[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70951-70953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27807]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-887]


Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of 
Korea: Final Results and Final Determination of No Shipments of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Carbon and Alloy 
Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the Republic of Korea. The period of 
review (POR) is November 14, 2016 through April 30, 2018. The review 
covers fourteen producer and/or exporters of the subject merchandise, 
including POSCO, POSCO Daewoo Corporation, and POSCO Processing & 
Service Co., Ltd. (which are part of the POSCO single entity), as well 
as eleven other

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companies not selected for individual examination. We determine that 
U.S. sales of subject merchandise by the POSCO single entity were made 
at prices below normal value (NV). Additionally, two companies, Hyundai 
Steel Corporation (Hyundai Steel) and Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd. (Hyundai 
Glovis), were found to have no shipments during the POR.

DATES: Applicable December 26, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Bowen or William Horn, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0768 or (202) 482-
4868, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background \1\
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    \1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From 
Austria, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, 
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative 
Antidumping Determinations for France, the Federal Republic of 
Germany, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty 
Orders, 82 FR 24096 (May 25, 2017) (Order).
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    Commerce published the Preliminary Results on July 11, 2019.\2\ For 
events subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see Commerce's Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \2\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the 
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Review; 
2016-2018, 84 FR 34119 (July 17, 2019) (Preliminary Results), and 
the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results in the 2016-2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the 
Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to-Length Plate. The product is currently classified under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 
7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 
7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110, 
7225.40.1180, 7225.40.3005, 7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000, and 
7226.91.5000.
    The products subject to the investigations may also enter under the 
following HTSUS item numbers: 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.4500, 
7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7590, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 
7212.50.0000, 7214.10.000, 7214.30.0010, 7214.30.0080, 7214.91.0015, 
7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.40.5110, 
7225.40.5130, 7225.40.5160, 7225.40.7000, 7225.99.0010, 7225.99.0090, 
7206.11.1000, 7226.11.9060, 7229.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.91.0500, 
7226.91.1530, 7226.91.1560, 7226.91.2530, 7226.91.2560, 7226.91.7000, 
7226.91.8000, and 7226.99.0180. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes only; the written product description 
of the scope of the Order is dispositive. For a complete description of 
the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Results.\4\
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, and the accompanying PDM at 3-7.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    In the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we addressed all issues 
raised in the interested parties' case and rebuttal briefs. In the 
Appendix to this notice, we provide a list of the issues raised by the 
parties. 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 ACCESS is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit 
(CRU), 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results we erroneously determined a weighted-
average dumping margin for Hyundai Steel and Hyundai Glovis based on 
the rate determined for POSCO. In these final results we find that 
Hyundai Steel and Hyundai Glovis made no shipments during the POR.\5\
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    \5\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 11.
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Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the POR:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Exporter or producer                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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POSCO single entity \6\.....................................       19.87
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following
 Companies \7\:
 
  Buma Ce Co., Ltd..........................................       19.87
  Dong Yang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.............................       19.87
  Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd...............................       19.87
  Expeditors Korea Ltd......................................       19.87
  Haem Co., Ltd.............................................       19.87
  J.I. Sea & Air Express Co., Ltd...........................       19.87
  Maxpeed Co., Ltd..........................................       19.87
  Ramses Logistics Co., Ltd.................................       19.87
  Sumitomo Corp. Korea Ltd..................................       19.87
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Assessment Rates

    Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of 
subject merchandise in accordance with these final results of 
review.\8\
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    \6\ Commerce has determined that POSCO, POSCO Daewoo 
Corporation, POSCO Processing and Service Co., Ltd., Taechang Steel 
Co., Ltd., Winsteel Co., Ltd, Moonbae Steel Co., Ltd., Dae Dong 
Steel Co., Ltd, SPFC Co., Ltd., Steel Flower Co., Ltd., TC-TECH, 
Shinjin Esco Co., Ltd., POSCO Plantec., Ltd., POSCO Engineering and 
Construction Co., Ltd., Hi Steel Co., Ltd., Miju Steel, POSCO Eng., 
and Shilla Steel Co., Ltd. are affiliated pursuant to section 
771(33)(E) of the Act, and further that these companies should be 
treated as a single entity (collectively, POSCO single entity) 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 
Comment 1.
    \7\ This rate is based on the rate for the sole respondent that 
was selected for individual review. See section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 
Act.
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where the POSCO single entity 
reported the entered value of its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-
specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment rates based on the 
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of such sales. Where the 
POSCO single entity did not report the entered value of its U.S. sales, 
we calculated importer-specific assessment rates based on the ratio of 
the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined 
sales and the total quantity of those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). Where we calculated a per-unit assessment rate, we also 
calculated an ad valorem importer-specific assessment rate based on 
estimated entered values with which to assess whether the per-unit 
assessment rate is de minimis. We will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review 
when the importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate calculation in 
the final results of this review is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less 
than 0.5 percent). Where either the respondent's

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weight-averaged dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis,\9\ we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    We intend to instruct CBP to take into account the ``provisional 
measures deposit cap,'' in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(d).
    For each company that was not selected for individual examination, 
we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at a rate equal to 
the weighted-average dumping margin determined for that company in the 
final results of this review.
    For each company which we determined had ``no shipments'' of the 
subject merchandise during the POR (i.e., Hyundai Steel and Hyundai 
Glovis), we will instruct CBP to liquidate all POR entries associated 
with these companies at the all-others rate (i.e., 7.10 percent) \10\ 
established in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation if there 
is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction, consistent with Commerce's reseller policy.\11\ We intend 
to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
the final results of this review.
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    \10\ See Order, 84 FR at 24098.
    \11\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for each company 
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established for that company in the final results of this 
administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by a producer or 
exporter not covered in this 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 in which the producer or exporter participated; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed 
segment of the proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will 
continue to be 7.10 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established 
in the LTFV investigation.\12\
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    \12\ See Order, 84 FR at 24098.
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    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)(2) 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 double 
antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (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)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 16, 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. Changes from the Preliminary Results
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Collapsing POSCO with Certain Affiliated Companies
    Comment 2: Treatment of Collapsed Company Names
    Comment 3: Double-Counting of Freight Revenue
    Comment 4: CEP Offset
    Comment 5: Sales to Affiliated Parties
    Comment 6: Miscellaneous Income Offset to General and 
Administrative Expenses
    Comment 7: Purchases from Affiliated Suppliers
    Comment 8: Costs Related to Greenhouse Gases
    Comment 9: Cost Averaging Adjustments
    Comment 10: Revaluation of Defective Slabs
    Comment 11: Hyundai's No Shipment Claims
V. Recommendation

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