Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

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The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 194 (Thursday, October 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64342-64344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20698]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-878]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of 
Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, 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 producers/exporters subject to this review made sales 
of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period 
of review (POR), July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Interested 
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable October 8, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-7466.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 22, 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 (AD) order on certain corrosion-
resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea).\1\ 
On March 20, 2026, Commerce selected KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongbu) 
and Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd./Aju Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk) \2\ as 
the mandatory respondents in this review.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 2025); see also 
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).
    \2\ Commerce preliminarily determines that Dongkuk Coated Metal 
Co., Ltd. and Aju Steel Co., Ltd. are a single entity. See 
Memorandum, ``Preliminary Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum for 
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd.,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated March 20, 
2026.
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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. 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. On May 12, 2026, we extended the deadline for the 
preliminary results of this review to no later than September 30, 
2026.\4\ On September 25, 2026, we extended the deadline for the 
preliminary results of this review to no later than October 5, 2026.\5\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 12, 
2026.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 
25, 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 Appendix I 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 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 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 CORE from Korea. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to 
rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it concludes that 
there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR.\7\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the 
suspended entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate for the 
review period.\8\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be 
conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce 
can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at 
the AD assessment rate calculated for the POR.\9\ Commerce notified all 
interested parties of its intent to rescind the instant review 
regarding the companies listed in Appendix III because there were no 
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise from these 
companies during the POR and invited interested parties to comment.\10\ 
No party commented on this memorandum. In the absence of any suspended 
entries of subject merchandise from these companies during the POR, we 
are rescinding this administrative review for the companies listed in 
Appendix III, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    \7\ See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to Length 
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping 
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \9\ See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. United States, 
380 F.Supp.3d 1328, 1337 (CIT 2019), at 12 (referring to section 
751(a) of the Act, the U.S. Court of International Trade held that 
``{w{time} hile the statute does not explicitly require that an 
entry be suspended as a prerequisite for establishing entitlement to 
a review, it does explicitly state the determined rate will be used 
as the liquidation rate for the reviewed entries. This result can 
only obtain if the liquidation of entries has been suspended''; see 
also Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 86 FR 36102, and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; and Solid 
Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation: 
Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 
FR 65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that ``for an administrative 
review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry 
to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment rate'').
    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in 
Part,'' dated August 5, 2026.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Export price and constructed export price are calculated in accordance 
with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with 
section 773 of the Act.

Rate for Non-Individually Examined Companies

    The Act does not address the establishment of a rate to apply 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. However, Commerce's regulation at 19 CFR 
351.109(g) states that Commerce will determine the rate for non-
selected companies by following the process set

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forth in 19 CFR 351.109(f)(1)-(2), which generally parallels the 
process for determining the all-others rate in an investigation under 
section 735(c)(5) of the Act.
    Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.109(f)(1), 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 rates 
that are zero, de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), or determined 
entirely on the basis of facts available. Where the weighted-average 
dumping margin for each of the individually examined companies is zero, 
de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.109(f)(2)(iii) provides 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 preliminarily calculated 
weighted-average dumping margins for the mandatory respondents, Dongkuk 
and Dongbu, that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
available. Accordingly, we are preliminarily assigning to the companies 
under review that were not selected for individual examination a 
weighted-average dumping margin equal to the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins calculated for Dongkuk and Dongbu, consistent with 19 
CFR 351.109(g).\11\
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    \11\ With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally 
calculates: (A) a weighted-average of the dumping margins calculated 
for the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the dumping 
margins calculated for the examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-
average of the dumping margins calculated for the examined 
respondents using each company's publicly ranged U.S. sale 
quantities for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 
compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as 
the most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters. See 
19 CFR 351.109(f)(2)(ii); see also Memorandum, ``Calculation of the 
Dumping Margin for Respondents Not Selected for Individual 
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Preliminary Results

    We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping 
margins for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd....................................       23.40
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd./Aju Steel Co., Ltd...........       19.43
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review \12\...........       20.58
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    \12\ The exporters or producers not selected for individual 
review are listed in Appendix II.
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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 the Federal Register, 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 at a later date 
specified by Commerce. 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.\13\ 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.\14\ 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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    \13\ 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).
    \14\ 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.\15\ 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).\16\
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    \15\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \16\ 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.\17\
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    \17\ 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 Dongbu's and Dongkuk'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.\18\ 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 Dongbu's or Dongkuk'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

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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \19\ 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 Dongbu 
and Dongkuk 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, as amended,\20\ if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\21\
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    \20\ See Order; see also 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) (Timken and 
Amended Final Results).
    \21\ 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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    For the companies listed in Appendix II which were not selected for 
individual review, we will assign an assessment rate based on the 
review-specific rate, calculated as noted in the ``Rate for Non-
Individually Examined Companies'' section, above. 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.\22\
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    \22\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    For the companies listed in Appendix III for which the review is 
being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed 
at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping 
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after the date of publication of this notice 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

    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 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 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 and exporters will continue to be 8.31 
percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation (as 
amended).\23\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \23\ See Order, as amended by Timken and Amended Final Results.
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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 results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 5, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

Appendix II

Review-Specific Rate Applicable to Companies Not Selected for 
Individual Review

1. Hyundai Steel Company
2. POSCO
3. POSCO International Corporation
4. SeAH Coated Metal
5. SeAH Steel Corporation

Appendix III

Companies With No Reviewable Entries

1. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd.
2. Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.
3. POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd.
4. TCC Steel Corp.

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