Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers and exporters of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 213 (Thursday, November 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69811-69813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22626]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-837]


Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From the 
Republic of Korea: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2024

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that

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certain producers and exporters of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality 
steel plate (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) received 
countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 
2024, through December 31, 2024.

DATES: Applicable November 5, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson or Elizabeth Talbot 
Russ, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793 
or (202) 482-5516, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 13, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this 
administrative review and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ On 
August 5, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline for issuing the final 
results by 53 days, until November 2, 2026.\2\ For a detailed 
description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from 
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024, 91 FR 27012 (May 
13, 2026) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024,'' dated August 5, 
2026.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing 
Duty Order on Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from 
the Republic of Korea; 2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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    A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is 
provided 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>.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this Order is CTL plate from Korea.\4\ For a 
complete description of the scope of this Order, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \4\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination: Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from India and the Republic of 
Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from France, India, Indonesia, 
Italy, and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6587 (February 10, 2000) 
(Order).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    Commerce addressed all issues raised in interested parties' case 
and rebuttal briefs in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of 
issues raised by parties, to which Commerce responded in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, is provided in the appendix to this notice.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we 
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 
and that the subsidy is specific.\5\ For a complete description of the 
methodology underlying all of Commerce's conclusions, see the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ 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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Final Results of Administrative Review

    We determine that the following total net countervailable subsidy 
rates exist for the period January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024:

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                                                            Subsidy rate
                     Producer/exporter                       (percent ad
                                                              valorem)
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.\6\...........................          1.89
Hyundai Steel Company \7\.................................          1.39
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    \6\ Commerce finds the following company to be cross-owned with 
DSM: Dongkuk Holdings Co., Ltd.
    \7\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned 
with Hyundai Steel: Hyundai Green Power Co., Ltd. and Hyundai ITC 
Co., Ltd.
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    Commerce has not made any changes to the calculations or analysis 
performed for Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. or Hyundai Steel Company in 
these final results. Therefore, we will not be disclosing final results 
calculations to interested parties under 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise covered by this review for the above-
listed companies at the applicable ad valorem assessment rates listed. 
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

    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 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 be continue to be 3.26 
percent, the all-others subsidy rate established in the 
investigation.\8\ These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ See Order, 65 FR at 6589.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or 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

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with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject to 
sanction.

Notice to Interested Parties

    These final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 2, 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. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether the Provision of Electricity Was Consistent 
With Market Principles During the POR
    Comment 2: Whether To Modify the Benefit Calculation for the 
Provision of Electricity for Less Than Adequate Renumeration (LTAR) 
Program
    Comment 3: Whether the Provision of Electricity for LTAR Program 
Is Specific
    Comment 4: Whether the Provision of Korean Allocation Units 
(KAUs) Constitutes a Financial Contribution
    Comment 5: Whether the Provision of KAUs Confers a 
Countervailable Benefit
    Comment 6: Whether the Korea Emissions Trading System (K-ETS) 
Program Is Specific
    Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Apply Adverse Facts Available 
(AFA) to Restriction of Special Taxation Act (RSTA) Article 28-3
    Comment 8: Whether the Carbon-Neutral Facilities Grant Program 
Is a Countervailable Subsidy
    Comment 9: Whether the Research and Development (R&D) Grants 
Received Under the Industrial Technology and Innovation Promotion 
Act (ITIPA) Are Countervailable
VIII. Recommendation

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