10920 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 23, 2021 / Notices 

1See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from 

Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the 

Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the 

United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative 

Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962 (October 3, 

2016) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

67712 (December 11, 2019) (Initiation Notice). 

3See Memorandum ‘‘Respondent Selection for 

the 2018–2019 Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 

from Japan,’’ dated May 1, 2020. 

4See Memorandum to the Record from Jeffrey I. 

Kessler, Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and 

Compliance, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in 

Response to Operational Adjustments Due to 

COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 2020. 

5See Memorandum to the Record from Jeffrey I. 

Kessler, Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and 

Compliance, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,’’ 

dated July 21, 2020. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Hot-Rolled Steel 

Flat Products from Japan: Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review—2018–2019,’’ dated 

October 13, 2020. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Steel 

Flat Products from Japan; 2018–2019,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

8 Id. 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological, or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, February 16, 

2021. 

Kevin L. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03608 Filed 2–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Regulations and Procedures Technical 

Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting 

The Regulations and Procedures 

Technical Advisory Committee will 

meet March 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, via remote 

teleconference. The Committee advises 

the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Export Administration on 

implementation of the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) and 

provides for continuing review to 

update the EAR as needed. 

Agenda 

Public Session 

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman 

2. Opening remarks by the Bureau of 

Industry and Security 

3. Presentation of papers or comments 

by the Public 

4. Regulations Update 

5. Working Group Reports 

6. Automated Export System Update 

Closed Session 

7. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the provisions 

relating to public meetings found in 

5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 

10(a)(3). 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference to participants on a 

first come, first serve basis. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@

bis.doc.gov, no later than March 2, 2021. 

To the extent that time permits, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements to the Committee. The public 

may submit written statements at any 

time before or after the meeting. 

However, to facilitate the distribution of 

public presentation materials to the 

Committee members, the Committee 

suggests that presenters forward the 

public presentation materials prior to 

the meeting to Ms. Springer via email. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03684 Filed 2–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–874] 

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 

From Japan: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Preliminary Determination 

of No Shipments; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) 

and Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

(Tokyo Steel), producers and exporters 

of hot-rolled steel flat products (hotrolled steel) from Japan, sold subject 

merchandise in the United States at 

prices below normal value during the 

period of review (POR) October 1, 2018 

through September 30, 2019. In 

addition, Commerce preliminarily 

determines that Honda Trading Canada, 

Inc. (Honda), Panasonic Corporation 

(Panasonic), and Mitsui & CO., Ltd. 

(Mitsui) had no shipments during the 

POR. We invite interested parties to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable February 23, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Myrna Lobo or 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) 482–2371 or (202) 482–1396, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on hot-rolled 

steel from Japan in accordance with 

section 751(a)(1)(B) of Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act).1 Commerce 

initiated this administrative review on 

December 11, 2019 covering 26 

producers and/or exporters.2 We 

selected NSC and Tokyo Steel as 

mandatory respondents.3 On April 24, 

2020, Commerce exercised its discretion 

to uniformly toll all statutory deadlines 

for antidumping and countervailing 

duty administrative reviews by 50 

days.4 On July 21, 2020, Commerce 

further tolled all statutory deadlines for 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

administrative reviews by another 60 

days.5 On October 13, 2020, we 

extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review by an 

additional 120 days, in accordance with 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213(h)(2), resulting in a 

deadline of February 17, 2021 for these 

preliminary results.6 For a detailed 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.7

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is hot-rolled steel from Japan. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.8

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a) of the Act. 

Constructed export price and export 

price were calculated in accordance 

with section 772 of the Act. Normal 

value is calculated in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A 

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 23, 2021 / Notices 10921 

9See No Shipment Inquiry to CBP, dated 

February 3 and 8, 2021. 

10See Honda’s Letter, ‘‘Administrative Review of 

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: 

Honda Trading Canada, Inc.’s No Shipment 

Certification,’’ dated December 20, 2018; see also 

Panasonic’s Letter, ‘‘Administrative Review of 

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: 

Panasonic Corporation No Shipment Certification,’’ 

dated January 8, 2020; and Mitsui’s Letter, 

‘‘Antidumping Administrative Review of Certain 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: Mitsui 

No Shipment Certification,’’ dated January 9, 2020. 

11See Memorandum, ‘‘Review-Specific Average 

Rate for Non-Examined Companies,’’ dated 

concurrently with this memorandum. 

12Commerce found in a changed circumstances 

review that NSC, Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd. 

(Nippon Nisshin), and Nippon Steel Trading 

Corporation (NSTC) are affiliated companies that 

should be treated as a single entity and as the 

successor-in-interest to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo 

Metal Corporation (NSSMC), Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. 

(Nisshin Steel), and Nippon Steel & Sumikin 

Bussan Corporation (NSSBC), respectively. See 

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: 

Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Changed Circumstances Review, 84 FR 46713 

(September 5, 2019). 

13This rate is based on the rates for the 

respondents that were selected for individual 

review, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, 

or based entirely on facts available. See section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. See Memorandum ‘‘ReviewSpecific Average Rate for Non-Examined 

Companies,’’ dated concurrently with this 

memorandum. 

14We collapsed JFE Shoji Trade Corporation with 

JFE Steel Corporation in the underlying 

investigation. See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 

Products from Japan: Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less than Fair Value and Postponement of 

Final Determination, 81 FR 15222 (March 22, 2016), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum at 8–9. 

list of topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

attached 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 to ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

on the internet at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

A list of the topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

attached as an appendix to this notice. 

The signed Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

versions of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

Among the companies under review, 

Honda, Panasonic and Mitsui each 

properly filed a statement reporting that 

it had made no shipments of subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POR. Commerce issued an 

instruction to the U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) asking for any 

entry activity regarding Honda, 

Panasonic and Mitsui, and is awaiting 

CBP’s response.9 Based on the 

certifications submitted by Honda, 

Panasonic and Mitsui, and our analysis 

of CBP information currently on the 

record, we preliminarily determine that 

Honda, Panasonic and Mitusi had no 

shipments during the POR.10 Consistent 

with its practice, Commerce finds that it 

is not appropriate to preliminarily 

rescind the review with respect to 

Honda, Panasonic and Mitsui, but rather 

to complete the review and issue 

appropriate instructions to CBP based 

on the final results of this review. 

Rate for Non-Examined Companies 

The statute and Commerce’s 

regulations do not address the 

establishment of a rate to be applied to 

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 market economy 

investigation, for guidance when 

calculating the rate for companies 

which were not selected for individual 

examination in an administrative 

review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act, the all-others rate is normally 

‘‘an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero or de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely {on the 

basis of facts available}.’’ 

In this review, we have preliminarily 

calculated weighted-average dumping 

margins for NSC and Tokyo Steel that 

are not zero, de minimis, or determined 

entirely on the basis of facts available. 

Accordingly, Commerce preliminarily 

has assigned to companies not 

individually examined a margin of 

10.95 percent, which is the weighted 

average (using the publicly-ranged U.S. 

value) of NSC’s and Tokyo Steel’s 

calculated weighted-average dumping 

margins.11

Preliminary Results 

We preliminarily determine the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margins for the period October 1, 2018 

through September 30, 2019: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Nippon Steel Corporation/Nippon 

Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd./Nippon 

Steel Trading Corporation 12 ... 11.70 

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., 

Ltd ........................................... 6.80 

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable 

to the Following Companies 13

Hanwa Co., Ltd ........................... 10.95 

Higuchi Manufacturing America, 

LLC .......................................... 10.95 

Higuchi Seisakusho Co., Ltd ...... 10.95 

Hitachi Metals, Ltd ...................... 10.95 

JFE Steel Corporation/JFE Shoji 

Trade Corporation 14 ............... 10.95 

JFE Shoji Trade America ........... 10.95 

Kanematsu Corporation .............. 10.95 

Kobe Steel, Ltd ........................... 10.95 

Metal One Corporation ............... 10.95 

Miyama Industry Co., Ltd ........... 10.95 

Nakagawa Special Steel Inc ...... 10.95 

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Logistics Co., Ltd ............................. 10.95 

Okaya & Co. Ltd ......................... 10.95 

Saint-Gobain K.K ........................ 10.95 

Shinsho Corporation ................... 10.95 

Sumitomo Corporation ................ 10.95 

Suzukaku Corporation ................ 10.95 

Toyota Tsusho Corporation 

Nagoya .................................... 10.95 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine, and CBP shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. For any individually examined 

respondent whose weighted-average 

dumping margin is not zero or de 

minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in 

the final results of this review and the 

respondent reported reliable entered 

values, we will calculate importerspecific ad valorem assessment rates for 

the merchandise based on the ratio of 

the total amount of dumping calculated 

for the examined sales made during the 

POR to each importer and the total 

entered value of those same sales, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

If the respondent has not reported 

reliable entered values, we will 

calculate a per-unit assessment rate for 

each importer by dividing the total 

amount of dumping calculated for the 

examined sales made to that importer by 

the total sales quantity associated with 

those transactions. Where an importerspecific ad valorem assessment rate is 

zero or de minimis in the final results 

of review, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). If 

a respondent’s weighted-average 

10922 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 23, 2021 / Notices 

15See 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) (Final Modification for 

Reviews). 

16See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 

17See Order. 

18See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

19See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

20See generally 19 CFR 351.303. 

21See 19 CFR 351.303(f). 

22See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

23See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

24See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

dumping margin is zero or de minimis 

in the final results of review, we will 

instruct CBP not to assess duties on any 

of its entries in accordance with the 

Final Modification for Reviews, i.e., 

‘‘{w}here the weighted-average margin 

of dumping for the exporter is 

determined to be zero or de minimis, no 

antidumping duties will be assessed.’’ 15

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by NSC and 

Tokyo Steel for which the producer did 

not know its merchandise was destined 

for the United States, or for any 

respondent for which we have a final 

determination of no shipments, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 

entries at the all-others rate if there is no 

rate for the intermediate company (or 

companies) involved in the 

transaction.16

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). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective upon publication of the 

notice of final results of this 

administrative review for all shipments 

of the subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication, as provided by section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for each specific company 

listed above will be that 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 

companies not participating in this 

review, the cash deposit will continue 

to be the company-specific 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, or the underlying investigation, 

but the manufacturer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate established 

for the most recent segment for the 

manufacturer of the merchandise; and 

(4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

manufacturers or exporters will 

continue to be 5.58 percent, the allothers rate established in the less-thanfair-value investigation.17 These deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for these preliminary results 

of review to interested parties within 

five days of the date of publication of 

this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c), interested parties may 

submit case briefs no later than 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice. Rebuttal briefs, the content of 

which is limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 

seven days after the date for filing case 

briefs.18 Parties who submit case briefs 

or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities.19 Case and 

rebuttal briefs should be filed using 

ACCESS 20 and must be served on 

interested parties.21 Executive 

summaries should be limited to five 

pages total, including footnotes. 

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 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS. An electronically filed request 

must be received successfully in its 

entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice.22 Requests should 

contain: (1) The party’s name, address 

and telephone number; (2) the number 

of participants; and (3) a list of issues 

parties intend to discuss. If a request for 

a hearing is made, Commerce intends to 

hold the hearing at a date and time to 

be determined.23 Parties should confirm 

the date, time, and location of the 

hearing two days before the scheduled 

date. 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

the issues raised in any case or rebuttal 

briefs, no later than 120 days after the 

date of publication of this notice, unless 

extended.24

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

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 POR. 

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. 

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: February 17, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

V. Use of Facts Available and Adverse Facts 

Available 

VI. Rates for Non-Examined Companies 

VII. Discussion of the Methodology 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–878, A–580–881, C–580–879, C–580– 

882] 

Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products 

and Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products From the Republic of Korea: 

Final Results of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Changed 

Circumstances Reviews 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) continues to find that that 

KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (KG Dongbu 

Steel) is the successor-in-interest to