[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18005-18006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08575]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-883]


Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of 
Korea; 2017-2018; Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review in Part

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review, in part, of the antidumping duty order on 
certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the 
Republic of Korea (Korea) for the period October 1, 2017, through 
September 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable April 29, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta or Genevieve Coen, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2593 or (202) 
482-3251, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 1, 2018, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hot-
rolled steel from Korea.\1\ Pursuant to requests from interested 
parties, Commerce initiated an administrative review with respect to 
eight companies for the period October 1, 2017, through September 30, 
2018.\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\ 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 tolled deadline for a party to withdraw a request for review was 
April 22, 2019.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 83 FR 49358 (October 1, 2018).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 63615 (December 11, 2018) 
(Initiation).
    \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.
    \4\ Id.
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Withdrawal of Review Request

    The petitioners timely withdrew their request for an administrative 
review of five companies: Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.; Dongkuk Industries 
Co., Ltd.; Marubeni-Itochu Steel Korea; Soon Hong Trading Co.; and 
Sungjin Co.\5\ No other party requested review of these companies.
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    \5\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Partial Withdrawal 
of Administrative Review Request,'' dated April 19, 2019.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. Only the petitioners requested 
review of these five companies. As such, all review requests have been 
withdrawn for these companies, as detailed above. Therefore, Commerce 
is rescinding this review with respect to those five companies, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The review will continue with 
respect to the other companies for which a review was requested and 
initiated: Hyundai Steel Company, POSCO, and POSCO Daewoo 
Corporation.\6\
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    \6\ See Initiation at 63617.
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For the companies 
for which this review is rescinded, antidumping duties shall be 
assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping 
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instruction to CBP 15 days 
after publication of this notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a 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 presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

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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 return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. 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 terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction. This notice is issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751 and 777(i)(l) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: April 23, 2019.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-08575 Filed 4-26-19; 8:45 am]
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