[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13330-13331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05569]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-837]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From the 
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review and New Shipper Review; Calendar Year 2014

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review and new shipper review (NSR) of the 
countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality 
steel plate from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of review 
(POR) for the CVD review and the NSR is January 1, 2014, through 
December 31, 2014. The Department preliminary determines that Dongkuk 
Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM), the firm examined in the administrative 
review, and Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel), the firm examined in 
the NSR, each received a de minimis net subsidy rate during the POR. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective March 14, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff (for Hyundai Steel) or 
Jolanta Lawska (for DSM), AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement 
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-1009 and (202) 482-8362, respectively.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order \1\ is certain hot-rolled 
carbon-quality steel: (1) Universal mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled 
products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width 
exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a nominal or actual 
thickness of not less than 4 mm, which are cut-to-length (not in coils) 
and without patterns in relief), of iron or non-alloy-quality steel; 
and (2) flat-rolled products, hot-rolled, of a nominal or actual 
thickness of 4.75 mm or more and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and 
measures at least twice the thickness, and which are cut-to-length (not 
in coils).\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from 
India, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea: Continuation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 264 (January 4, 
2012) (the Order); see also Notice of Amended Final Determination: 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From India and the 
Republic of Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain 
Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From France, India, 
Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6587 (February 
10, 2000).
    \2\ See ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review, 
and the Preliminary Intent to Rescind in Part: Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the Republic of Korea,'' from Chris 
Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, dated concurrently with this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum) for a complete description of the 
scope of the Order.
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    The merchandise subject to the Order is currently classifiable in 
the HTSUS under subheadings: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030, 
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7225.40.3050, 
7225.40.7000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, 
7226.91.8000, 7226.99.0000. While HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of this Order is dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ See Order.
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\4\ For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
accompanying 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 Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records 
Unit, Room B8024 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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic 
version of the Preliminary

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Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \4\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and, section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of the Review \5\
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    \5\ As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has 
exercised its discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due to 
the recent closure of the Federal Government. See Memorandum to the 
Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting A/S for Enforcement & Compliance, 
regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the 
Government Closure During Snowstorm Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016. 
All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended 
by four business days. The revised deadline for the preliminary 
determination of this administrative review and NSR is now March 4, 
2016.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated an 
individual subsidy rate for DSM, the firm subject to the administrative 
review. For the period January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014, we 
preliminarily determine the total net countervailable subsidy rate for 
DSM is 0.01 percent which is de minimis. We preliminarily determine 
that the net countervailable subsidy rate for Hyundai Steel, the firm 
subject to the NSR, is 0.23 percent ad valorem, which is de minimis.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to 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.\6\ 
Interested parties may submit written arguments (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 the 
case briefs.\7\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must 
be limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) Statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); 351.309(d)(1); and 19 CFR 
351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the date 
of publication of this notice.\8\ 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 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.\9\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, 
time, and location of the hearing.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be 
filed electronically using ACCESS and that electronically filed 
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m 
Eastern Time on the due date.
    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 parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
issuance of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review. If the final results 
remain the same as these preliminary results, the Department will 
instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to CVDs all shipments of 
subject merchandise produced by DSM and Hyundai Steel entered or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption from January 1, 2014, through 
December 31, 2014.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of zero percent on shipments of the subject merchandise 
produced and/or exported by DSM and Hyundai Steel entered or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of 
the final results of this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will 
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties at the most recent company-specific or all-others rate 
applicable to the company. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: March 4, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Attribution of Subsidies
5. Analysis of Programs
    A. Programs Preliminarily Determined to be Countervailable
    B. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To Confer a Benefit
    C. Additional Programs Preliminarily Determined That Were not 
Used During the POR
6. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2016-05569 Filed 3-11-16; 8:45 am]
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