Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, and Intent To Rescind Review, in Part; 2020

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-580-888] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain producers and exporters of certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) received de minimis net countervailable subsidies during the January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, period of review (POR). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable June 3, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faris Montgomery, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1537. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 6, 2021, Commerce published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on CTL plate from Korea. [ 1 ] On August 13, 2021, Commerce selected POSCO as the sole mandatory respondent in this administrative review. [ 2 ] On January 7, 2022, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this review to no later than May 31, 2022. [ 3 ] For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. [ 4 ] A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memo…