Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 188 / Friday, September 29, 2023 / Notices 67235 

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

Plate Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice 

of Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 

88 FR 59869 (August 30, 2023) (Initiation and 

Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Initiation and Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 

59870. 

3 Id., 88 FR at 59869. 

4See Dongkuk Steel’s Letter, ‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated 

September 13, 2023. 

5See Notice of Amendment of Final 

Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 

and Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Cut-ToLength Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from 

France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the 

Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585, 6586 (February 10, 

2000). 

6See Initiation and Preliminary Results and 

accompanying PDM. 

after the final determination whether 

imports of brass rod from Korea are 

materially injuring, or threaten material 

injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are brass rod and bar (brass rod), which is 

defined as leaded, low-lead, and no-lead 

solid brass made from alloys such as, but not 

limited to the following alloys classified 

under the Unified Numbering System (UNS) 

as C27450, C27451, C27460, C34500, C35000, 

C35300, C35330, C36000, C36300, C37000, 

C37700, C48500, C67300, C67600, and 

C69300, and their international equivalents. 

The brass rod subject to this investigation 

has an actual cross-section or outside 

diameter greater than 0.25 inches but less 

than or equal to 12 inches. Brass rod crosssections may be round, hexagonal, square, or 

octagonal shapes as well as special profiles 

(e.g., angles, shapes), including hollow 

profiles. 

Standard leaded brass rod covered by the 

scope contains, by weight, 57.0–65.0 percent 

copper; 0.5–3.0 percent lead; no more than 

1.3 percent iron; and at least 15 percent zinc. 

No-lead or low-lead brass rod covered by the 

scope contains by weight 59.0–76.0 percent 

copper; 0–1.5 percent lead; no more than 

0.35 percent iron; and at least 15 percent 

zinc. Brass rod may also include other 

chemical elements (e.g., nickel, phosphorous, 

silicon, tin, etc.). 

Brass rod may be in straight lengths or 

coils. Brass rod covered by this investigation 

may be finished or unfinished, and may or 

may not be heated, extruded, pickled, or 

cold-drawn. Brass rod may be produced in 

accordance with ASTM B16, ASTM B124, 

ASTM B981, ASTM B371, ASTM B453, 

ASTM B21, ASTM B138, and ASTM B927, 

but such conformity to an ASTM standard is 

not required for the merchandise to be 

included within the scope. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is brass ingot, which is a casting 

of unwrought metal unsuitable for 

conversion into brass rod without remelting, 

that contains, by weight, at least 57.0 percent 

copper and 15.0 percent zinc. 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is currently classifiable under 

subheadings 7407.21.9000, 7407.21.7000, 

and 7407.21.1500 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Products subject to the scope may also enter 

under HTSUS subheadings 7403.21.0000, 

7407.21.3000, and 7407.21.5000. The HTSUS 

subheadings and UNS alloy designations are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. The written description of the 

scope of the investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Injury Test 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Benchmark and Discount Rates 

VIII. Diversification of Korea’s Economy 

IX. Use of Facts Otherwise Available 

X. Analysis of Programs 

XI. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2023–21547 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–836] 

Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality 

Steel Plate Products From the 

Republic of Korea: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On August 30, 2023, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

published the notice of initiation and 

preliminary results of a changed 

circumstances review (CCR) of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 

cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate 

products (CTL plate) from the Republic 

of Korea (Korea). For these final results, 

Commerce continues to find that the 

post-corporate reorganization Dongkuk 

Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk Steel) is 

the successor-in-interest to the prereorganization Dongkuk Steel. 

Furthermore, Dongkuk Steel is entitled 

to the former Dongkuk Steel’s AD cash 

deposit rates with respect to entries of 

subject merchandise in each of the 

above-referenced proceeding. 

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Williams, 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) 482–5166. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 30, 2023, Commerce 

published the Initiation and Preliminary 

Results,1 finding that the post-corporate 

reorganization Dongkuk Steel is the 

successor-in-interest to the prereorganization and identically named 

Dongkuk Steel, and should be assigned 

the same AD cash deposit rate assigned 

to the former Dongkuk Steel in each of 

the above-referenced proceeding.2 In the 

Initiation and Preliminary Results, we 

provided all interested parties with an 

opportunity to comment and request a 

public hearing regarding our 

preliminary finding.3 Dongkuk Steel 

submitted comments agreeing with our 

preliminary findings in full, and we 

received no other comments from 

interested parties.4 Additionally, we 

received no requests for a public hearing 

from interested parties. 

Scope of the Order 5

The merchandise covered by the order 

is CTL plate from Korea. For a complete 

description of the scope of the order, see 

the Initiation and Preliminary Results 

PDM.6

Final Results of the Changed 

Circumstances Review 

For the reasons stated in the Initiation 

and Preliminary Results, and because 

we received no comments from 

interested parties to the contrary, 

Commerce continues to find that new 

Dongkuk Steel is the successor-ininterest to former Dongkuk Steel and is 

entitled to the same AD cash deposit 

rate as former Dongkuk Steel with 

respect to entries of subject merchandise 

in the above-noted proceeding. As there 

are no changes from the Initiation and 

Preliminary Results, there is no decision 

memorandum accompanying this notice 

and the determination in the Initiation 

and Preliminary Results is hereby 

adopted as the final results of this CCR. 

As a result of this determination and 

consistent with established practice, we 

find that Dongkuk Steel should receive 

the AD cash deposit rate previously 


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67236 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 188 / Friday, September 29, 2023 / Notices 

1See Brass Rod from India, Israel, and the 

Republic of Korea: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 88 FR 33566 (May 24, 2023) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Brass Rod from India, Israel, and the 

Republic of Korea: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 88 FR 42300 (June 30, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Brass Rod from 

Israel,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 87 FR at 3971. 

6 Id. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

8See 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. 

9See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Brass Rod from Israel 

and Republic of Korea: Petitioner’s Request for 

Alignment of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations with the Concurrent Antidumping 

Duty Investigations,’’ dated September 18, 2023. 

assigned to former Dongkuk Steel. 

Consequently, Commerce will instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

suspend liquidation of all shipments of 

subject merchandise produced and/or 

exported by Dongkuk Steel and entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date of this notice in the Federal 

Register at the AD cash deposit rate in 

effect for former Dongkuk Steel. This 

cash deposit requirement shall remain 

in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

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 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing this determination and 

publishing these final results and notice 

in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) 

and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216 

and 351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: September 22, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21377 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–508–815] 

Brass Rod From Israel: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of brass rod 

from Israel. The period of investigation 

is January 1, 2022, through December 

31, 2022. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zachary Shaykin, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 2638. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). On May 24, 2023, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

notice of initiation of this investigation.1

On June 30, 2023, Commerce postponed 

the preliminary determination of this 

investigation until September 25, 2023.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 

(ACCEESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

accesss.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is brass rod from Israel. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 We received 

comments from several interested 

parties concerning the scope of the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigations as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice.6 For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this preliminary 

determination, and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.7

Commerce is preliminarily modifying 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice, see Appendix I. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found to be countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

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

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.8

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final CVD determination in this 

investigation with the final 

determination in the companion AD 

investigation of brass rod from Israel 

based on a request made by the 

American Brass Rod Fair Trade 

Coalition and its members, Mueller 

Brass Co. and Wieland Chase LLC 

(collectively, the petitioners).9

Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

February 7, 2024, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 


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