Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Brazil: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-351-862]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Brazil: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Brazil are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable August 29, 2025. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Carter Sherwin or Nathan Araya, 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) 482-4260 or (202) 482-3401, respectively. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED"> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: </HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from Brazil, <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> in which we also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the <E T="03">Preliminary Determination.</E> <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On July 17, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which we made certain changes to our differential pricing analysis. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> We invited interested parties to comment on the changes to the differential pricing analysis. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures,</E> 90 FR 15333 (April 10, 2025) ( <E T="03">Preliminary Determination</E> ), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">Id.,</E> 90 FR at 15333. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil: Post-Preliminary Analysis,” dated July 17, 2025. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil: Briefing Schedule for Post-Preliminary Determination,” dated July 25, 2025. </FTNT> A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the <E T="03">Preliminary Determination,</E> as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for this final determination, may be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Investigation</HD> The product covered by this investigation is CORE from Brazil. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, <E T="03">see</E> Appendix I. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope Comments</HD> In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, <E T="03">see</E> the Final Scope Memorandum. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the <E T="03">Initiation Notice.</E> <FTREF/> <SU>8</SU> <E T="03">See</E> Appendix I. <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic of Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Countervailing Duty Investigations of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,” dated April 3, 2025 (Preliminary Scope Memorandum). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic of Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Countervailing Duty Investigations of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Scope Decision Memorandum,” dated concurrently with this notice (Final Scope Memorandum). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations,</E> 89 FR 80196 (October 2, 2024) ( <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> ). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Verification</HD> Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the sales and cost information submitted by CSN  for use in our final determination. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by CSN and Usiminas. <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>  We preliminarily found that Companhia Siderurgica Nacional and Companhia Metalurgica Prada (Prada) (collectively, CSN) should be treated as a single entity. <E T="03">See Preliminary Determination</E> PDM at 4-5; <E T="03">see also</E> Memorandum, “Preliminary Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum for Companhia Siderurgica Nacional,” dated April 3, 2025. No interested party commented on this finding, and we continue to find these companies should be treated as a single entity for our final determination. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>  We preliminarily found that Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A.; Unigal Ltda. (Unigal); and Soluçoes em Aco Usiminas (Solucoes) (collectively, Usiminas) should be treated as a single entity. <E T="03">See Preliminary Determination</E> PDM at 5; <E T="03">see also</E> Memorandum, “Preliminary Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum for Usiminas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A.,” dated April 3, 2025. No interested party commented on this finding, and we continue to find these companies should be treated as a single entity for our final determination. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memoranda, “Verification of the Sales Questionnaire Responses of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional,” dated June 2, 2025; “Verification of the Sales Response of Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (Usiminas) and affiliates, Unigal Ltda. (Unigal), and Solucoes em Aco Usiminas (Solucoes),” dated June 2, 2025; “Verification of the Cost Responses of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional,” dated June 26, 2025; and “Verification of the Cost Response of Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A.,” dated June 17, 2025. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Analysis of Comments Received</HD> All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice at Appendix II. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Final Determination of the Single Entity</HD> In the <E T="03">Preliminary Determination,</E> we found that CSN is affiliated with Prada, and Usiminas is affiliated with Unigal and Solucoes, and that each should be treated as single entities, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). <SU>12</SU> <FTREF/> No interested party commented on these preliminary findings. As the record contains no other information or evidence that calls into question our preliminary findings, we adopt the reasoning and findings of fact outlined in the <E T="03">Preliminary Determination</E> with respect to this issue. Therefore, we continue to find that CSN and Prada should be treated as a single entity, and that Usiminas, Unigal, and Solucoes should be treated as a single entity, for the purpose of this proceeding. <FTNT> <SU>12</SU>   <E T="03">See Preliminary Determination</E> PDM at 5-6. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Chan ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 29k characters. Full document text is stored and available for version comparison. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━