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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, 87 FR 

74404 (December 5, 2022) (Initiation Notice). 

3NSC is a single entity comprised of the 

following companies: Nippon Steel Corporation; 

Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.; and Nippon Steel 

Trading Corporation. 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). 

4 JFE is a single entity comprised of JFE Shoji 

Corporation and JFE Steel Corporation. See Certain 

Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 

Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018–2019, 

86 FR 47615 (August 26, 2021). In the absence of 

record information indicating that Commerce 

should reevaluate this determination, we are 

treating these companies as a single entity for 

purposes of respondent selection. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection for 

the 2021–2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 

from Japan,’’ dated February 23, 2023. 

6See Letter from Global Tubing LLC, 

‘‘Withdrawal of Global Tubing LLC’s Request for 

Administrative Review of JFE Steel and JFE Shoji,’’ 

dated March 3, 2023 (JFE Letter of Withdrawal). 

7See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection for 

the 2021–2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 

from Japan—Selection of Tokyo Steel 

Manufacturing Co., Ltd. as a Mandatory 

Respondent,’’ dated March 7, 2023. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated June 27, 2023. 

10See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews: Certain Hot-Rolled Steel 

Flat Products from Japan; 2021–2022,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

11 Id. 

12See JFE Letter of Withdrawal. 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–874] 

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 

From Japan: Preliminary Results and 

Partial Rescission of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2021– 

2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that one of the two 

producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel 

flat products (hot-rolled steel) from 

Japan, sold subject merchandise in the 

United States at prices below normal 

value during the period of review (POR) 

October 1, 2021, through September 30, 

2022. 

DATES: Applicable November 6, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack 

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

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 of 

the Order on December 5, 2022, 

covering three producers and/or 

exporters.2 We selected two companies, 

NSC3 and JFE 4 as the mandatory 

respondent.5 On March 3, 2023, Global 

Tubing LLC withdrew its review request 

with regard to JFE, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1).6 As Global Tubing LLC is 

the only party that requested a review 

for JFE and the request for withdrawal 

is timely, Commerce is preliminarily 

rescinding the review with respect to 

JFE.7 Subsequently, Commerce selected 

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co, Ltd. 

(Tokyo Steel), as a mandatory 

respondent in this review.8

On June 27, 2023, in accordance with 

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

CFR 351.213(h)(1), we extended the 

deadline for the preliminary results of 

this review until October 31, 2023.9 For 

a detailed description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this review, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.10

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.11

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a) of the Act. Export 

price and constructed 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 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 https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed at 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the parties that requested a 

review withdraw the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation. Commerce received 

timely-filed withdrawal requests for 

JFE.12 Because the withdrawal requests 

were timely filed and no other party 

requested a review of JFE, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is 

rescinding this review of the Order with 

respect to JFE. 

Preliminary Results 

We preliminarily determine the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins for the period October 

1, 2021, through September 30, 2022: 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Nippon Steel Corporation/Nippon 

Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd./Nippon 

Steel Trading Corporation ....... 1.39 

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., 

Ltd ........................................... 0.00 

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.13 Parties who submit case briefs 

or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) a statement of the issue; 


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14See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

15See, generally, 19 CFR 351.303. 

16See 19 CFR 351.303(f). 

17See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

18See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

19See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

20See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

21See 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). 

22See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 23See Order. 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities.14 Case and 

rebuttal briefs should be filed using 

ACCESS 15 and must be served on 

interested parties.16 Executive 

summaries should be limited to five 

pages total, including footnotes. Note 

that Commerce has amended certain of 

its requirements pertaining to the 

service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).17

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 via 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.18 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.19 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.20

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. If the weighted-average 

dumping margins for NSC and Tokyo 

Steel are not zero or de minimis (i.e., 

less than 0.5 percent) in the final results 

of this review, we will calculate 

importer-specific 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). 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 

NSC’s and Tokyo Steel’s weightedaverage dumping margins are 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.’’ 21

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by NSC or 

Tokyo Steel for which the producer did 

not know its merchandise was destined 

for the United States, 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.22

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 recentlycompleted 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.23 These deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

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 and/or countervailing 

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 and/or 

countervailing 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: October 31, 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2023–24491 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

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