[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69720-69722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27407]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-885]


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

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Bongsan 
Co., Ltd. (Bongsan) did not make U.S. sales of phosphor copper from the 
Republic of Korea (Korea) below normal value during the period of 
review (POR), October 14, 2016 through March 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable December 19, 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 published the Preliminary Results on June 17, 2019.\1\ For 
a history of events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Phosphor Copper from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2018, 84 FR 
28009 (June 17, 2019) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Phosphor Copper from the Republic of 
Korea: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty administrative Review; 2016-2018,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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    On August 13, 2019, Commerce postponed the final results of this

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review until December 13, 2019.\3\ On September 24, 2019, Commerce 
issued post preliminary results of the particular market situation and 
pricing agreement alleged by the petitioner.\4\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Phosphor Copper from the Republic of 
Korea: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2018,'' dated August 13, 2019.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Post Preliminary Analysis of Particular 
Market Situation Allegation and Pricing Agreement Allegation in the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Phosphor Copper from the 
Republic of Korea; 2016-2018,'' dated September 24, 2019.
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Scope of the Order 5
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    \5\ See Phosphor Copper from the Republic of Korea: Antidumping 
Duty Order, 82 FR 18893 (April 24, 2017) (Order).
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    The product covered by this order is phosphor copper from Korea. 
For a complete description of the scope of this order, see the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum and 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 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 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 a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we have revised 
the reported financial expense ratio to the preliminary margin 
calculations for Bongsan.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results in the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Phosphor Copper from the Republic of Korea 
(2016-2018): Sales and Cost of Production Calculation Memorandum for 
Bongsan Co., Ltd.,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines the following 
weighted-average dumping margin for Bongsan for the period October 14, 
2016 through March 31, 2018:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Exporter or producer                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Bongsan Co., Ltd............................................        0.00
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review. For Bongsan, we will calculate 
importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales 
and the total entered value of those sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). When either Bongsan's weighted-average dumping margin is 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Bongsan for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the 
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.
    We intend to issue liquidation 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 subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 
Bongsan will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this administrative review, except 
if that rate is de minimis, in which situation the cash deposit rate 
will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by a producer or exporter 
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 for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 
in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value 
(LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of 
this proceeding for the producer of the subject 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 
LTFV investigation.
    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 13, 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. Particular Market Situation and Pricing Agreement Allegations
V. Changes Made Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Analysis of Comments

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    Comment 1: Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to Bongsan
    Comment 2: Cost-Based Particular Market Situation (PMS)
    Comment 3: Bongsan's Costs on a Quarterly-Average Basis
    Comment 4: Bongsan's Financial Expense Ratio
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2019-27407 Filed 12-18-19; 8:45 am]
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