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6See 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. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

In response to arguments from the 

petitioner, Commerce corrected an error 

with respect to the currency exchange 

program. As a result of this change, we 

updated the final rates for Bridgestone. 

These changes are explained in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For 

each subsidy program found to be 

countervailable, Commerce finds 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.6 For a full description of the 

methodology underlying all of 

Commerce’s conclusions, including any 

determination that relied upon the use 

of adverse facts available pursuant to 

section 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Final Results of Administrative Review 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5), Commerce calculated the 

following net countervailable subsidy 

rates for the period November 10, 2020, 

through December 31, 2021: 

Company Subsidy rate—2020 

(percent ad valorem) 

Subsidy rate—2021 

(percent ad valorem) 

Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam, LLC ............................................................................... 1.34 0.00 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in connection with the final 

results of review to parties in this 

proceeding within five days after public 

announcement of the final results 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). 

Cash Deposit Instructions 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct 

CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amount shown for the company listed 

above for 2021 (i.e., 0.00 percent) 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entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 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 

administrative review. This cash deposit 

requirement, effective upon publication 

of the final results of this review, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 

Commerce will determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise covered by this review. We 

intend to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 

date of publication of these final results 

of review. 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). 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Commerce is issuing and publishing 

the final results of review in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

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. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Interest Rates, Discount Rates, and 

Benchmarks 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Discussion of the Issue 

Comment: Whether Commerce Should Use 

a Different Denominator for the Currency 

Exchanges Program 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–878] 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products From the Republic of Korea: 

Notice of Initiation and Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request for a 

changed circumstances review (CCR), 

the U.S. Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is initiating a CCR of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 

corrosion-resistant steel products 

(CORE) from the Republic of Korea 

(Korea). Additionally, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that Dongkuk 

Coated Metal Co., Ltd., following a 

corporate organizational change in June 

2023 (hereinafter, Dongkuk CM), is the 

successor-in-interest to the prereorganization Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., 

Ltd. entity (hereinafter, Old Dongkuk 

Steel). As such, Dongkuk CM is entitled 

to Old Dongkuk Steel’s AD cash deposit 

rates with respect to entries of subject 

merchandise in the above-referenced 

proceeding. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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) 482–4868. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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1See Dongkuk’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Changed 

Circumstances Review and Successor-in-Interest 

Determination’’ (Dongkuk CCR Request), dated June 

30, 2023. 

2 Id. at 2–3 and Attachment 1. 

3 Id. at 4 and Attachment 3. 

4 Id. at 4 and Attachments 2 and 4. 

5 Id. at 3–6 and Attachments 2–4. 

6See 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). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Initiation and Preliminary Results of the 

Changed Circumstances Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order on Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the Republic of 

Korea,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice. 

8See Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: 

Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s 

Republic of China, 79 FR 48117 (August 15, 2014), 

unchanged in Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Results of 

Changed Circumstances Review, 79 FR 58740 

(September 30, 2014). 

9 Id. 

10See, e.g., Certain Preserved Mushrooms from 

India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Changed-Circumstances Review, 67 FR 78416 

(December 24, 2002), unchanged in Certain 

Preserved Mushrooms from India: Final Results of 

Changed-Circumstances Review, 68 FR 6884 

(February 11, 2003); and Fresh and Chilled Atlantic 

Salmon from Norway: Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Antidumping Administrative 

Review, 64 FR 9979, 9980 (March 1, 1999). 

Background 

On June 30, 2023, Dongkuk CM 

notified Commerce of a corporate 

reorganization and requested that 

Commerce initiate a CCR under the 

relevant AD proceeding to determine 

that it is the successor-in-interest to Old 

Dongkuk Steel for purposes of 

determining AD cash deposits.1 In this 

request, Dongkuk CM stated that, on 

May 12, 2023, the shareholders of Old 

Dongkuk Steel approved the December 

9, 2022, proposal by the company’s 

board of directors (BOD) to spin off its 

cold-rolled steel division, which 

produced CORE and non-subject 

merchandise, and its hot-rolled steel 

division, which produced only nonsubject merchandise, as separate 

operating companies (i.e., Dongkuk CM 

and New Dongkuk Steel, respectively) 

and position the newly-established 

operating companies under the holding 

company, Dongkuk Holdings Co., Ltd. 

(Dongkuk Holdings), effective as of June 

1, 2023 (the Spin-Off and 

Reorganization).2 Immediately following 

the BOD meeting on December 9, 2022, 

Old Dongkuk Steel notified the Korean 

Financial Services Commission (KFSC) 

and the Korean Financial Supervisory 

Service (KFSS) of the planned Spin-Off 

and Reorganization through a written 

notification that summarized the SpinOff Plan (KFSS Notification). The KFSS 

Notification explained the plan to split 

the operations of Old Dongkuk Steel 

into Dongkuk CM, New Dongkuk, and 

Dongkuk Holdings.3 Subsequently, the 

Extraordinary General Meeting of 

Shareholders was convened on May 12, 

2023, which ‘‘approved as presented’’ 

the Spin-Off Plan to proceed on June 1, 

2023, as had been proposed.4

Dongkuk CM states that there were no 

other changes because of the Spin-Off 

and Reorganization. The total capital of 

Old Dongkuk Steel was allocated among 

the three companies under the new 

structure; management of Old Dongkuk 

Steel was divided among the three 

companies; the production facilities of 

Old Dongkuk Steel, including the 

production facility for CORE (i.e., the 

Busan Plant), were split by operating 

division (i.e., Cold- Rolled Steel 

Division and Hot-Rolled Steel Division) 

between Dongkuk CM and New 

Dongkuk Steel; Dongkuk CM retained 

the suppliers of Old Dongkuk Steel’s 

Cold-Rolled Steel Division for the 

materials used in the production of 

CORE; and Dongkuk CM retained the 

customer base of Old Dongkuk Steel’s 

Cold-Rolled Steel Division for CORE.5

Scope of the Order 6

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is certain corrosion-resistant steel 

products from Korea. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.7

Initiation of Changed Circumstances 

Review 

Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

and 19 CFR 351.216, Commerce will 

conduct a CCR of an order upon receipt 

of information concerning, or a request 

from an interested party for a review of, 

an order which shows changed 

circumstances sufficient to warrant a 

review of the order. Commerce finds 

that the information submitted by 

Dongkuk CM demonstrates changed 

circumstances sufficient to warrant such 

a review. Therefore, in accordance with 

section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.216(d), Commerce is initiating a 

CCR based on the information contained 

in Dongkuk CM’s request that 

Commerce determine that Dongkuk CM 

is the successor-in-interest to Old 

Dongkuk Steel for purposes of the 

Order. 

Further, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) 

permits Commerce to combine the 

notice of initiation of a CCR and the 

notice of preliminary results of a CCR if 

Commerce concludes that expedited 

action is warranted. In this instance, 

because the record contains the 

information necessary to make a 

preliminary finding, we find that 

expedited action is warranted and have 

combined the notice of initiation and 

the notice of preliminary results. 

Methodology 

In determining whether one company 

is the successor to another, Commerce 

generally considers a company to be the 

successor-in-interest for AD cash 

deposit purposes if the operations of the 

successor are not materially dissimilar 

from those of its predecessor.8 In 

making this determination, Commerce 

examines a number of factors including, 

but not limited to, changes in: (1) 

management; (2) production facilities; 

(3) suppliers; and (4) customer base.9

While no one or several of these factors 

will necessarily provide a dispositive 

indication of succession, if the evidence 

demonstrates that, with respect to the 

production and sale of the subject 

merchandise, the new company 

operates as the same business entity as 

the prior company, Commerce will 

assign the new company the cash 

deposit rate of its predecessor.10

Commerce’s analysis of the 

information submitted by Dongkuk CM 

is detailed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is made available to the 

public 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 Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is available at 

https://access.trade.gov/public/

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Preliminary Results of the Changed 

Circumstances Reviews 

In the Dongkuk CCR Request, 

Dongkuk CM provided evidence 

demonstrating that its operations are not 

materially dissimilar from those of Old 

Dongkuk Steel with respect to the 

subject merchandise. Specifically, 

Dongkuk CM is managed and operated 

by the same managers as Old Dongkuk 

Steel, either directly as board members 

or members of Dongkuk CM’s 

management team, or indirectly as 

members of Dongkuk Holdings’ 

management team. Further, Dongkuk 

CM has not added, or discontinued use 


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11Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 

CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the 

filing of case briefs. 

12See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to Covid–19; Extension of 

Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) 

(Temporary Rule). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2). 

14Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 

CFR 351.310(c) to alter the time limit for requesting 

a hearing. 

15See 19 CFR 351.303(b). 16See Temporary Rule. 

of, steel production facilities as a result 

of the change in ownership and 

management structure. Finally, there 

have been no significant changes to the 

company’s suppliers and customer base. 

Based on the foregoing, which is 

explained in greater detail in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we 

preliminarily determine that Dongkuk 

CM is the successor-in-interest to Old 

Dongkuk Steel and, as such, that 

Dongkuk CM is entitled to Old Dongkuk 

Steel’s AD cash deposit rate with 

respect to entries of subject 

merchandise. 

Public Comment 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may 

submit case briefs not later than 14 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice.11 Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be filed 

not later than seven days after the due 

date for case briefs, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.309(d).12 Parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this CCR are requested to submit with 

each argument: (1) a statement of the 

issues; (2) a brief summary of the 

arguments; and (3) a table of 

authorities.13

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any 

interested party may request a hearing 

within 14 days of publication of this 

notice.14 Hearing requests should 

contain the following information: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; (3) whether any participant 

is a foreign national; and (4) a list of the 

issues to be discussed. Oral 

presentations at the hearing will be 

limited to issues raised in the briefs. If 

a request for a hearing is made, 

Commerce intends to hold the hearing 

at a time and date to be determined. 

Parties should confirm the date and the 

time of the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

All submissions must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS and must 

also be served on interested parties. An 

electronically-filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirely by 

ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) 

on the due date.15 Note that Commerce 

has temporarily modified certain 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.16

Final Results 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), 

we intend to issue the final results of 

this CCR no later than 270 days after the 

date on which this review was initiated, 

or within 45 days of publication of these 

preliminary results, if all parties agree to 

the preliminary findings. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing this 

initiation and preliminary results notice 

in accordance with section 751(b)(1) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.216(b) and 351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: September 22, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

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. Current Cash Deposit Rates 

V. Initiation and Preliminary Results of the 

Changed Circumstances Review 

VI. Successor-in-Interest Determination 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD426] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

and its advisory bodies will meet 

November 1–8, 2023 in Garden Grove, 

California and via webinar. The Council 

meeting will be live streamed with the 

opportunity to provide public comment 

remotely. 

DATES: The Pacific Council meeting will 

begin on Friday, November 3, 2023, at 

9 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), 

reconvening at 8 a.m. on Saturday, 

November 4 through Wednesday, 

November 8, 2023. All meetings are 

open to the public, except for a Closed 

Session held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., 

Friday, November 3, to address 

litigation and personnel matters. The 

Pacific Council will meet as late as 

necessary each day to complete its 

scheduled business. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: Meetings of the 

Pacific Council and its advisory entities 

will be held at the Hyatt Regency 

Orange County, 11999 Harbor Blvd., 

Garden Grove, CA; telephone: (714) 

750–1234. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on joining the 

meeting, connecting to the live stream 

broadcast, and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Merrick Burden, Executive Director, 

Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820– 

2418 or (866) 806–7204 toll-free, or 

access the Pacific Council website, 

www.pcouncil.org, for the proposed 

agenda and meeting briefing materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

November 3–8, 2023 meeting of the 

Pacific Council will be streamed live on 

the internet. The broadcasts begin 

initially at 9 a.m. PDT Friday, November 

3, 2023, and 8 a.m. PDT Saturday, 

November 4 through Wednesday, 

November 8, 2023. Broadcasts end when 

business for the day is complete. Only 

the audio portion and presentations 

displayed on the screen at the Pacific 

Council meeting will be broadcast. The 

audio portion for the public is listenonly except that an opportunity for oral 

public comment will be provided prior 

to Council Action on each agenda item. 

Additional information and instructions 

on joining or listening to the meeting 

can be found on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). 

The following items are on the Pacific 

Council agenda, but not necessarily in 

this order. Agenda items noted as ‘‘Final 

Action’’ refer to actions requiring the 

Council to transmit a proposed fishery 

management plan, proposed plan 

amendment, or proposed regulations to 

the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, under 

sections 304 or 305 of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Additional detail on 

agenda items, Council action, and 

advisory entity meeting times, are 


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