[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 61 (Friday, March 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19210-19212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07402]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-818]


Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From the Republic 
of Korea: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2010

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has completed its 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from the Republic of 
Korea for the period January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010. On 
September 21, 2012, we published the preliminary results of this 
review.\1\ In these final results we find that the respondents, Dongbu 
Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongbu), Hyundai HYSCO Ltd. (HYSCO), and Pohang Iron & 
Steel Co. Ltd. (POSCO), received subsidies that result in de minimis 
net subsidy rates.
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    \1\ See Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From the 
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 77 FR 58512 (September 21, 2012) (Preliminary 
Results).

DATES: Effective Date: March 29, 2013.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak or Andrew Medley, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-2209 and (202) 482-4987, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 21, 2012, we published the Preliminary Results in the 
Federal Register. Following the Preliminary Results, from January 16 
through January 25, 2013, we conducted verification of the 
questionnaire responses submitted by Dongbu, HYSCO, POSCO, and the 
Government of the Republic of Korea (GOK). We issued the verification 
reports in February. We received case briefs from POSCO, HYSCO, and 
Nucor Corporation (Nucor) on February 27, 2013, and rebuttal briefs 
from United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), Nucor, and HYSCO on 
March 4, 2013. We did not hold a hearing in this review, as one was not 
requested.

Scope of the Order

    Products covered by this order are certain corrosion-resistant 
carbon steel flat products from Korea. The merchandise subject to this 
order is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 7210.30.0000, 7210.31.0000, 
7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0090, 7210.49.0091, 
7210.49.0095, 7210.60.0000, 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, 7212.21.0000, 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, 7215.9030, 7215.90.5000, 7217.12.1000, 
7217.13.1000, 7217.19.1000, 7217.19.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.22.5000, 
7217.23.5000, 7217.29.1000, 7217.29.5000, 7217.30.15.0000, 
7217.32.5000, 7217.33.5000, 7217.39.1000, 7217.39.5000, 7217.90.1000 
and 7217.90.5000.
    Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written product description, available in the Preliminary 
Results, remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs and rebuttal briefs are 
addressed in the Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Senior Advisor for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, entitled ``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review of Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products 
from Korea; 2010,'' dated March 22, 2013 (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the 
issues raised is attached to this notice as Appendix I. The Issues and 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is available on file 
electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and in the Central Records Unit, 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/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Final Results of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated net subsidy 
rates for Dongbu, POSCO, and HYSCO of 0.12, 0.16, and 0.19 percent ad 
valorem, respectively, which are de minimis rates. See 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1).

Assessment Rates

    The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the 
date of publication of these final results, to liquidate shipments of 
subject merchandise by Dongbu, POSCO, and HYSCO entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 2010, through 
December 31, 2010.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    On March 19, 2013, the Department published the Revocation Notice 
in the Federal Register in which it explained that 15 days after the 
publication date of the Revocation Notice, the Department would 
instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to 
discontinue the collection of cash deposits on entries of the subject 
merchandise, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after February 
14, 2012.\2\ Pursuant to the Revocation Notice the Department will 
further instruct CBP to refund with interest all cash deposits on 
entries made on or after February 14, 2012. Further, as explained in 
the Revocation Notice, entries of subject merchandise prior to the 
effective date of revocation will continue to be subject to suspension 
of liquidation and antidumping and/or countervailing duty deposit 
requirements and assessments. Lastly, in the Revocation Notice, the 
Department explained that it will complete any pending or requested 
administrative reviews of these orders covering entries prior to 
February 14, 2012.\3\
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    \2\ See Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from 
Germany and the Republic of Korea: Revocation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders, 78 FR 16832 (March 19, 2013) (Revocation 
Notice).
    \3\ Id.
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    Thus, as a result of the revocation of the order, the Department 
will not issue cash deposit instructions in connection with this 
administrative review.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a 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(a)(3). Timely 
written notification of 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.

Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed within five days of the 
date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: March 22, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix--Issues in Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Whether Two Additional R&D Projects for Which Information 
Was Collected during POSCO's Verification Should be Included in the 
Benefit Calculation for the Industrial Technology Innovation 
Promotion Act (ITIPA) Program
Comment 2: Whether HYSCO's Sales to Cross-Owned Affiliates Should be 
Included in the Sales Denominators

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Comment 3: Whether to Apply Adverse Facts Available with Regard to 
HYSCO's D/A Financing Under KEXIM's Trade Rediscount Program and 
HYSCO's D/A Loans Issued by the KDB and Other Government-Owned Banks
Comment 4: Whether Three of HYSCO's R&D Grants are Tied to Non-
Subject Merchandise
Comment 5: Whether HYSCO's Overseas Development Loans are Tied to 
Non-Subject Merchandise
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