[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32629-32630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15018]
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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; 2016-2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain
companies covered by this administrative review made sales of certain
cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products (CTL plate) from the
Republic of Korea (Korea) at less than normal value during the period
of review (POR) February 1, 2016, through January 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable July 13, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun or Thomas Schauer, 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) 482-5760 or (202)
482-0410, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 12, 2018, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
the administrative review.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment
on the Preliminary Results. We received a case brief from Hyundai Steel
Company, and a rebuttal brief from Nucor Corporation. This review
covers two respondents, Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM) and Hyundai
Steel Company (Hyundai Steel).
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\1\ See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate
Products from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 10670
(March 12, 2018) (Preliminary Results).
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Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the antidumping duty order are certain CTL
plate. Imports of CTL plate are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings
7208.40.30.30, 7208.40.30.60, 7208.51.00.30, 7208.51.00.45,
7208.51.00.60, 7208.52.00.00, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.90.00.00,
7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.13.00.00, 7211.14.00.30,
7211.14.00.45, 7211.90.00.00, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00,
7212.50.00.00, 7225.40.30.50, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.50.60.00,
7225.99.00.90, 7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and
7226.99.00.00. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description is dispositive. A full
description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\2\ See the Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain
Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from the Republic
of Korea; 2015-2016,'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
The sole issue raised by parties in this review, pertaining to the
home market date of sale, is addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. 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 and to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, Room B-8024 of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of comments received, we made no changes to
the margins for the final results of this review.
Final Results of the Administrative Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the respondents for the period February 1, 2016, through
January 31, 2017.
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Weighted-
average dumping
Producer/exporter margin
(percent)
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd............................ 0.90
Hyundai Steel Company.................................. 11.64
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1),
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Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review.
For DSM and Hyundai Steel, we calculated importer-specific
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for each importer's examined sales and
the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\3\ For entries of subject merchandise during the period
of review produced by DSM or Hyundai Steel for which it 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(ies) involved in the transaction.
We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of these reviews.
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\3\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate
calculation method adopted in 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).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of this notice for all shipments of CTL plate from Korea
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 the companies listed above will be equal
to the weighted-average dumping margins 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 completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original investigation but the producer has been
covered in a prior complete segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period
for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 0.98 percent,\4\
the all-others rate determined in the less-than-fair-value
investigation, adjusted for the export-subsidy rate in the companion
countervailing duty investigation. These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\4\ See, e.g., Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR
62712, 62714 (September 12, 2016).
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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 duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition 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 the terms of an APO is a violation
subject to sanction.
This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: July 9, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive duties and functions of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issue
Comment: Home Market Date of Sale
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