[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65601-65602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17855]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-834]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From the Republic of 
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-
2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from the Republic of Korea 
(Korea) were sold in the United States at less than normal value during 
the period of review (POR) July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

DATES: Applicable August 12, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Xiao, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2273.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 2, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of the 2022-2023 administrative review \1\ of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from 
Korea. The review covers the sole mandatory respondent, Korinox Co., 
Ltd. (Korinox). We invited interested parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results.\2\ On May 2, North American Stainless and 
Outokumpu Stainless USA (collectively, the domestic interested parties) 
submitted a case brief.\3\ On April 25, 2024, an interested party 
submitted comments on the record.\4\ On May 7, 2024, the domestic 
interested parties filed a rebuttal brief.\5\ Because Commerce received 
no comments requiring changes to the Preliminary Results, we have not 
modified our analysis and no decision memorandum accompanies this 
Federal Register notice. Accordingly, the final results are unchanged 
from the Preliminary Results, and we are adopting the Preliminary 
Results as the final results of this review. On July 22, 2024, Commerce 
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven 
days. The deadline for the final results is now August 7, 2024.\6\ 
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the Republic 
of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 22672 
(April 2, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ Id.
    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letters, ``Case Brief 
Submitted on Behalf of Domestic Interested Parties,'' dated May 2, 
2024.
    \4\ Because this submission contained untimely new factual 
information, Commerce subsequently rejected and removed this 
submission from the record. See Commerce's Letter, ``Rejection of 
Westfalia Inc.'s Submission Containing New Factual Information,'' 
dated July 18, 2024; see also Memorandum, ``Reject and Remove 
Submission,'' dated July 18, 2024.
    \5\ Because this rebuttal brief only contained comments 
concerning Westafalia's submission, which was removed from the 
record, Commerce rejected and removed the rebuttal brief from the 
record. See Commerce's Letter, ``Rejection of North American 
Stainless and Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC's Submission Containing 
New Factual Information,'' dated July 29, 2024; see also Memorandum, 
``Reject and Remove Submission,'' dated July 29, 2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order

    The products subject to the order are certain stainless steel sheet 
and strip in coils. For a complete description of the scope of the 
order, see the Preliminary Results.

Use of Adverse Facts Available

    As discussed in the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined the 
weighted-average dumping margin for Korinox on the basis of adverse 
facts available, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 
Accordingly, because no interested parties requested changes from the 
Preliminary Results, we made no changes to our findings pursuant to 
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, and continue to rely entirely upon 
facts available with adverse inferences in the final results.

Final Results of Review

    We determine the following estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the POR:

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                                                            Weighted-
                                                         average dumping
                  Exporter or producer                        margin
                                                            (percent)
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Korinox Co., Ltd.......................................           58.79
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in final results within five days of any public announcement 
or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of

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publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because we have made no 
changes from the Preliminary Results, there are no new calculations to 
disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b) for these 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.
    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 the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date in the 
Federal Register of the final results of this administrative review, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate 
for Korinox will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this administrative review (i.e., 
58.79 percent); (2) for merchandise exported by a company 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 in the completed segment for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or a 
previous segment, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established in the completed segment 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 19.60 
percent, the all others rate as revised due to a section 129 
determination.\7\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \7\ See Notice of Implementation of Determination Under Section 
129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and Revocation of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from the 
Republic of Korea; and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the Republic 
of Korea, 76 FR 74771 (December 1, 2011).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 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(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. 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 this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: August 5, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-17855 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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