[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102109-102111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29675]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-878]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 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) determines that
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk) and certain companies not
selected for individual examination made sales of subject merchandise
in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR) July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. In
addition, Commerce determines that Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai) did
not make sales of subject merchandise in the United States at prices
below NV during the POR.
DATES: Applicable December 17, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or William Horn, 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) 482-3640 or (202)
482-4868, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 12, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea
(Korea) and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ This
administrative review covers 11 exporters and/or producers of the
subject merchandise,\2\ of which we selected Dongkuk and Hyundai as
mandatory respondents. On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the
deadline to issue the final results in this administrative review by 90
days.\3\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now March
10, 2025. For a summary of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 2022-2023, 89 FR 65596 (August 12, 2024)
(Preliminary Results ),and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322, 62326 (September 11, 2023).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2022-2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: 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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Scope of the Order 5
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\5\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India,
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25,
2016) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by this Order is CORE from Korea. For a
full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by parties in the case and rebuttal briefs are
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the
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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on comments received from interested parties regarding our
Preliminary Results, we made certain changes to the preliminary
weighted-average dumping margin calculation for Dongkuk,\6\ as well as
the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin assigned to the
companies not selected for individual examination.
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\6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1.
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Rates for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to individual companies not
selected for examination when Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act.
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for companies
which we did not individually examine in an administrative review.
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act establishes a preference to avoid using
rates which are zero, de minimis, or based entirely
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on facts available (FA) in calculating an all-others rate. Accordingly,
Commerce's practice in administrative reviews has been to average the
weighted-average dumping margins for the companies selected for
individual examination in the administrative review, excluding rates
that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on FA.\7\ For these final
results of review, we calculated a zero weighted-average dumping margin
for Hyundai and a weighted-average dumping margin for Dongkuk that is
not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on FA. Therefore, consistent
with our practice, we have assigned the companies not selected for
individual examination the weighted-average dumping margin calculated
for Dongkuk.
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\7\ See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Reviews in
Part, 73 FR 52823, 52824 (September 11, 2008), and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 16.
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Final Results of Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023:
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\8\ Commerce initiated this review on Dongkuk Steel Mill Co.,
Ltd. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023). However,
on November 16, 2023, Commerce concluded a changed circumstances
review for Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. finding that Dongkuk Coated
Metal Co., Ltd. is its successor-in-interest. See Certain Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 88 FR 78723
(November 16, 2023).
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Weighted-average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd........................ 1.99
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd., successor in interest 1.99
to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.\8\..................
Dongkuk International, Inc........................... 1.99
Hyundai Steel Company................................ 0.00
KG Steel Corporation; KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd....... 1.99
POSCO................................................ 1.99
POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd.................. 1.99
POSCO International Corporation...................... 1.99
POSCO STEELEON Co., Ltd.............................. 1.99
SeAH Coated Metal Corporation........................ 1.99
SeAH Steel Corporation............................... 1.99
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with these final results within five days of
any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within
five days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in
the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because Dongkuk reported the entered
value of its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of the
sales for which entered value was reported. Where an importer-specific
assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), the
entries by that importer will be liquidated without regard to
antidumping duties. Because the final weighted-average dumping margin
for Hyundai is zero, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\9\
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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 (February 14,
2012).
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Consistent with Commerce's clarification of its assessment
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
the above-referenced respondents for which they did not know that the
merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate those entries at the all-others rate in the original less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation (as amended) \10\ if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\11\
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\10\ See Order; and Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony
with Final Determination of Investigation and Notice of Amended
Final Results, 83 FR 39054 (August 8, 2018) (Timken and Amended
Final Results).
\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).
The final results of this 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.\12\
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\12\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of CORE from Korea entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results as
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for
each specific company listed above will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of the review;
(2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters 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
established in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or the original LTFV
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
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continue to be 8.31 percent, the all-others rate established in the
LTFV investigation (as amended) in this proceeding.\13\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\13\ See Order, and as amended by Timken and Amended Final
Results.
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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 this 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 the
countervailing duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 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 violation
subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative
review in accordance with sections 751(a) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: December 10, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether To Correct Dongkuk's General and
Administrative (G&A) and Interest Expense Calculations
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-29675 Filed 12-16-24; 8:45 am]
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