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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3797-3798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00815]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-881]

Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat 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 
certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the 
Republic of Korea (Korea) was not sold in the United States at less 
than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2022, 
through August 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable January 15, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Carroll, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4948.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 10, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in 
the Federal Register.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on 
the Preliminary Results; \2\ however, no interested party submitted 
comments. Accordingly, the final results remain unchanged from the 
Preliminary Results and, thus, there are no memoranda accompanying this 
Federal Register notice. On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the 
deadline to issue the final results in this administrative review by 90 
days.\3\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now May 
8, 2025. Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the 
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 82218 (October 10, 2024) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ Id., 89 FR at 82219.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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Scope of the Order 4
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    \4\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, 
India, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom: Amended Final 
Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for Brazil and the United 
Kingdom and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 64432 (September 20, 
2016) (Order).
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    The product covered by the Order is cold-rolled steel from Korea. 
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Results.

Rate for Non-Examined Company

    Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which 
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when determining the 
weighted-average dumping margin for respondents that were not 
individually examined in an administrative review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) 
of the Act provides that the all-others rate should normally be 
calculated by weight averaging the weighted-average dumping margins 
determined for individually examined respondents, excluding rates that 
are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available.
    In this review, we calculated dumping margins of zero percent for 
the two mandatory respondents, Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai) and 
POSCO/POSCO International Corporation (POSCO). Consistent with the U.S. 
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's decision in Albemarle,\5\ 
and Commerce's practice,\6\ we assigned the sole non-selected company 
under review, KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (KG Dongbu), a margin of zero 
percent, based on the rates calculated for Hyundai and POSCO, pursuant 
to section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.
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    \5\ See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F.3d 1345 (Fed. 
Cir. 2016) (Albemarle).
    \6\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the 
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 87 FR 60989 (October 7, 2022).
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Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the period of September 1, 2022, through August 31, 
2023:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Hyundai Steel Company.......................................        0.00
POSCO/POSCO International Corporation.......................        0.00
KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd....................................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results of review within five 
days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, 
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final 
results in the Federal Register,

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in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce made no 
changes from the Preliminary Results, there are no new calculations to 
disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, 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 calculated 
for Hyundai and POSCO are zero, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Hyundai or POSCO for 
which the reviewed companies did not know that the merchandise they 
sold to the intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or 
exporter) was destined for the United States. In such instances, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others 
rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in 
the transaction.\7\
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    \7\ See Order, 81 FR at 64434.
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    For KG Dongbu, the company that was not selected for individual 
examination, we will also assign a zero assessment rate as noted in the 
``Rate for Non-Examined Company'' section, above.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results of 
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 these final results of 
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) 
the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be zero, as 
established in the final results of this review; (2) for previously 
investigated or reviewed companies not listed above, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, 
or the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit 
rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently 
completed segment for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will 
continue to be 20.33 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation.\8\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ Id.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 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.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary 
information in this segment of the proceeding. 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

    We are 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: January 8, 2025.
Steven Presing,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. 2025-00815 Filed 1-14-25; 8:45 am]
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