[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 90 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27362-27364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09889]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-836]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From 
the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: On December 18, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel 
plate products (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). Based on 
our analysis of the comments received, we continue to find that subject 
merchandise has been sold at less than normal value.

DATES: Applicable May 8, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Hollander or Michael A. 
Romani, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2805 
or (202) 482-0198, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 18, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this administrative review.\1\ The period of review (POR) is February 
1, 2018 through January 31, 2019. We invited interested parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Results and received case and rebuttal 
briefs from interested parties.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 84 FR 69360 
(December 18, 2019) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.'s (Dongkuk's) Case Brief, 
``Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from the 
Republic of Korea: Case Brief,'' dated January 17, 2020; Hyundai 
Steel Company's (Hyundai Steel's) Case Brief, ``Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from Korea: Case Brief,'' dated 
January 17, 2020; and Nucor Corporation's (the petitioner's) Case 
Brief, ``Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the 
Republic of Korea: Case Brief,'' dated January 17, 2020; see also 
Petitioner's Rebuttal Brief ``Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-
Length Plate from the Republic of Korea: Rebuttal Brief,'' dated 
January 27, 2020; and Dongkuk's Rebuttal Brief, ``Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the Republic of Korea: 
Rebuttal Brief,'' dated January 27, 2020.
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    Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by 
the partial

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federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through the 
resumption of operations on January 29, 2019, including the Preliminary 
Results.\3\ On April 8, 2020, we extended the deadline for these 
results until April 30, 2020.\4\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all 
deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days, thereby extending the 
deadline for these results until June 19, 2020.\5\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Partial Shutdown 
of the Federal Government,'' dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines 
in this segment of the proceeding were affected by the partial 
federal government closure and were extended by 40 days. If the new 
deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's 
practice, the deadline will become the next business day. See Notice 
of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for 
Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 
1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel 
Plate Products from the Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated 
April 8, 2020.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
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    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are certain CTL plate from Korea. 
For a full description of the scope of the order, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from the Republic 
of Korea; 2018-2019,'' 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 the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 
this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list 
of the issues raised is attached 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. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly 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 our analysis of comments received, we revised the 
preliminary margin calculation for Dongkuk and Hyundai Steel. These 
revisions resulted in changes to the margins for Dongkuk, Hyundai 
Steel, and the respondents not selected for individual examination for 
the final results of this review.\7\
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    \7\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum for further details on 
the changes we made for these final results; see also Memoranda, 
``Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from the 
Republic of Korea: Final Analysis Memorandum for Dongkuk Steel Mill 
Co., Ltd.,'' and ``Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Analysis Memorandum for 
Hyundai Steel Company,'' both dated concurrently with this notice; 
see also Memorandum, ``Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel 
Plate Products from the Republic of Korea: Calculation of the Margin 
for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins 
exist for the respondents for the period February 1, 2018 through 
January 31, 2019:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.................................        2.26
Hyundai Steel Company.......................................        2.49
BDP International...........................................        2.43
Sung Jin Steel Co., Ltd.....................................        2.43
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days after public announcement of the final 
results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.
    For Dongkuk and Hyundai Steel, we calculated 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).\8\ For entries of subject merchandise during the POR 
produced by Dongkuk or Hyundai Steel for which it did not know its 
merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate 
for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. For the 
companies which were not selected for individual examination, BDP 
International and Sung Jin Steel Co., Ltd., we will instruct CBP to 
apply the rates listed above to all entries of subject merchandise 
produced and/or exported by these firms. We intend to issue liquidation 
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of these final results of 
review.
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    \8\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate 
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation 
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in 
Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 
(February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice for all shipments of CTL plate from Korea 
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 above will be equal 
to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation but the 
producer has been covered in a prior complete segment of this 
proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the 
cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to 
be 0.98 percent,\9\ the all-others rate determined in the LTFV 
investigation, adjusted for the export-subsidy rate in the companion 
countervailing duty investigation. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \9\ See, e.g., Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 32629, 32630 (July 13, 
2018).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a

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certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to 
liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's 
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the 
subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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 violation 
subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5). Note that Commerce has 
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents 
containing business proprietary information, until May 19, 2020, unless 
extended.\10\
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    \10\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020).

    Dated: May 1, 2020.
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. Changes to the Preliminary Results
V. Rates for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination
VI. Discussion of the Issue
    Comment 1: Hyundai Steel's Window Period
    Comment 2: Hyundai Steel's Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset
    Comment 3: Hyundai Steel's Other Discount
    Comment 4: Dongkuk's Cost Smoothing
    Comment 5: Dongkuk's Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

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