[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34416-34418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13795]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-869]


Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From 
Japan: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2023-2024

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that certain producers/exporters subject to this 
administrative review did not make sales of subject merchandise at less 
than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2023, 
through April 30, 2024. We are also partially rescinding this review 
with respect to companies for which all review requests were timely 
withdrawn. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Applicable July 22, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6412.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 29, 2014, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on 
diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products (nickel-
plated steel products) from Japan in the Federal Register.\1\ On July 
5, 2024, based on timely requests for review, we initiated an 
administrative review of the Order with respect to eight companies: 
Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. (Toyo Kohan); KAGA, Inc. (KAGA); Marubeni-Itochu 
Steel, Inc. (Marubeni); Okaya & Co., Ltd. (Okaya); Oneda Corporation; 
Oneda Electric Corporation (Oneda Electric); Nikken Lath Kogyo Co., 
Ltd. (Nikken Lath); and Panasonic Operational Excellence Co., Ltd. 
(Panasonic).\2\
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    \1\ See Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel 
Products from Japan: Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 30816 (May 29, 
2014) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 55567 (July 5, 2024) (Initiation 
Notice).
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    On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\3\ On September 24, 2024, 
Thomas Steel Strip Corporation (the petitioner) timely withdrew its 
review request for KAGA, Inc., Marubeni-Itochu Steel, Inc., Okaya & 
Co., Ltd., Oneda Corporation, Oneda Electric Corporation, Nikken Lath 
Kogyo Co., Ltd., and Panasonic Operational Excellence Co., Ltd.\4\ On 
December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\5\ On April 23, 2025, Commerce 
extended the preliminary results of this review to no later than July 
17, 2025.\6\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioners' Partial Withdrawal 
of Request for 2023/2024 Administrative Review,'' dated September 
24, 2024 (Petitioner's Withdrawal Letter).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of the Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of 2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated 
April 23, 2025.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\ 
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel 
Products from Japan,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted 
by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products subject to the Order are nickel-plated steel products 
from Japan. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Recission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that 
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the Initiation Notice. On September 12, 2023, the 
petitioner filed a timely withdrawal of its review request for KAGA, 
Marubeni, Okaya, Oneda Corporation, Oneda Electric, Nikken Lath, and 
Panasonic.\8\ Because no other party requested a review of these seven 
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is 
rescinding this review with respect to them.
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    \8\ See Petitioner's Withdrawal Letter.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We calculated 
export price in accordance with section 772 of the Act. We calculated 
NV in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of 
the methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    We preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30, 
2024:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd........................................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within 
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties 
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the 
date of the publication of this notice.\9\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days 
after the date for filing case briefs.\10\ Interested parties who 
submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a 
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of 
authorities.\11\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior

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proceedings, we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide, at the beginning of their briefs, a public 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\12\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the 
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that 
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that 
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
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    \12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \13\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days after the date 
of publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's 
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; 
and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 
will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. Oral 
presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the 
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of 
the time and date for the hearing.\14\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as 
hearing requests, should be filed via ACCESS.\15\ An electronically 
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that 
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), 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 those 
sales. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is 
zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an 
importer specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties. The final results of this review shall be the basis 
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise 
covered by this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable.\16\
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    \16\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Toyo 
Kohan for which the company 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 established in the less-than-fair-value 
(LTFV) investigation (i.e., 45.42 percent),\17\ if there is no rate for 
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\18\
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    \17\ See Order, 79 FR at 30817.
    \18\ For a full description 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 for Toyo 
Kohan 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).
    For the companies for which we are rescinding this review, Commerce 
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping 
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, 
during the period May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue these 
rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following 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 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 the company 
listed above will be equal to the weighted average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this administrative review, except 
if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and therefore, de minimis within 
the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit 
rate will be zero; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies not covered 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 in which the company was 
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 45.42 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation.\19\ These deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \19\ See Order, 79 FR at 30817.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120 
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(1).

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: July 17, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Recommendation

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