Korea CORE: AD and CVD admin review prelims (2024-2025 / 2024)
Commerce preliminary results on Korea CORE AD (POR Jul 2024-Jun 2025) and CVD (POR CY2024). Distinct orders; company rates; briefing calendar TBA; deposits wait for finals.
Commerce published preliminary results for the Korea corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) antidumping administrative review (A-580-878) covering July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and for the companion CVD administrative review (C-580-879) covering calendar year 2024. Both notices are applicable October 8, 2026. These are distinct orders; both can apply to the same shipment.
AD prelim: FR Doc. 2026-20698 (91 FR 64342). CVD prelim: FR Doc. 2026-20699 (91 FR 64353). Deadlines in both reviews were tolled 47 days (Nov 14, 2025) plus 21 days (Nov 24, 2025) because of the federal government shutdown.
AD prelim: Dongbu 23.40%; Dongkuk/Aju (collapsed) 19.43%; non-selected 20.58%. CVD prelim: Hyundai Steel 0.58%; KG Dongbu 4.82%; non-selected 2.22%. Cash deposits do not change until final results.
AD review (A-580-878): POR July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025
Order lineage: 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 2016), as corrected
Review initiated: 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 2025)
KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.: 23.40%
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd./Aju Steel Co., Ltd. (preliminarily collapsed): 19.43%
Companies not selected for individual review: 20.58%
Contact: Noah Wetzel (202) 482-7466
Non-selected companies assigned the 20.58% review-specific rate: Hyundai Steel Company; POSCO; POSCO International Corporation; SeAH Coated Metal; SeAH Steel Corporation. Commerce is rescinding the review for no reviewable entries for: Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd.; Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.; POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd.; TCC Steel Corp.
CVD review (C-580-879): POR January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024
Hyundai Steel Company (cross-owned Hyundai ITC and Hyundai Green Power; alt names Hyundai Steel / Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd.): 0.58% ad valorem
KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (cross-owned KG Eco Solution; KG Steel treated as same entity after 2019 merger): 4.82%
Companies not selected for individual review: 2.22%
Rescinding review with respect to Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk CM)
Contact: Henry Wolfe (202) 482-0574
Briefing, assessment, cash deposits, and certificates
- Case briefs: timeline to be specified later by Commerce in each review. Rebuttal briefs due 5 days after case briefs. All briefs via ACCESS; electronically filed documents must be received in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET.
- Cash deposits: these are preliminary results. Deposit rates do not change until final results publish.
- Assessment: instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after final results (and, for rescissions in these notices, no earlier than 35 days after this notice as applicable). A timely CIT summons can hold liquidation for the 90-day injunction window.
- Importer reimbursement certificate under 19 CFR 351.402(f) before liquidation, or Commerce may presume reimbursement.
AD and CVD are not drawback-eligible (19 U.S.C. § 1677h; see AD/CVD drawback exclusion). Confirm both A-580-878 and C-580-879 on Korean CORE entries. Ordinary and Section 301/232 duties remain on a separate drawback track when otherwise eligible.
Action items
- Compare suppliers to the preliminary company rates above. Do not change cash deposits until finals.
- Watch ACCESS for the case-brief calendar in each review.
- Confirm both AD and CVD case numbers on Korean CORE entries and keep the reimbursement certificate process ready.
- FR Doc. 2026-20698 (91 FR 64342; A-580-878): Korea CORE AD admin review prelims for POR Jul 1, 2024-Jun 30, 2025. Dongbu 23.40%; Dongkuk/Aju 19.43%; non-selected 20.58%.
- FR Doc. 2026-20699 (91 FR 64353; C-580-879): Korea CORE CVD admin review prelims for POR CY2024. Hyundai Steel 0.58%; KG Dongbu 4.82%; non-selected 2.22%. Rescission as to Dongkuk CM.
- AD rescissions for no reviewable entries: Dongbu Incheon; Dongkuk Steel Mill; POSCO Coated & Color; TCC Steel. Shutdown tolling: 47 + 21 days.
- Cash deposits wait for finals. Case briefs timeline TBA; rebuttals 5 days after case briefs; ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET.
- AD and CVD are separate orders that can both attach. Neither is drawback-eligible. File 19 CFR 351.402(f) reimbursement certificates before liquidation.
- Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025 (91 FR 64342; FR Doc. 2026-20698) · International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce
- Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Recission, In Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024 (91 FR 64353; FR Doc. 2026-20699) · International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce
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