[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22971-22973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09582]


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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; 2013-2014

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

SUMMARY: On December 19, 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).\1\ For these final results, we continue to find that subject 
merchandise has been sold at less than normal value.
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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; 2013-2014, 79 FR 75791 
(December 19, 2014) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective Date: April 24, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,

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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 December 19, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results of the administrative review. The period of review is February 
1, 2013, through January 31, 2014. 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, 
2013, through January 31, 2014'' dated concurrently with and hereby 
adopted by 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 (ACCESS). Access to ACCESS is 
available to registered users at https://access.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.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    We made no changes from the Preliminary Results.

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, 2013, through January 31, 2014.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                 Manufacturer/ exporter                       dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Bookuk Steel Co., Ltd...................................            0.56
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.............................            0.56
SM Solution Co. Ltd.....................................            0.56
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the 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.\4\
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    \4\ For a full discussion, see Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 
6, 2003) (May 2003 Clarification).
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    Consistent with the May 2003 Clarification, for Hyosung 
Corporation, Samsung C&T Corporation, and TCC Steel Corporation, 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 not selected for individual examination, Bookuk 
Steel Co., Ltd., and SM Solution Co. Ltd., we have based their 
weighted-average dumping margins on the margin established for Dongkuk 
Steel Mill Co., Ltd. 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 recently completed segment of this 
proceeding in which that manufacturer or exporter participated; (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 recently completed 
segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 0.98 percent,\5\ 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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    \5\ See, e.g., Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 54264, 54265 (September 
11, 2014).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a

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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.

Administrative Protective Orders

    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.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative 
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 20, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Summary
Background
Company Abbreviations
Other Abbreviations
Scope of the Order
Final Determination of No Reviewable Entries
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Discussion of the Issues
    Differential Pricing
    Major Input Adjustments
    Minor Input
    General and Administrative Expenses
    Interest Expense
    Recommendation

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