[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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