Notice2025-15504
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
August 15, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that one of the two producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel flat products (hot- rolled steel) from Japan, Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC), 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 156 (Friday, August 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39372-39374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15504]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-874]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan: 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 one
of the two producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-
rolled steel) from Japan, Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC), 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 August 15, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun 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
On November 13, 2024, Commerce published the preliminary results of
this review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to
comment.\1\ From December 9 through December 20, 2024, Commerce
conducted verification of Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo
Steel) and NSC's questionnaire responses.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan:
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative; 2021-2022, 89 FR 76170 (November 13, 2024)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ See Memoranda, ``Verification of the Sales Response of Tokyo
Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in the Antidumping Administrative
Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan,'' dated
March 31, 2025; and ``Verification of the Sales Response of Nippon
Steel Corporation in the 22-23 Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from Japan, dated March 31, 2025.
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline for these final
results by 90 days.\3\ On May 22, 2025, we extended the deadline for
the final results until July 11, 2025.\4\ On June 27, 2025, we further
extended the deadline for the final results by an additional 30 days to
August 11, 2025.\5\ On July 18, 2025, Commerce issued a post-
preliminary differential pricing analysis.\6\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,'' dated May 22,
2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,'' dated June 27,
2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis of the
Administrative Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Japan,'' dated July 18, 2025.
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For a complete summary of the events that have occurred since
Commerce published the Preliminary Results, as
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well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for these
final results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\ Commerce
conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan; 2022-
2023,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>8</SUP>
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\8\ See 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).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is certain hot-rolled steel
flat products. For a complete description of the scope of the Order,
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted with this
notice. The list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is attached as an appendix to 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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review and analysis of the comments received from
parties, and minor corrections submitted at verification, we made
changes to NSC's and Tokyo Steel's preliminary results margin
calculations. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period October 1, 2022, through September
30, 2023:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Nippon Steel Corporation/Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd./ 29.70
Nippon Steel Trading Corporation \9\.......................
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.......................... 0.00
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Disclosure
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\9\ Commerce found in a changed circumstances review that NSC,
Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd., and Nippon Steel Trading Corporation
are affiliated companies that should be treated as a single entity
and as the successor-in-interest to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
Corporation, Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd., and Nippon Steel & Sumikin
Bussan Corporation, respectively. 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).
Because there is no information on the record of this administrative
review that would lead us to revisit this determination, we are
continuing to treat these companies as part of a single entity for
the purposes of this administrative review.
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Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations
performed for these 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 this notice in the Federal Register,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (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).
Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, we
calculated importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rates by
aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all U.S. sales to each
importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total entered
value of the sales to each importer (or customer).\10\ Where Commerce
calculated a weighted-average dumping margin by dividing the total
amount of dumping for reviewed sales to that party by the total sales
quantity associated with those transactions, Commerce will direct CBP
to assess importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rates based on
the resulting per-unit rates.\11\ Where an importer- (or customer-)
specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is greater than de minimis (i.e.,
0.50 percent), Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate
duties at the time of liquidation.\12\ Where an importer- (or customer-
) specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce
will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\13\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ Id.
\12\ Id.
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Consistent with Commerce's assessment practice, for entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by NSC or Tokyo Steel for
which the producer did not know that 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.\14\
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\14\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results
of this administrative review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C)
of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for the companies listed in
these final results will be equal to the weighted-average dumping
margins established in the final results of this review; (2) for
merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this
review but covered in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published
for the most recently completed segment in which the company was
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or
the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be 5.58 percent,\15\ the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation. These cash deposit
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requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\15\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 81 FR 53409
(August 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 POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction 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 terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and
351.221(b)(5) of Commerce's regulations.
Dated: August 11, 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.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Deduct Section 232 Duties
from U.S. Price
Comment 2: NSC's Major Input Purchases
Comment 3: NSC's U.S. Warranty Expenses
Comment 4: NSC's Verification Minor Corrections
Comment 5: NSC's Home Market Indirect Selling Expenses
Comment 6: NSC's U.S. Revenue Fields
Comment 7: Whether the Statute Requires Zeroing
VI. Recommendation
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