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12See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

13See Order, 86 FR at 46678. 

14For a full description of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 15See Order, 86 FR at 46678. 

1See Certain Epoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and 

Taiwan: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 89 FR 33319 (April 29, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Epoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and 

Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 89 FR 46016 (May 28, 2024). 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of those same sales in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We intend to 

instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries covered 

by this review when the importerspecific assessment rate calculated in 

the final results of this review is not 

zero or de minimis. Where either PMB 

Silicon’s weighted-average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an 

importer-specific assessment rate is zero 

or de minimis in the final results of this 

review, we intend to instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

The final results of this review shall be 

the basis for the assessment of 

antidumping duties on entries of 

merchandise covered by this review and 

for future deposits of estimated duties, 

where applicable.12

In accordance with Commerce’s 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR produced by PMB Silicon for 

which PMB Silicon did not know that 

the merchandise was destined for the 

United States, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate those entries at the all-others 

rate established in the original less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigation (i.e., 

12.27 percent),13 if there is no rate for 

the intermediate company(ies) involved 

in the transaction.14

Commerce intends to issue 

instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 

days after the publication date 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 cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register 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 PMB Silicon will be 

equal to the weighted-average dumping 

margin 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 segment of the 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recentlycompleted segment of this proceeding in 

which they were reviewed; (3) if the 

exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, or the original investigation, but 

the producer is, then the cash deposit 

rate will be the rate established for the 

most recently-completed segment of this 

proceeding for the producer of the 

merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate 

for all other producers or exporters will 

continue to be 12.27 percent, the allothers rate established in the LTFV 

investigation.15 The cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless extended, Commerce intends 

to issue the final results of this 

administrative review, including the 

results of its analysis of the issues raised 

in any written briefs, not later than 120 

days after the date of publication of this 

notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

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 duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during the POR. 

Failure to comply with this requirement 

could result in Commerce’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Commerce is issuing and publishing 

these results in accordance with 

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

Act 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. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Currency Conversion 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–920] 

Certain Epoxy Resins From the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary 

Negative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Preliminary Negative 

Critical Circumstances 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 not being provided to 

producers and exporters of Certain 

Epoxy Resins (epoxy resins) from the 

Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Martin or Benjamin Blythe, 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) 482–3936 or (202) 482–3457, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation on April 29, 

2024.1 On May 28, 2024, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination until September 3, 2024.2

On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 

certain deadlines in this administrative 


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3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Negative Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Epoxy 

Resins from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

6See Initiation Notice. 

7See Certain Epoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigations, 89 FR 65583 (August 12, 2024) 

(LTFV Prelim Postponement). 

8The deadline for interested parties to submit 

scope case and rebuttal briefs will be established in 

the preliminary scope decision memorandum. 

9See 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. 

10See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request to 

Align Countervailing Duty Investigation Final 

Determination with Antidumping Duty 

Investigation Final Determination,’’ dated August 

15, 2024. The petitioner is the U.S. Epoxy Resin 

Producers Ad Hoc Coalition. 

11See LTFV Prelim Postponement. 

12As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Kukdo Chemical 

Co., Ltd.: Kukdo Finechem Co., Ltd. 

13As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Kumho P&B 

Chemicals Inc.: Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. and 

Chemoil Corporation. 

proceeding by seven days.3 The 

deadline for the preliminary 

determination is now September 9, 

2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 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 

(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 Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are epoxy resins. For a 

complete description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e. , scope).6 We received 

several comments concerning the scope 

of this investigation, as well as in the 

companion less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

and other CVD investigations of epoxy 

resins, as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. We are currently evaluating the 

scope comments filed by the interested 

parties. We intend to issue our 

preliminary decision regarding the 

scope of the LTFV and CVD 

investigations in the preliminary 

determinations of the companion LTFV 

investigations, the deadline for which is 

November 6, 2024.7 We will incorporate 

the scope decisions from the LTFV 

investigations into the scope of the final 

CVD determination for this investigation 

after considering any relevant comments 

submitted in scope case and rebuttal 

briefs.8

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found 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.9

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 703(e)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce preliminarily 

determines that critical circumstances 

do not exist with respect to imports of 

epoxy resins from Korea for Kukdo 

Chemical Co., Ltd. (Kukdo), Kumho P&B 

Chemicals Inc. (Kumho), all other 

exporters or producers not individually 

examined. For a full description of the 

methodology and results of Commerce’s 

analysis, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

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 with the final 

determination in the companion LTFV 

investigation of epoxy resins from Korea 

based on a request made by the 

petitioner.10 Consequently, the final 

CVD determination will be issued on 

the same date as the final LTFV 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

January 21, 2025, unless postponed.11

Preliminary Determination 

For this preliminary determination, 

Commerce calculated de minimis 

estimated countervailable subsidies for 

all individually examined producers/ 

exporters of the subject merchandise. 

Consistent with section 703(b)(4)(A) of 

the Act, Commerce has disregarded the 

de minimis rates. Commerce 

preliminarily determines that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Kukdo Chemical Co., Ltd.12 ..... * 0.74 

Kumho P&B Chemicals Inc.13 .. * 0.89 

* De minimis. 

Consistent with section 703(d) of the 

Act, Commerce has not calculated an 

estimated weighted-average subsidy rate 

for all other producers/exporters 

because it has not made an affirmative 

preliminary determination 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Because Commerce preliminarily 

determines that no countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to the 

production or exportation of subject 

merchandise, Commerce will not direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

suspend liquidation of any such entries. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

All interested parties will have the 

opportunity to submit scope case and 


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14See 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 Final Rule). 15See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 16We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 17See APO and Service Final Rule. 

rebuttal briefs on the preliminary 

decision regarding the scope of the 

LTFV and CVD investigations. The 

deadlines to submit scope case and 

rebuttal briefs will be provided in the 

preliminary scope decision 

memorandum. For all scope case and 

rebuttal briefs, parties must file 

identical documents simultaneously on 

the records of the ongoing LTFV and 

CVD epoxy resins investigations. No 

new factual information or business 

proprietary information may be 

included in either scope case or rebuttal 

briefs. 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. 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.14 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.15

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 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.16 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their executive 

summary of each issue to no more than 

450 words, not including citations. We 

intend to use the executive summaries 

as the basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and decision 

memorandum that will accompany the 

final determination in this investigation. 

We request that interested parties 

include footnotes for relevant citations 

in the 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).17

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. 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 by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 75 days after the final 

determination whether imports of epoxy 

resins 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 9, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is fully or partially uncured 

epoxy resins, also known as epoxide resins, 

polyepoxides, oxirane resins, ethoxyline 

resins, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol, 

(chloromethyl)oxirane, or aromatic 

diglycidyl, which are polymers or 

prepolymers containing epoxy groups (i.e. , 

three-membered ring structures comprised of 

two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom). 

Epoxy resins range in physical form from low 

viscosity liquids to solids. All epoxy resins 

are covered by the scope of these 

investigations irrespective of physical form, 

viscosity, grade, purity, molecular weight, or 

molecular structure, and packaging. 

Epoxy resins may contain modifiers or 

additives, such as hardeners, curatives, 

colorants, pigments, diluents, solvents, 

thickeners, fillers, plasticizers, softeners, 

flame retardants, toughening agents, 

catalysts, Bisphenol F, and ultraviolet light 

inhibitors, so long as the modifier or additive 

has not chemically reacted so as to cure the 

epoxy resin or convert it into a different 

product no longer containing epoxy groups. 

Such epoxy resins with modifiers or 

additives are included in the scope where the 

epoxy resin component comprises no less 

than 30 percent of the total weight of the 

product. The scope also includes blends of 

epoxy resins with different types of epoxy 

resins, with or without the inclusion of 

modifiers and additives, so long as the 

combined epoxy resin component comprises 

at least 30 percent of the total weight of the 

blend. 

Epoxy resins that enter as part of a system 

or kit with separately packaged co-reactants, 

such as hardeners or curing agents, are 

within the scope. The scope does not include 

any separately packaged co-reactants that 

would not fall within the scope if entered on 

their own. 

The scope includes merchandise matching 

the above description that has been 

processed in a third country, including by 

commingling, diluting, introducing, or 

removing modifiers or additives, or 

performing any other processing that would 

not otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of the investigation if performed in 

the subject country. 

The scope also includes epoxy resin that is 

commingled or blended with epoxy resin 

from sources not subject to this investigation. 

Only the subject component of such 

commingled products is covered by the scope 

of this investigation. 

Excluded from the scope are phenoxy 

resins, which are polymers with a weight 

greater than 11,000 Daltons, a Melt Flow 

Index (MFI) at 200 °C (392 °F) no less than 4 

grams and no greater than 70 grams per 10 

min, Glass-Transition Temperatures (Tg) no 

less than 80 °C (176 °F) and no greater than 

100 °C (212 °F), and which contain no epoxy 

groups other than at the terminal ends of the 

molecule. 

Excluded from the scope are certain paint 

and coating products, which are blends, 

mixtures, or other formulations of epoxy 

resin, curing agent, and pigment, in any form, 

packaged in one or more containers, wherein 

(1) the pigment represents a minimum of 10 

percent of the total weight of the product, (2) 

the epoxy resin represents a maximum of 80 

percent of the total weight of the product, 

and (3) the curing agent represents 5 to 40 

percent of the total weight of the product. 

Excluded from the scope are preimpregnated 

fabrics or fibers, often referred to as ‘‘prepregs,’’ which are composite materials 

consisting of fabrics or fibers (typically 

carbon or glass) impregnated with epoxy 

resin. 

This merchandise is currently classifiable 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheading 

3907.30.0000. Subject merchandise may also 

be entered under subheadings 3907.29.0000, 

3824.99.9397, 3214.10.0020, 2910.90.9100, 

2910.90.9000, 2910.90.2000, and 

1518.00.4000. The HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only; the written description of the 

scope is dispositive. 


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1See 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). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

71829 (October 18, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated January 18, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Selection of Additional 

Mandatory Respondent for Individual 

Examination,’’ dated February 8, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated April 17, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

7See 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). 

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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 

‘‘Intent to Rescind Administrative Review, in Part.’’ 

10See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2). 

11See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Diversification of Korea’s Economy 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–835] 

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 

From the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Results and Intent To 

Rescind, in Part, of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2022 

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: 


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