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11See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

12See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

13See 19 CFR 351.310. 

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, 88 FR 

84784 (December 6, 2023). 3See JFE’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Review 

Request,’’ dated March 4, 2024 (JFE Letter of 

Withdrawal). 4See Petitioner Letter, ‘‘Partial Withdrawal of 

Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated March 

5, 2024 (Petitioner Letter of Withdrawal). 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must do so within 30 days of 

publication of these preliminary results 

by submitting a written request to the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance using Enforcement and 

Compliance’s ACCESS system.12

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. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case and 

rebuttal briefs.13 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 

the date and time of the hearing two 

days before the scheduled date. Parties 

are reminded that all briefs and hearing 

requests must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS and received 

successfully in their entirety by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Assessment Rates 

Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of 

the Act, upon issuance of the final 

results, Commerce shall determine, and 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties 

on all appropriate entries in accordance 

with the final results of this review. If 

the assessment rate calculated for 

Pradeep Metals Limited in the final 

results is zero or de minimis, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate all appropriate 

entries without regard to countervailing 

duties. 

For the companies for which this 

review is rescinded, Commerce will 

instruct CBP to assess countervailing 

duties on all appropriate entries at a rate 

equal to the cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties required at the 

time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

period January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the preliminary results of 

this review in the Federal Register for 

those companies for which Commerce is 

rescinding the review and no earlier 

than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register for 

Pradeep. 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 amounts 

shown for the company listed above on 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review, except where the 

rate calculated in the final results is zero 

or de minimis, no cash deposit will be 

required. For all non-reviewed firms or 

companies for which we rescinded the 

review, 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. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless the deadline is extended 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of our analysis of 

the issues raised by the parties in their 

comments, within 120 days after 

publication of these preliminary results. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This administrative review and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

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

the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b)(4). 

Dated: November 5, 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, In 

Part 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

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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; 2022– 

2023 

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, 2022, through September 30, 

2023. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

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 6, 2023, 

covering ten producers and/or 

exporters.2 On March 4, 2024, JFE Shoji 

Corporation and JFE Shoji America, LLC 

withdrew its request for review, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).3 On 

March 5, 2024, the petitioner withdrew 

its request for review with respect to JFE 

Steel Corporation and its affiliated 

companies.4 As all parties that 


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5The JFE companies for which this 

administrative review was initiated are: JFE Steel 

Corporation, JFE Shoji Corporation, JFE Shoji Trade 

Corporation, and JFE Shoji Trade America. 

6NSC 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). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated June 13, 2024. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 9See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 

the Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews: 

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan; 

2022–2023,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 10 Id. 11See JFE Letter of Withdrawal; see Petitioner 

Letter of Withdrawal. 

12This rate is also applicable to Nippon Steel & 

Sumikin Logistics Co., Ltd. for whom a review was 

initiated and NSC identified as its wholly owned 

subsidiary. See NSC’s April 17, 2024 Initial Section 

A questionnaire response at Exhibit A–5 and May 

24, 2024 Initial Section C questionnaire response at 

C–41. 

13See 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). 

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

15We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

16See APO and Service Final Rule. 

requested a review for JFE and its 

affiliates have withdrawn their requests, 

and the requests for withdrawal are 

timely, Commerce is rescinding the 

review with respect to the JFE 

companies.5 The remaining companies 

subject to this review are Nippon Steel 

Corporation (NSC) 6 and Tokyo Steel 

Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Steel). 

On June 13, 2024, 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 30, 2024.7 On 

July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.8 The 

deadline for these preliminary results is 

now November 6, 2024. For a detailed 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.9

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.10

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.11 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 the JFE companies: JFE Steel 

Corporation, JFE Shoji Corporation, JFE 

Shoji Trade Corporation, and JFE Shoji 

Trade America. 

Preliminary Results 

We preliminarily determine the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins for the period October 

1, 2022, through September 30, 2023: 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Nippon Steel Corporation/Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd./Nippon Steel Trading Corporation 12 ....................................................... 29.03 

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................... 0.00 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties for these preliminary 

results within five days of any 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). 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

to Commerce no later than seven days 

after the date on which the final 

verification report is issued in this 

review. 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.13 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.14

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 briefs 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.15 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 results in this 

administrative review. 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).16


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17See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

18See 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). 

19See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 20See Order. 

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 whether any 

participant is a foreign national; 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. 

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.17

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon for the final 

results. 

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.’’ 18

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.19

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). 

For the companies for which this 

review is being rescinded, in part, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to assess 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. Antidumping duties shall be 

assessed at rates equal to the cash 

deposit rate for estimated antidumping 

duties required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). With respect to the 

recission of this review, in part, 

Commerce intends to issue assessment 

instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 

days after the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

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.20 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 

preliminary results in accordance with 

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

Act. 

Dated: November 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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