Notice of Final Results of the Eleventh Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea, 7513-7515 [E6-1984]
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convenience and customs purposes. The
written description remains dispositive.
Determination
As a result of the determinations by
the Department and the ITC that
revocation of these AD and CVD orders
would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping or a
countervailable subsidy, and of material
injury to an industry in the United
States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of
the Act, the Department hereby orders
the continuation of the AD and CVD
orders on salmon from Norway. U.S.
Customs and Border Protection will
continue to collect cash deposits at the
rates in effect at the time of entry for all
imports of subject merchandise. The
effective date of the continuation of
these orders is the date of publication in
the Federal Register of this Notice of
Continuation.
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(2) and
751(c)(6) of the Act, the Department
intends to initiate the next five-year
review of these orders not later than
January 2011.
These five-year (sunset) reviews and
notice are in accordance with section
751(c) of the Act and published
pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 7, 2006.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–816]
Notice of Final Results of the Eleventh
Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain
Corrosion–Resistant Carbon Steel Flat
Products from the Republic of Korea
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 7, 2005, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the Preliminary
Results of the antidumping duty
administrative review for certain
corrosion–resistant carbon steel flat
products (CORE) from the Republic of
Korea (Korea). See Certain Corrosion–
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products
from Korea: Notice of Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 70 FR 53153 (September 7,
2005) (Preliminary Results). This review
covers five manufacturers and exporters
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of the subject merchandise: Union Steel
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Union);
Pohang Iron & Steel Company, Ltd.
(POSCO) and Pohang Coated Steel Co.,
Ltd. (POCOS) (collectively, the POSCO
Group); Hyundai HYSCO (HYSCO);
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongbu)
(collectively, respondents); and
Dongshin Special Steel Co., Ltd.
(Dongshin). The period of review (POR)
is August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004.
As a result of our analysis of the
comments received, these final results
differ from the Preliminary Results. For
our final results, we have found that
during the POR, the POSCO Group,
Union and Dongbu sold subject
merchandise at less than normal value
(NV). We have also found that HYSCO
did not make sales of the subject
merchandise at less than NV (i.e., it has
a zero or de minimis dumping margin).
Regarding Dongshin, because it failed to
respond to the Department’s
questionnaire, we have preliminarily
determined to resort to adverse facts
available and assigned to Dongshin the
‘‘All Others’’ rate in effect for this order
(17.70 percent), which is the highest
margin upheld in this proceeding. See
Preliminary Results at 53155–56. Since
the publication of the Preliminary
Results, we have not received any
comments regarding Dongshin from
interested parties that would warrant
reconsideration of our finding.
Therefore, we have continued to assign
a rate of 17.70 percent to Dongshin. The
final results are listed in the ‘‘Final
Results of Review’’ section below.
Furthermore, we rescinded the request
for review of the antidumping order for
SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH) because
neither SeAH nor its affiliates had
exports or sales of subject merchandise
to the United States during the POR. For
more information, see Preliminary
Results at 53154.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jolanta Lawska (Union), Preeti Tolani
(Dongbu), Victoria Cho (the POSCO
Group), and Joy Zhang (HYSCO), AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–8362, (202) 482–
0395, (202) 482–5075, and (202) 482–
1168, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 7, 2005, the
Department published the Preliminary
Results. On December 5, 2005, the
Department published the notice of
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extension of final results of the
antidumping administrative review of
CORE from Korea, extending the date
for these final results to February 6,
2006. See Corrosion Resistant Carbon
Steel Flat Products from Korea:
Extension of Time Limits for the Final
Results of Antidumping Administrative
Review, 70 FR 72424 (December 5,
2005).
Comments from Interested Parties
We invited parties to comment on our
Preliminary Results. On November 15,
2005, Mittal Steel USA ISG, Inc. (Mittal)
filed a case brief concerning all
respondents; United States Steel
Corporation (US Steel) filed case briefs
concerning the POSCO Group, HYSCO,
and Union; and all respondents filed a
case brief.1 On November 22, 2005,
Mittal and US Steel filed rebuttal briefs
concerning all respondents, and all
respondents also filed a rebuttal brief.
Scope of the Order
This order covers cold–rolled (cold–
reduced) carbon steel flat–rolled carbon
steel products, of rectangular shape,
either clad, plated, or coated with
corrosion–resistant metals such as zinc,
aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickelor iron–based alloys, whether or not
corrugated or painted, varnished or
coated with plastics or other
nonmetallic substances in addition to
the metallic coating, in coils (whether or
not in successively superimposed
layers) and of a width of 0.5 inch or
greater, or in straight lengths which, if
of a thickness less than 4.75 millimeters,
are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and
which measures at least 10 times the
thickness or if of a thickness of 4.75
millimeters or more are of a width
which exceeds 150 millimeters and
measures at least twice the thickness, as
currently classifiable in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers
7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060,
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000,
7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030,
7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090,
7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000,
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000,
7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500,
7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560,
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
1 The Nucor Corporation, another domestic
interested party, did not submit a case brief or a
rebuttal brief.
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7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090. Included in
this order are corrosion–resistant flat–
rolled products of nonrectangular crosssection where such cross-section is
achieved subsequent to the rolling
process (i.e., products which have been
‘‘worked after rolling’’) for example,
products which have been beveled or
rounded at the edges. Excluded from
this order are flat–rolled steel products
either plated or coated with tin, lead,
chromium, chromium oxides, both tin
and lead (‘‘terne plate’’), or both
chromium and chromium oxides (‘‘tin–
free steel’’), whether or not painted,
varnished or coated with plastics or
other nonmetallic substances in
addition to the metallic coating. Also
excluded from this order are clad
products in straight lengths of 0.1875
inch or more in composite thickness
and of a width which exceeds 150
millimeters and measures at least twice
the thickness. Also excluded from this
order are certain clad stainless flat–
rolled products, which are three–
layered corrosion–resistant carbon steel
flat–rolled products less than 4.75
millimeters in composite thickness that
consist of a carbon steel flat–rolled
product clad on both sides with
stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.
These HTSUS item numbers are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes. The written descriptions
remain dispositive.
Assessment
The Department will determine, and
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.212(b). The Department calculated
importer–specific duty assessment rates
on the basis of the ratio of the total
antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales to the total entered
value of the examined sales for that
importer. Where the assessment rate is
above de minimis, we will instruct CBP
to assess duties on all entries of subject
merchandise by that importer. The
Department will issue appropriate
assessment instructions directly to CBP
within 15 days of publication of these
final results.
Cash Deposit Requirements
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal brief by parties to this
administrative review are addressed in
the accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted
by this notice. A list of the issues which
parties have raised, and to which we
have responded in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, is attached to
this notice as an Appendix. In addition,
a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Web at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and
electronic version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of the
final results of this administrative
review for all shipments of CORE from
Korea entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the publication date of these final
results, as provided by section 751(a) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act): (1) For companies covered by this
review, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate listed above; (2) for previously
reviewed or investigated companies
other than those covered by this review,
the cash deposit rate will be the
company–specific rate established for
the most recent period; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the less–thanfair–value investigation, but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recent
period for the manufacturer of the
subject merchandise; and (4) if neither
the exporter nor the producer is a firm
covered in this review, a prior review,
or the investigation, the cash deposit
rate will be 17.70 percent, the ‘‘All
Others’’ rate established in the less–
than-fair–value investigation. These
deposit requirements shall remain in
effect until publication of the final
results of the next administrative
review.
Final Results of Review
Reimbursement of Duties
Analysis of Comments Received
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402 (f)
Weighted–Average to file a certificate regarding the
reimbursement of antidumping and/or
Margin
countervailing duties prior to
2.26 % liquidation of the relevant entries
1.54 % during this review period. Failure to
2.16 % comply with this requirement could
0.00 %
result in the presumption that
17.70 %
reimbursement of antidumping and/or
We determine that the following
weighted–average margins exist:
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Union ............................
The POSCO Group ......
HYSCO .........................
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countervailing duties occurred and the
subsequent increase in antidumping
duties by the amount of antidumping
and/or countervailing duties
reimbursed.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also is the only reminder
to parties subject to 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/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: February 3, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
APPENDIX I
List of Comments in the Accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum
A. General Issues
Comment 1: Model–Match Methodology
and Laminated Products
Comment 2: Adjustments to U.S. Prices
for Duty Drawback Paid in Korea
Comment 3: Section D Costs As
Weighted–Average Values for the
Entire POR
Comment 4: Adjustments to the
Difference–In-Merchandise (DIFMER)
Calculation
B. Company–Specific Issues
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
Comment 5: Treatment of Dongbu’s
Indirect Selling Expenses Incurred in
Korea
Comment 6: Treatment of Dongbu’s
Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset
Comment 7: Dongbu’s Treatment of
Short–term Interest Rate
Hyundai HYSCO
Comment 8: CEP Offset for HYSCO
Comment 9: U.S. Sales Reconciliation
for HYSCO
Comment 10: U.S. Indirect Selling
Expense Ratio for HYSCO
Comment 11: HYSCO’s Indirect Selling
Expenses Incurred in Korea
Comment 12: Customs Instructions for
HYSCO
Comment 13: HYSCO’s Home Market
Sales of Non–prime Merchandise
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Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Comment 14: Treatment of Union’s CEP
Offset
Comment 15: Treatment of Union’s
Indirect Selling Expenses Incurred in
Korea
Comment 16: Treatment of Union’s
Indirect Selling Expense Ratio
Comment 17: Union’s Treatment of Bad
Debt Expenses Incurred by Dongkuk
International Inc.
Comment 18: Union’s Treatment of
Factory Warehousing Expenses in
Korea for its U.S. Sales
Comment 19: Treatment of Union’s
Warranty Expenses
Comment 20: Treatment of Certain
Estimated Shipment Dates and/or
Estimated Payment Dates for Certain
U.S. Warehoused Sales
Comment 21: Treatment of Union
Coating Co., Ltd.’s (Unico’s) Home
Market Credit Expense
Comment 22: Union’s Treatment of
‘‘Oxidized Steel’’ (Rust) in its Cost
Calculations
Pohang Iron & Steel Company, Ltd. and
Pohang Coated Steel Co., Ltd.
Comment 23: Treatment of the POSCO
Group’s Indirect Selling Expenses
Incurred in Korea
Comment 24: Treatment of the POSCO
Group’s CEP Offset
Comment 25: The POSCO Group’s
Treatment of Advertising Expenses as
Indirect Selling Expenses
Comment 26: The POSCO Group’s
Rebates for Home Market Sales
Comment 27: Revision of the POSCO
Group’s Indirect Selling and
Commission Expense
Comment 28: Treatment of the POSCO
Group’s Home Market Sales As
Outside the Ordinary Course of Trade
Comment 29: Treatment of the POSCO
Group’s Home Market Credit Expense
Comment 30: The POSCO Group’s
‘‘Window Period’’ Sales Adjustment
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Saccharin from the People’s Republic
of China: Final Results and Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 8, 2005, the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
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Department’’) published the preliminary
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on
saccharin from the People’s Republic of
China. See Saccharin from the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Results
and Partial Recession of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR
45657 (August 8, 2005) (‘‘Preliminary
Results’’). The period of review is
December 27, 2002, through June 30,
2004.
We invited interested parties to
comment on our Preliminary Results.
Based on our analysis of the comments
received, we have made certain changes
to our calculations. Therefore, the final
results differ from the Preliminary
Results. The final weighted–average
dumping margin for the reviewed
company is listed in the ‘‘Final Results
of the Review’’ section below.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Moats or Blanche Ziv, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–5047 or (202) 482–
4207, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 8, 2005, the Department
published the preliminary results of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on saccharin
from the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’). See Preliminary Results. Since
the publication of the preliminary
results, the following events have
occurred.
On August 29, 2005, Shanghai
Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd. (‘‘Shanghai
Fortune’’) requested a hearing pursuant
to 19 CFR 351.310(c). On December 22,
2005, Shanghai Fortune withdrew its
request for a hearing. See Memorandum
to the File from Ann Fornaro Through
Blanche Ziv ‘‘Withdrawal of Hearing
Request,’’ dated December 22, 2005,
which is available in the Central
Records Unit (‘‘CRU’’) in Room B–099 of
the main Commerce building. As there
were no other requests for a hearing, the
Department did not hold a hearing in
this proceeding.
On August 31, 2005, the Department
received submissions on surrogate value
data from the petitioner, PMC
Specialties Group (‘‘Petitioner’’), and
Shanghai Fortune. On September 12,
2005, the Department received timely
filed information for rebuttal and
clarification from Petitioner.
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On August 22, 2005, Shanghai
Fortune submitted its response to the
remaining information requested by the
Department in its supplemental
questionnaire issued on July 22, 2005.
The first portion of this supplemental
questionnaire was submitted on July 26,
2005. See Shanghai Fortune’s
‘‘Saccharin from the People’s Republic
of China; Submission of Shanghai
Fortune’s Seventh Supplemental
Response,’’ dated July 26, 2005.1
On December 5, 2005, the Department
published a notice in the Federal
Register extending the time limit for the
final results until February 6, 2006. See
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for
Final Results of Administrative Review:
Saccharin From the People’s Republic of
China, 70 FR 72424 (December 5, 2005).
On December 13, 2005, the
Department received case briefs from
the Petitioner and Shanghai Fortune. On
December 20, 2005, the Department
received rebuttal briefs from Petitioner
and Shanghai Fortune.
On January 19, 2006, the Department
placed updated surrogate value
information on the record of this review
in order to allow parties an opportunity
to comment on the new information.
See Memorandum to the File From
Jennifer Moats ‘‘Updated Surrogate
Value Information,’’ dated January 19,
2006. On January 23, 2006, the
Department received timely filed
comments on surrogate values from
Petitioner and Shanghai Fortune.
On January 19, 2006, the Department
issued a supplemental questionnaire to
Shanghai Fortune requesting
information on certain by–products that
it claimed to have produced and sold
during the POR. On January 20, 2006,
the Department issued an additional
supplemental questionnaire to Shanghai
Fortune requesting further information
on certain by–products at issue. On
January 24, 2006, the Department
received a timely filed response to these
supplemental questionnaires from
Shanghai Fortune.
We have conducted this review in
accordance with section 751 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’), and 19 CFR 351.213.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this
antidumping duty order is saccharin.
Saccharin is defined as a non–nutritive
sweetener used in beverages and foods,
personal care products such as
toothpaste, table top sweeteners, and
animal feeds. It is also used in
1 For discussion of previous supplemental
questionnaire responses, see Preliminary Results, 70
FR at 45658.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-816]
Notice of Final Results of the Eleventh Administrative Review of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel
Flat Products from the Republic of Korea
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 7, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the Preliminary Results of the antidumping duty
administrative review for certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat
products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). See Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea: Notice of
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 70 FR 53153 (September 7, 2005) (Preliminary
Results). This review covers five manufacturers and exporters of the
subject merchandise: Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Union);
Pohang Iron & Steel Company, Ltd. (POSCO) and Pohang Coated Steel Co.,
Ltd. (POCOS) (collectively, the POSCO Group); Hyundai HYSCO (HYSCO);
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongbu) (collectively, respondents); and
Dongshin Special Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongshin). The period of review (POR)
is August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004.
As a result of our analysis of the comments received, these final
results differ from the Preliminary Results. For our final results, we
have found that during the POR, the POSCO Group, Union and Dongbu sold
subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV). We have also found
that HYSCO did not make sales of the subject merchandise at less than
NV (i.e., it has a zero or de minimis dumping margin). Regarding
Dongshin, because it failed to respond to the Department's
questionnaire, we have preliminarily determined to resort to adverse
facts available and assigned to Dongshin the ``All Others'' rate in
effect for this order (17.70 percent), which is the highest margin
upheld in this proceeding. See Preliminary Results at 53155-56. Since
the publication of the Preliminary Results, we have not received any
comments regarding Dongshin from interested parties that would warrant
reconsideration of our finding. Therefore, we have continued to assign
a rate of 17.70 percent to Dongshin. The final results are listed in
the ``Final Results of Review'' section below. Furthermore, we
rescinded the request for review of the antidumping order for SeAH
Steel Corporation (SeAH) because neither SeAH nor its affiliates had
exports or sales of subject merchandise to the United States during the
POR. For more information, see Preliminary Results at 53154.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska (Union), Preeti Tolani
(Dongbu), Victoria Cho (the POSCO Group), and Joy Zhang (HYSCO), AD/CVD
Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
8362, (202) 482-0395, (202) 482-5075, and (202) 482-1168, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 7, 2005, the Department published the Preliminary
Results. On December 5, 2005, the Department published the notice of
extension of final results of the antidumping administrative review of
CORE from Korea, extending the date for these final results to February
6, 2006. See Corrosion Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea:
Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results of Antidumping
Administrative Review, 70 FR 72424 (December 5, 2005).
Comments from Interested Parties
We invited parties to comment on our Preliminary Results. On
November 15, 2005, Mittal Steel USA ISG, Inc. (Mittal) filed a case
brief concerning all respondents; United States Steel Corporation (US
Steel) filed case briefs concerning the POSCO Group, HYSCO, and Union;
and all respondents filed a case brief.\1\ On November 22, 2005, Mittal
and US Steel filed rebuttal briefs concerning all respondents, and all
respondents also filed a rebuttal brief.
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Scope of the Order
This order covers cold-rolled (cold-reduced) carbon steel flat-
rolled carbon steel products, of rectangular shape, either clad,
plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc,
aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys, whether or
not corrugated or painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other
nonmetallic substances in addition to the metallic coating, in coils
(whether or not in successively superimposed layers) and of a width of
0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths which, if of a thickness
less than 4.75 millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and
which measures at least 10 times the thickness or if of a thickness of
4.75 millimeters or more are of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters
and measures at least twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item
numbers 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000,
7217.90.5030,
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7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090. Included in this order are corrosion-
resistant flat-rolled products of nonrectangular cross-section where
such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e.,
products which have been ``worked after rolling'') for example,
products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges. Excluded from
this order are flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with
tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne
plate''), or both chromium and chromium oxides (``tin-free steel''),
whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other
nonmetallic substances in addition to the metallic coating. Also
excluded from this order are clad products in straight lengths of
0.1875 inch or more in composite thickness and of a width which exceeds
150 millimeters and measures at least twice the thickness. Also
excluded from this order are certain clad stainless flat-rolled
products, which are three-layered corrosion-resistant carbon steel
flat-rolled products less than 4.75 millimeters in composite thickness
that consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled product clad on both sides
with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.
These HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs
purposes. The written descriptions remain dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal brief by parties to this
administrative review are addressed in the accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of
the issues which parties have raised, and to which we have responded in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this notice as an
Appendix. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the Issues
and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following weighted-average margins exist:
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Weighted-Average
Producer/Manufacturer Margin
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Dongbu.............................................. 2.26 %
Union............................................... 1.54 %
The POSCO Group..................................... 2.16 %
HYSCO............................................... 0.00 %
Dongshin............................................ 17.70 %
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Assessment
The Department will determine, and Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b). The Department calculated importer-
specific duty assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total
antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total
entered value of the examined sales for that importer. Where the
assessment rate is above de minimis, we will instruct CBP to assess
duties on all entries of subject merchandise by that importer. The
Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to
CBP within 15 days of publication of these final results.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of CORE from Korea entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication date of these final results, as
provided by section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act): (1) For companies covered by this review, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate listed above; (2) for previously reviewed or
investigated companies other than those covered by this review, the
cash deposit rate will be the company-specific rate established for the
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation, but
the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the subject merchandise;
and (4) if neither the exporter nor the producer is a firm covered in
this review, a prior review, or the investigation, the cash deposit
rate will be 17.70 percent, the ``All Others'' rate established in the
less-than-fair-value investigation. These deposit requirements shall
remain in effect until publication of the final results of the next
administrative review.
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final 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 review period. Failure
to comply with this requirement could result in the presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and
the subsequent increase in antidumping duties by the amount of
antidumping and/or countervailing duties reimbursed.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also is the only reminder to parties subject to
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/destruction of APO materials or conversion
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 3, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
APPENDIX I
List of Comments in the Accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
A. General Issues
Comment 1: Model-Match Methodology and Laminated Products
Comment 2: Adjustments to U.S. Prices for Duty Drawback Paid in Korea
Comment 3: Section D Costs As Weighted-Average Values for the Entire
POR
Comment 4: Adjustments to the Difference-In-Merchandise (DIFMER)
Calculation
B. Company-Specific Issues
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
Comment 5: Treatment of Dongbu's Indirect Selling Expenses Incurred in
Korea
Comment 6: Treatment of Dongbu's Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset
Comment 7: Dongbu's Treatment of Short-term Interest Rate
Hyundai HYSCO
Comment 8: CEP Offset for HYSCO
Comment 9: U.S. Sales Reconciliation for HYSCO
Comment 10: U.S. Indirect Selling Expense Ratio for HYSCO
Comment 11: HYSCO's Indirect Selling Expenses Incurred in Korea
Comment 12: Customs Instructions for HYSCO
Comment 13: HYSCO's Home Market Sales of Non-prime Merchandise
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Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Comment 14: Treatment of Union's CEP Offset
Comment 15: Treatment of Union's Indirect Selling Expenses Incurred in
Korea
Comment 16: Treatment of Union's Indirect Selling Expense Ratio
Comment 17: Union's Treatment of Bad Debt Expenses Incurred by Dongkuk
International Inc.
Comment 18: Union's Treatment of Factory Warehousing Expenses in Korea
for its U.S. Sales
Comment 19: Treatment of Union's Warranty Expenses
Comment 20: Treatment of Certain Estimated Shipment Dates and/or
Estimated Payment Dates for Certain U.S. Warehoused Sales
Comment 21: Treatment of Union Coating Co., Ltd.'s (Unico's) Home
Market Credit Expense
Comment 22: Union's Treatment of ``Oxidized Steel'' (Rust) in its Cost
Calculations
Pohang Iron & Steel Company, Ltd. and Pohang Coated Steel Co., Ltd.
Comment 23: Treatment of the POSCO Group's Indirect Selling Expenses
Incurred in Korea
Comment 24: Treatment of the POSCO Group's CEP Offset
Comment 25: The POSCO Group's Treatment of Advertising Expenses as
Indirect Selling Expenses
Comment 26: The POSCO Group's Rebates for Home Market Sales
Comment 27: Revision of the POSCO Group's Indirect Selling and
Commission Expense
Comment 28: Treatment of the POSCO Group's Home Market Sales As Outside
the Ordinary Course of Trade
Comment 29: Treatment of the POSCO Group's Home Market Credit Expense
Comment 30: The POSCO Group's ``Window Period'' Sales Adjustment
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