Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 19673-19675 [2025-08205]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 89 / Friday, May 9, 2025 / Notices Cash Deposit Requirements The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the company listed above will be equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently completed segment for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 5.41 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.8 These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: May 2, 2025. Christopher Abbott, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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. Discussion of the Issues Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Reconsider its Selected Constructed Value (CV) Profit and Selling Expense Data Comment 2: Whether to Adjust Dongkuk’s Conversion Costs Comment 3: Dongkuk’s General and Administrative (G&A) Expense Ratio Calculation V. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2025–08164 Filed 5–8–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–580–908] 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 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 double antidumping duties. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Administrative Protective Order (APO) This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition 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 return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations 8 See Order, 85 FR 52547. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 May 08, 2025 Jkt 265001 Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022–2023 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. (Hankook) and Nexen Tire Corporation (Nexen) made sales of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the Republic of Korea (Korea) at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. AGENCY: DATES: Applicable May 9, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo and Jun Jack Zhao, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3797 and (202) 482–1396, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19673 Background On August 9, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in the Federal Register and invited comments from interested parties.1 On December 4, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for these final results by 60 days to February 5, 2025, in accordance with section 751(2)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).2 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 May 6, 2025. For details regarding the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.4 Scope of the Order 5 The merchandise covered by the Order is passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Korea. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.6 Analysis of Comments Received We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by interested parties to this administrative review in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. For a list of the issues raised by parties, see 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. 1 See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022– 2023, 89 FR 65328 (August 9, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated December 4, 2024. 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 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea; 2022–2023,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 5 See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination for Thailand, 86 FR 38011 (July 19, 2021) (Order). 6 See Issues and Decision Memorandum. E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM 09MYN1 19674 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 89 / Friday, May 9, 2025 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Changes Since the Preliminary Results Based on our review of the record and comments received from interested parties, we made certain changes to the margin calculations for Hankook and Nexen for these final results of review. As a result of these changes, the weighted-average dumping margin changed for the company subject to this review, but not selected for individual examination. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Rate for Non-Examined Companies The Act and Commerce’s regulations do not address the establishment of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for companies not selected for individual 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 a lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when determining the weighted-average dumping margin for companies which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce will base the all-others rate on the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the individually examined respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. Where the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for each of the individually examined companies is zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides that Commerce may use ‘‘any reasonable method to establish the estimated allothers rate for exporters and producers not individually investigated, including averaging the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually investigated.’’ In this review, we calculated weighted-average dumping margins for Hankook and Nexen are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore, we have assigned to the non-examined company, Kumho Tire Co., Inc., a rate equal to the weighted average of the weightedaverage dumping margins calculated for Hankook and Nexen, consistent with the guidance in section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.7 7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 May 08, 2025 Jkt 265001 Final Results of Review As a result of this review, Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023: Producer or exporter Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd., Hankook Tire Mfg Co. Ltd., and Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.8 ......................................... Nexen Tire Corporation .............. Kumho Tire Co., Inc ................... Weightedaverage dumping margin (percent) 4.64 4.09 4.37 Disclosure We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this proceeding within five days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of these final results of review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Assessment Rates Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review.9 Because the weighted-average dumping margins for Hankook and Nexen are not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we calculated importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales for each importer to the total entered value of the same sales. Where an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by an Passenger Vehicles and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea: Rate for Non-Examined Companies,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. 8 In the LTFV investigation, Commerce determined that Hankook Tire Mfg. Co., Ltd. and Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. are alternative names for Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 501 (January 6, 2021), and accompanying PDM at 2 (n. 9). 9 In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012). PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 individually examined respondent for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 21.74 percent) 10 if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.11 For Kumho Tire Co., Inc., the assessment rate for antidumping duties will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin in the final results of review. If the weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, then we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative 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 The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 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 in the Federal Register, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the exporters listed above will be equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then no cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated exporters not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established for these final results or the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 10 See Order, 86 FR at 38012. a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 11 For E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM 09MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 89 / Friday, May 9, 2025 / Notices VI. Recommendation exporters will continue to be 21.74 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair value investigation.12 These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. [FR Doc. 2025–08205 Filed 5–8–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Notification to Importers This notice serves as the 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 double antidumping duties. Administrative Protective Order This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5). Dated: May 5, 2025. Abdelali Elouaradia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 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: Commerce’s Use of the Cohen’s d Test Comment 2: Hankook’s Affiliated-Party Sales in the Home Market Comment 3: Hankook’s Name Comment 4: Nexen’s Sale Dates Comment 5: Nexen’s Level of Trade 12 See Order, 86 FR at 38012. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 May 08, 2025 Jkt 265001 [A–570–932] Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain steel threaded rod (steel threaded rod) from the People’s Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, at the levels indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of Sunset Review’’ section of this notice. DATES: Applicable May 9, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karina Holbrook, Trade Agreements Policy and Negotiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–8192. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On February 3, 2025, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the third five-year review of the Order,1 pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).2 On February 19, 2025, Commerce received a notice of intent to participate in this review from Vulcan Threaded Products, Inc. (the petitioner), pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3 The petitioner claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as a manufacturer of a domestic like product in the United States.4 On March 5, 2024, the petitioner filed an adequate substantive response within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 1 See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 2009) (Order). 2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 90 FR 8789 (February 3, 2025). 3 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Five-Year (Sunset) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of China—Petitioner’s Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated February 19, 2025. 4 Id. at 2. PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19675 351.218(d)(3)(i).5 Commerce did not receive a substantive response from any respondent interested party, nor was a hearing requested. On March 21, 2025, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive response from respondent interested parties.6 As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order. Scope of the Orders The merchandise covered by this Order is steel threaded rod from China. For the full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decisions Memorandum.7 Analysis of Comments Received A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review, including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation of the Order and the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the Order were to be revoked, is provided in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached 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 directly accessed at https://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Final Results of Sunset Reviews Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted5 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Five-Year (Sunset) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of China—Petitioner’s Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,’’ dated March 5, 2025. 6 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews Initiated on February 3, 2025,’’ dated March 21, 2025. 7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM 09MYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-908]


Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Republic of 
Korea: Final Results of the 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 
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. (Hankook) and Nexen Tire Corporation 
(Nexen) made sales of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the 
Republic of Korea (Korea) at prices below normal value (NV) during the 
period of review (POR), July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.


DATES: Applicable May 9, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo and Jun Jack Zhao, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3797 
and (202) 482-1396, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 9, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in 
the Federal Register and invited comments from interested parties.\1\ 
On December 4, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for these final 
results by 60 days to February 5, 2025, in accordance with section 
751(2)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.213(h)(2).\2\ 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 May 6, 2025. 
For details regarding the events that occurred since the Preliminary 
Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \1\ See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 65328 (August 9, 2024) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December 4, 2024.
    \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 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea; 
2022-2023,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 5
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    \5\ See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 
Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders and 
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination for 
Thailand, 86 FR 38011 (July 19, 2021) (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is passenger vehicle and light 
truck tires from Korea. For a complete description of the scope of the 
Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by 
interested parties to this administrative review in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. For a list of the issues raised by parties, see 
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.

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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties, we made certain changes to the margin calculations 
for Hankook and Nexen for these final results of review. As a result of 
these changes, the weighted-average dumping margin changed for the 
company subject to this review, but not selected for individual 
examination. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Rate for Non-Examined Companies

    The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment 
of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for companies not 
selected for individual 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 a 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when 
determining the weighted-average dumping margin for companies which 
were not selected for individual examination in an administrative 
review.
    Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce will base 
the all-others rate on the weighted average of the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins calculated for the individually examined 
respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or based 
entirely on facts available. Where the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margin for each of the individually examined companies is zero, 
de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) 
of the Act provides that Commerce may use ``any reasonable method to 
establish the estimated all-others rate for exporters and producers not 
individually investigated, including averaging the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers 
individually investigated.''
    In this review, we calculated weighted-average dumping margins for 
Hankook and Nexen are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
otherwise available. Therefore, we have assigned to the non-examined 
company, Kumho Tire Co., Inc., a rate equal to the weighted average of 
the weighted-average dumping margins calculated for Hankook and Nexen, 
consistent with the guidance in section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.\7\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Passenger Vehicles and Light Truck Tires 
from the Republic of Korea: Rate for Non-Examined Companies,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines that the following 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 
2022, through June 30, 2023:
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    \8\ In the LTFV investigation, Commerce determined that Hankook 
Tire Mfg. Co., Ltd. and Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. are alternative names 
for Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. See Passenger Vehicle and 
Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, 
Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures, 86 FR 501 (January 6, 2021), and accompanying PDM at 2 (n. 
9).

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                    Producer or exporter                        dumping
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Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd., Hankook Tire Mfg Co.           4.64
 Ltd., and Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.\8\........................
Nexen Tire Corporation......................................        4.09
Kumho Tire Co., Inc.........................................        4.37
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days after the date of publication in the 
Federal Register of these final results of review, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.\9\
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    \9\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate 
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation 
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in 
Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 
(February 14, 2012).
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    Because the weighted-average dumping margins for Hankook and Nexen 
are not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we calculated 
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates based on the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales for each 
importer to the total entered value of the same sales. Where an 
importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. 
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by an 
individually examined respondent for which it did not know its 
merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to instruct 
CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 21.74 
percent) \10\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\11\
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    \10\ See Order, 86 FR at 38012.
    \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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    For Kumho Tire Co., Inc., the assessment rate for antidumping 
duties will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin in the 
final results of review. If the weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis in the final results of review, then we will instruct CBP 
to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
administrative 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

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
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 in the Federal Register, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit 
rate for the exporters listed above will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of this review 
(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then no cash deposit will 
be required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated exporters not 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific cash deposit rate published for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or 
the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will 
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established for these 
final results or the most recently completed segment of this proceeding 
for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 
rate for all other producers or

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exporters will continue to be 21.74 percent, the all-others rate 
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    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as the 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 double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business 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 
the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: May 5, 2025.
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: Commerce's Use of the Cohen's d Test
    Comment 2: Hankook's Affiliated-Party Sales in the Home Market
    Comment 3: Hankook's Name
    Comment 4: Nexen's Sale Dates
    Comment 5: Nexen's Level of Trade
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2025-08205 Filed 5-8-25; 8:45 am]
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