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AD: Korea Certain Carbon Quality Steel Plate Products

The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain cut-to-length carbon quality steel plate products from Korea for the period of February 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008.

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AD Cash Deposit Instructions for a Time of Entry on or after 04/27/09:

CompanyAD Rate or Note
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM)5.59%
Other Companies(a),(b),(c)

(a) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the AD duty cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period;

(b) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the AD investigation, but the manufacturer is, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise;

(c) If neither the exporter nor the manufacturer has its own rate, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be 0.98%, the all-others rate established in the AD investigation, adjusted for the export subsidy rate in the companion countervailing duty investigation.

Assessment Instructions for the Review Period (02/01/07 - 01/31/08)

The ITA will issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 15 days after April 27, 2009. The ITA calculated an importer-specific assessment rate for entries the subject merchandise covered by the review.

The ITA adds that for entries of subject merchandise during the review period produced by DSM for which DSM did not know its merchandise was destined for the U.S., the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no company-specific rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/03 news, 03060245, for BP summary of the ITA's May 2003 "automatic assessment" regulation.)

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, changes since the preliminary results, etc.

See ITT's Online Archives or 01/09/09 news, 09010945, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this AD duty administrative review.)

ITA contact - Lyn Johnson (202) 482-5287

ITA notice (FR Pub 04/27/09) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-9553.pdf