[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15114-15115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05489]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-878]


Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Dongkuk 
Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk) made sales of corrosion-resistant steel 
products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) at less than normal 
value, and Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai) did not, during the period 
of review (POR), July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable March 17, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lingjun Wang or Elfi Blum-Page, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2316 or (202) 482-0197, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results on September 12, 
2019.\1\ On January 27, 2020, Commerce determined that a cost-based 
particular market situation (PMS) existed with respect to the 
production cost of CORE in Korea during the POR.\2\ For a history of 
events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the IDM.\3\ On 
January 2, 2020, Commerce postponed the final results of this review 
until March 10, 2020.\4\
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    \1\ See Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of 
Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017, 84 FR 
48118 (September 12, 2019) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of 
Korea; 2017-2018: Post-Preliminary Decision Memorandum on Particular 
Market Situation,'' dated January 27, 2020 (PMS Memorandum).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 
Products from the Republic of Korea; 2017-2018'', dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (IDM).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 
from the Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated January 2, 2020.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are certain corrosion-resistant 
steel products. For a complete description of the scope of this order, 
see attachment to the IDM.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties are 
addressed in the IDM. The issues are identified in the Appendix to this 
notice. The IDM 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 in the Central Records 
Unit, room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the IDM can be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and the electronic versions of the IDM are 
identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    We increased the cost of the respondents' purchased hot-rolled coil 
by 17.29 percent for the final results, revised from the 13.97 percent 
used in the post-preliminarily results.\5\
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    \5\ See PMS Memorandum and IDM.
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    We received no comments regarding our preliminary determination of 
no shipments with respect to Samsung C&T Corporation, Hyosung 
Corporation, and Hyosung TNC. As the record contains no other 
information that calls into question our preliminary findings, we 
continue to find that those three companies had no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR.

Rate for Non-Examined Companies

    For the final results of this review, the only weighted-average 
dumping margin that is not zero, de minimis, or determined entirely on 
the basis of facts is the margin calculated for Dongkuk. Thus, Commerce 
has assigned the margin calculated for Dongkuk to the non-examined 
companies.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We have determined the following weighted-average dumping margins 
for the exporters or producers listed below exist for the POR:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.............................            2.43
Hyundai Steel Company...................................            0.00
Anjeon Tech Co., Ltd....................................            2.43
Benion Corp.............................................            2.43
Dongbu Steel, Co., Ltd..................................            2.43
Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd...........................            2.43
GS Global Corp..........................................            2.43
Kima Steel Corporation Ltd..............................            2.43
Mitsubishi Corp. (Korea) Ltd............................            2.43
POSCO...................................................            2.43
POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd.....................            2.43
POSCO Daewoo Corporation................................            2.43
SeAH Coated Metal Corporation...........................            2.43
Young Steel Co., Ltd....................................            2.43
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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. We will calculate importer-
specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount 
of antidumping duties calculated for each importer's examined sales and 
the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each 
respondent 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 
the respondents noted above will be the rate established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
manufacturers 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 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 
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 8.31 percent, the all-others cash deposit rate established in the 
investigation.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, 
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and 
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for 
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 
2016), as amended by Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 
the Republic of Korea: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony with 
Final Determination of Investigation and Notice of Amended Final 
Results, 83 FR 39054 (August 8, 2018).
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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

    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). 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

    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: March 10, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the IDM

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
VI. Final Determination of No Shipments
VII. Discussion of the Comments
    Comment 1: Legal Authority for Applying PMS to the Sales-Below-
Cost Test
    Comment 2: Existence of a PMS
    Comment 3: Quantifying the PMS
    Comment 4: Dongkuk's Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset
    Comment 5: Dongkuk's Inland Freight from Plant to Port of 
Exportation
VII. Recommendation
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