Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Brazil: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

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-351-863] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to ( printed page 9229) producers and exporters of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Brazil during the period of investigation, January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Applicable February 10, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sofia Pedrelli or Paul Senoyuit, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4310 or (202) 482-6206, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 703(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). On October 2, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of this countervailing duty (CVD) investigation. [ 1 ] On November 14, 2024, Commerce postponed the preliminary determination until February 3, 2025. [ 2 ] For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. [ 3 ] A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as …