[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15182-15183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07429]
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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
2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to certain exporters/
producers of certain cut-to-length plate from the Republic of Korea at
de minimis levels during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2017,
through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 15, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff or Jolanta Lawska, 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:
Background
On April 16, 2018, Commerce published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review \1\ of the countervailing duty order on certain
cut-to-length carbon quality steel plate from the Republic of Korea
(Korea).\2\ On September 26, 2018, Commerce extended the due date of
the preliminary results of this administrative review until February
28, 2019.\3\ On January 28, 2019, 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.\4\ If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in
accordance with Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next
business day. As a result, the revised deadline for the preliminary
results in this review is now April 9, 2019.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 16298 (April 16, 2018) (Initiation).
\2\ See Notice of Amended Final Determinations: 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)
(Order).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel Plate
from the Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
September 26, 2018.
\4\ 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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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included at the Appendix to this notice. 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 is available to all
parties 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 at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2017:
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the Republic
of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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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.
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.\6\ For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\6\ 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)(6)(i), we calculated
individual subsidy rates for DSM and Hyundai Steel. For the period
January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017, 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............... 0.25 percent (de minimis).
Hyundai Steel Company..................... 0.44 percent (de minimis).
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of
the final results, Commerce shall determine, and Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP
15 days after publication of the final results of this review. Commerce
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15
days after publication of this notice.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties for each of the companies listed above 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
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administrative review, except, where the rate calculated in the final
results is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be required. For
all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We will 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.\7\ 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.\8\ 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.\9\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); 351.309(d)(1).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
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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.\10\ 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.\11\ Issues addressed during the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the briefs.\12\ Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled
date.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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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 5:00PM
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.
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: April 8, 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.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Review
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. Other Programs
D. Programs Preliminarily Determined to Not be Not Used
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2019-07429 Filed 4-12-19; 8:45 am]
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