[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5991-5993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03130]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-856]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Amended 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is amending the final results of 
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administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Taiwan to correct a 
ministerial error.

DATES: Applicable February 25, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle, 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) 482-0176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 17, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published its Final Results of the first administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on CORE from Taiwan.\1\ On December 21, 2018, AK 
Steel Corporation, the petitioner in this administrative review, 
submitted comments alleging ministerial errors in Commerce's Final 
Results.\2\ Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines 
affected by the partial federal government closure from December 22, 
2018, through the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\3\ The 
revised deadline for the amended final results decision is now February 
25, 2019.
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    \1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 
83 FR 64527 (December 17, 2018) (Final Results) and accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
    \2\ See letter from the petitioner, ``Certain Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Petitioner's Ministerial Error 
Comments Regarding Yieh Phui and Synn,'' dated December 21, 2018 
(Ministerial Error Allegation).
    \3\ See memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
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Legal Framework

    A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), includes ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \4\ With respect to final results, 19 CFR 351.224(e) 
provides that Commerce ``will analyze any comments received and, if 
appropriate, correct any ministerial error by amending . . . the final 
results of review . . . .''
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    \4\ See also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Amendment to Final Results
    Commerce committed an inadvertent error within the meaning of 
section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f) \5\ with respect to the 
U.S credit expense calculation for Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. (YP) 
and Synn Industrial Co., Ltd. (Synn) (collectively, YP/Synn).\6\ 
Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is amending the 
Final Results to reflect the correction of this ministerial error in 
the calculation of the final margin assigned to YP/Synn, which changes 
from 2.22 percent to 2.24 percent.\7\ Furthermore, we are revising the 
review-specific average rate applicable to Chung Hung Steel 
Corporation, which was not selected for individual examination in this 
administrative review, as it was based, in part, on the weighted-
average dumping margin assigned to YP/Synn.
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    \5\ Id.
    \6\ See memorandum, ``Ministerial Error Memorandum for the Final 
Results of the 2016-2017 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan,'' signed 
concurrently with this notice.
    \7\ See memorandum, ``Amended Final Results Calculations for YP/
Synn,'' dated concurrently with this decision.
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Amended Final Results of the Review
    We determine that, for the period of June 2, 2016, through June 30, 
2017, the following weighted-average dumping margins exist:
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    \8\ This rate is based on the rates for the respondents that 
were selected for individual review, excluding rates that are zero, 
de minimis or based entirely on facts available. See section 
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Chung Hung Steel Corporation................................    \8\ 2.60
Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Synn Industrial Co., Ltd.        2.24
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Disclosure
    We intend to disclose the calculation performed for these amended 
final results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Antidumping Duty Assessment
    Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review.
    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by YP/Synn 
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the 
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the 
publication date of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective 
retroactively for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the December 17, 
2018, the date of publication of the Final Results of this 
administrative review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for YP/Synn and Chung Hung will be equal 
to the weighted-average dumping margins established in these amended 
final results of review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies, including those for which Commerce may have determined they 
had no shipments during the POR, the cash deposit rate will continue to 
be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 
in this review or another completed segment of this proceeding, but the 
manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the 
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any 
previously completed segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit 
rate will be the ``all-others'' rate of 10.34 percent established in 
the less-than-fair-value investigation.\9\ These deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \9\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, 
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and 
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for 
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 FR 48390 (July 25, 
2016).
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Notification to Importers
    This notice also 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
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antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties' subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. 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 this notice in accordance with 
section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e) and (f).

    Dated: February 19, 2019.
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.
[FR Doc. 2019-03130 Filed 2-22-19; 8:45 am]
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