84296 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 248 / Monday, December 28, 2020 / Notices 

1See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel 

Plate from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary 

Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; Calendar Year 2018, 85 FR 13136 (March 

6, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review: Certain Cut-to-Length 

Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the Republic of 

Korea: Post-Preliminary Analysis Memorandum,’’ 

dated August 6, 2020. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated September 25, 2020. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated November 2, 2020. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Cut-toLength Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the 

Republic of Korea; 2018,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

8For a complete description of the scope of the 

order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

9See 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. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–837] 

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality 

Steel Plate From the Republic of 

Korea: Final Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; Calendar 

Year 2018 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that Hyundai 

Steel Co. (Hyundai Steel) and certain 

other producers/exporters of certain cutto-length plate from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea) received countervailable 

subsidies that are above de minimis and 

that Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM) 

received a de minimis net subsidy rate 

during the period of review (POR) 

January 1, 2018 through December 31, 

2018. 

DATES: Applicable December 28, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Conniff (for Hyundai Steel) or Jolanta 

Lawska (for DSM), 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) 482–1009 or 

(202) 482–8362, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 6, 2020, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results of 

this administrative review.1 On April 

24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines 

in administrative reviews by 50 days.2

On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all 

deadlines in administrative reviews by 

an additional 60 days.3 Additionally, on 

August 6, 2020, Commerce issued a 

post-preliminary analysis 

memorandum.4 On August 19, 2020, we 

received timely filed case briefs from 

Nucor Corporation (the petitioner), the 

Government of Korea (GOK), DSM, and 

Hyundai Steel. On September 2, 2020, 

the GOK, Hyundai Steel and DSM 

submitted timely filed rebuttal briefs. 

On September 25, 2020, Commerce 

extended the deadline for issuing the 

final results of this review by 29 days.5

On November 2, 2020, Commerce 

further extended the final results of this 

review by 28 days to December 18, 

2020.6 For a complete description of the 

events that occurred since the 

Preliminary Results, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.7

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the order 

is certain hot-rolled carbon-quality steel 

plate. The merchandise subject to the 

order is currently classifiable in the 

HTSUS under subheadings: 

7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 

7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 

7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 

7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 

7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 

7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 

7211.14.0045, 7211.90.0000, 

7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 

7212.50.0000, 7225.40.3050, 

7225.40.7000, 7225.50.6000, 

7225.99.0090, 7226.91.5000, 

7226.91.7000, 7226.91.8000, 

7226.99.0000. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise covered by the order is 

dispositive.8

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in interested parties’ 

case briefs are addressed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. The issues 

are identified 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 http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/index.html. The signed and 

electronic versions of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on the comments received from 

interested parties and record 

information, we have made changes to 

the net subsidy rates calculated for the 

mandatory respondents. For a 

discussion of these issues, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(l)(A) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, we 

find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a 

financial contribution from a 

government or public entity that gives 

rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that 

the subsidy is specific.9 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Rate for Non-Selected Companies 

Under Review 

The statute and Commerce’s 

regulations do not directly address the 

countervailing duty rates to be applied 

to companies not selected for individual 

examination where Commerce limited 

its examination in an administrative 

review pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of 

the Act. However, Commerce normally 

determines the rates for non-selected 

companies in reviews in a manner that 

is consistent with section 705(c)(5) of 

the Act, which provides instructions for 

calculating the all-others rate in an 

investigation. Section 777A(e)(2) of the 

Act provides that ‘‘the individual 

countervailable subsidy rates 

determined under subparagraph (A) 

shall be used to determine the all-others 

rate under section 705(c)(5) {of the 

Act}.’’ Section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

states that for companies not 

investigated, in general, we will 

determine an all-others rate by using the 

weighted-average countervailable 

subsidy rates established for each of the 

companies individually investigated, 

excluding zero and de minimis rates or 

any rates based solely on the facts 

available. 

We determine that Hyundai Steel 

received countervailable subsidies that 


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Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

53411 (October 7, 2019). 

are above de minimis. Therefore, in 

these final results, we are applying the 

net subsidy rate calculated for Hyundai 

Steel to BDP International and Sung Jin 

Steel Co., Ltd. 

Final Results of Administrative Review 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5), we determine that the 

following total estimated net 

countervailable subsidy rates exist for 

the period January 1, 2018 through 

December 31, 2018: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

ad valorem 

% 

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd .. * 0.28 

Hyundai Steel Company ....... 0.50 

BDP International ................. 0.50 

Sung Jin Steel Co., Ltd ........ 0.50 

* (de minimis). 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed for these final 

results of review within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Assessment Rates 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to 

issue appropriate instructions to U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 

days after publication of these final 

results to liquidate shipments of subject 

merchandise. Because we have 

calculated a de minimis countervailable 

subsidy rate for DSM, we will instruct 

CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to countervailing duties 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212. We 

will instruct CBP to liquidate shipments 

of subject merchandise produced and/or 

exported by Hyundai Steel and the 

above listed companies, entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption from January 1, 2018 

through December 31, 2018, at the ad 

valorem rates listed above for each 

respective company. 

Cash Deposit Instructions 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, we intend to 

instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties, in the 

amounts shown above, with the 

exception of DSM, on shipments of 

subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review. Because the countervailable 

subsidy rate for DSM is de minimis, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to collect 

cash deposits at a rate of zero for DSM 

for all shipments of the subject 

merchandise that are entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review. For all nonreviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to 

continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties at the 

most-recent company-specific or allothers rate applicable to the company, 

as appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to 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 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 

These final results are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: December 18, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Period of Review 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Analysis of Comments 

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM) 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce’s Findings 

that the Demand Response Resources 

(DRR) Program Constitutes a 

Countervailable Subsidy is in 

Accordance with the Requirements of 

the Statute or the World Trade 

Organization (WTO) Agreement on 

Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 

(SCM Agreement) 

Comment 2: Whether the ‘‘Energy Savings 

System’’ (ESS) Discount Program Is Not 

a Subsidy Relating to Subject 

Merchandise 

Comment 3: Commerce Incorrectly 

Calculated the Benefit from the KEXIM 

Import Financing Used by DSM 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce 

Incorrectly Calculated the Benefit from 

the R&D Project for the Development of 

Earthquake-Proof Reinforced Steel Bars 

(ITIPA R&D) 

Comment 5: Commerce Incorrectly 

Described Unaffiliated Trading 

Companies as Affiliates of DSM in the 

Preliminary Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel) 

Comment 6: Commerce Erred in its 

Preliminary Finding that the Reduction 

for Sewerage Fees Program for Hyundai 

Steel 

Comment 7: Commerce should continue to 

determine that the Upstream Electricity 

Subsidy Program is not Countervailable 

Comment 8: Whether the GOK Provided 

Carbon Emission Credits for Less Than 

Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) to 

Hyundai Steel 

Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–469–817] 

Ripe Olives From Spain: Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily finds that 

producers or exporters subject to this 

administrative review made sales of 

subject merchandise at less than normal 

value during the period of review (POR), 

January 26, 2018 through July 31, 2019. 

We invite interested parties to comment 

on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 28, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yang Jin Chun or Dmitry Vladimirov, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office I, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington 

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–5760 or 

(202) 482–0665, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 7, 2019, Commerce 

initiated the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on ripe 

olives (olives) from Spain.1 On April 24, 

2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in 

administrative reviews by 50 days, 


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