[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6131-6132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03309]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-868]


Large Residential Washers From the Republic of Korea: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that LG 
Electronics, Inc. (LGE), a producer/exporter of large residential 
washers from the Republic of Korea (Korea), did not make sales at 
prices below normal value during the February 1, 2017, through January 
31, 2018, period of review (POR).

DATES: Applicable February 26, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC, 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4136.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 5, 2018, Commerce published the 
Preliminary Results and invited comments from interested parties.\1\ No 
interested party submitted comments. Commerce conducted this 
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and (2) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 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 28, 2019.\2\ 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 April 15, 2019.
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    \1\ See Large Residential Washers From the Republic of Korea: 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2017-2018, 83 FR 55346 (November 5, 2018) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``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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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all large residential washers 
and certain subassemblies thereof from Korea. The products are 
currently classifiable under subheadings 8450.20.0040 and 8450.20.0080 
of the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS). Products 
subject to this order may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 
8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080, 8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000. Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise subject to this 
scope is dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ For a full descripition of the scope of the order, see 
Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
2017-2018 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Large Residential Washers from the Republic of Korea,'' dated 
October 29, 2018.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    As no parties submitted comments on the Preliminary Results, we 
made no changes in the final results of this review.

Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines that a weighted-
average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for LGE for the period 
February 1, 2017, through January 31, 2018.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review. Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of the final 
results of this administrative review.
    Because we calculated a zero margin for LGE in the final results of 
this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to 
antidumping duties all shipments of subject merchandise manufactured 
and exported by LGE, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption, during the POR. In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic 
assessment'' practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR produced by LGE 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.\4\
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    \4\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) for a 
full discussion of this practice.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit 
rate for merchandise produced and/or exported by LGE will be zero; (2) 
for previously reviewed or investigated companies not covered by this 
review, 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 less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 11.80 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\5\ These

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deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \5\ See Large Residential Washers from Mexico and the Republic 
of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders, 78 FR 11148 (February 15, 2013).
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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 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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (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 terms of an APO 
is a violation, which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: February 13, 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. 2019-03309 Filed 2-25-19; 8:45 am]
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