Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 102109-102111 [2024-29675]
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable violation.
The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd.
(Dongkuk) and certain companies not
selected for individual examination
made sales of subject merchandise in
the United States at prices below normal
value (NV) during the period of review
(POR) July 1, 2022, through June 30,
2023. In addition, Commerce
determines that Hyundai Steel Company
(Hyundai) did not make sales of subject
merchandise in the United States at
prices below NV during the POR.
Notification to Interested Parties
DATES:
We are issuing and publishing these
amended final results of the review in
accordance with sections 751(h) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUMMARY:
Dated: December 10, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Applicable December 17, 2024.
Jaron Moore or William Horn, 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) 482–3640 or (202) 482–4868,
respectively.
Appendix
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Non-Selected Companies Under Review
1. Alcha International Holdings Limited
2. Baotou Alcha Aluminum Co., Ltd.
3. Gränges Aluminum (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
4. Guangxi Baise Xinghe Aluminum Industry
Co., Ltd.
5. Hunan Suntown Marketing Limited
6. Jiangyin Dolphin Pack Ltd. Co.
7. Luoyang Longding Aluminium Industries
Co., Ltd.
8. Shandong Yuanrui Metal Material Co., Ltd.
9. Shanghai Huafon Aluminium Corporation
10. Shanghai Shenhuo Aluminium Foil Co.,
Ltd.
11. Shanghai Shenyan Packaging Materials
Co., Ltd.
12. SNTO International Trade Limited
13. Suntown Technology Group Corporation
Limited
14. Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co. Ltd.
15. Yangtai Jintai International Trade Co.,
Ltd.
16. Yantai Donghai Aluminum Co., Ltd.
17. Yinbang Clad Material Co., Ltd.
18. Zhejiang Zhongjin Aluminum Industry
Co., Ltd.
Background
On August 12, 2024, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
corrosion-resistant steel products
(CORE) from the Republic of Korea
(Korea) and invited interested parties to
comment.1 This administrative review
covers 11 exporters and/or producers of
the subject merchandise,2 of which we
selected Dongkuk and Hyundai as
mandatory respondents. On December
9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline
to issue the final results in this
administrative review by 90 days.3
Accordingly, the deadline for these final
results is now March 10, 2025. For a
summary of the events that occurred
since the Preliminary Results, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.4
Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of
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Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products From the Republic of Korea:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2022–2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
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1 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2022–
2023, 89 FR 65596 (August 12, 2024) (Preliminary
Results ),and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
62322, 62326 (September 11, 2023).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated December 9, 2024.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2022–
2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
Scope of the Order 5
The merchandise covered by this
Order is CORE from Korea. For a full
description of the scope of the Order,
see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by parties in the case
and rebuttal briefs are addressed in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum. A
list of the issues addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum is provided
in the appendix to this notice. The
Issues and 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://access.trade/gov/
public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on comments received from
interested parties regarding our
Preliminary Results, we made certain
changes to the preliminary weightedaverage dumping margin calculation for
Dongkuk,6 as well as the preliminary
weighted-average dumping margin
assigned to the companies not selected
for individual examination.
Rates for Companies Not Selected for
Individual Examination
The statute and Commerce’s
regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to
individual companies not selected for
examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the
Act. Generally, Commerce looks to
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in an investigation, for
guidance when calculating the rate for
companies which we did not
individually examine in an
administrative review. Section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act establishes a
preference to avoid using rates which
are zero, de minimis, or based entirely
5 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of China,
the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determination for India
and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR
48390 (July 25, 2016) (Order).
6 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 1.
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on facts available (FA) in calculating an
all-others rate. Accordingly,
Commerce’s practice in administrative
reviews has been to average the
weighted-average dumping margins for
the companies selected for individual
examination in the administrative
review, excluding rates that are zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on FA.7 For
these final results of review, we
calculated a zero weighted-average
dumping margin for Hyundai and a
weighted-average dumping margin for
Dongkuk that is not zero, de minimis, or
based entirely on FA. Therefore,
consistent with our practice, we have
assigned the companies not selected for
individual examination the weighted-
average dumping margin calculated for
Dongkuk.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following
weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the period July 1, 2022, through
June 30, 2023:
Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd., successor in interest to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.8 ...........................................................
Dongkuk International, Inc .............................................................................................................................................................
Hyundai Steel Company ................................................................................................................................................................
KG Steel Corporation; KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................
POSCO ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
POSCO International Corporation .................................................................................................................................................
POSCO STEELEON Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
SeAH Coated Metal Corporation ...................................................................................................................................................
SeAH Steel Corporation ................................................................................................................................................................
Assessment Rates
Commerce has determined, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries in accordance with
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.212(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), because Dongkuk
reported the entered value of its U.S.
sales, we calculated importer-specific
ad valorem duty assessment rates based
on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the examined
sales to the total entered value of the
sales for which entered value was
reported. Where an importer-specific
assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent), the entries by that
importer will be liquidated without
regard to antidumping duties. Because
the final weighted-average dumping
margin for Hyundai is zero, we intend
to instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.9
Consistent with Commerce’s
clarification of its assessment practice,
for entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by the abovereferenced respondents for which they
did not know that the merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at
the all-others rate in the original lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation (as
amended) 10 if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.11
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 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).
The final results of this review shall
be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of
7 See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Reviews
in Part, 73 FR 52823, 52824 (September 11, 2008),
and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum at Comment 16.
8 Commerce initiated this review on Dongkuk
Steel Mill Co., Ltd. See Initiation of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,
88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023). However, on
November 16, 2023, Commerce concluded a
changed circumstances review for Dongkuk Steel
Mill Co., Ltd. finding that Dongkuk Coated Metal
Co., Ltd. is its successor-in-interest. See Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 88 FR 78723
(November 16, 2023).
9 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102
(February 14, 2012).
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to
interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with these
final results within five days of any
public announcement or, if there is no
public announcement, within five days
of the date of publication of the notice
of final results in the Federal Register,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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merchandise covered by the final results
of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.12
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of CORE from Korea entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results as
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act:
(1) the cash deposit rate for each
specific company listed above will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of
the review; (2) for merchandise exported
by producers or exporters not covered in
this review but covered in a prior
completed segment of the proceeding,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the company-specific rate established in
the completed segment for the most
recent period; (3) if the exporter is not
a firm covered in this review or the
original LTFV investigation, but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established in the
completed segment for the most recent
period for the producer of the
merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other producers or exporters will
10 See Order; and Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice
of Court Decision Not in Harmony with Final
Determination of Investigation and Notice of
Amended Final Results, 83 FR 39054 (August 8,
2018) (Timken and Amended Final Results).
11 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
12 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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continue to be 8.31 percent, the allothers rate established in the LTFV
investigation (as amended) in this
proceeding.13 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–549–848]
Truck and Bus Tires From Thailand:
Antidumping Duty Order
Notification to Importers
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 and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this POR. Failure
to comply with this requirement could
result in Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping and/or
countervailing duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties, and/or an increase
in the amount of antidumping duties by
the amount of the countervailing 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 subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
final results of administrative review in
accordance with sections 751(a) and
777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: December 10, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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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 Correct Dongkuk’s
General and Administrative (G&A) and
Interest Expense Calculations
VI. Recommendation
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Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on the affirmative final
determinations by the U.S. Department
of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing an antidumping
duty order on truck and bus tires from
Thailand.
DATES: Applicable December 17, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Faris Montgomery or Jonathan Schueler,
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) 482–1537 or
(202) 482–9175, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d)
and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), on October 17, 2024,
Commerce published in the Federal
Register its affirmative final
determination of sales at less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) in the investigation of
truck and bus tires from Thailand.1 As
part of its determination, Commerce
made an affirmative crticial
cirumstances finding for Bridgestone
Corporation in the LTFV investigation.
Pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act, on
December 2, 2024, the ITC notified
Commerce of its affirmative final
determination that an industry in the
United States is materially injured,
within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of
imports of truck and bus tires from
Thailand that are sold in the United
States at LTFV.2 On December 6, 2024,
in accordance with section 735(d) of the
Act, the ITC published in the Federal
Register its affirmative final injury
determination in this investigation in
which it found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by
reason of imports of truck and bus tires
1 See
Truck and Bus Tires from Thailand: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, in Part, 89 FR 83636
(October 17, 2024) (Final Determination), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
2 See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final
Determination,’’ dated December 2, 2024.
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from Thailand.3 In addition, the ITC
found that critical circumstances do not
exist with regard to imports of truck and
bus tires from Thailand.4
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order
are truck and bus tires from Thailand.
For a complete description of the scope
of this order, see the appendix to this
notice.
Antidumping Duty Order
Based on the above-referenced
affirmative final determinations, in
accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and
736 of the Act, Commerce is issuing this
antidumping duty order. Moreover,
because the ITC determined that U.S.
imports of truck and bus tires from
Thailand are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from Thailand, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, as described below, are
subject to the assessment of
antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, antidumping
duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price or constructed
export price of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of truck and bus tires
from Thailand. With the exception of
entries occurring after expiration of the
provisional measures period, but before
publication of the ITC’s final affirmative
injury determination, as further
described below, antidumping duties
will be assessed on unliquidated U.S.
entries of truck and bus tires from
Thailand entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date on which the suspension of
liquidation was first ordered. As
discussed in the Final Determination,
with respect to Prinx Chengshan Tire
(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Prinx) this date is
October 17, 2024, the date of
publication of the Final Determination
in the Federal Register.5 With respect to
Bridgestone Corporation and all other
companies, this date is May 20, 2024,
the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination in the
Federal Register.6
3 See Truck and Bus Tires from Thailand, 89 FR
97069 (December 6, 2024) (ITC Final
Determination).
4 Id.
5 See Final Determination, 89 FR at 83638.
6 Id.; see also Truck and Bus Tires from Thailand:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-878]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-
2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk) and certain companies not
selected for individual examination made sales of subject merchandise
in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR) July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. In
addition, Commerce determines that Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai) did
not make sales of subject merchandise in the United States at prices
below NV during the POR.
DATES: Applicable December 17, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or William Horn, 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) 482-3640 or (202)
482-4868, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 12, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea
(Korea) and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ This
administrative review covers 11 exporters and/or producers of the
subject merchandise,\2\ of which we selected Dongkuk and Hyundai as
mandatory respondents. On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the
deadline to issue the final results in this administrative review by 90
days.\3\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now March
10, 2025. For a summary of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 2022-2023, 89 FR 65596 (August 12, 2024)
(Preliminary Results ),and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322, 62326 (September 11, 2023).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2022-2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic
of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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\5\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India,
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25,
2016) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by this Order is CORE from Korea. For a
full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by parties in the case and rebuttal briefs are
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the
appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on comments received from interested parties regarding our
Preliminary Results, we made certain changes to the preliminary
weighted-average dumping margin calculation for Dongkuk,\6\ as well as
the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin assigned to the
companies not selected for individual examination.
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Rates for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to individual companies not
selected for examination when Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act.
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for companies
which we did not individually examine in an administrative review.
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act establishes a preference to avoid using
rates which are zero, de minimis, or based entirely
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on facts available (FA) in calculating an all-others rate. Accordingly,
Commerce's practice in administrative reviews has been to average the
weighted-average dumping margins for the companies selected for
individual examination in the administrative review, excluding rates
that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on FA.\7\ For these final
results of review, we calculated a zero weighted-average dumping margin
for Hyundai and a weighted-average dumping margin for Dongkuk that is
not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on FA. Therefore, consistent
with our practice, we have assigned the companies not selected for
individual examination the weighted-average dumping margin calculated
for Dongkuk.
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\7\ See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Reviews in
Part, 73 FR 52823, 52824 (September 11, 2008), and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 16.
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Final Results of Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023:
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\8\ Commerce initiated this review on Dongkuk Steel Mill Co.,
Ltd. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023). However,
on November 16, 2023, Commerce concluded a changed circumstances
review for Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. finding that Dongkuk Coated
Metal Co., Ltd. is its successor-in-interest. See Certain Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 88 FR 78723
(November 16, 2023).
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Weighted-average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd........................ 1.99
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd., successor in interest 1.99
to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.\8\..................
Dongkuk International, Inc........................... 1.99
Hyundai Steel Company................................ 0.00
KG Steel Corporation; KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd....... 1.99
POSCO................................................ 1.99
POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd.................. 1.99
POSCO International Corporation...................... 1.99
POSCO STEELEON Co., Ltd.............................. 1.99
SeAH Coated Metal Corporation........................ 1.99
SeAH Steel Corporation............................... 1.99
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with these final results within five days of
any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within
five days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in
the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because Dongkuk reported the entered
value of its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of the
sales for which entered value was reported. Where an importer-specific
assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), the
entries by that importer will be liquidated without regard to
antidumping duties. Because the final weighted-average dumping margin
for Hyundai is zero, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\9\
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\9\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012).
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Consistent with Commerce's clarification of its assessment
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
the above-referenced respondents for which they did not know that the
merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate those entries at the all-others rate in the original less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation (as amended) \10\ if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\11\
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\10\ See Order; and Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony
with Final Determination of Investigation and Notice of Amended
Final Results, 83 FR 39054 (August 8, 2018) (Timken and Amended
Final Results).
\11\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 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).
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.\12\
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\12\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of CORE from Korea entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results as
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for
each specific company listed above will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of the review;
(2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in
this review but covered in a prior completed segment of the proceeding,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate
established in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or the original LTFV
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established in the completed segment for the most recent
period for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other producers or exporters will
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continue to be 8.31 percent, the all-others rate established in the
LTFV investigation (as amended) in this proceeding.\13\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\13\ See Order, and as amended by Timken and Amended Final
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Notification to Importers
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 and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the
countervailing 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
subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative
review in accordance with sections 751(a) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: December 10, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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 Correct Dongkuk's General and
Administrative (G&A) and Interest Expense Calculations
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-29675 Filed 12-16-24; 8:45 am]
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