[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55057-55059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21890]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-816]


Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 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: In response to requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon 
steel flat products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea), covering 
the period

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August 1, 2011, through February 14, 2012.\1\ \2\ The review covers two 
mandatory respondents, Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd., (Dongbu), and Hyundai 
HYSCO (HYSCO), and five non-selected companies.\3\ We preliminarily 
determine that Dongbu sold subject merchandise at less than normal 
value (NV) during the POR. We preliminarily determine that HYSCO did 
not sell subject merchandise at less than NV during the POR.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 77 FR 
59168 (September 26, 2012).
    \2\ The period of review (POR) ends on February 14, 2012 because 
the antidumping duty order on CORE from Korea was revoked effective 
this date. 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) (CORE 
Revocation).
    \3\ The non-selected companies are: Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd. 
(Dongkuk), Haewon MSC Co. Ltd. (Haewon), LG Chem., Ltd. (LG Chem), 
LG Hausys, Ltd. (Hausys), and Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 
(Union); see also Memorandum to Melissa G. Skinner, Director, Office 
3, AD/CVD Operations through Eric Greynolds, Program Manager, Office 
3, AD/CVD Operations from Christopher Hargett, Senior International 
Trade Compliance Analyst, Office 3, AD/CVD Operations, titled 
``Selection of Respondents for Individual Review,'' dated November 
19, 2012.

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DATES:  Effective Date: September 9, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Moore (Dongbu) or 
Christopher Hargett (HYSCO), AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3692 or (202) 482-4161, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by the order are shipments of flat-rolled carbon 
steel products. The merchandise subject to review is currently 
classifiable under items 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 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise 
subject to the order is dispositive. For a full description of the 
scope of the order, see the ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Corrosion-Resistant 
Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea'' from Gary 
Taverman, Senior Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, (Preliminary Decision Memorandum) dated concurrently 
with these results and 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). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and it 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.

Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 
export price (CEP) is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the 
Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following weighted-average dumping margins \4\ for the period August 1, 
2011, through February 14, 2012:
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    \4\ Because there was only one margin that was not zero or de 
minimis, we preliminarily are using this margin (Dongbu's) as the 
rate for the non-selected companies. Due to the revocation of this 
antidumping duty order effective February 14, 2012, the weighted-
average margins listed in the rate chart will only be used to 
calculate the liquidation rate for the five non-selected companies 
in the instant review. If the final results of this review are 
unchanged from the Preliminary Results, the Department will 
liquidate entries for Dongbu based on the business proprietary 
assessment rates which the Department calculates for Dongbu in the 
instant review.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                Producer and/or exporter                      dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd...................................            7.64
Hyundai HYSCO...........................................            0.00
Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd.............................            7.64
Haewon MSC Co. Ltd......................................            7.64
LG Chem., Ltd...........................................            7.64
LG Hausys, Ltd..........................................            7.64
Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd......................            7.64
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five 
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\5\ 
Interested parties may submit written comments (case briefs) within 30 
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments 
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing case 
briefs.\6\ Rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs.\7\ Parties who submit arguments are requested to submit with 
the argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\8\ All case and rebuttal 
briefs must be filed electronically using IA ACCESS, and must also be 
served on interested parties.\9\ An electronically filed document must 
be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic 
records system, IA ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice. Executive summaries 
should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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    Within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice, 
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, U.S. Department of Commerce, using 
Import Administration's IA ACCESS system.\10\ Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request

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for a hearing is made, we will inform parties of the scheduled date for 
the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and 
location to be determined.\11\ Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing. Issues raised in the hearing 
will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days of 
publication of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\12\ If the 
weighted-average dumping margin for Dongbu or HYSCO is not zero or de 
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will calculate importer-
specific ad valorem antidumping 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).\13\ We will instruct CBP to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review when the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the 
final results of this review is not zero or de minimis. Where either 
the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, 
or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\14\ The final results of this review shall be the 
basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of 
merchandise covered by the final results of this review where 
applicable.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \13\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the 
weighted-average dumping margin 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).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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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 each respondent for which they 
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).
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The Department notified CBP to discontinue the collection of cash 
deposits on entries of the subject merchandise, entered or withdrawn 
from warehouse, on or after February 14, 2012.\15\
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    \15\ See CORE Revocation, 78 FR 16832.
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Notifications

    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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    These preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 30, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

    1. Background
    2. Period of Review
    3. Scope of the Order
    4. Discussion of Methodology

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