[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60123-60124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21460]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-891]


Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the Republic of Korea: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
POSCO (the single entity comprised of POSCO and POSCO International 
Corporation (PIC)), a producer and exporter of carbon and alloy steel 
wire rod (wire rod) from the Republic of Korea (Korea), did not sell 
subject merchandise below normal value during the period of review 
(POR), May 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021.

DATES: Applicable October 4, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lingjun Wang, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 2, 2022, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this 
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ POSCO, 
the sole producer and exporter subject to the review, filed a hearing 
request on July 5, 2022, and withdrew its request on September 22, 
2022.\2\ In addition, POSCO filed a case brief, related to a single 
issue (i.e., whether to grant POSCO a constructed export price offset), 
on July 8, 2022. \3\ No other interested parties commented on the 
Preliminary Results. Because POSCO's final dumping margin is zero, the 
issue raised in POSCO's case brief is moot and we have not addressed it 
for purposes of these final results. Commerce conducted this review in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Act.
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    \1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of 
Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2020-2021, 87 FR 33468 (June 2, 2022) (Preliminary Results), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See POSCO's Letters, ``Request for Public Hearing,'' dated 
July 5, 2022; and ``Withdrawal of Request for Public Hearing,'' 
dated September 22, 2022.
    \3\ See POSCO's Letter, ``POSCO's Case Brief,'' dated July 8, 
2022.
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Scope of the Order 4
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    \4\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy, the Republic 
of Korea, Spain, the Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: 
Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 
Duty Determinations for Spain and the Republic of Turkey, 83 FR 
23417 (May 21, 2018) (Order).
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    The scope of the Order includes certain hot-rolled products of 
carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately round cross 
section, less than 19.00 mm in actual solid cross-sectional diameter. 
On April 8, 2019, Commerce excluded from the scope of the Order grade 
1078 and higher tire cord quality wire rod used in the production of 
tire cord wire.\5\ On June 13, 2019, Commerce excluded from the scope 
of the Order valve spring quality steel products defined as wire 
rod.\6\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of 
Korea and the United Kingdom: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 84 FR 13888 (April 8, 2019).
    \6\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of 
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review, 84 FR 27582 (June 13, 2019).
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Final Determination of the Single Entity

    In the Preliminary Results, we found that POSCO and PIC are 
affiliated and should be treated as a single entity, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.401(f).\7\ No interested party commented on this preliminary 
finding. As the record contains no other information or evidence that 
calls into question our preliminary finding, we adopt the reasoning and 
findings of fact outlined in the Preliminary Results with respect to 
this issue. Therefore, we continue to find that POSCO and PIC should be 
treated as a single entity.
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    \7\ See Preliminary Results Preliminarily Decision Memorandum at 
7-9.
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Final Results of the Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists for the period May 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                  Producer and/or exporter                      dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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POSCO/POSCO International Corporation.......................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Because we have not modified our analysis, there are no new 
calculations to disclose in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.224(b) for the final results. We are adopting the 
Preliminary Results as the final results.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), 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 the final results of 
this review.\8\ Because POSCO's weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
percent, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceeding: 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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    In accordance with Commerce's practice, for entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by POSCO for which it did not know 
its merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to 
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate if there 
is no company-specific rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved 
in the transaction.\9\
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    \9\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of 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

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by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for POSCO 
is equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of this review; (2) for previously-investigated companies 
not participating in this review, 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 was not 
covered in this review or the investigation, but the producer was 
covered, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of 
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 41.10 percent, the all-
others rate established in the original less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\10\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \10\ See Order.
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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 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 presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the 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 terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) 
and 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: September 28, 2022.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-21460 Filed 10-3-22; 8:45 am]
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