Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel flat products (hot- rolled steel) from Japan sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65177-65179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20934]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-874]


Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan: Final Results 
of 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 producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-
rolled steel) from Japan sold subject merchandise in the United States 
at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) October 
1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.

DATES: Applicable October 14, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun Jack Zhao or Myrna Lobo, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1396 or (202) 482-2371, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 3, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on hot-rolled steel from Japan.\1\ On April 
10, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this review in 
the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia, 
Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic 
of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative 
Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the Republic of Korea, and 
the Republic of Turkey and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962 
(October 3, 2016) (Order).
    \2\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: 
Preliminary Results and Rescission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative; 2023-2024, 91 FR 18410 (April 10, 2026) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    For a complete summary of the events that have occurred since the 
Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised 
by parties for these final results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\3\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain 
Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan; 2023-2024,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \4\
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    \4\ See Order.
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is hot-rolled steel from 
Japan. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The list of topics discussed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this 
notice. 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), 
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review and analysis of the comments received from 
parties, we made certain changes to the preliminary margin calculations 
for Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC). For a detailed discussion of these 
changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Review-Specific Rate for Non-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 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. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.109(f) state that for companies not investigated, in general, we 
will determine an all-others rate by weight averaging the AD rates 
established for each of the companies individually investigated, 
excluding zero and de minimis rates or any rates based entirely on 
facts available. Where the estimated 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 
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 review, we calculated estimated weighted-average dumping 
margins of zero percent for Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo 
Steel) and 13.96 percent for NSC. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 
states that ``{t{time} he estimated all-others rate shall be an amount 
equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted average dumping 
margins established for exporters and producers individually 
investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any 
margins determined entirely under section 776.'' Consistent with 
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we assigned the companies not selected 
for individual examination in this review a weighted-average dumping 
margin based on the rate of 13.96 percent calculated for Tokyo Steel. 
The companies not selected for individual examination are listed in 
Appendix II.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period October 1, 2023, through September 
30, 2024:

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                                              Weighted-average dumping
             Producer/exporter                    margin (percent)
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Nippon Steel Corporation/Nippon Steel                              13.96
 Nisshin Co., Ltd./Nippon Steel Trading
 Corporation \5\..........................
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd........                          0.00
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             Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies
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JFE Steel Corporation; JFE Shoji Trade                             13.96
 Corporation; JFE Shoji Corporation.......
Honda Trading Corporation.................                         13.96
Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc.................                         13.96
Tetsusho Kayaba Corporation...............                         13.96
Toyo Corporation..........................                         13.96
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    \5\ Commerce found in a changed circumstances review that NSC, 
Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd., and Nippon Steel Trading Corporation 
are affiliated companies that should be treated as a single entity 
and as the successor-in-interest to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal 
Corporation, Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd., and Nippon Steel & Sumikin 
Bussan Corporation, respectively. See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products from Japan: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, 84 FR 46713 (September 5, 2019). 
Because there is no information on the record of this administrative 
review that would lead us to revisit this determination, we are 
continuing to treat these companies as part of a single entity for 
the purposes of this administrative review.
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    Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations 
performed for these final results of review 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).

Assessment Rates

    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (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 
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).
    Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, we 
calculated importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rates by 
aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all U.S. sales to each 
importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total entered 
value of the sales to each importer (or customer).\6\ Where Commerce 
calculated a weighted-average dumping margin by dividing the total 
amount of dumping for reviewed sales to that party by the total sales 
quantity associated with those transactions, Commerce will direct CBP 
to assess importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rates based on 
the resulting per-unit rates.\7\ Where an importer- (or customer-) 
specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is greater than de minimis (i.e., 
0.50 percent), Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate 
duties at the time of liquidation.\8\ Where an importer- (or customer-) 
specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce 
will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\9\
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    \6\ See section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).
    \7\ Id.
    \8\ Id.
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    Consistent with Commerce's assessment practice, for entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by NSC or Tokyo Steel for 
which the producer did not know that its merchandise was destined for 
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries 
at the all-others rate (i.e., 5.58 percent \10\) if there is no rate 
for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\11\
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    \10\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final 
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 81 FR 53409 
(August 12, 2016) (LTFV Final Determination).
    \11\ 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 which were not selected for individual review, we 
will assign an assessment rate based on the review-specific rate, 
calculated as noted in the ``Review-Specific Rate for Non-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.\12\
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    \12\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of 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 for by section 751(a)(2)(C) 
of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for the companies listed in 
these final results will be equal to the weighted-average dumping 
margins established in the final results of this review; (2) for 
merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this 
review but covered in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published 
for the most recently completed segment in which the company was 
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or 
the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the 
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of 
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 5.58 percent,\13\ the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation. These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
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    \13\ See LTFV Final Determination.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 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.

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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO 
of their responsibility concerning the destruction of proprietary 
information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or 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)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 7, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

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: NSC's Domestic Brokerage Expenses
    Comment 2: NSC's Home Market Sales Window Period
    Comment 3: Commerce's Differential Pricing Methodology
    Comment 4: NSC's Export Price Sales in the Margin Program
    Comment 5: Whether to Rescind the Administrative Review with 
Respect to Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (MISI)
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2026-20934 Filed 10-13-26; 8:45 am]
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