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 Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-580-835]
 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
 SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain exporters/producers of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils (SSSS in coils) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
 DATES: Applicable September 13, 2024.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Barton, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0012.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Background On August 6, 1999, Commerce published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     the countervailing duty (CVD) order on SSSS in coils from Korea.[1]
                    
                     On October 18, 2023, Commerce published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     its initiation of the CVD administrative review of the 
                    *Order*
                     for the period of January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022.[2]
                    
                     On January 18, 2024, Commerce selected Geumok Tech. Co., Ltd. (Geumok Tech) and Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel), as the mandatory respondents in this administrative review.[3]
                    
                     Because Geumok Tech failed to respond to the initial questionnaire, on February 8, 2024, Commerce selected Hyundai BNG Steel Co. (Hyundai BNG) as an additional mandatory respondent in this administrative review.[4] On April 17, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for issuance of the preliminary results of this review until August 30, 2024, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).[5]
                    
                     On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.[6]
                    
                     The deadline for the preliminary results is now September 6, 2024. For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, 
                    *see*
                     the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.[7]
                    
                     A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included in 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 is available to registered users at 
                    *https://access.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 Order The product covered by this 
                    *Order*
                     is SSSS in coils. For a complete description of the scope of the 
                    *Order, see*
                     the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Methodology Commerce is conducting this CVD administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily determine that there is a subsidy, 
                    *i.e.,*
                     a financial contribution by an “authority” that confers a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.[8]
                    
                     For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, including our reliance upon adverse facts available (AFA) in determining a countervailing duty rate for Geumok Tech, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, 
                    *see*
                     the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, in Part It is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of a countervailing duty order, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there are no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.[9]
                    
                     Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the countervailing duty assessment rate calculated for the review period.[10]
                    
                     Therefore, for an administrative review of a company to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the calculated countervailing duty assessment rate calculated for the review period.[11] According to the CBP import data on the record, there is one company subject to this review (
                    *i.e.,*
                     Samsung STS Co., Ltd.) that did not have reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended. Accordingly, in the absence of reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR, we intend to rescind this administrative review with respect to this company, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). Preliminary Results of Review As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the following net countervailable subsidy rates for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:
                    ( print page 74916) Company
Net 
                             countervailable  
                             subsidy rate  
                             (percent)Hyundai BNG Steel Co
* 0.05Hyundai Steel Company 12
0.76Geumok Tech. Co., Ltd.13
15.57* De minimis.
 Assessment Rate In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), Commerce has preliminarily assigned subsidy rates as indicated above. Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. For the company for which we intend to rescind this review, upon issuance of the final rescission, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess CVDs on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated CVDs required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. 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 Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amount indicated above with regard to shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. Disclosure and Public Comment We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties within five days after public announcement of the preliminary results.[14]
                    
                     Interested parties will be notified of the timeline for the submission of case briefs and written comments at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.[15]
                    
                     Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.[16] As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.[17]
                    
                     Further, we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).[18] 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 ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Final Results of Review Unless the deadline is extended, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis of the issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                    , pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Notification to Interested Parties These preliminary results and notice are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). Dated: September 6, 2024. Abdelali Elouaradia, Deputy 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. Diversification of Korea's Economy V. Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, In Part VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences VII. Subsidies Valuation Information VIII. Benchmarks and Discount Rates IX. Analysis of Programs X. Recommendation


# Footnotes

1.
    
                         
                        *See Amended Final Determination: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the Republic of Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from France, Italy, and the Republic of Korea,*64 FR 42923 (August 6, 1999) (
                        *Order*). Back to Citation
 2.
    
                         
                        *See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,*88 FR 71829 (October 18, 2023). Back to Citation
 3.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         Memorandum, “Respondent Selection,” dated January 18, 2024. Back to Citation
 4.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         Memorandum, “Selection of Additional Mandatory Respondent for Individual Examination,” dated February 8, 2024. Back to Citation
 5.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,” dated April 17, 2024. Back to Citation
 6.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024. Back to Citation
 7.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the Republic of Korea; 2022,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). Back to Citation
 8.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         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. Back to Citation
 9.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         Preliminary Decision Memorandum at “Intent to Rescind Administrative Review, in Part.” Back to Citation
 10.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.212(b)(2). Back to Citation
 11.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). Back to Citation
 12.
    
                         Commerce preliminarily finds Hyundai ISC to be cross-owned with Hyundai Steel. 
                        *See*
                         the Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 14. 13.
    
                         This rate is based upon AFA. 
                        *See*
                         Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 6-11. Back to Citation
 14.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.224(b). Back to Citation
 15.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.309(d); 
                        *see also Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,*88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (
                        *APO and Service Procedures*). Back to Citation
 16.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). Back to Citation
 17.
    
                         We use the term “issue” here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Back to Citation
 18.
    
                         
                        *See APO and Service Procedures.* Back to Citation


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