89610 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 13, 2024 / Notices 

1See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from 

Brazil and the Republic of Korea: Amended Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations 

and Countervailing Duty Orders, 81 FR 67960 

(October 3, 2016) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

84784 (December 6, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated January 18, 2024. 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary 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 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: November 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation are 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 this investigation 

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 ‘‘pre-pregs,’’ 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. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

VIII. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–884] 

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 

From the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Results and Partial 

Rescission 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 countervailable 

subsidies were provided to producers 

and exporters of certain hot-rolled steel 

flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the 

Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of 

review (POR) is January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. 

Additionally, Commerce is rescinding 

the review, in part, with respect to 13 

companies which had no entries. We 

invite interested parties to comment on 

these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelsie Hohenberger or Nathan James, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office V, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2517 or 

(202) 482–5305, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In October 2023, Commerce received 

requests for an administrative review of 

the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

hot-rolled steel from Korea.1 On 

December 6, 2023, Commerce published 

a notice of initiation of administrative 

review of the Order.2 On January 18, 

2024, Commerce selected Hyundai Steel 

Company (Hyundai Steel) and POSCO 

as mandatory respondents in this 

administrative review.3 On June 25, 

2024, Commerce extended the deadline 

for the preliminary results of this 


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4See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of 2022 Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated June 25, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022: Certain Hot-Rolled 

Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Intent to Rescind Review, 

in Part,’’ dated October 8, 2024. 

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. 

9As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

company to be cross-owned with Hyundai Steel: 

Hyundai Green Power Co., Ltd. 

10The company is also known as POSCO Co., Ltd. 

Additionally, as discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce has found the 

following companies to be cross-owned with 

POSCO: POSCO Holdings, POSCO International 

Corporation, POSCO Chemical, POSCO M-Tech, 

Pohang Scrap Recycling Distribution Center Co., 

Ltd., POSCO Nippon Steel RHF Joint Venture Co., 

Ltd., and POSCO Mobility Solutions. 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 

351.303 for general filing requirements. 

12See 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). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

14We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

15See APO and Service Procedures. 

review.4 On July 22, 2024, Commerce 

tolled certain deadlines in this 

administrative proceeding by seven 

days.5 The deadline for the preliminary 

results is now November 6, 2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.6 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

I 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 http://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 merchandise covered by the 

Order is hot-rolled steel from Korea. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Rescission of Administrative Review, In 

Part 

On October 8, 2024, Commerce 

notified interested parties that we 

intended to rescind this administrative 

review for 13 companies for which the 

record information shows no suspended 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR.7 No parties commented on the 

notification of intent to rescind the 

review, in part. Therefore, we find that 

there were no entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR by the 13 

companies listed in Appendix II. As a 

result of our finding, we are rescinding 

this review, in part, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3), with respect to these 

companies. For further information 

regarding this determination, see 

‘‘Rescission of Administrative Review, 

in Part’’ section in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 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, 

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.8 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the net 

countervailable subsidy rates for the 

period January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022 to be: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Hyundai Steel Company 9 .... 2.21 

POSCO 10 ............................. 1.47 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations 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 the 

Federal Register in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs or other written comments to the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance.11 A timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments will be established at a later 

date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 

raised in case briefs, may be submitted 

no later than five days after the deadline 

date for case briefs.12 Interested parties 

that submit case or rebuttal briefs in this 

review must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.13

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.310(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.14 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).15

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 within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain: (1) the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number; (2) the 

number of participants; and (3) a list of 

the issues to be discussed. Issues raised 

in the hearing will be limited to those 

raised in the respective case briefs. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

will inform parties of the scheduled 

date for the hearing 

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 and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

Assessment Rates 

Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon 


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1See Certain Expoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair 

Value Invesitgations, 89 FR 33324 (April 29, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Certain Expoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty 

Investigations, 89 FR 65583 (August 12, 2024). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain 

Epoxy Resins from India’’ 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) 

(Preamble). 

issuance of the final results, Commerce 

shall determine, and CBP shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. 

For the companies for which this 

review is rescinded, we 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. We intend to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP for these 

companies no earlier than 35 days after 

the date of publication of this rescission 

in the Federal Register. 

For the companies remaining in the 

review, we will instruct CBP to assess 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries at the subsidy rates calculated in 

the final results of this review. We 

intend 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 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce intends, upon 

publication of the final results, to 

instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amounts shown for each of the 

respective companies 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 

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. These cash 

deposit instructions, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results of review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: November 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Period of Review 

V. Diversification of Korea’s Economy 

VI. Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

VII. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VIII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Companies for Which Commerce Is 

Rescinding This Review 

1. DCE Inc. 

2. Dong Chuel America Inc. 

3. Dong Chuel Industrial Co., Ltd. 

4. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd. 

5. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. 

6. Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd. 

7. Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. 

8. Hyewon Sni Corporation (H.S.I.) 

9. JFE Shoji Trade Korea Ltd. 

10. POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd. 

11. POSCO Daewoo Corporation 

12. Soon Hong Trading Co., Ltd. 

13. Sung-A Steel Co., Ltd. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–926] 

Certain Epoxy Resins From India: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that imports of certain epoxy 

resins (epoxy resins) from India are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is April 1, 2023, through March 

31, 2024. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Grossnickle, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3818. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 29, 2024.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 On August 12, 2024, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

November 6, 2024.3

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

included 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 from 

India. 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 


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