[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42075-42076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18824]



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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; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: On March 3, 2017, 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). Based on 
our analysis of the comments received, we continue to find that subject 
merchandise has been sold at less than normal value.

DATES: Applicable September 6, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun or Thomas Schauer, AD/
CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5760 or (202) 
482-0410, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 3, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
of the administrative review.\1\ The period of review is February 1, 
2015, through January 31, 2016. We invited interested parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Results and received case and rebuttal 
briefs from interested parties.\2\
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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; 2015-2016, 82 FR 12431 
(March 3, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See the case briefs from Nucor Corporation and Hyundai Steel 
Company dated April 3, 2017, the redacted case brief from Samsung 
C&T Corporation dated April 7, 2017, and the rebuttal briefs from 
Nucor Corporation, Hyundai Steel Company, and Dongkuk Steel Mill 
Co., Ltd. dated April 10, 2017.
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    The Department conducted this 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.\3\
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    \3\ See the Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from the Republic 
of Korea; 2015-2016,'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 
this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which 
is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues raised is 
attached in the Appendix to this notice. 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 to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, room B-8024 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    We preliminarily found that Daewoo International Corp., GS Global 
Corp., Hyosung Corporation, Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd., Hyundai Mipo 
Dockyard Co., Ltd., Samsung C&T Corporation, Samsung Heavy Industries, 
and SK Networks Co., Ltd. did not have any reviewable entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR.\4\ After the Preliminary Results, 
we received no comments or additional information with respect to these 
eight companies.\5\ Therefore, for the final results, we continue to 
find that these eight companies did not have any reviewable entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR. Consistent with our practice, we 
will issue appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) based on our final results.
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 82 FR at 12432 and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 3.
    \5\ In its case brief, Samsung C&T Corporation requested that 
the Department issue a final determination of no shipments for 
Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group and Samsung C&T Trading 
and Investment Group. See Samsung C&T Corporation's redacted case 
brief dated April 7, 2017. We denied this request. See Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 8.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of comments received, we revised the 
preliminary margin calculations for Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM) 
and Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel). These revisions resulted in 
changes to the margins for DSM and the respondents not selected for 
individual examination, but no changes to the margin for Hyundai Steel, 
for the final results of this review.\6\
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    \6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum for further details on 
the changes we made for these final results. See also the Memoranda, 
``Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from the 
Republic of Korea: Final Analysis Memorandum for Dongkuk Steel Mill 
Co., Ltd.,'' and ``Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results Analysis 
Memorandum for Hyundai Steel Company,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice.
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Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins 
exist for the respondents for the period February 1, 2015, through 
January 31, 2016.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Producer/exporter                     dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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BDP International.......................................            2.03
Bookuk Steel Co., Ltd...................................            2.03
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.............................            1.84
Hyundai Steel Company...................................            2.05
Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group............            2.03
Samsung C&T Trading and Investment Group................            2.03
Sung Jin Steel Co., Ltd.................................            2.03
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days after public announcement of the final 
results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), the Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject

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merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review.
    For DSM and Hyundai Steel, we calculated importer-specific 
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
antidumping duties calculated for each importer's examined sales and 
the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\7\ For entries of subject merchandise during the period 
of review produced by DSM or Hyundai Steel 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 the companies which were not selected for individual examination, 
BDP International, Bookuk Steel Co., Ltd., Samsung C&T Engineering & 
Construction Group, Samsung C&T Trading and Investment Group, and Sung 
Jin Steel Co., Ltd., we will instruct CBP to apply the rates listed 
above to all entries of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by 
these firms. For the eight companies that we determined had no 
reviewable entries of the subject merchandise in this review period, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate any applicable entries of subject 
merchandise at the all-others rate. We intend to issue liquidation 
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of 
these reviews.
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    \7\ 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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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be applicable upon 
publication of this notice 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)(C) of the Act: 
(1) The cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be equal 
to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior completed 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 producer has been 
covered in a prior complete segment of this proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period 
for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 0.98 percent,\8\ 
the all-others rate determined in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
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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    \8\ See, e.g., Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 
62712, 62714 (September 12, 2016).
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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 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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding 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 written 
notification of the return or 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 violation 
subject to sanction.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: August 30, 2017.
Gary Taverman.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Rates for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination
Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Differential Pricing
    Comment 2: Major-Input Rule
    Comment 3: Cost Differences Not Associated With Physical 
Characteristics
    Comment 4: Cost of Prime Products
    Comment 5: Affiliated-Party Inputs
    Comment 6: Overrun Sales
    Comment 7: Marine Insurance
    Comment 8: Reviewable Entries

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