[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55665-55667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17524]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-883]


Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of 
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that

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certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the 
Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold at less than normal value 
during the period of review (POR), October 1, 2021, through September 
30, 2022.

DATES: Applicable August 16, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov or Thomas Schauer, 
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) 482-0665 or (202) 
482-0410, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 13, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of the 2021-2022 administrative review \1\ of the 
antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel from Korea.\2\ We invited 
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\3\ No 
interested party submitted comments. Accordingly, the final results of 
review remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results. Commerce 
conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic 
of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022, 88 
FR 38489 (June 13, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia, 
Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic 
of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative 
Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the Republic of Korea, and 
the Republic of Turkey and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962 
(October 3, 2016) (Order).
    \3\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic 
of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022, 88 
FR 38489, 38490 (June 13, 2023).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this Order are hot-rolled steel from Korea. 
A full description of the scope of the Order is provided in the 
Preliminary Results PDM.\4\
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results PDM.
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, we received a no-shipments 
claim from Aekyung Chemical Co., Ltd. (Aekyung), and we preliminarily 
determined that Aekyung had no shipments during the POR.\5\ Following 
the publication of the Preliminary Results, we received no comments 
from interested parties regarding Aekyung, nor has any party submitted 
record evidence which calls our preliminary determination of no 
shipments for this company into question. Therefore, for the final 
results of review, we continue to find that Aekyung had no shipments of 
subject merchandise during the POR. Accordingly, consistent with 
Commerce's practice, we intend to instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to liquidate any existing entries of merchandise 
produced by Aekyung, but exported by other parties, at the rate for the 
intermediate reseller, if available, or at the all-others rate.\6\
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 38489.
    \6\ See, e.g., Magnesium Metal from the Russian Federation: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 
26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in Magnesium Metal from the 
Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 2010).
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Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists for the period October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022:
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    \7\ We initiated this review with respect to the following 
companies: POSCO and POSCO International Corporation. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 
74404, 74407. Commerce previously treated POSCO and POSCO 
International Corporation as a single entity. See Certain Hot-Rolled 
Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 86 FR 59985 
(October 29, 2021), and accompanying PDM at 6-13, unchanged in 
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 
87 FR 12660 (March 7, 2022).
    \8\ See the appendix for a full list of companies not 
individually examined in this review.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Hyundai Steel Company.......................................        0.00
POSCO; POSCO International Corporation \7\..................        0.00
Companies Not Individually Examined \8\.....................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Because Commerce received no comments on the Preliminary Results, 
we have not modified our analysis and no decision memorandum 
accompanies this Federal Register notice. We are adopting the 
Preliminary Results as the final results of this review. Consequently, 
there are no new calculations to disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b) for these final results of review.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the 
final results of this review. Because both of the respondents' 
weighted-average dumping margins or an importer-specific assessment 
rates are zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we intend 
to instruct CBP to liquidate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\9\ The final results of this administrative review shall be the 
basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of 
merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future 
deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\10\
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    \9\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102-03 (February 14, 
2012); see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    \10\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
either of the respondents for which they did not know that the 
merchandise was destined to 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.\11\ For 
the companies identified in the Appendix that were not selected for 
individual examination, we will instruct CBP to liquidate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \11\ For a full discussion of this practice, 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 upon 
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of 
administrative review for all shipments of hot-rolled steel from Korea 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication as provided by section

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751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the respondents 
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by a company not covered in this review but covered in a prior 
segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review or the original investigation but the producer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed segment for 
the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the 
cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to 
be 6.05 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-
value investigation.\12\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \12\ See Order, 81 FR at 67965.
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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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties occurred 
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an 
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of 
countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order

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

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing the final results of this review 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: August 10, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination

1. AJU Besteel Co., Ltd.
2. Ameri Source Korea
3. Chemaven Co., Ltd.
4. Cj Cheiljedang Corp.
5. Cj Global Logistics Service Inc.
6. Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd.
7. Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.
8. Geco Industries Co., Ltd.
9. Geumok Tech. Co., Ltd.
10. Goi Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
11. Golden State Corporation
12. Gs Global Corp.
13. Gs Holdings Corp.
14. Hanawell Co., Ltd.
15. Hanjin Gls Co., Ltd.
16. Hankook Co., Ltd.
17. HISTEEL
18. Hyosung Corporation
19. Hyosung Tnc Corporation
20. Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd.
21. Hyundai Rb Co., Ltd.
22. Il Jin Nts Co., Ltd.
23. Inchang Electronics Co., Ltd.
24. J&K Korea Co., Ltd.
25. Jeil Industries Co., Ltd.
26. Jeil Metal Co., Ltd.
27. Jin Young Metal
28. Jun Il Co., Ltd.
29. KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
30. KG Steel Corporation
31. Kumkang Kind Co., Ltd.
32. Lg Electronics Inc.
33. Maxflex Corp.
34. Mitsubishi Corp. Korea
35. Mitsui Chemicals & Skc Polyurethane
36. Nexteel Co., Ltd.
37. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
38. SeAH Steel Corporation
39. Sja Inc. (Korea)
40. Solvay Silica Korea
41. Soon Ho Co., Ltd.
42. Sumitomo Corp. Korea Ltd.
43. Sungjin Precision
44. Wintec Korea Inc.
45. Wonbangtech Co., Ltd.

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