[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32629-32630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15018]


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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 Administrative 
Review; 2016-2017

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain 
companies covered by this administrative review made sales of certain 
cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products (CTL plate) from the 
Republic of Korea (Korea) at less than normal value during the period 
of review (POR) February 1, 2016, through January 31, 2017.

DATES: Applicable July 13, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun or Thomas Schauer, 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) 
482-0410, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 12, 2018, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
the administrative review.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment 
on the Preliminary Results. We received a case brief from Hyundai Steel 
Company, and a rebuttal brief from Nucor Corporation. This review 
covers two respondents, Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM) and Hyundai 
Steel Company (Hyundai Steel).
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    \1\ See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 10670 
(March 12, 2018) (Preliminary Results).
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    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping duty order are certain CTL 
plate. Imports of CTL plate are currently classified in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 
7208.40.30.30, 7208.40.30.60, 7208.51.00.30, 7208.51.00.45, 
7208.51.00.60, 7208.52.00.00, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.90.00.00, 
7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.13.00.00, 7211.14.00.30, 
7211.14.00.45, 7211.90.00.00, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, 
7212.50.00.00, 7225.40.30.50, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.50.60.00, 
7225.99.00.90, 7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 
7226.99.00.00. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description is dispositive. A full 
description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \2\ See the Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from the Republic 
of Korea; 2015-2016,'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The sole issue raised by parties in this review, pertaining to the 
home market date of sale, is addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by 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 and to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, Room B-8024 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of comments received, we made no changes to 
the margins for the final results of this review.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins 
exist for the respondents for the period February 1, 2016, through 
January 31, 2017.

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                                                            Weighted-
                                                         average dumping
                   Producer/exporter                          margin
                                                            (percent)
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd............................            0.90
Hyundai Steel Company..................................           11.64
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1),

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Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the 
final results of this review.
    For DSM and Hyundai Steel, we calculated importer-specific 
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
antidumping duties calculated for each importer's examined sales and 
the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\3\ For entries of subject merchandise during the period 
of review produced by DSM or Hyundai Steel for which it 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(ies) involved in the transaction. 
We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of these reviews.
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    \3\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate 
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation 
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in 
Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 
(February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice for all shipments of CTL plate from Korea 
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 the companies listed above will be equal 
to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the original investigation but the producer has been 
covered in a prior complete segment of this proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period 
for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 0.98 percent,\4\ 
the all-others rate determined in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation, adjusted for the export-subsidy rate in the companion 
countervailing duty investigation. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \4\ See, e.g., Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 
62712, 62714 (September 12, 2016).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
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 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 violation 
subject to sanction.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: July 9, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive duties and functions of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issue
Comment: Home Market Date of Sale

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