[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70951-70953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27807]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-887]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of
Korea: Final Results and Final Determination of No Shipments of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the Republic of Korea. The period of
review (POR) is November 14, 2016 through April 30, 2018. The review
covers fourteen producer and/or exporters of the subject merchandise,
including POSCO, POSCO Daewoo Corporation, and POSCO Processing &
Service Co., Ltd. (which are part of the POSCO single entity), as well
as eleven other
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companies not selected for individual examination. We determine that
U.S. sales of subject merchandise by the POSCO single entity were made
at prices below normal value (NV). Additionally, two companies, Hyundai
Steel Corporation (Hyundai Steel) and Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd. (Hyundai
Glovis), were found to have no shipments during the POR.
DATES: Applicable December 26, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Bowen or William Horn, 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) 482-0768 or (202) 482-
4868, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background \1\
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\1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From
Austria, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for France, the Federal Republic of
Germany, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 82 FR 24096 (May 25, 2017) (Order).
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Commerce published the Preliminary Results on July 11, 2019.\2\ For
events subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see Commerce's Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\2\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Review;
2016-2018, 84 FR 34119 (July 17, 2019) (Preliminary Results), and
the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results in the 2016-2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the
Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to-Length Plate. The product is currently classified under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings
7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060,
7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110,
7225.40.1180, 7225.40.3005, 7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000, and
7226.91.5000.
The products subject to the investigations may also enter under the
following HTSUS item numbers: 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.4500,
7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7590, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7214.10.000, 7214.30.0010, 7214.30.0080, 7214.91.0015,
7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.40.5110,
7225.40.5130, 7225.40.5160, 7225.40.7000, 7225.99.0010, 7225.99.0090,
7206.11.1000, 7226.11.9060, 7229.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.91.0500,
7226.91.1530, 7226.91.1560, 7226.91.2530, 7226.91.2560, 7226.91.7000,
7226.91.8000, and 7226.99.0180. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes only; the written product description
of the scope of the Order is dispositive. For a complete description of
the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Results.\4\
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\4\ See Preliminary Results, and the accompanying PDM at 3-7.
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Analysis of Comments Received
In the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we addressed all issues
raised in the interested parties' case and rebuttal briefs. In the
Appendix to this notice, we provide a list of the issues raised by the
parties. 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).
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov,
and ACCESS is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit
(CRU), Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results we erroneously determined a weighted-
average dumping margin for Hyundai Steel and Hyundai Glovis based on
the rate determined for POSCO. In these final results we find that
Hyundai Steel and Hyundai Glovis made no shipments during the POR.\5\
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\5\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 11.
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Final Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the POR:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter or producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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POSCO single entity \6\..................................... 19.87
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following
Companies \7\:
Buma Ce Co., Ltd.......................................... 19.87
Dong Yang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd............................. 19.87
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd............................... 19.87
Expeditors Korea Ltd...................................... 19.87
Haem Co., Ltd............................................. 19.87
J.I. Sea & Air Express Co., Ltd........................... 19.87
Maxpeed Co., Ltd.......................................... 19.87
Ramses Logistics Co., Ltd................................. 19.87
Sumitomo Corp. Korea Ltd.................................. 19.87
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Assessment Rates
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise in accordance with these final results of
review.\8\
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\6\ Commerce has determined that POSCO, POSCO Daewoo
Corporation, POSCO Processing and Service Co., Ltd., Taechang Steel
Co., Ltd., Winsteel Co., Ltd, Moonbae Steel Co., Ltd., Dae Dong
Steel Co., Ltd, SPFC Co., Ltd., Steel Flower Co., Ltd., TC-TECH,
Shinjin Esco Co., Ltd., POSCO Plantec., Ltd., POSCO Engineering and
Construction Co., Ltd., Hi Steel Co., Ltd., Miju Steel, POSCO Eng.,
and Shilla Steel Co., Ltd. are affiliated pursuant to section
771(33)(E) of the Act, and further that these companies should be
treated as a single entity (collectively, POSCO single entity)
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 1.
\7\ This rate is based on the rate for the sole respondent that
was selected for individual review. See section 735(c)(5)(A) of the
Act.
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where the POSCO single entity
reported the entered value of its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-
specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment rates based on the
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's
examined sales to the total entered value of such sales. Where the
POSCO single entity did not report the entered value of its U.S. sales,
we calculated importer-specific assessment rates based on the ratio of
the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined
sales and the total quantity of those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). Where we calculated a per-unit assessment rate, we also
calculated an ad valorem importer-specific assessment rate based on
estimated entered values with which to assess whether the per-unit
assessment rate is de minimis. We will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review
when the importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate calculation in
the final results of this review is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent). Where either the respondent's
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weight-averaged dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis,\9\ we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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We intend to instruct CBP to take into account the ``provisional
measures deposit cap,'' in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(d).
For each company that was not selected for individual examination,
we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at a rate equal to
the weighted-average dumping margin determined for that company in the
final results of this review.
For each company which we determined had ``no shipments'' of the
subject merchandise during the POR (i.e., Hyundai Steel and Hyundai
Glovis), we will instruct CBP to liquidate all POR entries associated
with these companies at the all-others rate (i.e., 7.10 percent) \10\
established in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation if there
is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction, consistent with Commerce's reseller policy.\11\ We intend
to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of
the final results of this review.
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\10\ See Order, 84 FR at 24098.
\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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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 each company
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established for that company in the final results of this
administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by a producer or
exporter not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the producer or exporter participated; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the
original LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed
segment of the proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4)
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 7.10 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established
in the LTFV investigation.\12\
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\12\ See Order, 84 FR at 24098.
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These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also 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 the 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.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the 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 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: December 16, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes from the Preliminary Results
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Collapsing POSCO with Certain Affiliated Companies
Comment 2: Treatment of Collapsed Company Names
Comment 3: Double-Counting of Freight Revenue
Comment 4: CEP Offset
Comment 5: Sales to Affiliated Parties
Comment 6: Miscellaneous Income Offset to General and
Administrative Expenses
Comment 7: Purchases from Affiliated Suppliers
Comment 8: Costs Related to Greenhouse Gases
Comment 9: Cost Averaging Adjustments
Comment 10: Revaluation of Defective Slabs
Comment 11: Hyundai's No Shipment Claims
V. Recommendation
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