Notice2026-00181
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
January 8, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding the review, in part, with respect to 46 companies that had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 686-689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00181]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-883]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, In Part, 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) preliminarily finds
that certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the
Republic of Korea (Korea) were sold in the United States at less than
normal value during the period of review (POR) October 1, 2023, through
September 30, 2024. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding the review, in
part, with respect to 46 companies that had no entries of subject
merchandise during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable January 8, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Hansen or Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3683 or (202) 482-0410,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 3, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register an
antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel from Korea.\1\ On October 1,
2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order for the
POR.\2\ On November 14, 2024, based on timely requests for an
administrative review, Commerce
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initiated this administrative review of the Order with respect to 48
companies.\3\
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\1\ 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).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 79894, 79895
(October 1, 2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 89955, 89958-59 (November 14, 2024).
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline for these
preliminary results of this administrative review by 90 days.\4\ On
September 26, 2025, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), we extended the
deadline to issue these preliminary results to no later than October
29, 2025.\5\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024,''
dated September 26, 2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\6\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\7\ Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary
results is now January 5, 2026.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order are hot-rolled steel from Korea.
A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Hot-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea; 2023-2024,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), at 3-5.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no reviewable suspended entries.
Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
information, we preliminarily determine that 46 companies had no
entries of subject merchandise during the POR.\9\ On April 15, 2025, we
notified interested parties of our intent to rescind this
administrative review with respect to the 46 companies, listed in
Appendix II of this notice, that had no reviewable suspended entries
during the POR.\10\ No parties commented on our intent to rescind the
review for these companies. As a result, we are rescinding this review,
in part, with respect to the 46 companies listed in Appendix II of this
notice.
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection Memorandum,'' dated
December 16, 2024.
\10\ See Memorandum, ``Intent to Rescind Review, in Part,''
dated April 15, 2025.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
We calculated export price and constructed export price in accordance
with section 772 of the Act and we calculated normal value in
accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is attached as Appendix I to this notice. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made
available to the public via 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>.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period October 1, 2023, through
September 30, 2024:
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\11\ As we did in previous segments of this proceeding, we
continue to treat these two companies as a single entity for the
preliminary results of this review. See, e.g., Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 87 FR 12660,
12661 n.2 (March 7, 2022).
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Hyundai Steel Company................................... 1.49
POSCO; POSCO International Corporation \11\............. 1.22
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations performed to
interested parties in the preliminary results of this administrative
review within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no
public announcement, within five days after the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, 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.\12\ 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.\13\ 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.\14\ Interested
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
administrative review must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each
issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\15\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); 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 Final Rule).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\16\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results of this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue.
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\16\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce via ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. Hearing requests should contain:
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Oral
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presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties
will be notified of the date, time, and location of the hearing.\17\
Parties should confirm the date, time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled hearing date.
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed via ACCESS.\18\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\19\
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\19\ See APO and Service Final Rule, 88 FR at 67069.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, including the results of
its analysis of issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.\20\ If a
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, we
intend to calculate an importer-specific assessment rate for
antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered
value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\21\
If the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of
this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\22\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\21\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\22\ Id., 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
either of the individually examined respondents for which they did not
know that the merchandise was destined to the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate these entries at the all-others rate if there
is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\23\ For the 46 companies identified in Appendix II for
which we are rescinding the review with these preliminary results, we
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries at rates equal to the cash deposit of antidumping duties
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the POR in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
For these 46 companies, Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of these preliminary results of review in the Federal
Register.
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\23\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
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The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\24\ Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions regarding the individually examined respondents
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).
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\24\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the final results
of this administrative review for all shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
the cash deposit rate for the individually examined respondents will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final
results of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than
0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for merchandise exported by companies 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 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 investigation
but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established in the most recently completed segment for the producer of
the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 6.05 percent, the all-others rate
established in the investigation.\25\ These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\25\ See Order, 81 FR at 67965.
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Notification to Importers
This notice 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 POR. Failure
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce'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 antidumping duties by the amount of
countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of this
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), and
19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: January 5, 2026.
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 I
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
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Appendix II
Companies Rescinded From the Administrative Review
1. Aekyung Chemical
2. AJU Besteel Co., Ltd.
3. Ameri Source Korea
4. Chemaven Co., Ltd.
5. Cj Cheiljedang Corp.
6. Cj Global Logistics Service Inc.
7. Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd.
8. Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.
9. Geco Industries Co., Ltd.
10. Geumok Tech. Co., Ltd.
11. Goi Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
12. Golden State Corporation
13. Gs Global Corp.
14. Gs Holdings Corp.
15. Hanawell Co., Ltd.
16. Hanjin Gls Co., Ltd.
17. Hankook Steel Co., Ltd.
18. HISTEEL
19. Hyosung Corporation
20. Hyosung Tnc Corporation
21. Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd.
22. Hyundai Rb Co., Ltd.
23. Il Jin Nts Co., Ltd.
24. Inchang Electronics Co., Ltd.
25. J&K Korea Co., Ltd.
26. Jeil Industries Co., Ltd.
27. Jeil Metal Co., Ltd.
28. Jin Young Metal
29. Jun Il Co., Ltd.
30. KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
31. KG Steel Corporation
32. Kumkang Kind Co., Ltd.
33. Lg Electronics Inc.
34. Maxflex Corp.
35. Mitsubishi Corp. Korea
36. Mitsui Chemicals & Skc Polyurethane
37. Nexteel Co., Ltd.
38. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
39. SeAH Steel Corporation
40. Sja Inc. (Korea)
41. Solvay Silica Korea
42. Soon Ho Co., Ltd.
43. Sumitomo Corp. Korea Ltd.
44. Sungjin Precision
45. Wintec Korea Inc.
46. Wonbangtech Co., Ltd.
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