Notice2026-18694
Brass Rod From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2025
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Published
September 14, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Booyoung Industry (BYI), and Daechang Co., Ltd. (Daechang), producers and exporters of brass rod from the Republic of South Korea (Korea), made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2023, through May 31, 2025. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58077-58079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18694]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-916]
Brass Rod From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that Booyoung Industry (BYI), and Daechang Co., Ltd. (Daechang),
producers and exporters of brass rod from the Republic of South Korea
(Korea), made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2023, through May
31, 2025. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary
results of review.
DATES: Applicable September 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Trejo, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4390.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 25, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass rod from
the Republic of Korea (Korea).\1\ On September 10, 2025, Commerce
selected BYI and Daechang as the two mandatory respondents in this
review.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 35268 (July 25, 2025); see also 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).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Identification,'' dated
September 10, 2025 (Respondent Selection Memo).
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and federal government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled the deadline of the preliminary
results 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 25, 2026, Commerce extended the preliminary results
of this review to August 31, 2026.\5\ On August 31, 2026, Commerce
further extended the deadline to issue the preliminary results to
September 8, 2026.\6\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 17, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 25,
2026.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August
31, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events between the initiation of
this review and these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\7\ 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
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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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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Brass Rod from the Republic of Korea; 2023-2025,'' 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 brass rod from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of 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). Commerce
calculated export prices and constructed export prices in accordance
with section 772(a) and (b) of the Act. Normal value is calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying the preliminary determination, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\8\ Id.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the
period December 1, 2023, through May 31, 2025:
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Weighted
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Booyoung Industry........................................... 9.28
Daechang Co., Ltd./Seowon Co. Ltd./IMI Co., Ltd.\9\......... 5.22
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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 the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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\9\ Consistent with the underlying investigation, Commerce
continues to identify Daechang Co., Ltd, Seowon Co. Ltd., and IMI
Co., Ltd. as a single entity. For further discussion see Preliminary
Decision Memorandum dated concurrently with this notice.
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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.\10\ 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.\11\ 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.\12\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\11\ 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).
\12\ 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.\13\ Further, we request that 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).\14\
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\13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\14\ 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 (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.\15\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
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 an individually examined respondent'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.\16\ To determine whether an
importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
If an individually examined respondent'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.\17\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\17\ 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 an
individually examined respondent's for which they 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.\18\
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\18\ 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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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.\19\ 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
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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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\19\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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 companies
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 producers or exporters will continue to be
6.94 percent, the all-others rate established in the underlying
investigation.\20\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\20\ 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: September 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Affiliation/Single Entity
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for Export Subsidies in
Companion Countervailing Duty Investigation
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-18694 Filed 9-11-26; 8:45 am]
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