[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5378-5379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02071]


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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; 
2011

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has completed its 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from the Republic of 
Korea (``Korea'') for the period January 1, 2011, through December 31, 
2011. On September 10, 2013, we published the Preliminary Results of 
this review.\1\ In these final results we continue to 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; 2011, 78 FR 55241 (September 10, 2013) 
(``Preliminary Results'').

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DATES: Effective Date: January 31, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, Andrew Medley, or 
Christopher Hargett, Office III, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2209, (202) 482-
4987, and (202) 482-4161, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 10, 2013, we published the Preliminary Results in the 
Federal Register. We received case briefs from POSCO and HYSCO on 
October 28, 2013.\2\ No parties submitted rebuttal briefs. We conducted 
no hearing in this review, as none was requested.
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    \2\ At the Department's request, POSCO and HYSCO removed certain 
new factual information from their case briefs and resubmitted 
revised case briefs on November 1, 2013.
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    As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised its discretion to 
toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\3\ Therefore, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding were extended by 16 days. 
Accordingly, the deadline for the final results of this review was 
revised forward to January 24, 2014.
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    \3\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, titled ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated October 
18, 2013.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this Order\4\ is certain corrosion-
resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea. These products include 
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.\5\ 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,

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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.
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    \4\ See Countervailing Duty Orders and Amendments to Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations: Certain Steel 
Products From Korea, 58 FR 43752 (August 17, 1993) (``Order'').
    \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 
and Compliance, titled ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea; 2011,'' 
dated concurrent with and adopted by this notice (``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum'').
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\6\ A list of the issues raised is attached to 
this notice as an Appendix. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is available on file electronically via Enforcement 
and Compliance'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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic 
versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.
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    \6\ No rebuttal briefs were submitted by parties.
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Final Results of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated net subsidy 
rates for Dongbu, POSCO, and HYSCO of 0.10, 0.20, and 0.26 percent ad 
valorem, respectively, which are de minimis rates.\7\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1).
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 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, 2011, through December 31, 2011, 
without regard to countervailing duties because a de minimis subsidy 
rate was calculated for each company.

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.\8\ 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.\9\
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    \8\ 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'').
    \9\ 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, 
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

    Dated: January 24, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--Issues and Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: HYSCO's and POSCO's Tax Credits under the Restriction of 
Special Taxation Act (``RSTA'')
Comment 2: Calculation of HYSCO's Benefit from Document Acceptance 
(``D/A'') Financing
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