[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27244-27245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12392]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-884]


Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of 
Korea: Partial Rescission of the Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2017

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

DATES: Applicable June 12, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta or Hannah Falvey, 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-
4889, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 1, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published 
a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain hot-rolled steel flat 
products (hot-rolled steel) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) covering 
the January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017, period of review 
(POR).\1\ On October 29, 2018, Commerce received a timely request to 
conduct a countervailing duty administrative review from Hyundai Steel 
Company (Hyundai Steel).\2\ On October 31, 2018, Commerce received a 
timely request from the petitioners \3\ for an administrative review of 
15 companies.\4\ Based upon these requests, on December 11, 2018, in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), Commerce published a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review covering the POR, with respect to the 15 
companies for which a review was requested.\5\ 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.\6\ 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 a party to 
withdraw a request for review was April 22, 2019.\7\
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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 Hyundai Steel's Letter, ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 
from the Republic of Korea, Case No. C-580-884: Request for 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated October 29, 2018.
    \3\ The petitioners are AK Steel Corporation; ArcelorMittal USA 
LLC; Nucor Corporation; SSAB Enterprises, LLC; Steel Dynamics, Inc.; 
and United States Steel Corporation.
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated October 31, 2018.
    \5\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 63615 (December 11, 2018).
    \6\ 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.
    \7\ Id.
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Withdrawal of Review Requests

    On April 22, 2019, the petitioners withdrew their request for an 
administrative review of 14 companies: DCE Inc.; Dong Chuel America 
Inc.; Dong Chuel Industrial Co., Ltd.; Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd.; 
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.; Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd.; Dongkuk Steel 
Mill Co., Ltd.; Hyewon Sni Corporation (H.S.I.); JFE Shoji Trade Korea 
Ltd.; POSCO; POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd.; POSCO Daewoo 
Corporation; Soon Hong Trading Co.,

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Ltd.; and Sung-A Steel Co., Ltd.\8\ There are no other active review 
requests for these companies.
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    \8\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Certain Hot-Rolled Flat Products 
from the Republic of Korea: Partial Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated April 22, 2019.
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Rescission in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a petitioner who 
requested the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date 
of publication of notice of initiation of the requested review, and no 
other party requested a review of the company for which the petitioner 
requested a review. Petitioners timely withdrew their request for 
review of the 14 companies, as detailed above, and no other party 
requested a review of said companies. Accordingly, Commerce is 
rescinding this review of hot-rolled steel from Korea for the POR, with 
respect to those 14 companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 
This administrative review will continue with respect to Hyundai Steel.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. For the 
companies for which this review is rescinded, countervailing 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)(1)(i). 
Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly 
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 countervailing 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 countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled countervailing duties.

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(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

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: June 7, 2019.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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