• Effective Date: Feb 10, 2025
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
  • Cite as: 90 FR 9228 • Cite date: Feb 10, 2025
1. On 02/10/2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Brazil (C-351-863) (subject merchandise) (90 FR 9228). Additionally, Commerce has aligned the deadline for the final determination in the CVD investigation with the deadline for the final determination in the companion antidumping duty investigation of the same merchandise, currently scheduled to be issued no later than 06/17/2025. 2. The merchandise covered by this investigation is described in message 4277403, dated 10/03/2024. 3. This proceeding has been assigned case number C-351-863. 4. Cash Deposits for the companies identified below. 4a. Accordingly, CBP shall suspend liquidation of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 02/10/2025 (the date of publication of the preliminary determination), and shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the percentages of entered value for the producer(s) and/or exporter(s) listed below. Producer and/or Exporter: All Others Case Number: C-351-863-000 Cash Deposit Rate: 1.72 % Producer and/or Exporter: Companhia Siderurgica Nacional; CSN Mineracao S.A.; Companhia Energetica Chapeco; Companhia Estadual de Geracao de Energia Eletrica Case Number: C-351-863-001 Cash Deposit: 1.72 % 4b. Commerce found a zero or de minimis subsidy rate on imports of subject merchandise for the producer/exporter combination identified below. Accordingly, CBP is directed not to suspend liquidation of imports of shipments from this producer/exporter combination. Producer: Usinas Siderugucas de Minas Gerais S.A.; Mineracao Usiminas S.A.; Usiminas Mecanica S.A; Unigal Ltda.; Ternium Brasil Ltda. Exporter: Usinas Siderugucas de Minas Gerais S.A.; Mineracao Usiminas S.A.; Usiminas Mecanica S.A; Unigal Ltda.; Ternium Brasil Ltda. Case Number: C-351-863-003 Merchandise exported by Usinas Siderugucas de Minas Gerais S.A.; Mineracao Usiminas S.A.; Usiminas Mecanica S.A; Unigal Ltda.; Ternium Brasil Ltda. that is produced by any company other than Usinas Siderugucas de Minas Gerais S.A.; Mineracao Usiminas S.A.; Usiminas Mecanica S.A; Unigal Ltda.; Ternium Brasil Ltda. and merchandise produced by Usinas Siderugucas de Minas Gerais S.A.; Mineracao Usiminas S.A.; Usiminas Mecanica S.A; Unigal Ltda.; Ternium Brasil Ltda. that is exported by any company other than Usinas Siderugucas de Minas Gerais S.A.; Mineracao Usiminas S.A.; Usiminas Mecanica S.A; Unigal Ltda.; Ternium Brasil Ltda. is not subject to this exclusion from suspension of liquidation. Such merchandise, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 02/10/2025, should be entered under case number C-351-863-000 and suspended at the all-others cash deposit rate. 5. If there are any questions by the 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 OII: SP.) 6. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur