[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28009-28011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12727]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-885]


Phosphor Copper From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
Bongsan Co., Ltd. (Bongsan), the sole producer or exporter subject to 
this administrative review, has not made sales of subject merchandise 
at less than normal value during the October 14, 2016, through March 
31, 2018 period of review (POR). We invite interested parties to 
comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable June 17, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson, 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) 482-3797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the

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antidumping duty order on phosphor copper from Korea.\1\
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    \1\ See Phosphor Copper from the Republic of Korea: Antidumping 
Duty Order, 82 FR 18893 (April 24, 2017) (Order).
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    On December 11, 2018, we postponed the preliminary results of 
review of review by 120 days until June 10, 2019.\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Phosphor Copper from The Republic of 
Korea: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016/2018,'' dated December 
11, 2018.
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    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. Accordingly, 
the revised deadline for the preliminary results is now June 10, 2019.
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    \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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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is phosphor copper and is 
currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) under subheading 7405.00.1000. While the HTSUS number is 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written product 
description is dispositive. A full description of the scope of the 
Order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See the ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Phosphor Copper from the 
Republic of Korea; 2016-2018,'' dated concurrently and hereby 
adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is 
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is 
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our preliminary results, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an 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 ACCESS is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, 
Room B-8024 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/index.html.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following weighted-average dumping margin for Bongsan for the period 
October 14, 2016, through March 31, 2018.

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Bongsan Co., Ltd...........................................        0.00
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Assessment Rate

    Upon issuance of the final results of this review, Commerce shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. 
If the weighted-average dumping margin for Bongsan is not zero or de 
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then we will calculate importer-
specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment rates based on the 
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\5\ If the weighted-average 
dumping margin for Bongsan is zero or de minimis in the final results, 
or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the 
final results, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \5\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 
Reviews).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Bongsan for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined for 
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries 
at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction, consistent with the Final 
Modification for Reviews.\6\
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    \6\ Id. at 8102.
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of phosphor copper from Korea entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results in the Federal Register, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Bongsan Co., 
Ltd. will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established 
in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by producers or exporters not covered in this administrative 
review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published in 
a completed segment for the most recent period or review; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review or the original 
investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 
8.43 percent, the all-others rate established in the investigation.\7\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \7\ See Phosphor Copper from the Republic of Korea: Final 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Negative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 12433 
(March 3, 2017).
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed in these 
preliminary results to parties in this proceeding within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice.\8\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of 
this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the date for filing 
case briefs.\9\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 
this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A 
statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument;

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and (3) a table of authorities.\10\ All briefs must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by the established deadline.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2); and 19 CFR 351.303 
(for general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's 
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; 
and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is 
made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the hearing to 
be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including the results of our analysis of each of the issues raised in 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: June 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of Methodology
    A. Comparisons to Normal Value
    B. Date of Sale
    C. Product Comparisons
    D. Export Price
    E. Normal Value
    F. Cost of Production Analysis
    G. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
    H. Currency Conversion
V. Recommendation

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