Notice2025-17553
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
September 11, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that POSCO, POSCO International Corporation, POSCO MS, Taechang Steel Co., Ltd., and Winsteel Co., Ltd., (collectively, the POSCO single entity) did not make sales of cut to length plate (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) in the United States below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR). The POR is May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44043-44045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17553]
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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: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
POSCO, POSCO International Corporation, POSCO MS, Taechang Steel Co.,
Ltd., and Winsteel Co., Ltd., (collectively, the POSCO single entity)
did not make sales of cut to length plate (CTL plate) from the Republic
of Korea (Korea) in the United States below normal value (NV) during
the period of review (POR). The POR is May 1, 2023, through April 30,
2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable September 11, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 25, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on CTL plate from Korea.\1\ On May 2, 2024,
Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative
review of the Order.\2\ On July 5, 2024, based on timely requests for
review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review of the Order covering the POSCO single entity.\3\
On July 22, 2024, and December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative review by seven and 90 days,
respectively.\4\ On April 17, 2025, we extended the preliminary results
of this review to no later than September 5, 2025.\5\
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\1\ 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).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 89 FR 35778 (May 2, 2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administration Reviews, 89 FR 55567 (July 5, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024, and
Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Preliminary
Results of the 2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated April 17, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as an 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="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed at
<a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from the Republic of
Korea; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is CTL plate. For a complete
description of the merchandise subject to the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Commerce has calculated constructed export prices in accordance with
section 772(b) of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying
our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2023,
through April 30, 2024:
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Weighted average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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POSCO Single Entity \7\............................. 0.00
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Disclosure
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\7\ In a prior segment of this proceeding, Commerce found that
POSCO, POSCO International Corporation, POSCO Mobility Solution
((POSCO MS), formerly known as POSCO SPS), and certain distributors
and service centers (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, the POSCO single entity) pursuant to 19 CFR
351.401(f). See Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from the
Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
review; 2019-2020, 87 FR 6483 (February 4, 2022). No changes to the
relationship among these entities was reported for this POR;
therefore, no change to our affiliation/collapsing finding is
warranted. Additionally, in August 2022, Commerce published the
final results of a changed circumstances review (CCR), finding that
POSCO, following a corporate organizational change in March 2022
(POSCO*), is the successor-in-interest to the pre-reorganization
POSCO entity (POSCO(I)). Furthermore, POSCO* is entitled to
POSCO(I)'s AD cash deposit rates with respect to entries of subject
merchandise in this proceeding. Further, this CCR recognized that
POSCO SPS is now recognized as POSCO MS effective January 1, 2022.
For more detail, see Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the Republic
of Korea, Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea, Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Republic of Korea, Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Republic of Korea, Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length
Plate from the Republic of Korea, and Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire
Rod from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, 87 FR 52910 (August 30, 2022).
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Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication in the
Federal Register of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\8\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\9\ Interested parties that
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must
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submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\10\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
\10\ 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 review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\11\ 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 administrative review. We request
that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
public 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).\12\
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\11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\12\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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. 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. An electronically filed
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), upon completion of the final results of this
administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review. The final results of this
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise covered by this review and for future deposits
of estimated duties, where applicable.\13\
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\13\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), if the POSCO single entity's
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we intend to
calculate importer-specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of those
same sales. If the POSCO single entity's weighted-average dumping
margin in the final results is zero or de minimis within the meaning of
19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific rate is zero or de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we intend to
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the POSCO single
entity for which it 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 those entries at the all-others rate established in the
original less-than-fair value (LTFV) investigation if there is no rate
for the intermediate company 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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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 deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of 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 the final results of this review, except
if the rate is de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1)
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent), in which case the cash deposit rate
will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by a company 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 recently-completed segment; (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, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most recently-completed segment
for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for
all other producers and exporters will continue to be 7.10 percent, the
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\15\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\15\ See Order.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce will issue the final results
of this administrative review, including the results of our analysis of
the issues raised by the parties in their case briefs, not later than
120 days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of the antidumping duties by
the amount of the countervailing duties.
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 351.221(b)(4).
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Dated: September 5, 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-17553 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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