[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73625-73626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20580]


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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; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
producers and exporters subject to this administrative review did not 
make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the 
period of review (POR) February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable September 11, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Williams or Allison 
Hollander, 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) 482-5166 
or (202) 482-2805, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 5, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of this administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order \1\ on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate 
products (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and rescinded 
the administrative review of two companies.\2\ A summary of the events 
that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Results, as well 
as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for these final 
results, are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ On 
July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative 
proceeding by seven days.\4\ The deadline for the final results of this 
administrative review is now September 6, 2024. Commerce conducted this 
review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\  See Notice of Amendment of Final Determinations of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from France, India, 
Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585 
(February 10, 2000) (Order).
    \2\ See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and 
Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-
2023, 89 FR 15814 (March 5, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Aluminum Foil 
from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye; 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is CTL plate from Korea. For a 
full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\5\
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    \5\  See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
in this review are listed as an appendix to this notice and addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed at 
https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Commerce evaluated the comments in the case and rebuttal briefs and 
record evidence and made no changes from the Preliminary Results. For a 
discussion of the comments, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period February 1, 2022, through January 
31, 2023:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                Producer and/or exporter                  dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.............................            0.00
Hyundai Steel Company...................................            0.00
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce will disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with the final results to parties in this proceeding within 
five days of the date of public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the final 
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results, 
there are no new calculations to disclose.

Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. 
Because the weighted-average dumping margins for Dongkuk and Hyundai 
Steel are zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final 
results of this review, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties in accordance 
with the Final Modification for Reviews.\6\
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    \6\ See 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) 
(Final Modification for Reviews).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Dongkuk

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or Hyundai Steel for which they did not know that the merchandise was 
destined to the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those 
entries at the all-others rate in the Final Determination of the 
investigation of sales at less than fair value (LTFV), i.e., 0.98 
percent,\7\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\8\
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    \7\ See, e.g., Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 87 FR 40489, 40490 (July 7, 
2022).
    \8\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    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 cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for companies subject 
to this review will be equal to the company-specific weighted-average 
dumping margins established in the final results of the review; (2) for 
merchandise exported by companies not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the 
completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review or a prior segment of the proceeding 
(e.g., the original LTFV investigation) but the producer is, then the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed segment 
for the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will 
continue to be 0.98 percent,\9\ the all-others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \9\ See footnote 9, supra.
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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 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, and/or an 
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the 
countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or 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 violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: September 5, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: CEP Offset for Dongkuk
    Comment 2: CEP Offset for Hyundai Steel
    Comment 3: Hyundai Steel's Short-Term Interest Rates
VI. Recommendation

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