Notice2026-16036
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
August 6, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that POSCO, POSCO International Corporation, POSCO Mobility Solution (POSCO MS), Taechang Steel Co., Ltd., and Winsteel Co., Ltd., (collectively, the POSCO single entity) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 150 (Thursday, August 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50782-50784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16036]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-887]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that POSCO, POSCO International Corporation, POSCO Mobility
Solution (POSCO MS), Taechang Steel Co., Ltd., and Winsteel Co., Ltd.,
(collectively, the POSCO
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single entity) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal
value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through
April 30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 6, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 25, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and alloy steel cut-to-
length plate (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea).\1\ On
August 18, 2025, Commerce selected the POSCO single entity as the
mandatory respondent in this review.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 26967 (June 25, 2025) (Initiation
Notice); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate
from Austria, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany,
Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for France, the Federal
Republic of Germany, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 FR 24096 (May 25, 2017) (Order).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Release of Customs and Border Protection
Data and Respondent Selection,'' dated August 18, 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.\3\ 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.\4\ On March 11, 2026, we extended the preliminary
results of this review to no later than July 31, 2026.\5\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024; see also
Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Preliminary Results of
the 2024-2025 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March
11, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as an appendix 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from the Republic of
Korea; 2024-2025,'' 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 CTL plate from Korea. For a
complete description of the merchandise subject to the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the 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.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the
period May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025:
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Weighted
average
Producer/Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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POSCO Single Entity \7\.................................... 0.60
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Disclosure
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\7\ In a prior segment of this proceeding, Commerce found that
POSCO, POSCO International Corporation, POSCO MS (formerly known as
POSCO SPS), and certain distributors and service centers (i.e.,
Taechang Steel Co., Ltd. and Winsteel Co., Ltd.) are affiliated
pursuant to section 771(33)(E) of the Act, and, further, that these
companies should be treated as a single entity pursuant to 19 CFR
351.401(f). See Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from the
Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
review; 2019-2020, 87 FR 6483 (February 4, 2022). No changes to the
relationship among these entities was reported for this POR;
therefore, no change to our affiliation/collapsing finding is
warranted. Additionally, in August 2022, Commerce published the
final results of a changed circumstances review (CCR), finding that
POSCO, following a corporate organizational change in March 2022
(POSCO*), is the successor-in-interest to the pre-reorganization
POSCO entity (POSCO(I)). Moreover, POSCO* is entitled to POSCO(I)'s
AD cash deposit rates with respect to entries of subject merchandise
in this proceeding. Further, this CCR recognized that POSCO SPS is
now recognized as POSCO MS effective January 1, 2022. For more
detail, see Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the Republic of
Korea, Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic
of Korea, Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic
of Korea, Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic
of Korea, Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from
the Republic of Korea, and Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the
Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 87 FR 52910 (August 30, 2022).
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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 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)(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.\8\ 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.\9\ 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.\10\ 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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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\9\ 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 Procedures).
\10\ 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.\11\ Further, we request that
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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).\12\
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\11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\12\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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 5:00 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. 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 scheduled date for the hearing.\13\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, 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.
If the POSCO single entity'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, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total
entered value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for
all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to
the total quantity of those sales.\14\ If POSCO single entity's
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or where an
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\15\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by POSCO
single entity's for which it did not know that the merchandise was
destined for the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate
those entries at the all-others rate calculated in the less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\16\ 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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\16\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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 the 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 or
reviewed companies not covered by 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, 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 7.10 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\17\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\17\ See Order.
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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, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the
amount of the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 31, 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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