[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 190 (Monday, October 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59778-59779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21364]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-884]


Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of 
Korea: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of 
Countervailing Duty Review; Notice of Amended Final Results

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

SUMMARY: On September 19, 2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade 
(CIT) issued its final judgment in Hyundai Steel Company v. United 
States, Court No. 20-03799, sustaining the U.S. Department of 
Commerce's (Commerce) first remand results pertaining to the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
hot-rolled steel flat products (HRS) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) 
covering the period of review (POR) January 1, 2017, through December 
31, 2017. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final 
judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the 
administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results 
with respect to the countervailable subsidy rate assigned to Hyundai 
Steel Company (Hyundai Steel).

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Whitley Herndon, AD/CVD Operations,

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Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6274.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 9, 2020, Commerce published its Final Results in the 
2017 CVD administrative review of HRS from Korea. In the Final Results, 
Commerce, after examining the information on the record, found that 
Hyundai Steel received additional benefits from certain other fees 
under the Port of Incheon program (i.e., harbor exclusive usage fee(s)) 
that are measurable.\1\ We found that, because necessary information 
was not available on the record with respect to these fees, it was 
appropriate to calculate the benefit from them based on facts 
available, pursuant to section 776(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). Commerce computed a 0.06 percent ad valorem subsidy 
rate for the provision of port usage rights at the Port of Incheon 
program.
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    \1\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic 
of Korea: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review, 2017, 85 FR 64122 (October 9, 2020) (Final Results), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum, at Comment 6.
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    Hyundai Steel appealed Commerce's Final Results. On August 27, 
2021, the CIT remanded the Final Results to Commerce to reconsider our 
application of facts available and, if appropriate, the rate assigned 
to Hyundai Steel.\2\
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    \2\ See Hyundai Steel Company v. United States, Court No. 20-
03799, Slip Opinion 21-112 at 6-7 (CIT August 27, 2021).
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    In its final remand redetermination, issued in October 2021, 
Commerce recalculated the benefit amount Hyundai Steel received under 
the provision of port usage rights at the Port of Incheon program. As a 
result of our redetermination, we find that Hyundai Steel's overall 
subsidy rate for the POR is de minimis.\3\ The CIT sustained Commerce's 
final redetermination.\4\
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    \3\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Hyundai Steel Company v. United States, Court No. 20-03799, 
Slip Op. 21-112 (CIT August 27, 2021), dated October 20, 2021, 
available at https://access.trade.gov/resources/remands/21-122.pdf.
    \4\ See Hyundai Steel Company v. United States, Court No. 20-
03799, Slip Opinion 22-109 at 10 (CIT September 19, 2022).
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken,\5\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\6\ 
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that, pursuant 
to section 516A(c) and (e) of the Act, Commerce must publish a notice 
of court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Commerce 
determination and must suspend liquidation of entries pending a 
``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's September 19, 2022, judgment 
constitutes a final decision of the CIT that is not in harmony with 
Commerce's Final Results. Thus, this notice is published in fulfillment 
of the publication requirements of Timken.
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    \5\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (Timken).
    \6\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United 
States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending 
its Final Results with respect to Hyundai Steel as follows:
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    \7\ This company is also known as Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                        Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Hyundai Steel Company \7\..............................          0.46 *
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* (de minimis)

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because Hyundai Steel has a superseding cash deposit rate, i.e., 
there have been final results published in a subsequent administrative 
review, we will not issue revised cash deposit instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This notice will not affect the 
current cash deposit rate.

Liquidation of Suspended Entries

    At this time, Commerce remains enjoined by CIT order from 
liquidating entries of HRS from Korea that were produced and/or 
exported by Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd., (a/k/a Hyundai Steel Company), 
that were the subject of Commerce's Final Results that were entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 1, 
2017, through December 31, 2017. These entries will remain enjoined 
pursuant to the terms of the injunction during the pendency of any 
appeals process.
    In the event the CIT's ruling is not appealed, or, if appealed, 
upheld by a final and conclusive court decision, Commerce intends to 
instruct CBP to assess CVDs on unliquidated entries of subject 
merchandise produced and/or exported by Hyundai Steel in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(b). We will instruct CBP to assess CVDs on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review when the ad valorem rate is 
not zero or de minimis. Where an ad valorem subsidy rate is zero or de 
minimis,\8\ we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to CVDs.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 27, 2022.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-21364 Filed 9-30-22; 8:45 am]
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