, 
Dongbu, HYSCO and U.S. Steel submitted rebuttal briefs on the 
Department's Preliminary Results.\5\
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    \2\ See id., 77 FR at 54893.
    \3\ See id., 77 FR at 54896.
    \4\ See Dongbu's, Hausys,' Union's and U.S. Steel's comments on 
the Department's Preliminary Results, all dated October 26, 2012.
    \5\ See Dongbu's, HYSCO's and U.S. Steel's rebuttal comments on 
the Department's Preliminary Results, all dated November 6, 2012.
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    On December 26, 2012, the Department issued a Post-Preliminary 
Analysis.\6\ At that time, we invited parties to comment on the 
Department's analysis in addressing the petitioner's targeted dumping 
allegation in this review.\7\ On January 7, 2013, HYSCO, Dongbu, 
domestic producer Nucor Corporation (Nucor), and U.S. Steel submitted 
comments on the Department's Post-Preliminary Analysis.\8\ On January 
17, 2013, HYSCO, Nucor and U.S. Steel submitted rebuttal comments to 
the Department's Post-Preliminary Analysis.\9\
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    \6\ See the Department's ``2010/2011 Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Orders on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Post-Preliminary Analysis 
Memorandum,'' dated December 26, 2012 (``Post-Preliminary 
Analysis'').
    \7\ See Post-Preliminary Analysis at 4 and 5.
    \8\ See HYSCO's, Dongbu's, Nucor's and U.S. Steel's comments on 
the Department's Post-Preliminary Analysis, all dated January 7, 
2013.
    \9\ See HYSCO's, Nucor's and U.S. Steel's rebuttal comments on 
the Department's Post-Preliminary Analysis, all dated January 17, 
2013.
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Period of Review

    The POR covered by this review is August 1, 2010, through July 31, 
2011.

Scope of the Order

    The order covers 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, 7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 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, 
and 7217.90.5090. Included in the order are flat-rolled products of 
non-rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved 
subsequent to the rolling process including products which have been 
beveled or rounded at the edges (i.e., products which have been 
``worked after rolling''). 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. Also 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.
    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, as 
well as the comments and rebuttal comments related to the Department's 
Post-Preliminary Analysis, to this proceeding and to which we have 
responded are listed in Appendix I to this notice and are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice.\10\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is available electronically via Import 
Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://iaacess.trade.gov and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, located in room 7046 of the main 
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet 
at http://www.trade.gov/ia/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \10\ See Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Senior Advisor for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, entitled ``Corrosion-
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: 
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results,'' (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum) dated concurrently with this notice.
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Changes From the Preliminary Results and Post-Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested 
parties, we have made the following three changes in calculating 
Dongbu's weighted-average dumping margin for the final results: (1) We 
have corrected the allegedly targeted customer code which was 
inadvertently miscoded in the Post-Preliminary Analysis' Margin 
Program, and the correct customer code is inputted in the final Margin 
Program; (2) we have modified the beginning and ending dates, as well 
as the window period dates, in both the comparison market and margin 
programs to ensure that all entries in the United States, and the 
appropriate sales in the home market, are taken into consideration for 
calculating the final margin; (3) we have used GRSUPR1H as the 
comparison market gross price variable in the Department's Comparison 
Market Program for the final results.\11\
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    \11\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comments 3, 5, and 6. 
For further details on how the changes were applied in the margin 
calculation, see Memorandum to the File, from Cindy Robinson, Sr. 
International Trade Analyst, through Eric Greynolds, Program 
Manager, entitled ``Calculation Memorandum for Dongbu Steel'' dated 
March 7, 2013.
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    We have also allocated HYSCO's reported home market warranty 
expenses over all sales.\12\
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    \12\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 8; Memorandum 
to the File, from Christopher Hargett, Sr. International Trade 
Analyst, through Eric Greynolds, Program Manager, ``Final Results in 
the 18th Administrative Review on Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel 
Flat Products from Korea: Calculation Memorandum for Hyundai HYSCO'' 
dated March 7, 2013.

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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2010, 
through July 31, 2011:

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                                                        Weighted-average
                Manufacturer/Exporter                    dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Dongbu...............................................               1.26
HYSCO................................................               0.00
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    Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to Non-                 1.26
     Examined Respondents: \13\ Dongkuk, Haewon,
     Hausys, LG Chem, and Union......................
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    \13\ This rate is a weighted-average percentage margin (based on 
the reviewed company with an affirmative dumping margin) for the 
period August 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010, and does not include 
zero and de minimis rates or any rates based solely upon facts 
available.
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Disclosure

    We will disclose calculation memoranda used in our analysis to 
parties to these proceedings within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice.\14\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in 
accordance with the final results of this review. The Department 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date 
of publication of these final results of review.
    For assessment purposes, 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 Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 
2012). For any individually examined respondents whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.5 percent), we calculated 
importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio 
of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined 
sales to the total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We calculated such rates based on the ratio of 
the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales to each 
importer, to the total entered value of these same sales for which 
entered value was reported. If an importer-specific assessment rate is 
zero or below de minimis,\15\ or exporter has a weighted-average 
dumping margin that is zero or below de minimis, the Department will 
instruct CBP to assess that importer's entries of subject merchandise 
without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    For respondents who were not individually examined, the ad valorem 
assessment rate for their associated entries will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin included in the

 Final Results of Review

    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\16\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in these 
final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know 
their merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 
country-specific all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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    \16\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of the administrative 
review for all shipments of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption, on or after the publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies 
subject to this review, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the 
respective weighted-average dumping margin established in the final 
results of this review, as listed above; (2) for previously reviewed or 
investigated companies not listed above that have their own rates, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in 
which that manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the LTFV 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the manufacturer of the subject merchandise; and (4) if 
neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or 
any previous completed segment conducted under this proceeding by the 
Department, the cash deposit rate will be 17.70 percent, the all-others 
rate, established in the LTFV investigation.\17\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \17\ See Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon 
Steel Flat Products and Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel 
Flat Products from Korea, 58 FR 44159 (August 19, 1993).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 Secretary's 
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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely

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written notification of the return or 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 of review in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 7, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I--Issues in Issues and Decision Memorandum

List of Comments

General Issues

Comment 1: Targeted Dumping

A. Application of Alternative Methodology and Targeted Dumping
 B. Withdrawal of Targeted Dumping Regulation
 C. Department's Targeted Dumping Analysis
 D. Application of the Nails Test
 E. Application of Zeroing

Company Specific Issues

I. DONGBU

 Comment 2: Post-preliminary Analysis Regarding Targeted Time Period
 Comment 3: Targeted Customer Code
 Comment 4: Exempted Harbor Usage Fees
 Comment 5: Date of Sale
 Comment 6: Comparison Market Gross Unit Price Variable

II. HYSCO

 Comment 7: Date of Sale
 Comment 8: Warranty Expenses
 Comment 9: Reclassification of Merchandise
 Comment 10: Classification of Non-Temper Merchandise

III. UNION

Comment 11: Individual Review

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