Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2017, 67927-67928 [2019-26798]
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valorem rate is de minimis, then the
cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for
previously investigated or reviewed
Chinese and non-Chinese exporters not
listed above that have received a
separate rate in a prior segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the existing exporterspecific cash deposit rate published for
the completed segment of the most
recent period; (3) for all Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise that
have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate for the China-wide entity
(i.e., 167.58 percent); and (4) for all nonChinese exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received
their own separate rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate applicable to the
Chinese exporter that supplied that nonChinese exporter. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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 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 has occurred and
the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Dated: December 6, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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 Adjust
Qingshuiyuan’s Reported Factors of
Production (FOPs)
Comment 2: Whether to Include Brokerage
and Handling (B&H) Expenses for
Surrogate Values
Comment 3: Whether the Dumping Margin
is Commercially or Economically
Realistic
Comment 4: Whether Commerce’s
Erroneous Calculation Prevents Effective
Comment
Comment 5: Whether the Liquidation
Instructions are Incorrect
Comment 6: Whether the Financial
Statements from CYDSA, S.A.B. de C.V.
Are Unusable
Comment 7: Whether to Use Mexico as the
Surrogate Country
Comment 8: Whether the Surrogate Value
(SV) for Yellow Phosphorus is
Aberrational
Comment 9: Whether the Deductions from
Constructed Export Price (CEP) Were
Excessive
Comment 10: Whether Non-Deductible
Value-Added Tax Should be Deducted
From U.S. Price
VI. Recommendation
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This notice also serves as a final
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(a)(3),
which continues to govern business
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accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–580–884]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review, 2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily finds that
Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Steel),
a producer/exporter of certain hot-rolled
steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from
the Republic of Korea (Korea), received
countervailable subsidies that are de
minimis. The period of review (POR) is
January 1, 2017 through December 31,
2017. We invite interested parties to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable December 12, 2019.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hannah Falvey, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4889.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 11, 2018, Commerce
published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on hotrolled steel from Korea.1 On July 3,
2019, Commerce extended the deadline
for the preliminary results of this review
to no later than December 5, 2019.2 For
a complete description of the events that
followed the initiation of this review,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.3 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included in the
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 and is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and electronic versions
of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is hot-rolled steel. For a complete
description of the scope of the order, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(l)(A)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). For each of the subsidy
programs found countervailable, we
preliminarily find that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
63615 (December 11, 2018).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated July 3, 2019.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2017: Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea,’’
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.4 For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b)(4)(i), we calculated a subsidy
rate for Hyundai Steel. For the POR, we
preliminarily find that the net subsidy
rate for the producers/exporters under
review to be as follows:
Company
Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd .........
Subsidy rate
(percent
ad valorem)
0.45
Assessment Rate
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act, upon issuance of the final
results, Commerce shall determine, and
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue instructions
to CBP 15 days after publication of the
final results of this review. Commerce
intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of this notice.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the
Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP
to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amount
indicated above with regard to
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review. For all non-reviewed firms, we
will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
instructions, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce will disclose to parties to
this proceeding the calculations
performed in reaching the preliminary
results within five days of the date of
publication of these preliminary
results.5 Interested parties may submit
written comments (case briefs) within
30 days of publication of the
preliminary results and rebuttal
comments (rebuttal briefs) within five
days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.6 Rebuttal briefs must be limited
to issues raised in the case briefs.7
Parties who submit arguments are
requested to submit with the argument:
(1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a
table of authorities.8
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing must do so within 30 days of
publication of these preliminary results
by submitting a written request to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance using Enforcement and
Compliance’s ACCESS system.9
Requests should contain the party’s
name, address, and telephone number,
the number of participants, whether any
participant is a foreign national, and a
list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce
will inform parties of the scheduled
date of the hearing which will be held
at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
date to be determined.10 Issues
addressed during the hearing will be
limited to those raised in the briefs.11
Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date.
Parties are reminded that all briefs
and hearing requests must be filed
electronically using ACCESS and
received successfully in their entirety by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of
the issues raised by the parties in their
comments, within 120 days after
publication of these preliminary results.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice
are in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 5, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
6 See
4 See
sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
5 See 19 CFR 224(b).
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19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).
19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
9 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
10 See 19 CFR 351.310.
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
7 See
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III. Period of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-884]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, 2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that
Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Steel), a producer/exporter of certain
hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the Republic of
Korea (Korea), received countervailable subsidies that are de minimis.
The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2017 through December 31,
2017. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable December 12, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hannah Falvey, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4889.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 11, 2018, Commerce published a notice of initiation of
an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on hot-
rolled steel from Korea.\1\ On July 3, 2019, Commerce extended the
deadline for the preliminary results of this review to no later than
December 5, 2019.\2\ For a complete description of the events that
followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\3\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included in the appendix to this notice.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 63615 (December 11, 2018).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July
3, 2019.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017:
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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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 and
is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of
the main Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is hot-rolled steel. For a
complete description of the scope of the order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily find
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial
contribution that gives rise to
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a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\4\ For a
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\4\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b)(4)(i), we calculated a subsidy
rate for Hyundai Steel. For the POR, we preliminarily find that the net
subsidy rate for the producers/exporters under review to be as follows:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd................................. 0.45
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Assessment Rate
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of
the final results, Commerce shall determine, and Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP
15 days after publication of the final results of this review. Commerce
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15
days after publication of this notice.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amount indicated above with regard to shipments of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to
continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at
the most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These cash deposit instructions, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce will disclose to parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\5\
Interested parties may submit written comments (case briefs) within 30
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.\6\ Rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues raised in the case
briefs.\7\ Parties who submit arguments are requested to submit with
the argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\8\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 224(b).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within
30 days of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance using Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS system.\9\
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a
foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the
scheduled date of the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a
time and date to be determined.\10\ Issues addressed during the hearing
will be limited to those raised in the briefs.\11\ Parties should
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Parties are reminded that all briefs and hearing requests must be
filed electronically using ACCESS and received successfully in their
entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after
publication of these preliminary results.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 5, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Recommendation
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