Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, In Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 100969-100971 [2024-29325]
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rate will be the rate applicable to the
Chinese exporter that supplied that nonChinese exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Notification to Importers
Oil Country Tubular Goods From the
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results
and Rescission, In Part, of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2022
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. 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.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to an APO of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to
judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a
violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a) and
777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: December 6, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
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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 Issues
Comment 1: Whether the Republic of
Türkiye is the Appropriate Surrogate
Country
Comment 2: Differential Pricing Analysis
Should Not Apply
Comment 3: Ministerial Errors
VI. Recommendation
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International Trade Administration
[C–580–913]
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable
subsidies were not provided to SeAH
Steel Corporation and its cross-owned
affiliate, SeAH Steel Holdings
Corporation (collectively, the SeAH
Steel Companies), a producer and
exporter of oil country tubular goods
(OCTG) from the Republic of Korea
(Korea). The period of review (POR) is
September 29, 2022, through December
31, 2022. Additionally, Commerce is
rescinding this review, in part, with
respect to four companies. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Janz, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2972.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On December 29, 2023, based on
timely requests for review and in
accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a
notice of initiation of an administrative
review of the Order with respect to five
companies.1 On July 17, 2024,
Commerce extended the time period for
issuing these preliminary results by 120
days, in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).2 On July 22, 2024,
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in
this administrative review by seven
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
90168 (December 29, 2023) (Initiation Notice); see
also Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic
of Korea and the Russian Federation:
Countervailing Duty Orders, 87 FR 70782
(November 21, 2022) (Order). We initiated the
current review with respect to four companies and
a deferred review of one company. See Initiation
Notice, 88 FR at 90172, 90173 and n.5.
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated July 17, 2024.
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days.3 The deadline for these
preliminary results is now December 6,
2024.
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included 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.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the
Order is OCTG from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of the
Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, In
Part
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind
an administrative review, in whole or in
part, if all parties that requested the
review withdraw their requests within
90 days of the date of publication of the
notice of initiation of the requested
review. Commerce received timely-filed
withdrawal requests with respect to AJU
Besteel Co., Ltd. (AJU Besteel); Husteel
Co., Ltd. (Husteel); ILJIN Steel
Corporation (ILJIN); and NEXTEEL Co.,
Ltd. (NEXTEEL), pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1). Because the withdrawal
requests were timely filed, and no other
parties requested a review of these
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding
this review of the Order with respect to
these four companies.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For
each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, Commerce
preliminarily determines that there is a
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Administrative
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Oil
Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea;
2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by
an ‘‘authority’’ that gives rise to a
benefit to the recipient, and the subsidy
is specific.5 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine the following
net countervailable subsidy rate exists
for the POR, September 29, 2022,
through December 31, 2022:
Producer/exporter
Subsidy rate
(percent ad valorem)
SeAH Steel Corporation; SeAH Steel Holding Corporation 6 ..............................................................................................
0.14
* De minimis.
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its
calculations performed to interested
parties for these preliminary results
within five days of the date 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
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii),
interested parties may submit case briefs
to Commerce no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.
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.7 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.8 All briefs must be
filed electronically using ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety in
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
on the established deadline.
As provided under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged
interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their briefs 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.9 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
5 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.
6 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, Commerce has found SeAH Steel
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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).10
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, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET 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 whether any participant is a foreign
national; (3) a list of the issues to be
discussed. Oral presentations at the
hearing will be limited to issues raised
in the briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, Commerce will inform parties
of the scheduled date for the hearing.11
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act, upon issuance of the final
results, Commerce shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties
on all appropriate entries covered by
this review.
For the companies listed above for
which this review is rescinded,
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit
of estimated countervailing duties
required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period
September 29, 2022, through December
31, 2022, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to
issue rescission instructions to CBP for
these companies no earlier than 35 days
after the date of publication of the
Holding Corporation to be cross-owned with SeAH
Steel Corporation.
7 See 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 Procedures).
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notice of rescission in the Federal
Register.
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP
regarding the SeAH Steel Companies 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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) 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
administrative review. If the rate
calculated in the final results is zero or
de minimis, no cash deposit will be
required on shipments of the subject
merchandise entered or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date of publication of this review.
These cash deposit instructions, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2),
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
written briefs, no later than 120 days
after publication of these preliminary
results.
8 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an
argument that Commerce would normally address
in a comment of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
10 See APO and Service Procedures.
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
9 We
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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 6, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. Diversification of Korea’s Economy
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–523–816]
Certain Aluminum Foil From the
Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to Oman
Aluminium Rolling Company SPC, a
producer and exporter of certain
aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the
Sultanate of Oman (Oman). The period
of review (POR) is January 1, 2022,
through December 31, 2022. We invite
interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On November 12, 2021, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
aluminum foil from Oman.1 On
1 See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate
of Oman and the Republic of Turkey:
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December 29, 2023, Commerce
published in the Federal Register its
initiation of the administrative review of
the Order for the period January 1, 2022,
to December 31, 2022, covering Oman
Aluminium Rolling Company SPC.2
On June 26, 2024, Commerce
extended the deadline for issuance of
the preliminary results of this review
until November 26, 2024.3 On July 22,
2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative
proceeding by seven days.4 On
November 21, 2024, Commerce
extended the deadline for issuance of
the preliminary results until December
6, 2024.5
A list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included in the appendix to this notice.
For a complete description of the events
that followed the initiation of this
review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.6 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.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this Order is
certain aluminum foil. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
administrative 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
Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 62782
(November 12, 2021) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
90168, 90172 (December 29, 2023).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 2022,’’ dated June 26, 2024.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Second Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review, 2022,’’ dated
November 21, 2024.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 2022: Certain Aluminum
Foil from the Sultanate of Oman,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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countervailable, we preliminarily
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’
that confers a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.7 For a
full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine the net
countervailable subsidy rate for the
period January 1, 2022, through
December 31, 2022 to be:
Company
Oman Aluminium Rolling
Company SPC 8 ................
Subsidy rate
(percent
ad valorem)
1.36
Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose its
calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties
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 the
Federal Register in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case
briefs or other written comments to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.9 A timeline for the
submission of case briefs and written
comments will be established at a later
date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in case briefs, may be submitted
no later than five days after the deadline
date for filing case briefs.10 Interested
parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this review must
submit: (1) a table of contents listing
each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.11
As provided under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
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
7 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.
8 Commerce preliminarily determines that Oman
Aluminium Rolling Company SPC is cross-owned
with Sohar Paper Cores LLC, Takamul Investment
Company LLC, and OQ SAOC.
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR
351.303 for general filing requirements.
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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-913]
Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary
Results and Rescission, In Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable subsidies were not provided to SeAH
Steel Corporation and its cross-owned affiliate, SeAH Steel Holdings
Corporation (collectively, the SeAH Steel Companies), a producer and
exporter of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Korea
(Korea). The period of review (POR) is September 29, 2022, through
December 31, 2022. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review, in
part, with respect to four companies. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Janz, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2972.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 29, 2023, based on timely requests for review and in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of
initiation of an administrative review of the Order with respect to
five companies.\1\ On July 17, 2024, Commerce extended the time period
for issuing these preliminary results by 120 days, in accordance with
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).\2\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative review by seven days.\3\ The deadline for these
preliminary results is now December 6, 2024.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 90168 (December 29, 2023) (Initiation
Notice); see also Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of
Korea and the Russian Federation: Countervailing Duty Orders, 87 FR
70782 (November 21, 2022) (Order). We initiated the current review
with respect to four companies and a deferred review of one company.
See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 90172, 90173 and n.5.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July
17, 2024.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included 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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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea;
2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is OCTG from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties that
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date
of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review.
Commerce received timely-filed withdrawal requests with respect to AJU
Besteel Co., Ltd. (AJU Besteel); Husteel Co., Ltd. (Husteel); ILJIN
Steel Corporation (ILJIN); and NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL), pursuant to
19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). Because the withdrawal requests were timely
filed, and no other parties requested a review of these companies, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this
review of the Order with respect to these four companies.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs
found countervailable, Commerce preliminarily determines that there is
a
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subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives
rise to a benefit to the recipient, and the subsidy is specific.\5\ For
a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\5\ 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
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following net countervailable subsidy rate exists for the POR,
September 29, 2022, through December 31, 2022:
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Subsidy rate (percent ad
Producer/exporter valorem)
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SeAH Steel Corporation; SeAH Steel Holding 0.14
Corporation \6\..............................
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* De minimis.
Disclosure
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\6\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
Commerce has found SeAH Steel Holding Corporation to be cross-owned
with SeAH Steel Corporation.
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Commerce intends to disclose its calculations performed to
interested parties for these preliminary results within five days of
the date 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
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. 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.\7\ 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.\8\ All briefs must
be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document
must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time (ET) on the established deadline.
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\7\ See 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 Procedures).
\8\ 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
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their briefs 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.\9\ 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).\10\
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\9\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\10\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET 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 whether any
participant is a foreign national; (3) a list of the issues to be
discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues
raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce will
inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\11\
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of
the final results, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review.
For the companies listed above for which this review is rescinded,
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, during the period September 29, 2022,
through December 31, 2022, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).
Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP for these
companies no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the
notice of rescission in the Federal Register.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding
the SeAH Steel Companies 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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) 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 administrative review. If the rate calculated in the final results
is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be required on shipments of
the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of this review. These
cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), 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 written briefs,
no later than 120 days after publication of these preliminary results.
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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 6, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. Diversification of Korea's Economy
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-29325 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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