Notice2025-02892
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
February 21, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the POSCO single entity, the sole exporter subject to this administrative review, did not make sales of certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to- length plate (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 34 (Friday, February 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10066-10067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02892]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-887]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-
2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the
POSCO single entity, the sole exporter subject to this administrative
review, did not make sales of certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-
length plate (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) at less
than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2022,
through April 30, 2023.
DATES: Applicable February 21, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or William Horn, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3640 or (202)
482-4868, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 6, 2024, Commerce published the preliminary results in this
administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ On July 15 through
19, 2024, we conducted verification at POSCO's \2\ corporate offices in
Seoul, Korea.\3\ Although we provided interested parties with an
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results, no interested
parties submitted comments. Accordingly, there are no comments for
Commerce to consider or address in these final results, and thus, there
is no decision memorandum accompanying this notice. On December 9,
2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the final results in this
administrative review by 90 days.\4\ Accordingly, the deadline for
these final results is March 10, 2025.
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\1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 48389 (June 6, 2024)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ Commerce continues to find that POSCO, POSCO International
Corporation, POSCO MS, and certain distributors and service centers
(i.e., Taechang Steel Co., Ltd. and Winsteel Co., Ltd.) are
affiliated pursuant to section 771(33)(E) of the Act, and further
that these companies should be treated as a single entity
(collectively, POSCO or the POSCO single entity) pursuant to 19 CFR
351.401(f). See Preliminary Results PDM at 1.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Verification of the Sales Response of
POSCO in the Antidumping Review of Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel
Cut to Length Plate from the Republic of Korea,'' dated August 23,
2024 (POSCO Verification Report).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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\5\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from
Austria, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for France, the Federal Republic of
Germany, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 82 FR 24096 (May 25, 2017) (Order).
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The product covered by the Order is CTL plate from Korea. The
product is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000,
7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110, 7225.40.1180, 7225.40.3005,
7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000, and 7226.91.5000.
The products subject to the order may also enter under the
following HTSUS subheadings: 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.4500,
7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7590, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7214.10.000, 7214.30.0010, 7214.30.0080, 7214.91.0015,
7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.40.5110,
7225.40.5130, 7225.40.5160, 7225.40.7000, 7225.99.0010, 7225.99.0090,
7206.11.1000, 7226.11.9060, 7229.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.91.0500,
7226.91.1530, 7226.91.1560, 7226.91.2530, 7226.91.2560, 7226.91.7000,
7226.91.8000, and 7226.99.0180. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes only; the written product description
of the scope of the order is dispositive.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Results.\6\
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\6\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 3.
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Changes From the Preliminary Results
We made certain changes to the preliminary margin calculations as a
result of verification findings. For a detailed description of these
changes, see the POSCO Verification Report and POSCO Final Calculation
Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See POSCO Verification Report at 2-3; and Memorandum,
``Final Results Calculation for POSCO in the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut to
Length Plate from the Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently with
this notice (POSCO Final Calculation Memorandum).
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Final Results of the Review
For these final results, we determine that the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2022, through April
30, 2023:
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Weighted-average
Producer or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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POSCO single entity................................. 0.00
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose to interested parties in this proceeding 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 the final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) 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 covered by this review. If a respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin is either zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19
CFR 351.106(c)(1), we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\8\
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Accordingly, because the final weighted-average dumping margin for the
POSCO single entity in this review is zero percent, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.
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\8\ See 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).
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by the POSCO single entity
for which the company did not know that the merchandise it sold to an
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was
destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate
for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\9\
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\9\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2023).
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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 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 POSCO single entity will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin established in these final results of
this administrative review (i.e., zero percent); (2) for merchandise
exported by companies not covered in this review but covered in a prior
completed 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, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be
the cash deposit rate established for the most recently completed
segment of the proceeding for the producer of the subject merchandise;
and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters
will continue to be the all-others rate (i.e., 7.10 percent).\10\
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\10\ See Order.
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These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
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 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 disposition 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 sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is being issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: February 13, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-02892 Filed 2-20-25; 8:45 am]
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