[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42893-42894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17769]
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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: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; Calendar Year 2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Hyundai
Steel Company (Hyundai Steel) and Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM),
producers/exporters of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate
(CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea), received
countervailable subsidies that are de minimis during the period of
review (POR), January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable August 19, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff (for Hyundai Steel) or
Jolanta Lawska (for DSM), 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 or (202) 482-8362, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 15, 2019, Commerce published the preliminary results of
this administrative review.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment
on the Preliminary Results. On May 15, 2019, we received a timely filed
case brief from Nucor Corporation (the petitioner) and, on May 20,
2019, Hyundai Steel submitted a timely filed rebuttal brief. Commerce
conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See 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, 84 FR 15182 (April 15, 2019) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is certain hot-rolled carbon-
quality steel plate. For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Issues and Decision Memorandum for
the Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Cut-
to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the Republic of Korea;
2017,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in interested parties' case briefs are addressed
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The issues are identified in the
appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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 Commerce building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The
signed and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum
are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on the comments received from the petitioner and Hyundai
Steel, we made no changes to the net subsidy rates calculated for the
mandatory respondents. For a discussion of these issues, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of Administrative Review
We determine that the following total estimated net countervailable
subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31,
2017:
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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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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
final results of review within five days of the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to issue
appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15
days after the date of publication of the final results of this review.
We will instruct CBP to liquidate shipments of subject merchandise
produced by DSM and Hyundai Steel entered, or withdrawn form warehouse,
for consumption on or
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after January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, without regard to
countervailing duties because a de minimis subsidy rate was calculated
for each company.
Cash Deposit Instructions
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of this administrative
review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for the companies listed in these final results will
be zero percent; and (2) for all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct
CBP to continue to collect cash deposits 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.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to APO of
their responsibility concerning the disposition 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 or destruction of APO materials, or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: August 12, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Period of Review
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Adjust Hyundai Steel
Company's (Hyundai Steel) Tax Benefit Calculations to Account for
Special Rural Development Taxes (SRDTs)
Comment 2: Whether Hyundai Green Power is Cross-Owned with
Hyundai Steel
Comment 3: Whether Hyundai Green Power Supplied Inputs to
Hyundai Steel that Were Primarily Dedicated to the Production of the
Downstream Product
VIII. Recommendation
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