Notice2026-04405
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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March 6, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024. In addition, Commerce is rescinding the review, in part, with respect to 35 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11040-11042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04405]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-881]
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled
steel) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not made at less than
normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023,
through August 31, 2024. In addition, Commerce is rescinding the
review, in part, with respect to 35 companies. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 6, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Fuller or Caroline Carroll, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6228 or (202)
482-4948, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 20, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty (AD) order on cold-rolled steel from Korea.\1\ On
September 3, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice
of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order for the
POR.\2\ On October 17, 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.\3\ On November 22, 2024, Commerce selected Hyundai
Steel Company (Hyundai) and POSCO/POSCO International Corporation
(collectively, POSCO) as the mandatory respondents in this
administrative review.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil,
India, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for Brazil and the United
Kingdom and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 64432 (September 20,
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 71254 (September
3, 2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 83644 (October 17, 2024).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated November 22,
2024.
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\5\ On August 21, 2025, we
postponed the preliminary results of this review by 40 days, in
accordance with section of 751(a)(3) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2).\6\ Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal
Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days.\7\ 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.\8\ On
December 8, 2025, we extended the preliminary results of this review by
an additional 50 days.\9\ On January 29, 2026, we extended the
preliminary results of this review by an additional 15 days.\10\
Finally, on February 18, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of
this review by an additional 8 days, until March 2, 2026.\11\ For a
complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this
review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\12\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2022-2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
August 21, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2022-2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
December 8, 2025.
\10\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
January 28, 2026.
\11\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
February 18, 2026. Commerce's practice dictates that, where a
deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate
deadline is the next business day. See Notice of Clarification:
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As
Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). Therefore, because February 28,
2026, is a Saturday, the deadline becomes March 2, 2026.
\12\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from 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 cold-rolled steel from
Korea. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no reviewable entries of subject
merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.\13\
Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended
entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\14\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be
conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD
assessment rate calculated for the POR.\15\
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\13\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of
Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022,
88 FR 24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut- to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany:
Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR
4157 (January 24, 2023).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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On January 17, 2025, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4), we notified
interested parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review
with respect to the companies listed in Appendix II with no suspended
entries during the POR in the CBP data, and we invited interested
parties to comment.\16\ We received no comments on the Intent to
Rescind Memorandum. Accordingly, Commerce is rescinding this review
with respect to the companies listed in Appendix II, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\16\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated January 17, 2025.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. Export price and constructed export
price are calculated in accordance with section 772 of the
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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. 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
on file electronically 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>.
Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for companies not
selected for individual examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)
of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act,
which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a
market economy less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance
when determining the weighted-average dumping margin for companies
which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative
review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is
normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated
weighted average dumping margins established for exporters and
producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis
margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts
available{time} .''
In this review, we preliminarily calculated dumping margins of zero
for both Hyundai and POSCO. Therefore, consistent with section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we are preliminarily assigning the most recent
above-de minimis rate calculated in this proceeding (i.e., 2.28 percent
\17\) to the companies not selected for individual examination in this
review: Ameri-Source Korea (Ameri-Source); Hanawell Co Ltd (Hanawell);
and KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (KG Dongbu).
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\17\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2021-2022, 89 FR 13689 (February 23, 2024), as amended by
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea:
Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2021-2022, 89 FR 21490 (March 28, 2024).
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Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margins for the period of
September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Hyundai Steel Company....................................... 0.00
POSCO; POSCO International Corporation...................... 0.00
Ameri-Source Korea.......................................... 2.28
Hanawell Co Ltd............................................. 2.28
KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.................................... 2.28
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results 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 notice in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after the date of the
publication of this notice. 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.\18\ 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.\19\ All
briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\18\ 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).
\19\ 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.\20\ 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 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).\21\
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\20\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\21\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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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 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
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 the issues to be
discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues
raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce will
inform parties of the time and date for the hearing.\22\ Parties should
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
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\22\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
covered by this review.\23\ If the weighted-average dumping margin for
an individually examined respondent is not zero or de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, we will
calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's
examined sales and the total entered value of such sales in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\24\ For any individually examined respondent
whose weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the
final results of review, or if an importer-specific assessment rate is
zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\25\
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\23\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\24\ 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).
\25\ Id., 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
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merchandise during the POR produced by Hyundai or POSCO for which the
reviewed companies did not know that the merchandise they sold to the
intermediary (i.e., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was
destined for the United States.\26\ In such instances, 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.\27\
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\26\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
\27\ See Order.
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For Ameri-Source, Hanawell, and KG Dongbu, the companies that were
not selected for individual examination, we intend to assign an
assessment rate based on the review-specific rate determined as noted
in the ``Rate for Non-Examined Companies'' section, above.
For the companies listed in Appendix II for which the review is
being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess duties on all
appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP for the
companies listed in Appendix II no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of this rescission in the Federal Register.
For the remaining companies under review, in accordance with
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results of this 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
cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.
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 in the Federal Register of final results of this
administrative review for all shipments of the 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 companies listed above will be equal
to the weighted-average dumping margin 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 previously investigated or reviewed companies not covered in this
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific
cash deposit rate published for the most recently completed segment of
this proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the LTFV
investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will
be the rate established for the most recent segment for the
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 20.33 percent, the
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\28\ These
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any 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).
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 Commerce's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: March 2, 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
Appendix II
Companies for Which the Review Is Rescinded
1. AJU Steel Co., Ltd.
2. Dai Yang Metal Co., Ltd.
3. DCM Corporation
4. DK GNS Co., Ltd.
5. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd
6. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
7. Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd.
8. Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.
9. GS Global Corporation
10. Hankum Co., Ltd.
11. Hwashin Co. Ltd.
12. Hyosung TNC Corporation
13. Hyundai Corporation
14. JMP Co., Ltd.
15. Korinox Co., Ltd.
16. Mikwang Precision Manufacture Co., Ltd.
17. Okaya Korea Co., Ltd.
18. POSCO Coated and Colored Steel Co., Ltd.
19. Samhwan Steel Co., Ltd.
20. Samsung C & T Corporation
21. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
22. Samsung STS Co., Ltd.
23. SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel Corporation
24. SeAH Coated Metal Corporation
25. SeAH Steel Corporation
26. Shin Steel Co., Ltd.
27. Shin Young Co., Ltd.
28. Signode Korea Inc.
29. SK Networks Co., Ltd.
30. Soon Hong Trading Co., Ltd.
31. Sungjin Co., Ltd.
32. Taesan Corporation
33. TCC Steel Corporation
34. TI Automotive Ltd.
35. Wolverine Korea Co., Ltd
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