Large Power Transformers From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

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The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that HD Hyundai Electric Co., Ltd. (Hyundai) and Iljin Electric Co., Ltd (Iljin) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 210 (Monday, November 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68940-68943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22343]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-867]


Large Power Transformers 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 HD Hyundai Electric Co., Ltd. (Hyundai) and Iljin 
Electric Co., Ltd (Iljin) did not make sales of subject merchandise at 
less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August 
1, 2024, through July 31, 2025. Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable November 2, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jinny Ahn or Harrison Tanchuck, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of

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Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0339 or (202) 482-7421, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 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 large power transformers from 
the Republic of Korea (Korea).\1\ On January 29, 2026, Commerce 
selected Hyundai and Iljin as the mandatory respondents in this 
review.\2\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 46173, 46176 (September 25, 2025) 
(Initiation Notice); see also Large Power Transformers from the 
Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 53177 (August 31, 
2012) (Order).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated January 29, 
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.\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 July 9, 2026, we extended the preliminary 
results of this review to no later than October 30, 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, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 9, 
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 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (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 Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Large Power 
Transformers 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 large power transformers 
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). Constructed 
export prices have been 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.

Rate for Non-Individually Examined Companies

    The Act and Commerce's regulations do 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. Generally, Commerce looks to 
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for 
calculating the all-others rate in a market economy investigation, for 
guidance when calculating the rate for companies which were not 
selected for individual examination in an administrative review.
    Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, 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 
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, Commerce preliminarily calculated 
weighted-average dumping margins of zero percent for Hyundai and Iljin. 
Therefore, we have preliminarily determined to continue to assign the 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins currently in effect to the 
non-selected companies subject to review. For a full discussion of the 
rates for non-selected companies, 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 August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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HD Hyundai Electric Co., Ltd................................        0.00
Iljin Electric Co., Ltd.....................................        0.00
LS Electric Co., Ltd........................................        4.32
Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation........................        4.32
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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).

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to 
verify the information relied upon in making its final results.

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven 
days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in 
this review. 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.\7\ 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.\8\ All briefs must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety

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in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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    \7\ 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).
    \8\ 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.\9\ 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).\10\
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    \9\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \10\ 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.\11\
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    \11\ 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 any 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.\12\ 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 any 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.\13\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \13\ 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 each 
respondent 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.\14\
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    \14\ 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 LS Electric Co., Ltd. and Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation, 
the companies that 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.\15\
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    \15\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    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 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 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 22.00 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\16\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \16\ See Order, 77 FR 53177.
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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 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 duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping 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).


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    Dated: October 28, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Deadline for Submission of Updated Sales and Cost Information
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Rate for Non-Individually Examined Companies
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Currency Conversion
VIII. Recommendation

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