Korea large power transformers AD: 2024-2025 prelims
Hyundai and Iljin 0.00% prelim. LS Electric and Hyosung 4.32%. Hearing requests by Dec 2 (by our count). Deposits change only with finals.
Commerce preliminarily determines that HD Hyundai Electric Co., Ltd. (Hyundai) and Iljin Electric Co., Ltd (Iljin) did not make sales of large power transformers from Korea at less than normal value during the period of review August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025 (A-580-867). Preliminary margins: Hyundai 0.00%; Iljin 0.00%; non-selected LS Electric Co., Ltd. and Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation each 4.32%. The notice was placed on public inspection October 30, 2026 at 8:45 a.m. and is scheduled for publication November 2, 2026 (FR Doc. 2026-22343). Dated October 28, 2026, Scot Fullerton. Contacts: Jinny Ahn, (202) 482-0339; Harrison Tanchuck, (202) 482-7421.
Korea large power transformers AD prelims: Hyundai and Iljin 0.00%; LS Electric and Hyosung 4.32%. Cash deposits change only with the finals.
Review path and respondents
- Order: Large Power Transformers from the Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 53177 (August 31, 2012).
- Initiation: September 25, 2025 (90 FR 46173).
- Mandatory respondents: selected January 29, 2026: Hyundai and Iljin.
- Deadline tolling: 47 days (November 14, 2025, shutdown) plus 21 days (November 24, 2025, ACCESS backlog). Prelims extended July 9, 2026 to no later than October 30, 2026.
- Non-selected rate method: because both examined rates are zero, Commerce preliminarily continued to assign the rates currently in effect to non-selected companies under section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.
Hyundai 0.00% · Iljin 0.00% · LS Electric 4.32% · Hyosung Heavy Industries 4.32%
Order: 77 FR 53177 (Aug 31, 2012) · initiation 90 FR 46173 (Sep 25, 2025) · PDM on ACCESS
Hearing requests within 30 days after publication (by our count, Dec 2, 2026) · all-others continues 22.00%
Verification, briefs, and hearing
Commerce intends to verify the information relied upon before the final results (section 782(i)(3) of the Act). Case briefs or other written comments are due no later than seven days after the last verification report is issued; rebuttal briefs five days after case briefs. Public executive summaries of no more than 450 words per issue are requested. Hearing requests must be filed via ACCESS within 30 days after publication (by our count from November 2, 2026, December 2, 2026).
Assessment and cash deposits
These are preliminary results. Cash deposit rates change only with the final results. The all-others rate continues at 22.00% from the LTFV investigation. If a final respondent margin (or importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate) is zero or de minimis (below 0.50 percent), Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. Under the automatic assessment practice, POR merchandise produced by a respondent that did not know the goods were destined for the United States liquidates at the LTFV all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediary.
Importers must file the reimbursement certificate under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) before liquidation; failure can lead to a presumption of reimbursement and double antidumping duties. Do not treat these prelims as finals.
Antidumping duties are not drawback-eligible (19 U.S.C. 1677h). Ordinary customs duties on the same entries can still qualify when merchandise is exported or destroyed (or used to manufacture exported goods) and the claim otherwise qualifies. See AD/CVD drawback exclusion and how to file a duty drawback claim.
Action items
- Model prelims separately from deposits: keep current cash deposits until finals; note Hyundai/Iljin 0.00% and LS/Hyosung 4.32% as preliminary only.
- Calendar verification briefing: case briefs seven days after the last verification report; rebuttals five days later; hearing requests by December 2, 2026 (by our count).
- Watch ACCESS for the PDM and verification reports: file via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on the deadline.
- File reimbursement certificates under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) before liquidation of POR entries.
- FR Doc. 2026-22343 (A-580-867): Commerce prelim Korea large power transformers AD admin review, POR Aug 1, 2024–Jul 31, 2025. Public inspection Oct 30; scheduled publication Nov 2, 2026.
- Hyundai 0.00%; Iljin 0.00%; LS Electric 4.32%; Hyosung 4.32%. Non-selected rates continued under section 735(c)(5)(B) because examined rates are zero.
- Verification intended before finals. Case briefs seven days after last verification report; hearing requests within 30 days of publication (by our count, Dec 2, 2026). Cash deposits change only with finals; all-others stays 22.00%.
- AD duties are not drawback-eligible; ordinary duties on the same entries may still qualify when the claim otherwise meets the statute.
- Large Power Transformers from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025 (FR Doc. 2026-22343; A-580-867) · U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
- Large Power Transformers from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025 (public inspection PDF) · Federal Register Public Inspection
- Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) · U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
- 19 CFR Part 351 - Antidumping and Countervailing Duties · eCFR
This article is for general information and is not legal or tax advice. Drawback eligibility depends on your specific facts, and final refunds are determined by CBP at liquidation. Consult a licensed customs broker or attorney for your situation.