Notice2026-09903
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
May 18, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Taiwan are being sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28564-28566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09903]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-856]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Final
Results of the 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 Taiwan are being
sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period
of review (POR), July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
DATES: Applicable May 18, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Cohen or Anjali Mehindiratta,
AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4521
or (202) 482-9127, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 8, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in
the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ On
January 29, 2026, we received case briefs regarding the Preliminary
Results from mandatory respondent, Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd.
(Prosperity),\2\ and Steel Dynamics, Inc (SDI).\3\
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan:
Preliminary Results and Recission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 91 FR 691 (January 8, 2026)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memo
(PDM).
\2\ See Prosperity's Letter, ``Prosperity Tieh's Case Brief,''
dated January 29, 2026.
\3\ See SDI's Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated January 29, 2026.
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For a summary of the events that occurred since the Preliminary
Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ The Issues and
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="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan; 2023-2024,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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\5\ 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).
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The merchandise subject to the Order is CORE from Taiwan. For a
complete description of the scope, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
The issues raised in the case briefs are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum. A list of topics and the issues that parties
raised are attached as an appendix to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, we have corrected
the spelling of Prosperity's full company name in order to correct for
an inadvertent spelling error in the Preliminary Results. However,
there are no other changes to the Preliminary Results.
Rate for Non-Examined Company
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not directly address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to individual companies not
selected for 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 investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for
companies which were not selected for individual review 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
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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} .''
Where the weighted-average dumping margins for individually
examined respondents are zero, de minimis, or determined based entirely
on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides that
Commerce may use ``any reasonable method to establish the estimated
all-others rate for exporters and producers not individually
investigated . . .'' The SAA states that the expected method in such
cases will be to weight average the zero and de minimis margins, and
margins determined pursuant to facts available, provided that volume
data is available.\6\ The SAA continues that ``if this method is not
feasible, or it results in an average that would not be reasonably
reflective of potential dumping margins for non-investigated exporters
or producers, Commerce may use other reasonable means.'' \7\ The U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) and the U.S.
Court of International Trade (CIT) have further explained that ``the
expected method is the default method,'' and any party seeking to
depart from the expected method must demonstrate that there is a
reasonable basis for doing so.\8\
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\6\ See Statement of Administrative Action, H.R. Rep. No. 103-
316, vol. 1 (1994) (SAA) at 873.
\7\ Id.
\8\ See PrimeSource Building Prods. v. United States, 581
F.Supp.3d 1331, 1338 (CIT 2022); see also Albemarle Corp. v. United
States, 821 F.3d 1345, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2016).
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In this administrative review, we calculated dumping margins of
zero percent for both mandatory respondents: SYSCO and Prosperity.
Accordingly, in line with the guidance provided in the SAA, we have
preliminarily determined, as a reasonable method, to assign the most
recently calculated non-de minimis estimated weighted-average dumping
margin to the non-selected company, Great Grandeul Steel Company
Limited (Samoa) (Great Grandeul), subject to this review.
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 2023, through June 30,
2024:
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Weighted-average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Sheng Yu Steel Co., Ltd............................. 0.00
Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd................. 0.00
Great Grandeul Steel Company Limited (Samoa)........ 0.99
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection with the final results 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 the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However,
because Commerce made no changes to the Preliminary Results
calculations, there are no new calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b), 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 of subject
merchandise covered 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 CIT, 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).
Because the respondents' weighted-average dumping margins or
importer-specific assessment rates are zero or de minimis in the final
results of review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\9\ 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.\10\
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\9\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102-03 (February 14,
2012); see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\10\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the
respondents for which they did not know that the merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such
entries at the all-others rate of 11.04 percent \11\ if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\12\
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\11\ See Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice
of Third Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value Pursuant to Court Decision and Partial Exclusion from
Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 58245 (August 25, 2023) (Third Amended
Final Determination).
\12\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the company which was not selected for individual review (Great
Grandeul), we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at an ad
valorem assessment rate equal to the company-specific weighted-average
dumping margin determined in these final results.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of administrative review for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on, or after, the publication date of the final results
of review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rates for the companies identified above in the ``Final
Results of Review'' section will be equal to the company-specific
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of
this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers
or exporters 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 recent
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original investigation, but the producer has been
covered in a prior complete segment of this proceeding, then the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period
for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 11.04 percent,\13\
the all-others rate from the Third Amended Final Determination. These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\13\ See Third Amended Final Determination.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
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351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping 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 duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as the final reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 8, 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Apply Partial AFA to SYSCO's Dumping
Margin
Comment 2: Correction of Prosperity's Name in Federal Register
Notice
VI. Recommendation
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