[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64138-64139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22403]


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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: Final 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) completed the 
administrative review (AR) and new shipper review (NSR) of the 
countervailing duty (CVD) order on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel 
plate (CTL Plate) from the Republic of Korea for the January 1, 2014, 
through December 31, 2014, period of review (POR). Based on our 
analysis of the comments received, the Department determined that 
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM), the firm examined in the AR, and 
Hyundai Steel Company Ltd. (Hyundai Steel), the firm examined in the 
NSR, each received a de minimis net subsidy rate during the POR. The 
final net subsidy rates are listed below in the ``Final Results of 
Review'' section.

DATES: Effective September 19, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff at 202-482-1009 (for 
Hyundai Steel), or Jolanta Lawska at 202-482-8362 (for DSM), AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 10, 2000, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the CTL Plate Order.\1\ On March 14, 2016, the Department 
published its preliminary results of AR and NSR of the CVD order on CTL 
Plate from the Republic of Korea for the POR.\2\ For a discussion of 
the events following the Preliminary Results, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \1\ See 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) 
(CTL Plate Order).
    \2\ See 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, 81 
FR 13330 (March 14, 2016) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are 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).
    The merchandise subject to the order is currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (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.
    Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise covered by 
the order is dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. 
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for Final Results of 2014 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review: 
Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the Republic of 
Korea,'' (Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently and 
hereby adopted by this notice.
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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). For the 
subsidy program found countervailable during the POR, we determine that 
there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution 
that confers a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific. 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. For a complete 
description of the methodology, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in interested parties' case briefs, submitted in 
this proceeding, are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 
list of the issues raised by interested parties and to which we 
responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this 
notice as Appendix I. 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 is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a 
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
directly 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.

Final Results of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated an 
individual subsidy rate for DSM, the firm subject to the AR and Hyundai 
Steel, the firm subject to the NSR. For the period January 1, 2014, 
through December 31, 2014, we determine the total net countervailable 
subsidy rates for DSM and Hyundai are as follows:

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                  Company                        2014 Ad Valorem rate
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd................  0.01 percent ad valorem (de
                                              minimis).

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Hyundai Steel Company Ltd..................  0.23 percent ad valorem (de
                                              minimis).
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose to parties in this proceeding the 
calculations performed for these final results within five days of the 
date of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), the Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions 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 produced by DSM and Hyundai 
Steel entered, or withdrawn form warehouse, for consumption on or after 
January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014, without regard to CVDs 
because a de minimis subsidy rate was calculated for each company.

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.

Return or Destruction of Proprietary Information

    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 written 
notification of the return/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 in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 12, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

I. Summary
II. Period of Review
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Attribution of Subsidies
V. Bona Fides Analysis
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: Whether the Department Should Initiate an 
Investigation into the GOK's Provision of Electricity for less than 
adequate remuneration (LTAR)
    Comment 2: Whether the Department Improperly Countervailed 
Acquisition Tax Exemptions Received By Hyundai Steel under the 
Restrictions of Special Taxation Act (RSTA) Article 120 in 
Connection with its Acquisition of HYSCO's Cold-Rolled Assets
    Comment 3: Whether the Department Improperly Countervailed 
Property Tax Exemptions Received by the Pohang Plant under the 
Restriction of Special Location Taxation Act (RSLTA)
    Comment 4: Whether the Department Should Initiate an 
Investigation into the GOK's Provision of Electricity for More than 
Adequate Remuneration (MTAR)
VIII. Recommendation

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