Notice2025-16609
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
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August 29, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 166 (Friday, August 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42210-42213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16609]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-878]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from
Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at
less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation is July 1,
2023, through June 30, 2024.
DATES: Applicable August 29, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preston Cox, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (240) 956-8630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its
preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE
from Taiwan, in which we also postponed the final determination until
August 25, 2025 and invited interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Determination.\1\ On June 10, 2025, Commerce clarified that
the deadlines for case briefs and rebuttal briefs would be established
at a future date, notwithstanding the deadlines established in the
Preliminary Determination.\2\ On July 23, 2025, Commerce issued a post-
preliminary analysis memorandum in which we: (1) preliminarily
determined that both a cost-based particular market situation (PMS) and
a sales-based PMS existed during the POI and (2) made certain changes
to our differential pricing analysis.\3\ We invited interested parties
to comment on the Preliminary Determination and the Post-Preliminary
Analysis.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 90 FR 15359 (April 10, 2025) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Clarification of the Deadlines,'' dated
June 10, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis for the Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from Taiwan,'' dated July 23, 2025 (Post-Preliminary
Memorandum).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Briefing Schedule,'' dated July 24, 2025.
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A summary of the events that occurred since the Preliminary
Determination, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by
parties for this final determination, may be found in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\5\ 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>.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Affirmative Determination in the Less Than Fair Value
Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
Taiwan,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is CORE from Taiwan. For
a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix
I.
Scope Comments
In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time
for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope) in
scope-
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specific case briefs or other written comments.\6\ We received scope
case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a
summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal response
submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying
discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final
Scope Memorandum.\7\ In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no
changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice.
See Appendix I.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil,
Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic
of T[uuml]rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, and Countervailing Duty Investigations of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil, Canada,
Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Scope
Decision Memorandum,'' dated April 3, 2025 (Preliminary Scope
Memorandum).
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil,
Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic
of T[uuml]rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, and Countervailing Duty Investigations of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil, Canada,
Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Scope Decision
Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Final Scope
Memorandum).
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Verification
Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in
making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance
with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the sales and cost
information submitted by Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Phui) and
Yieh Phui America, Inc. for use in our final determination. We used
standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant
sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by
Yieh Phui and Yieh Phui America, Inc.\8\
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Verification of the Cost Response of Yieh
Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. in the Less Than Fair Value Investigation
of Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan,'' dated May 27,
2025; see also Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Sales
Verification Report for Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Yieh Phui
America Inc.,'' dated June 6, 2025.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by
interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.
Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on our review and analysis of the comments submitted in case
briefs, we made no methodological changes to our final
determination.\9\
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\9\ Although we made no methodological changes to our
Preliminary Determination, we revised the AFA rate applied to non-
responsive companies. For this final determination, we applied the
estimated dumping margin included in the Initiation Checklist as the
AFA rate. See Initiation Checklist, ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from Taiwan,'' dated September 25, 2024 (Initiation
Checklist); see also Petitioners' Letter, ``Response to Supplemental
Questions on Petition,'' dated September 12, 2024, at Exhibit VIII-
SUPP-9.
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Use of Facts Available With Adverse Inferences
For the purposes of this final determination, we find that,
pursuant to section 776(a)(1) of the Act, the use of facts available
with adverse inferences is warranted in determining the weighted-
average dumping margin for non-responsive companies. For further
discussion of these issues, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
All-Others Rate
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall
determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers
not individually examined. This rate shall be equal to the weighted
average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established
for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any
zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under
section 776 of the Act.
In this investigation, Commerce calculated an individual estimated
weighted-average dumping margin for Yieh Phui, the only individually
examined exporter/producer in this investigation, that is not zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore,
because the only individually calculated dumping margin is not zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available, the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin calculated for Yieh Phui is the margin
assigned to all other producers and exporters, pursuant to section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist:
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd........................ 10.85
Sheng Yu Steel Co. Ltd............................... * 67.81
Kounan Steel Co. Ltd................................. * 67.81
Meglobe Co. Ltd...................................... * 67.81
All Others........................................... 10.85
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* Rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses its calculations performed in
connection with the final determination to interested parties within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this final
determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). However, because Commerce has made no changes to its margin
calculation for Yieh Phui since the Post-Preliminary Analysis, and
there are no additional calculations performed in this final
determination, there are no calculations to disclose.\10\
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\10\ See Post-Preliminary Memorandum; see also Memorandum,
``Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. Post-Preliminary Sales Analysis
Memorandum,'' dated July 23, 2025.
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to
suspend liquidation of entries of CORE, as described in Appendix I of
this notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption, on or after April 10, 2025, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 735(c)(5)(A) of
the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(d), upon the publication of this notice, we
will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit for estimated weighted-
average antidumping duties as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for
the companies listed in the table above that exported the subject
merchandise will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-
average dumping margins determined in this final determination; (2) if
the exporter is not a company identified in the table above, but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-
specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that
producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for
all other producers
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and exporters will be equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping
margin for all other producers and exporters. These suspension of
liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification
Because the final determination is affirmative, in accordance with
section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its final determination
as to whether the domestic industry in the United States is materially
injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports or
sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of CORE from Taiwan
no later than 45 days after this final determination. If the ITC
determines that such injury does not exist, this proceeding will be
terminated, all cash deposits posted will be refunded, and suspension
of liquidation will be lifted. If the ITC determines that such injury
does exist, Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP
to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties on
all imports of CORE from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the effective date of the suspension of
liquidation, as discussed in the ``Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation'' section above.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice will serve as a final reminder to parties subject to an
APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in accordance with 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 sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).
Dated: August 25, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are certain flat-
rolled steel products, either clad, plated, or coated with
corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-,
aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated
or painted, varnished, laminated, or coated with plastics or other
non-metallic substances in addition to the metallic coating. The
products covered include coils that have a width of 12.7 mm or
greater, regardless of form of coil (e.g., in successively
superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The products
covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in straight
lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7
mm or greater and that measures at least 10 times the thickness. The
products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in
straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a width
exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness. The
products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or
other shape and include products of either rectangular or non-
rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been
``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or
rounded at the edges).
For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced
above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this investigation are
products in which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of
the other contained elements; and (2) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight.
Subject merchandise also includes corrosion-resistant steel that
has been further processed in a third country, including but not
limited to annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming,
cutting, punching and/or slitting or any other processing that would
not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the
investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the in-
scope corrosion resistant steel.
All products that meet the written physical description are
within the scope of this investigation unless specifically excluded.
The following products are outside of and/or specifically excluded
from the scope of this investigation:
<bullet> Flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with
tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``teme
plate'') or both chromium and chromium oxides (``tin free steel''),
whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other
non-metallic substances in addition to the metallic coating;
<bullet> Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more
in composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and
measures at least twice the thickness;
<bullet> Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are
three-layered corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products
less than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a carbon
steel flat-rolled product clad on both sides with stainless steel in
a 20%-60%-20% ratio; and
Also excluded from the scope of the antidumping duty
investigation on corrosion resistant steel from Taiwan are any
products covered by the existing antidumping duty order on
corrosion-resistant steel from Taiwan. See Certain Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the People's Republic of
China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determination for India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 81FR 48390 (July 25, 2016); Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from Taiwan: Notice of Third Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value Pursuant to Court Decision and Partial
Exclusion from Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 58245 (August 25,
2023).
The products subject to the investigation are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060,
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0040, 7210.49.0045,
7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000,
7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000,
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000,
7226.99.0110, and 7226.99.0130.
The products subject to the investigation may also enter under
the following HTSUS item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000,
7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530,
7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060,
7217.90.5090, 7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000,
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the
investigation is dispositive.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Apply Adverse Facts Available
for Yieh Phui's Cost Reporting
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Apply Zeroing to All Sales
Comparisons and Deny Offsets by Assigning a Value of Zero to Non-
Dumped Sales
Comment 3: Whether Commerce's Cost-Based Particular Market
Situation (PMS) Finding Was Correct
Comment 4: Whether Commerce's Sales-Based PMS Finding Was
Correct
Comment 5: Whether Commerce's Choice of Data Source in Making
the Cost-Based PMS Adjustment Represents the Best Available
Information on the Record
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Adjust Its Total Cost of
Production Calculation
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Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Apply AFA to Sheng Yu Steel
Co. Ltd.
Comment 8: Cash Deposit Instructions
V. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-16609 Filed 8-28-25; 8:45 am]
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