[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 16630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07198]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-836]


Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the 
Republic of Korea: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: March 30, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a timely 
request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from the Republic of 
Korea. The Department has determined that the request meets the 
statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, 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-
0410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality 
steel plate from the Republic of Korea published in the Federal 
Register on February 10, 2000.\1\ Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), we received a timely 
request for a new shipper review of the order from Hyundai Steel Co., 
Ltd. (Hyundai).\2\ Hyundai certified that it is both the producer and 
exporter of the subject merchandise upon which the request was 
based.\3\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amendment of Final Determinations of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From France, India, 
Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585 
(February 10, 2000) (Order).
    \2\ See Hyundai's new shipper request dated February 27, 2015.
    \3\ Id., at Exhibit 1.
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), Hyundai certified that it did not export subject 
merchandise to the United States during the period of investigation 
(POI).\4\ In addition, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Hyundai certified that, since the 
initiation of the investigation, it has never been affiliated with any 
exporter or producer who exported subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POI, including those respondents not individually 
examined during the POI.\5\
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    \4\ Id.
    \5\ Id.
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    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2), Hyundai submitted documentation establishing the 
following: (1) The date on which it first shipped subject merchandise 
for export to the United States; (2) the volume of its first shipment; 
and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 
United States.\6\
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    \6\ Id., at Exhibits 1, 2, and 3.
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Period of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A) of the Act, the 
period of review (POR) for new shipper reviews initiated in the month 
immediately following the anniversary month will be the twelve-month 
period immediately preceding the anniversary month. Therefore, under 
this order, the POR is February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015.

Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), the Department finds that the request from Hyundai meets 
the threshold requirements for initiation of a new shipper review for 
shipments of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from the 
Republic of Korea produced and exported by Hyundai.\7\
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    \7\ See the memorandum to the file entitled ``Certain Cut-To-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the Republic of Korea: 
Initiation Checklist for Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of 
Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd.'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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    The Department intends to issue the preliminary results of this new 
shipper review no later than 180 days from the date of initiation and 
final results of the review no later than 90 days after the date the 
preliminary results are issued.\8\
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    \8\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
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    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow, at 
the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the 
review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry 
of the subject merchandise from Hyundai in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Hyundai 
certified that it produced and exported subject merchandise, the sale 
of which is the basis for the request for a new shipper review, we will 
apply the bonding privilege to Hyundai only for subject merchandise 
which was produced and exported by Hyundai.
    To assist in its analysis of the bona fides of Hyundai's sales, 
upon initiation of this new shipper review, the Department will require 
Hyundai to submit on an ongoing basis complete transaction information 
concerning any sales of subject merchandise to the United States that 
were made subsequent to the POR.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
the new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are published in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: March 24, 2015.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-07198 Filed 3-27-15; 8:45 am]
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