Notice2026-18491
Brass Rod From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
September 10, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of brass rod from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of review (POR) is September 29, 2023, through December 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 174 (Thursday, September 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57540-57542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18491]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-917]
Brass Rod From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty 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 countervailable subsidies were provided to producers
and exporters of brass rod from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The
period of review (POR) is September 29, 2023, through December 31,
2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results of review.
DATES: Applicable September 10, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page or Roee Tenne, AD/CVD
Operations, Office OVII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1398 or (202)
482-3996, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 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 countervailing duty order on brass rod from Korea.\1\ On
August 18, 2025, Commerce selected Booyoung Industry (BYI) and Daechang
Co. Ltd. (Daechang) as the mandatory respondents in the review.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 35268 (July 25, 2025).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Identification,'' 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 24 and August, 31, 2026, Commerce
extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this
administrative review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).\5\
Accordingly, the deadline for these
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preliminary results is September 4, 2026.
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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 Memoranda, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March
24, 2026; and ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 31, 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 topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
provided as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
ACCESS, which 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 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Brass
Rod from the Republic of Korea; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>7</SUP>
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\7\ See Brass Rod from the Republic of Korea: Amended Final
Antidumping Duty Determination; Brass Rod from Brazil, India,
Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and South Africa: Antidumping Duty
Orders; Brass Rod from the Republic of Korea: Countervailing Duty
Order, 89 FR 50263 (June 13, 2024) (Order).
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The product covered by this investigation is brass rod from Korea.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For
each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, Commerce
preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit to the
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\8\ For a full description
of the methodology underlying our conclusions, including our reliance,
in part, on facts otherwise available with adverse inferences pursuant
to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\8\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily
determine the following net countervailable subsidy rates exist for the
POR, September 29, 2023, through December 31, 2024:
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\9\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-owned with
Daechang Co. Ltd.; Essentech Co., Ltd.; Seowon Co., Ltd.; Taewoo
Co., Ltd.; and IMI Co., Ltd.
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2023 Subsidy rate 2024 Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad (percent ad
valorem) valorem)
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Booyoung Industry............... 0.29 (de minimis). 0.52.
Daechang Co. Ltd.\9\............ 0.47 (de minimis). 0.20 (de minimis).
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties in 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 the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Interested parties will be notified of the timeline for the
submission of case briefs and written comments at a later date.
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed no later than five days after the date for filing case
briefs.\10\ 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.\11\ 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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\10\ 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).
\11\ 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.\12\ 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).\13\
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\12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\13\ 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.\14\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding
BYI and Daechang 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
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.107(e),
Commerce intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing
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duties with regard to shipments of subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this review, as follows: (1) the
cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be equal to the
company-specific estimated individual countervailable subsidy rates
determined 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) if both the producer and exporter of the subject merchandise have
company-specific estimated subsidy rates assigned, and their rates
differ, then the applicable cash deposit rate will be the higher of
these two rates; (3) if either the producer or the exporter, but not
both, of the subject merchandise has a company-specific estimated
subsidy rate assigned, the applicable cash deposit rate will be that
company's company-specific rate; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other producers and exporters will continue to be 2.87 percent, the
all-others subsidy rate established in the investigation.\15\ These
cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\15\ See Order, 89 FR at 50265.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, which will include the
results of Commerce's analysis of the issues raised in the case briefs,
within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the
Federal Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 4, 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. Diversification of Korea's Economy
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-18491 Filed 9-9-26; 8:45 am]
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