SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 20, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty (AD) order on cold-rolled steel from Korea.^[1] On September 3, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order for the POR.^[2] On October 17, 2024, based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the Order.^[3] On November 22, 2024, Commerce selected Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai) and POSCO/POSCO International Corporation (collectively, POSCO) as the mandatory respondents in this administrative review.^[4]

On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 90 days.^[5] On August 21, 2025, we postponed the preliminary results of this review by 40 days, in accordance with section of 751(a)(3) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).^[6] Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days.^[7] 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.^[8] On December 8, 2025, we extended the preliminary results of this review by an additional 50 days.^[9] On January 29, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of this review by an additional 15 days.^[10] Finally, on February 18, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of this review by an additional 8 days, until March 2, 2026.^[11] For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.^[12]

Scope of the Order

The merchandise subject to the Order is cold-rolled steel from Korea. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an administrative review when there are no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.^[13] Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review period.^[14] Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD assessment rate calculated for the POR.^[15]

On January 17, 2025, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4), we notified interested parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to the companies listed in Appendix II with no suspended entries during the POR in the CBP data, and we invited interested parties to comment.^[16] We received no comments on the Intent to Rescind Memorandum. Accordingly, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to the companies listed in Appendix II, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).

Methodology

Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. Export price and constructed export price are calculated in accordance with section 772 of the ( printed page 11041) 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. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/​public/​FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Rate for Non-Examined Companies

The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for 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 less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when determining the weighted-average dumping margin 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 zero or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available}.”

In this review, we preliminarily calculated dumping margins of zero for both Hyundai and POSCO. Therefore, consistent with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we are preliminarily assigning the most recent above- de minimis rate calculated in this proceeding ( i.e., 2.28 percent ^[17] ) to the companies not selected for individual examination in this review: Ameri-Source Korea (Ameri-Source); Hanawell Co Ltd (Hanawell); and KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (KG Dongbu).

Preliminary Results of the Review

As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins for the period of September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024:

Disclosure

Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these preliminary results to interested parties 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).

Public Comment

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after the date of the publication of this notice. 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.^[18] 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.^[19] All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.

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.^[20] 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).^[21]

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, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Hearing requests should contain (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of the 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 time and date for the hearing.^[22] Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.

Assessment Rates

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.^[23] If the weighted-average dumping margin for an individually examined respondent is not zero or de minimis ( i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered value of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).^[24] For any individually examined respondent whose weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, or if an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.^[25]

Commerce's “automatic assessment” practice will apply to entries of subject ( printed page 11042) merchandise during the POR produced by Hyundai or POSCO for which the reviewed companies did not know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary ( i.e., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States.^[26] In such instances, 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.^[27]

For Ameri-Source, Hanawell, and KG Dongbu, the companies that were not selected for individual examination, we intend to assign an assessment rate based on the review-specific rate determined as noted in the “Rate for Non-Examined Companies” section, above.

For the companies listed in Appendix II for which the review is being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP for the companies listed in Appendix II no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this rescission in the Federal Register .

For the remaining companies under review, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 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 cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where applicable. 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 upon publication in the Federal Register of final results of this administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of this administrative 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 in 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, a prior 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 20.33 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.^[28] These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Final Results of Review

Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register , pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

These preliminary results of review are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Order

IV. Discussion of the Methodology

V. Currency Conversion

VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies for Which the Review Is Rescinded

1. AJU Steel Co., Ltd.

2. Dai Yang Metal Co., Ltd.

3. DCM Corporation

4. DK GNS Co., Ltd.

5. Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd

6. Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.

7. Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd.

8. Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.

9. GS Global Corporation

10. Hankum Co., Ltd.

11. Hwashin Co. Ltd.

12. Hyosung TNC Corporation

13. Hyundai Corporation

14. JMP Co., Ltd.

15. Korinox Co., Ltd.

16. Mikwang Precision Manufacture Co., Ltd.

17. Okaya Korea Co., Ltd.

18. POSCO Coated and Colored Steel Co., Ltd.

19. Samhwan Steel Co., Ltd.

20. Samsung C & T Corporation

21. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

22. Samsung STS Co., Ltd.

23. SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel Corporation

24. SeAH Coated Metal Corporation

25. SeAH Steel Corporation

26. Shin Steel Co., Ltd.

27. Shin Young Co., Ltd.

28. Signode Korea Inc.

29. SK Networks Co., Ltd.

30. Soon Hong Trading Co., Ltd.

31. Sungjin Co., Ltd.

32. Taesan Corporation

33. TCC Steel Corporation

34. TI Automotive Ltd.

35. Wolverine Korea Co., Ltd