Notice2026-09691
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Final Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
May 14, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, period of review (POR).
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27252-27254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09691]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-878]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of
Korea: Final 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) determines that
certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of
Korea (Korea) were not sold in the United States at less than normal
value (NV) during the July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, period of
review (POR).
DATES: Applicable May 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or Noah Wetzel, 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 or (202)
482-7466, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 8, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and
invited parties to comment.\1\ No interested party submitted comments
on the Preliminary Results. Commerce made no changes from the
Preliminary Results, which are herein adopted as the final results of
review. Additionally, because these final results remain unchanged from
the Preliminary Results, no decision memorandum accompanies this
notice. Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023- 2024, 91 FR 680 (January 8, 2026)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>2</SUP>
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\2\ 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, 81 FR 48390 (July 25,
2016) (Order); and Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea,
and Taiwan: Notice of Correction to the Antidumping Duty Orders, 81
FR 58475 (August 25, 2016); Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Court Decision Not in
Harmony With Final Determination of Investigation and Notice of
Amended Final Results, 83 FR 39054 (August 8, 2018) (Investigation
Timken).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is CORE from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 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 party that requested
a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. On October 4, 2024, BlueScope
Steel Vietnam Ltd. and BlueScope Steel Americas LLC (BlueScope) timely
filed withdrawals of requests for review.\3\ Because the withdrawals of
the review requests were timely filed, and no other party requested a
review of these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce is rescinding this review of the Order with respect to
BlueScope.\4\
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\3\ See BlueScope's Letter, ``BlueScope's Withdrawal of Request
for AD Administrative Review,'' dated October 4, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in
Part,'' dated January 13, 2026.
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Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate 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 an
antidumping duty investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate
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 and de minimis
margins, and any margins determined entirely on the basis of facts
available.'' Where the rates for the individually examined companies
are all zero, de minimis, or determined entirely using facts available,
section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act instructs that Commerce ``may use any
reasonable method to establish the estimated all-others rate for
exporters and producers not individually investigated, including
averaging the estimated weighted average dumping margins determined for
the exporters and producers individually investigated.''
In this administrative review, we calculated a weighted-average
dumping margin for each of the mandatory respondents, Dongkuk Coated
Metal Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk) and Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai), that is
zero percent, and we did not calculate any margins which are not zero,
de minimis, or determined entirely on the basis of facts available.
Thus, in accordance with the expected method, and consistent with the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's decision in
Albemarle,\5\ we are assigning a dumping margin of zero percent,
consistent with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, to the non-selected
companies under review.
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\5\ See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F.3d 1345, 1352
(Fed. Cir. 2016) (Albemarle) (holding that Commerce may only use
``other reasonable methods'' if it reasonably concludes that the
expected method is ``not feasible'' or ``would not be reasonably
reflective of potential dumping margins'').
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Final Results of Review
For these final results, we determine that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 2023,
through June 30, 2024:
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\6\ We note that, in the Preliminary Results, Commerce
inadvertently incorrectly assigned cash deposit rates to Dongkuk
International, Inc. and POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd.,
companies on which Commerce did not initiate an administrative
review. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 66035 (August 14, 2024). We are not
assigning a cash deposit rate for these companies in this
administrative review.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer \6\ dumping
margin
(percent)
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Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd............................... 0.00
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd............................... 0.00
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd................................. 0.00
Hyundai Steel Company....................................... 0.00
KG Steel Corporation; KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.............. 0.00
POSCO....................................................... 0.00
POSCO International Corporation............................. 0.00
POSCO STEELEON Co., Ltd..................................... 0.00
SeAH Coated Metal Corporation............................... 0.00
SeAH Steel Corporation...................................... 0.00
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the final results of review within five
days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
However, because we made no changes from the Preliminary Results, there
are no new calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review. 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).
Commerce calculated a weighted-average dumping margin for Dongkuk
and Hyundai of zero percent in this review. Accordingly, we intend to
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties. For entries of subject merchandise during the POR
produced by Dongkuk or Hyundai for which Dongkuk or Hyundai did not
know its merchandise was destined for the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate in
the of the LTFV investigation (i.e., 8.31 percent),\7\ if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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For the companies that were not selected for individual
examination, we have assigned it the weighted-average dumping margin
calculated for Dongkuk and Hyundai (i.e., zero percent). Accordingly,
we will instruct CBP to liquidate suspended entries during the POR for
companies that were not selected for individual examination without
regard to antidumping duties.
For BlueScope, because Commerce is rescinding the administrative
review, antidumping duties will be assessed at rates equal to the cash
deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry,
or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in the United States, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, 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 producer is, then the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent segment
for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for
all other producers and exporters will continue to be 8.31 percent, the
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation (as amended).
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a 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
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the
countervailing duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. 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
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).
Dated: May 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
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order 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 Order are products
in which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and
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(3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by
weight, respectively indicated:
<bullet> 2.50 percent of manganese, or
<bullet> 3.30 percent of silicon, or
<bullet> 1.50 percent of copper, or
<bullet> 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
<bullet> 1.25 percent of chromium, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
<bullet> 0.40 percent of lead, or
<bullet> 2.00 percent of nickel, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
<bullet> 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
<bullet> 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this
scope regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-
free (IF)) steels and high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels. IF
steels are recognized as low carbon steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as titanium and/or niobium added to
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized
as steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium,
copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum.
Furthermore, this scope also includes Advanced High Strength
Steels (AHSS) and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS), both of which
are considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels.
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 Order if
performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope corrosion
resistant steel.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in
which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the scope of this Order
unless specifically excluded. The following products are outside of
and/or specifically excluded from the scope of this Order:
<bullet> Flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with
tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (terne
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; and
<bullet> Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are
three-layered corrosion resistant flat-rolled steel products less
than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a flat-rolled
steel product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-
20% ratio.
The products subject to the Order 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, and
7212.60.0000.\8\
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\8\ On July 26, 2021, Commerce added two additional HTSUS
subheadings at the request of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2019-2020, 86 FR 70111 (December 9, 2021).
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The products subject to the Order 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, 7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000, 7225.99.0090,
7226.99.0110, 7226.99.0130, 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
Order is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2026-09691 Filed 5-13-26; 8:45 am]
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