[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 188 (Friday, October 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54425-54426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21444]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-879]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of 
Korea: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of 
the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain corrosion-resistant 
steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) would be 
likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of a countervailable 
subsidy at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset 
Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable October 1, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Simonidis, 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) 482-0608.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 25, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
CVD order on CORE from Korea.\1\ On June 1, 2021, Commerce published 
the notice of initiation of the first sunset review of the CVD order on 
CORE from Korea, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act).\2\ Commerce received timely notices of intent to 
participate in this review from Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (Cleveland-
Cliffs) on June 14, 2021, and from United States Steel Corporation 
(U.S. Steel), California Steel Industries (CSI) and Steel Dynamics Inc. 
(SDI), and Nucor Corporation (Nucor) (collectively, domestic interested 
parties) on June 16, 2021, within the deadline specified in

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19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The domestic interested parties claimed 
interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as domestic 
producers of CORE. On July 1, 2021, Commerce received a complete 
substantive response for the review from the domestic interested 
parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\
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    \1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, 
Italy Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China: 
Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 29239 
(June 1, 2021).
    \3\ See Cleveland-Cliffs's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' dated June 14, 2021; see also U.S. Steel's Letter, 
``Notice of Intent to Participate, dated June 16, 2021; CSI and 
SDI's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in the Five Year-
Review Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Korea,'' dated June 
16, 2021; and Nucor's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in 
Sunset Review,'' dated June 16, 2021.
    \4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Substantive 
Response to Notice of Initiation of Sunset Review,'' dated July 1, 
2021.
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    On July 22, 2021, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade 
Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive response 
from respondent interested parties.\5\ As a result, pursuant to 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 
conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the CVD order on CORE 
from Korea.
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    \5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on June 1, 
2021,'' dated July 22, 2021.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are CORE. For a full description 
of the scope, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 
Products from the Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review, 
is provided in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics 
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an 
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 http://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to the 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the rates 
listed below:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                    Producer/exporter                        (percent)
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Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd./Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd....            1.19
Union Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd/Dongkuk Steel Mill              * 0.72
 Co., Ltd...............................................
All Others..............................................            1.19
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* (de minimis)

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an APO of their responsibility concerning the destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305. 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 terms of an APO 
is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: September 27, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Issues Addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates That Are Likely To Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2021-21444 Filed 9-30-21; 8:45 am]
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