AD/CVD message 5316306 - Notice of preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea (C-580-879) and critical circumstances for -000

5316306
Nov 12, 2015
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Effective Date: Aug 08, 2015

Period of Review: Jan 01, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014

Cite as: 80 FR 68842 • Cite date: Nov 06, 2015

Category: Countervailing • Type: Preliminary Determination • Sub type: AFF-Affirmative • Reference messages: 5189307 • Cases: C-580-879

1. On 11/06/2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Korea (80 FR 68842).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 5189307 dated 07/08/2015.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-580-879.

4. For imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea produced and/or exported by Union Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd./Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (C-580-879-001) for which the Department preliminarily determined a de minimis subsidy rate, CBP shall not suspend liquidation.

5. Because Commerce separately determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below (80 FR 68504, 11/05/2015), CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 08/08/2015 which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 08/08/2015, for entries of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following subsidy rates:

All Others
Case number: C-580-879-000
Subsidy rate: 1.37%

6. Commerce found that critical circumstances do not exist for imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below (80 FR 68504, 11/05/2015). For imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below CBP shall suspend liquidation of such entries which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 11/06/2015. Effective 11/06/2015, for entries of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following subsidy rates:

Producer and/or Exporter: Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-580-879-002
Subsidy rate: 1.37%
Note: This rate also applies to the following company: Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd.

7. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OVII: AC).

8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Sherri L. Hoffman