• Effective Date: Jun 28, 2019
  • Period of Review: Mar 22, 2016 to Sep 30, 2017
  • Cite as: 84 FR 31027 • Cite date: Jun 28, 2019

1. Commerce has published in the Federal Register (84 FR 31025) on 06/28/2019 the final results of its administrative review of certain producers and/or exporters subject to the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan for the period 03/22/2016 through 09/30/2017.

2. As a result of Commerce's review, the cash deposit rates have been revised for certain companies. Therefore, for shipments of certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan produced and/or exported by the firms listed below, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 06/28/2019, the required cash deposit has been revised:

Producer and/or Exporter: JFE Steel Corporation/JFE Shoji Trade Corporation
Case number: A-588-874-002
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Hanwa Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-588-874-003
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: JFE Shoji Trade America
Case number: A-588-874-004
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Kanematsu Corporation
Case number: A-588-874-005
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Case number: A-588-874-006
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-588-874-007
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Miyama Industry Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-588-874-008
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Logistics Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-588-874-009
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Okaya & Co. Ltd.
Case number: A-588-874-010
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Saint-Gobain KK
Case number: A-588-874-011
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Shinsho Corporation
Case number: A-588-874-012
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Sumitomo Corporation
Case number: A-588-874-013
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Suzukaku Corporation
Case number: A-588-874-014
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-588-874-015
Cash deposit rate: 2.06%

Producer and/or Exporter: Toyota Tsusho Corporation Nagoya
Case number: A-588-874-016
Cash deposit rate: 6.92%

Producer and/or Exporter: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation/Nippon Steel & Sumikin Bussan Corporation /Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-588-874-018
Cash deposit rate: 7.64%
Note: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. merged with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation as of 03/13/2017.

3. If any entries of merchandise are exported by a firm other than the producer, then the following instructions apply:

A. If the exporter of the subject merchandise has its own rate, use the exporter's rate to determine the cash deposit rate.

B. If the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the producer's rate.

C. Where neither the exporter nor the producer currently has its own rate, or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate for establishing the cash deposit rate.

4. For all producers/exporters of certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan without their own rate, the cash deposit rate is 5.58 percent.

5. These cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice. Do not liquidate any entries of merchandise covered by the administrative review until specific liquidation instructions are issued.

6. 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: ML.)

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

Alexander Amdur