[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10661-10662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04899]


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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 Rescission of Review, in Part; Calendar Year 
2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Hyundai 
Steel Co. (Hyundai Steel) and Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM), 
exporters/producers of certain cut-to-length plate from the Republic of 
Korea, received countervailable subsidies during the period of review 
(POR) January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. However, the 
countervailable subsidies received by DSM were de minimis.

DATES: Applicable March 12, 2018.

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, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-1009 and (202) 482-8362, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Commerce exercised its discretion to toll 
all deadlines affected by the closure of the Federal Government on 
January 22, 2018. If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in 
accordance with Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next 
business day. The revised deadline for the final results of this review 
is now March 5, 2018.\1\
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    \1\ See Memorandum for The Record from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of 
the Federal Government'' (Tolling Memorandum), dated January 23, 
2018. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been 
extended by 3 days.
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Intent To Partially Rescind the Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(l), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party or parties 
that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the 
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
Commerce initiated a review of 14 companies in this administrative 
review.\2\ The petitioner \3\ timely withdrew its request for an 
administrative review of Bookuk Steel, Daewoo International Corp., 
Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd., Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd., Hyuosung 
Corporation, Samsung C&T Corporation, Samsung C&T Engineering &

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Construction Group, Samsung C&T Trading Investment Group, Samsung Heavy 
Industries, SK Networks, Steel N People Co Ltd., and Sung Jin Steel 
Co., Ltd. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(l), we are 
rescinding this administrative review with respect to these companies.
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    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 17188, April 10, 2017.
    \3\ The petitioner is Nucor Corporation (Nucor), a domestic 
producer of cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate and a domestic 
interested party.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is certain cut-to-length 
carbon-quality steel plate from Korea. For a complete description of 
the scope of the order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the Republic of Korea,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology
    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each 
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily 
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an 
``authority'' that confers a benefit to the recipient, and that the 
subsidy is specific.\5\ For a full description of the methodology 
underlying our conclusions, see the accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum. 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 https://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/index.html. The signed 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \5\ 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
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated an 
individual subsidy rate for DSM and Hyundai Steel. For the period 
January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016, we preliminarily determine 
that the following net subsidy rates for the producers/exporters under 
review to be as follows:

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                  Company                      Subsidy rate ad valorem
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd...............  0.21% (de minimis).
Hyundai Steel Company.....................  0.54%.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
    Commerce 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 may 
respond only 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, 1401 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, Commerce 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 and Cash Deposit Requirements
    Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. We intend to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends 
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amounts indicated above for each company listed on 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
    This administrative review and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213.

    Dated: March 5, 2018.
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 Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
    A. Allocation Period
    B. Attribution of Subsidies
    C. Benchmarks for Long-Term Loans and Discount Rates
    D. Denominators
VI. Analysis of Programs
    A. Programs Preliminarily Determined to be Countervailable
    B. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not to Confer a Measurable 
Benefit
    C. Programs Preliminarily Determined to Not be Not Used
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2018-04899 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am]
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