Notice2025-15922
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review
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Published
August 20, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is issuing the preliminary results of the changed circumstances review (CCR) of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) with respect to Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk CM). Commerce preliminary determines that Dongkuk CM is not the successor-in-interest (SII) to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Old Dongkuk Steel) with respect to the CVD order on CORE from Korea. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40563-40564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15922]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-879]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is issuing the
preliminary results of the changed circumstances review (CCR) of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain corrosion-resistant steel
products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) with respect to
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk CM). Commerce preliminary
determines that Dongkuk CM is not the successor-in-interest (SII) to
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Old Dongkuk Steel) with respect to the
CVD order on CORE from Korea. Interested parties are invited to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 20, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler, 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) 482-6241.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 25, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
CVD order on CORE from Korea.\1\ On February 9, 2024, Dongkuk CM
requested the initiation of a CCR to determine that it is the SII to
Old Dongkuk Steel.\2\ On May 15, 2024, we initiated a CCR of the Order
pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), 19 CFR 351.216(b), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1).\3\ On February
4, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of the
CCR by 45 days.\4\ On March 19, May 15, and August 11, 2025, Commerce
extended the final results of the CCR by an additional 45, 91, and 91
days, respectively.\5\
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India,
Italy, Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016) (Order).
\2\ See Dongkuk CM's Letter, ``Request for Changed Circumstances
Review and Successor-in-Interest Determination,'' dated February 9,
2024 (Dongkuk CM's CCR Request).
\3\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea: Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, 89 FR 42446 (May 15, 2024).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated February 4, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``2nd Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated March 19, 2025; see
also Memorandum, ``3rd Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated May 15, 2025; and Memorandum,
``4th Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review,'' dated August 11, 2025 (August 11 Extension
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this Order is CORE from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Changed Circumstances Review of the Countervailing
Duty Order on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review
Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act, Commerce is conducting a CCR
based on a request from an interested party \7\ that shows changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of an Order. In accordance
with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i), we preliminary find that
Dongkuk CM is not the SII to Old Dongkuk Steel. Accordingly, we also
preliminarily find that Old Dongkuk Steel's exclusion from the Order
does not apply to Dongkuk CM.\8\
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\7\ Dongkuk CM is a producer and exporter of CORE from Korea.
See Dongkuk CM's CCR Request at 1.
\8\ Commerce excluded Old Dongkuk Steel from the Order because
it had a de minimis overall subsidy rate in the investigation
segment of this proceeding. See Order, 81 FR at 48388-48389.
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For a complete discussion of our preliminary SII analysis with
respect to Dongkuk CM, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list
of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included
as the appendix 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
<a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary
results of this CCR in accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
Comments may be submitted to Commerce no later than 21 days after the
date of publication of this notice.\9\ Rebuttal comments may be filed
with Commerce no later than five days after the comments are filed.\10\
Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and
(2) a table of authorities.\11\
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\9\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the filing of case
briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this CCR, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\12\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this CCR. We request that interested
parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the 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).\13\ All submissions must be filed electronically using the
Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS. An electronically filed document
must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date set forth in this notice.
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\12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\13\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final
Rule, 88 FR 67069 (September 29, 2023).
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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 ten days of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
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 intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be
determined. Parties should confirm the date and the time of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date.
Final Results of the Changed Circumstances Review
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this CCR, which will
include its analysis of any written comments, no later than November
17, 2025, unless otherwise extended.\14\ The current requirement for
cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties on all entries of
subject merchandise are changing because of the preliminary results of
this CCR. As explained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, for
entries of CORE from Korea produced and/or exported by Dongkuk CM that
are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in the United
States on or after the date of publication of the preliminary results
of this CCR, importers must identify the merchandise as subject to CVDs
(e.g., type 03) with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Further,
parties may request annual administrative reviews of Dongkuk CM going
forward, pursuant to section 751 of the Act.
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\14\ See August 11 Extension Memorandum.
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Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of a CCR and this notice are published in
accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216,
and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3).
Dated: August 14, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Successor-in-Interest Determination
V. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-15922 Filed 8-19-25; 8:45 am]
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