90 FR 156 pgs. 39372-39374 - Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 156Pages: 39372 - 39374
Pages: 39372, 39373, 39374Docket number: [A-588-874]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-15504 Filed 8-14-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: International Trade Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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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; 2022-2023
AGENCY:
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that one of the two producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Japan, Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC), sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023.
DATES:
Applicable August 15, 2025.
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 and (202) 482-2371, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 13, 2024, Commerce published the preliminary results of this review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment. 1 From December 9 through December 20, 2024, Commerce conducted verification of Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Steel) and NSC's questionnaire responses. 2
Footnotes:
1 ? See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative; 2021-2022, 89 FR 76170 (November 13, 2024) ( Preliminary Results ), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2 ? See Memoranda, "Verification of the Sales Response of Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in the Antidumping Administrative Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan," dated March 31, 2025; and "Verification of the Sales Response of Nippon Steel Corporation in the 22-23 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan, dated March 31, 2025.
On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline for these final results by 90 days. 3 On May 22, 2025, we extended the deadline for the final results until July 11, 2025. 4 On June 27, 2025, we further extended the deadline for the final results by an additional 30 days to August 11, 2025. 5 On July 18, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary differential pricing analysis. 6
Footnotes:
3 ? See Memorandum, "Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings," dated December 9, 2024.
4 ? See Memorandum, "Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023," dated May 22, 2025.
5 ? See Memorandum, "Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023," dated June 27, 2025.
6 ? See Memorandum, "Post-Preliminary Analysis of the Administrative Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan," dated July 18, 2025.
[top] For a complete summary of the events that have occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Results, as
Footnotes:
7 ? See Memorandum, "Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan; 2022-2023," dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
Scope of the Order? 8
Footnotes:
8 ? 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 ).
The merchandise covered by the Order is certain hot-rolled steel flat products. 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, which is hereby adopted with this notice. 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). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review and analysis of the comments received from parties, and minor corrections submitted at verification, we made changes to NSC's and Tokyo Steel's preliminary results margin calculations. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023:
| Producer/exporter | Weighted-average dumping margin (percent) |
|---|---|
| Nippon Steel Corporation/Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd./Nippon Steel Trading Corporation? 9 | 29.70 |
| Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd | 0.00 |
Disclosure
Footnotes:
9 ?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.
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
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). 10 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. 11 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. 12 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. 13
Footnotes:
10 ? See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
11 ? Id.
12 ? Id.
13 ? See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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 if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. 14
Footnotes:
14 ?For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
Cash Deposit Requirements
[top] 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, 15 the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation. These cash deposit
Footnotes:
15 ? 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).
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 the presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (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 these results 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) of Commerce's regulations.
Dated: August 11, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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: Whether Commerce Should Deduct Section 232 Duties from U.S. Price
Comment 2: NSC's Major Input Purchases
Comment 3: NSC's U.S. Warranty Expenses
Comment 4: NSC's Verification Minor Corrections
Comment 5: NSC's Home Market Indirect Selling Expenses
Comment 6: NSC's U.S. Revenue Fields
Comment 7: Whether the Statute Requires Zeroing
VI. Recommendation
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