Notice2026-07008
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
April 10, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that one of the two producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Japan, sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. Additionally, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to one company.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18410-18412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07008]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-874]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan: 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 one of the two producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel flat
products (hot-rolled steel) from Japan, sold subject merchandise in the
United States at prices below normal value during the period of review
(POR) October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. Additionally, we are
rescinding this review, in part, with respect to one company.
DATES: Applicable April 10, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Zhao or Myrna Lobo, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1396 and (202) 482-2371,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on hot-rolled steel from Japan in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ Commerce
initiated this administrative review of the Order on November 14, 2024,
covering 15 producers and/or exporters.\2\ On January 2, 2025, we
selected Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) \3\ and Tokyo Steel
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Steel) as the mandatory respondents.\4\
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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 Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 89955 (November 14, 2024).
\3\ NSC is a single entity comprised of the following companies:
Nippon Steel Corporation; Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.; and Nippon
Steel Trading Corporation. See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from Japan: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, 84 FR 46713 (September 5, 2019).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated January 2,
2025. After the issuance of these preliminary results of review, we
intend to collect additional information from Tokyo Steel.
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\5\ On September 10, 2025, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1), we extended the deadline for the preliminary results of
this review until January 29, 2026.\6\ Due to the lapse in
appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025,
Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceeding 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 proceeding by an additional 21
days.\8\ Accordingly, the deadline for the preliminary results is now
April 7, 2026.
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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 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024,''
dated September 10, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of All Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\9\
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 at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews: Certain Hot-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan; 2023-2024,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is hot-rolled steel from
Japan. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\10\
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\10\ Id.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Act. Export price and constructed export
price were calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal
value 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 topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this
notice.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. On February 12, 2025, the
petitioners withdrew their request for review in part, with respect to
certain companies.\11\ Because other
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parties also requested reviews of certain companies, we are not
rescinding the reviews of all companies in the petitioners' withdrawal
request. The petitioners also withdrew their review request of JFE
Shoji Trade America JFE.\12\
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\11\ The petitioners are: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor
Corporation, SSAB Enterprises, LLC, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United
States Steel Corporation. See Petitioners' Letter, ``Partial
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated February
12, 2025 (Petitioners' Letter of Withdrawal).
\12\ Id.
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Because the withdrawal request is timely filed and no other party
requested a review of this company, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this review of the Order with
respect to JFE Shoji Trade America.
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a weighted average dumping margin to be applied to 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
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when
calculating 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} .'' Therefore, because the rate calculated for Tokyo
Steel in this administrative review is a zero, consistent with section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for the companies not selected for individual
examination in this review we are preliminarily assigning the most
recent above-de minimis rate calculated in this proceeding as the
review-specific rate, i.e., 13.07 percent.
Preliminary Results
We preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins for the period October 1, 2023, through September 30,
2024:
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\13\ This rate is also applicable to Nippon Steel & Sumikin
Logistics Co., Ltd. for whom a review was initiated and NSC
identified as its wholly owned subsidiary. See NSC's February 27,
2025 Initial Section C questionnaire response at C-41.
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
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Nippon Steel Corporation/Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd./ 13.07
Nippon Steel Trading Corporation \13\..................
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd...................... 0.00
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Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies
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JFE Steel Corporation; JFE Shoji Trade Corporation; JFE 13.07
Shoji Corporation......................................
Honda Trading Corporation............................... 13.07
Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc............................... 13.07
Tetsusho Kayaba Corporation............................. 13.07
Toyo Corporation........................................ 13.07
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Disclosure
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 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
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c), we will notify parties of the briefing schedule at a later
date.\14\ 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.\15\ 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.\16\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\15\ 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 Final Rule).
\16\ 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.\17\ 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 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).\18\
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\17\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\18\ 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, by 5 p.m. Eastern time, within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. 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. 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 will inform interested parties of the scheduled date for
the hearing.\19\
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\19\ 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.\20\ An electronically
filed hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety in
ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in
any case or rebuttal briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, unless extended.\21\
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If the weighted-average
dumping margins for NSC and Tokyo Steel are not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we
will calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates for the
merchandise based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the examined sales made during the POR to each importer
and the total entered value of those same sales, in accordance with 19
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CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). If NSC's
and Tokyo Steel's weighted-average dumping margins are zero or de
minimis in the final results of review, we will instruct CBP not to
assess duties on any of its entries in accordance with the Final
Modification for Reviews, i.e., ``{w{time} here the weighted-average
margin of dumping for the exporter is determined to be zero or de
minimis, no antidumping duties will be assessed.'' \22\
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\22\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by NSC
or Tokyo Steel for which the producer did not know its merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company (or companies) involved in the transaction.\23\
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\23\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we
will assign an assessment rate based on the review-specific rate,
calculated as noted in the ``Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined
Companies'' section, above. 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
deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\24\
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\24\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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).
For the company for which this review is being rescinded, in part,
JFE Shoji Trade America, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall
be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated
antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
With respect to JFE Shoji Trade America, Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice 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 each specific company listed above will be that
established in the final results of this 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 companies not participating in this
review, the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific 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, or the underlying 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 5.58 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\25\ These
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(d), (h) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: April 7, 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
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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