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date of manufacture, serial number, and
Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN).
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classifiable under Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings: 9404.21.0010, 9404.21.0013,
9404.21.0095, 9404.29.1005, 9404.29.1013,
9404.29.1095, 9404.29.9085, 9404.29.9087,
and 9404.29.9095. Products subject to this
investigation may also enter under HTSUS
subheadings: 9401.41.0000, 9401.49.0000,
and 9401.99.9081. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written
description of the merchandise subject to this
investigation is dispositive.
Background
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The products covered by this Order
are certain flat-rolled steel products,
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,
laminated, or coated with plastics or
other non-metallic substances in
addition to the metallic coating. The
products covered include coils that have
a width of 12.7 mm or greater,
regardless of form of coil (e.g., in
successively superimposed layers,
spirally oscillating, etc.). The products
covered also include products not in
coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a
thickness less than 4.75 mm and a
width that is 12.7 mm or greater and
that measures at least 10 times the
thickness. The products covered also
include products not in coils (e.g., in
straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75
mm or more and a width exceeding 150
mm and measuring at least twice the
thickness. The products described above
may be rectangular, square, circular, or
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–580–879]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products From the Republic of Korea:
Notice of Initiation of Countervailing
Duty Changed Circumstances Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request for a
changed circumstances review (CCR),
the U.S. Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is initiating a CCR of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain corrosion-resistant steel
products (CORE) from the Republic of
Korea (Korea) to determine whether
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd.
(Dongkuk CM) is the successor-ininterest (SII) to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co.,
Ltd. (Old Dongkuk Steel).
DATES: Applicable May 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shane Subler, 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) 482–6241.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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On July 25, 2016, Commerce
published the CVD order on CORE from
Korea in the Federal Register.1 On
February 9, 2024, Dongkuk CM
requested the initiation of a CCR to
determine that it is the SII to Old
Dongkuk Steel.2 In this request,
Dongkuk CM explained that, on May 12,
2023, the shareholders of Old Dongkuk
Steel approved a December 9, 2022,
proposal by the company’s board of
directors to spin off its cold-rolled steel
division, which produced CORE and
non-subject merchandise, and its hotrolled steel division, which produced
only non-subject merchandise, as
separate operating companies.3 Further,
the shareholders approved a proposal to
position the newly established operating
companies under a holding company,
Dongkuk Holdings Co., Ltd., effective as
of June 1, 2023.4
On March 21, 2024, Commerce
extended the deadline for determining
whether to initiate a CCR by 45 days,
until May 9, 2024.5
Scope of the Order
1 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from India, Italy, Republic of Korea and the
People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016) (Order).
2 See Dongkuk CM’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Changed
Circumstances Review and Successor-in-Interest
Determination,’’ dated February 9, 2024 (Dongkuk
CM’s CCR Request).
3 Id. at 2.
4 Id.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review,’’
dated March 21, 2024.
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other shape and include products of
either rectangular or non-rectangular
cross-section where such cross-section
is achieved subsequent to the rolling
process, i.e., products which have been
‘‘worked after rolling’’ (e.g., products
which have been beveled or rounded at
the edges). For purposes of the width
and thickness requirements referenced
above:
(1) where the nominal and actual
measurements vary, a product is within
the scope if application of either the
nominal or actual measurement would
place it within the scope based on the
definitions set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness
vary for a specific product (e.g., the
thickness of certain products with nonrectangular cross-section, the width of
certain products with non-rectangular
shape, etc.), the measurement at its
greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope
of this Order are products in which: (1)
iron predominates, by weight, over each
of the other contained elements; (2) the
carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (3) none of the elements
listed below exceeds the quantity, by
weight, respectively indicated:
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or
• 1.50 percent of copper, or
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or
• 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called
wolfram), or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
columbium), or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products
are included in this scope regardless of
levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in
this scope are vacuum degassed, fully
stabilized (commonly referred to as
interstitial-free (IF)) steels and high
strength low alloy (HSLA) steels. IF
steels are recognized as low carbon
steels with micro-alloying levels of
elements such as titanium and/or
niobium added to stabilize carbon and
nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are
recognized as steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as chromium,
copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium,
and molybdenum.
Furthermore, this scope also includes
Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS)
and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS),
both of which are considered high
tensile strength and high elongation
steels.
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Subject merchandise also includes
corrosion-resistant steel that has been
further processed in a third country,
including but not limited to annealing,
tempering painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching and/or
slitting or any other processing that
would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the
Order if performed in the country of
manufacture of the in-scope corrosion
resistant steel.
All products that meet the written
physical description, and in which the
chemistry quantities do not exceed any
one of the noted element levels listed
above, are within the scope of this Order
unless specifically excluded. The
following products are outside of and/
or specifically excluded from the scope
of this Order:
• 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;
• Clad products in straight lengths of
4.7625 mm or more in composite
thickness and of a width which exceeds
150 mm and measures at least twice the
thickness; and
• Certain clad stainless flat-rolled
products, which are three-layered
corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel
products less than 4.75 mm in
composite thickness that consist of a
flat-rolled steel product clad on both
sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%20% ratio.
The products subject to the Order are
currently classified 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,
7210.49.0040, 7210.49.0045,
7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095,
7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000,
7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 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, and 7212.60.0000.6
The products subject to the Order may
also enter under the following HTSUS
6 On July 26, 2021, Commerce added two
additional HTSUS subheadings at the request of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection. See Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea: Final Results and Partial
Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: 2019, 87 FR 2759 (January 19, 2022), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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item numbers: 7210.90.1000,
7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500,
7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560,
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090,
7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000,
7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110,
7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180,
7228.60.6000, 7228.60.8000, and
7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes only. The written description
of the scope of the Order is dispositive.
Initiation of Changed Circumstances
Review
Pursuant to section 751(b) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
Commerce will conduct a CCR upon
receipt of a request from an interested
party that shows changed circumstances
sufficient to warrant a review of an
order. In accordance with 19 CFR
351.216(d), Commerce determines that
Dongkuk CM’s CCR Request constitutes
a sufficient basis to conduct a CCR of
the Order. Neither the Act, the
Statement of Administrative Action
Accompanying the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act, or Commerce’s
regulations offer a definition of the term
‘‘changed circumstances,’’ nor do they
explain what aspects of a determination
may be reconsidered in light of such
changed circumstances. Commerce has
in the past conducted CCRs regarding a
variety of issues.7
Dongkuk CM has requested a CCR to
determine whether it is the SII to Old
Dongkuk Steel.8 Recognizing that it is
not Commerce’s general practice to
routinely initiate CCR requests in CVD
proceedings, we find the circumstances
here to be unusual. Moreover, Dongkuk
CM has provided a sufficient factual
basis to support initiation of this CCR.
Therefore, in accordance with section
751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.216(d), we are initiating a CCR
7 See, e.g., Aluminum Extrusions from the
People’s Republic of China: Initiation and
Preliminary Results of Expedited Changed
Circumstances Review, 83 FR 34548 (July 20, 2018)
(finding sufficient information to initiate a CCR to
recalculate certain cash deposit rates); see also
Certain Steel Nails from Malaysia: Final Results of
the Changed Circumstances Review, 82 FR 34476
(July 25, 2017) (finding sufficient information and
‘‘good cause’’ to initiate a CCR to evaluate whether
a company was properly utilizing the correct cash
deposit rate).
8 In CVD CCRs involving SII determinations,
Commerce follows the practice described in Certain
Pasta from Turkey: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances
Review, 74 FR 47225 (September 15, 2009),
unchanged in Certain Pasta from Turkey: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 74 FR 54022 (October 21,
2009).
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based on the information contained in
Dongkuk CM’s CCR Request. Given the
particular facts surrounding Dongkuk
CM’s request, we will be issuing a
questionnaire to Dongkuk CM in this
CCR that will include questions on
cross-ownership.
In the event that Commerce
determines an expedited action is
warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii)
permits Commerce to combine the
notice of initiation of the review and the
preliminary results of review into a
single notice. However, we are not
combining this notice of initiation with
the preliminary results, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), because we have
determined that it is necessary to issue
a questionnaire to Dongkuk CM and
gather additional information regarding
the company’s corporate structure and
ownership, and its cross-owned
affiliates. As Dongkuk CM noted in its
CCR request, Old Dongkuk Steel was
excluded from the Order.9 Therefore,
given the particular facts of this CCR
request, we are soliciting comments
from interested parties on Commerce’s
consideration of Dongkuk CM’s CCR
Request. We request that interested
parties submit these comments within
two weeks of the publication date of this
notice. After examining any properly
filed comments and following up with
any supplemental questionnaires as
needed, we intend to issue the
preliminary results of this CCR.
Preliminary and Final Results of the
CCR
We intend to publish in the Federal
Register a notice of the preliminary
results of this CCR in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i).
Commerce will set forth its preliminary
factual and legal conclusions in that
notice regarding Dongkuk CM’s CCR
Request. Unless extended, Commerce
will issue the final results of this CCR
in accordance with the time limits set
forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e).
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this
initiation notice in accordance with
section 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act,
19 CFR 351.216(b),10 and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(1).
Dated: May 9, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024–10643 Filed 5–14–24; 8:45 am]
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9 See Dongkuk CM’s CCR Request at 4; see also
Order, 81 FR at 48388.
10 As noted above, we extended the CCR initiation
deadline by 45 days under 19 CFR 351.302(b).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-879]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of
Korea: Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty Changed
Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request for a changed circumstances review
(CCR), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a CCR
of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain corrosion-resistant
steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) to determine
whether Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk CM) is the successor-
in-interest (SII) to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Old Dongkuk Steel).
DATES: Applicable May 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler, 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) 482-6241.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 25, 2016, Commerce published the CVD order on CORE from
Korea in the Federal Register.\1\ On February 9, 2024, Dongkuk CM
requested the initiation of a CCR to determine that it is the SII to
Old Dongkuk Steel.\2\ In this request, Dongkuk CM explained that, on
May 12, 2023, the shareholders of Old Dongkuk Steel approved a December
9, 2022, proposal by the company's board of directors to spin off its
cold-rolled steel division, which produced CORE and non-subject
merchandise, and its hot-rolled steel division, which produced only
non-subject merchandise, as separate operating companies.\3\ Further,
the shareholders approved a proposal to position the newly established
operating companies under a holding company, Dongkuk Holdings Co.,
Ltd., effective as of June 1, 2023.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India,
Italy, Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016) (Order).
\2\ See Dongkuk CM's Letter, ``Request for Changed Circumstances
Review and Successor-in-Interest Determination,'' dated February 9,
2024 (Dongkuk CM's CCR Request).
\3\ Id. at 2.
\4\ Id.
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On March 21, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for determining
whether to initiate a CCR by 45 days, until May 9, 2024.\5\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Initiation of
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order are certain flat-rolled steel
products, 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,
laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances in
addition to the metallic coating. The products covered include coils
that have a width of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form of coil
(e.g., in successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating,
etc.). The products covered also include products not in coils (e.g.,
in straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width that
is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10 times the
thickness. The products covered also include products not in coils
(e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a
width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness. The
products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or other
shape and include products of either rectangular or non-rectangular
cross-section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the
rolling process, i.e., products which have been ``worked after
rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or rounded at the
edges). For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced
above:
(1) where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this Order are products in
which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity,
by weight, respectively indicated:
2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.00 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
0.30 percent of vanadium, or
0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope
regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(IF)) steels and high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels. IF steels are
recognized as low carbon steels with micro-alloying levels of elements
such as titanium and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen
elements. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, titanium,
vanadium, and molybdenum.
Furthermore, this scope also includes Advanced High Strength Steels
(AHSS) and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS), both of which are
considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels.
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Subject merchandise also includes corrosion-resistant steel that
has been further processed in a third country, including but not
limited to annealing, tempering painting, varnishing, trimming,
cutting, punching and/or slitting or any other processing that would
not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the Order if
performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope corrosion
resistant steel.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in
which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the scope of this Order unless
specifically excluded. The following products are outside of and/or
specifically excluded from the scope of this Order:
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 non-metallic
substances in addition to the metallic coating;
Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more in
composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at
least twice the thickness; and
Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are
three-layered corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel products less than
4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a flat-rolled steel
product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.
The products subject to the Order are currently classified 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,
7210.49.0040, 7210.49.0045, 7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000,
7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 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, and
7212.60.0000.\6\
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\6\ On July 26, 2021, Commerce added two additional HTSUS
subheadings at the request of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of
Korea: Final Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: 2019, 87 FR 2759 (January 19, 2022), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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The products subject to the Order may also enter under the
following HTSUS item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000,
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000,
7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110, 7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000,
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the
Order is dispositive.
Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review
Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), Commerce will conduct a CCR upon receipt of a request from
an interested party that shows changed circumstances sufficient to
warrant a review of an order. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(d),
Commerce determines that Dongkuk CM's CCR Request constitutes a
sufficient basis to conduct a CCR of the Order. Neither the Act, the
Statement of Administrative Action Accompanying the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act, or Commerce's regulations offer a definition of the
term ``changed circumstances,'' nor do they explain what aspects of a
determination may be reconsidered in light of such changed
circumstances. Commerce has in the past conducted CCRs regarding a
variety of issues.\7\
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\7\ See, e.g., Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of
China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Expedited Changed
Circumstances Review, 83 FR 34548 (July 20, 2018) (finding
sufficient information to initiate a CCR to recalculate certain cash
deposit rates); see also Certain Steel Nails from Malaysia: Final
Results of the Changed Circumstances Review, 82 FR 34476 (July 25,
2017) (finding sufficient information and ``good cause'' to initiate
a CCR to evaluate whether a company was properly utilizing the
correct cash deposit rate).
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Dongkuk CM has requested a CCR to determine whether it is the SII
to Old Dongkuk Steel.\8\ Recognizing that it is not Commerce's general
practice to routinely initiate CCR requests in CVD proceedings, we find
the circumstances here to be unusual. Moreover, Dongkuk CM has provided
a sufficient factual basis to support initiation of this CCR.
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.216(d), we are initiating a CCR based on the information
contained in Dongkuk CM's CCR Request. Given the particular facts
surrounding Dongkuk CM's request, we will be issuing a questionnaire to
Dongkuk CM in this CCR that will include questions on cross-ownership.
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\8\ In CVD CCRs involving SII determinations, Commerce follows
the practice described in Certain Pasta from Turkey: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 74 FR
47225 (September 15, 2009), unchanged in Certain Pasta from Turkey:
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review,
74 FR 54022 (October 21, 2009).
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In the event that Commerce determines an expedited action is
warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits Commerce to combine the
notice of initiation of the review and the preliminary results of
review into a single notice. However, we are not combining this notice
of initiation with the preliminary results, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.221(c)(3)(ii), because we have determined that it is necessary to
issue a questionnaire to Dongkuk CM and gather additional information
regarding the company's corporate structure and ownership, and its
cross-owned affiliates. As Dongkuk CM noted in its CCR request, Old
Dongkuk Steel was excluded from the Order.\9\ Therefore, given the
particular facts of this CCR request, we are soliciting comments from
interested parties on Commerce's consideration of Dongkuk CM's CCR
Request. We request that interested parties submit these comments
within two weeks of the publication date of this notice. After
examining any properly filed comments and following up with any
supplemental questionnaires as needed, we intend to issue the
preliminary results of this CCR.
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\9\ See Dongkuk CM's CCR Request at 4; see also Order, 81 FR at
48388.
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Preliminary and Final Results of the CCR
We intend to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the
preliminary results of this CCR in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)
and (c)(3)(i). Commerce will set forth its preliminary factual and
legal conclusions in that notice regarding Dongkuk CM's CCR Request.
Unless extended, Commerce will issue the final results of this CCR in
accordance with the time limits set forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e).
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this initiation notice in accordance
with section 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216(b),\10\
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1).
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\10\ As noted above, we extended the CCR initiation deadline by
45 days under 19 CFR 351.302(b).
Dated: May 9, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-10643 Filed 5-14-24; 8:45 am]
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