Notice2026-11864
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From Japan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
June 12, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) did not sell subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35659-35660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-872]
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From Japan: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) did not sell subject
merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR), December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable June 12, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4037.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 27, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on non-oriented electrical steel
(NOES) from Japan.\1\ On March 19, 2025, we issued the antidumping duty
questionnaire to the sole company under review, NSC.\2\ Due to the
lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November
14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings
47 days.\3\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that were
electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS)
during the Federal Governmental shutdown, on November 24, 2025,
Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\4\ On February 2, 2026, and June 1, 2026, Commerce
extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this
review by 113 and seven days, respectively, in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\5\ The
deadline for issuing these preliminary results of review is now June 8,
2026.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 8187 (January 27, 2025); see also Non-
Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's Republic of China,
Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71741 (December 3, 2014) (Order).
\2\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Request for Information,'' dated
March 19, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\5\ SSee Memoranda, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated February
2, 2026, and ``Second Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 1, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Japan; 2023-2024,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is NOES from Japan. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. We calculated constructed export price in accordance
with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with
section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the
period December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Nippon Steel Corporation................................... 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed for these preliminary results of review to parties to the
proceeding within five days of any public announcement of the
preliminary results, or, if there is no public announcement, within
five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to
verify the information relied upon in the final results of this review.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven
days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in
this review. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing
case briefs.\7\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal
briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing
each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\8\ All briefs must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the established deadline.
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised
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in their briefs.\9\ Further, we request that interested parties limit
their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words,
not including citations. We intend to use the public executive
summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues
and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this
administrative review. We request that interested parties include
footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of
each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements
pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\10\
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\9\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\10\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants and
whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues
to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to
issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\11\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review.
If NSC's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review,
Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales.
Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular
importer, we will calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment
rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total quantity of
those sales.\12\ To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit
assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2),
we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on
estimated entered values. If NSC's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\13\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by NSC for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate calculated in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\14\
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\14\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding
NSC no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final
results of this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is
filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for NSC will be that
rate established in the final results of this review, except if the
rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate
will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed companies not
covered by this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific cash deposit rate published for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding in which the company participated;
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or the LTFV
investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will
be the rate established in the most recent segment of this proceeding
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 135.59
percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\15\
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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\15\ See Order, 79 FR at 71743.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 8, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Affiliation
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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