[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54264-54265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21708]


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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: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2012-2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce

SUMMARY: On March 10, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the 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). For 
these final results, we continue to find that subject merchandise has 
been sold at less than normal value.

DATES: Effective Date: September 11, 2014.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 10, 2014, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on CTL plate 
from Korea.\1\ The period of review is February 1, 2012, through 
January 31, 2013.
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    \1\ See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 13275 
(March 10, 2014) (Preliminary Results).
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    We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results 
and received case and rebuttal briefs from interested parties.
    The Department conducted this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

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. While 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 Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \2\ See the memorandum from Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary 
Gary Taverman to Assistant Secretary Paul Piquado entitled ``Issues 
and Decision Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products 
from the Republic of Korea for the Period of Review February 1, 
2012, through January 31, 2013'' dated concurrently with this notice 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The comments received in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). Access to IA ACCESS 
is available to registered users at https://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/index.html.

Final Results of Review

    For the final results of this review, we determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period 
February 1, 2012, through January 31, 2013.

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (Percent)
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd................................         4.64
Edgen Murray Corporation...................................         4.64
Kyoungil Co., Ltd..........................................         4.64
Samsung C&T Corp...........................................         4.64
Samwoo EMC Co., Ltd........................................         4.64
TCC Steel Corp.............................................         4.64
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the

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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. For 
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd., which we selected for individual 
examination, 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).\3\
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    \3\ In these final 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).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the period of review 
produced by Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd., for which it did not know its 
merchandise was destined for the United States, 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, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (May 2003 
Clarification).
    Consistent with the May 2003 Clarification, for Daewoo 
International Corp., Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd., GS Global Corp., Hyosung 
Corporation, and Hyundai Steel Co., which had no reviewable entries of 
subject merchandise to the United States, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate any applicable entries of subject merchandise at the all-
others rate.
    For the companies which were not selected for individual 
examination, Edgen Murray Corporation, Kyoungil Co., Ltd., Samsung C&T 
Corp., Samwoo EMC Co., Ltd., 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 
the companies listed above will be equal to the weighted-average 
dumping margins determined 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,\4\ 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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    \4\ 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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Notifications

    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 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 doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a 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 notification of the 
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.
    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

    Dated: September 4, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary, for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

A. Summary
B. Background
C. Company Abbreviations
D. Other Abbreviations
E. Scope of the Order
F. Final Determination of No Reviewable Entries
G. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
H. Discussion of the Issue
    1. Differential Pricing
    2. Request for Rescission of Review in Part
    3. Major Input Adjustments
I. Recommendation
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