Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From Sweden, Germany, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Japan: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders

[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20407-20408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07464]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-401-809, A-428-843, A-570-996, A-580-872, A-583-851, A-588-872]


Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From Sweden, Germany, the People's 
Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Japan: Final 
Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 
Orders

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on non-oriented 
electrical steel (NOES) from Sweden, Germany, the People's Republic of 
China (China), the Republic of Korea (Korea), Taiwan, and Japan would 
be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, at the 
levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' section of 
this notice.

DATES: Applicable April 16, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David De Falco, Trade Agreements 
Policy and Negotiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2178.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 3, 2014, Commerce published the Orders in the Federal 
Register.\1\ On December 1, 2025, Commerce published the notice of 
initiation of these second sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), with an 
effective initiation date of November 3, 2025.\2\
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    \1\ See 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) (Orders).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 90 FR 55086 
(December 1, 2025).
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    On December 9 and 16, 2025, Commerce received timely and complete 
notices of intent to participate in these sunset reviews from the 
domestic interested parties \3\ within the deadline specified in the 19 
CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The domestic

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interested parties claimed interested party status within the meaning 
of section 771(9)(C) of the Act as U.S. producers of a domestic like 
product.\5\ On December 23, 2025, Commerce notified the U.S. 
International Trade Commission (ITC) that it had received notices of 
intent to participate from the domestic interested parties.\6\
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    \3\ The domestic interested parties are Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. 
(Cleveland-Cliffs) and United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) 
(collectively, the domestic interested parties).
    \4\ See Cleveland-Cliffs' Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') 
Review Of Antidumping & Countervailing Duty Orders On Non-Oriented 
Electrical Steel from the People's Republic of China, Germany, 
Japan, Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Notice Of Intent To 
Participate In Sunset Reviews,'' dated December 9, 2025; see also 
U.S. Steel's Letters, ``Second Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Sweden: 
Notice of Intent to Participate,'' ``Second Five-Year (``Sunset'') 
Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel 
from Germany: Notice of Intent to Participate,'' ``Second Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on 
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from China: Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' ''Second Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping 
Duty Order on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from South Korea: Notice 
of Intent to Participate,'' ``Second Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Non-Oriented 
Electrical Steel from Taiwan: Notice of Intent to Participate,'' and 
``Second Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on 
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Japan: Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' all dated December 16, 2025.
    \5\ Id.
    \6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on 
November 3, 2025,'' dated December 23, 2025.
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    On December 29 and 31, 2025, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i), 
the domestic interested parties filed timely and adequate substantive 
responses.\7\ Commerce did not receive a substantive response from any 
respondent interested party. On January 23, 2026, Commerce notified the 
ITC that it did not receive substantive response from any respondent 
interested parties.\8\ As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce is conducting 
expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders.
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    \7\ See Cleveland-Cliffs' Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') 
Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel 
from Sweden: Domestic Interested Party Substantive Response,'' dated 
December 29, 2025; U.S. Steel's Letter, ``Non-Oriented Electrical 
Steel from Sweden: Substantive Response of United States Steel 
Corporation to Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review,'' dated December 31, 2025; Cleveland-Cliffs' 
Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on 
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany: Domestic Interested 
Party Substantive Response,'' dated December 29, 2025; U.S. Steel's 
Letter, ``Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany: Substantive 
Response of United States Steel Corporation to Commerce's Notice of 
Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review,'' dated December 31, 
2025; Cleveland-Cliffs' Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from China: 
Domestic Interested Party Substantive Response,'' dated December 29, 
2025; U.S. Steel's Letter, ``Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from 
China: Substantive Response of United States Steel Corporation to 
Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review,'' 
dated December 31, 2025; Cleveland-Cliffs' Letter, ``Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Non-Oriented 
Electrical Steel from Korea: Domestic Interested Party Substantive 
Response,'' dated December 29, 2025; U.S. Steel's Letter, ``Non-
Oriented Electrical Steel from Korea: Substantive Response of United 
States Steel Corporation to Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-
Year (``Sunset'') Review,'' dated December 31, 2025; Cleveland-
Cliffs' Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Taiwan: Domestic 
Interested Party Substantive Response,'' dated December 29, 2025; 
U.S. Steel's Letter, ``Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Taiwan: 
Substantive Response of United States Steel Corporation to 
Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review,'' 
dated December 31, 2025; Cleveland-Cliffs' Letter, ``Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Non-Oriented 
Electrical Steel from Japan: Domestic Interested Party Substantive 
Response,'' dated December 29, 2025; and U.S. Steel's Letter, ``Non-
Oriented Electrical Steel from Japan: Substantive Response of United 
States Steel Corporation to Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-
Year (``Sunset'') Review,'' dated December 31, 2025.
    \8\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on 
December 1, 2025,'' dated January 23, 2026.
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    Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, 
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
proceedings by 47 days.\9\ 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 Government shutdown, on November 24, 
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an 
additional 21 days.\10\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final 
results is now April 14, 2026.
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    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
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Scope of the Orders

    The product covered by these Orders is NOES from Sweden, Germany, 
China, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. For the full description of the scope 
of the Orders, see the Issues and Decisions Memorandum.\11\
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    \11\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from 
Sweden, Germany, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of 
Korea, Taiwan, and Japan,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review, 
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping in 
the event of revocation of the Orders and the magnitude of the margins 
likely to prevail if the Orders were to be revoked, is provided in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\12\ A list of the topics discussed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached in the appendix to this 
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 
on file electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered 
users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be directly accessed at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \12\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude 
of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average 
dumping margins up to 126.72 percent for Sweden, 98.84 percent for 
Germany, 407.52 percent for China, 6.88 percent for Korea, 52.23 
percent for Taiwan, and 204.79 percent for Japan.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305. Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO 
materials, or conversion to judicial protective, orders is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.218 and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

    Dated: April 14, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation

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