# 2026-16036: Korean Steel Duties Delayed by US Government Shutdown Chaos 2026-16036, Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, International Trade Administration published 2026-08-06, effective 2026-08-06; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16036 - As of: 2026-08-13 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2026-16036 - Title: Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025 - Type: Notice - Agencies: Commerce Department; International Trade Administration - Citation: 91 FR 50782 - Published: 2026-08-06 - Effective: 2026-08-06 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-08-13 ## In one line Korean Steel Duties Delayed by US Government Shutdown Chaos ## Summary The U.S. Department of Commerce found that POSCO and its related companies sold steel plates from Korea at unfairly low prices between May 2024 and April 2025. This means they might have to pay extra duties to level the playing field for U.S. businesses. The review started in mid-2025, and deadlines were pushed back due to a government shutdown, so keep an eye out for final decisions soon! ## Abstract The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that POSCO, POSCO International Corporation, POSCO Mobility Solution (POSCO MS), Taechang Steel Co., Ltd., and Winsteel Co., Ltd., (collectively, the POSCO single entity) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. ## Effects PRIA read - Preliminary Dumping Margin: 0.60%: cost, low. The Department of Commerce preliminarily found a weighted-average dumping margin of 0.60 percent for the POSCO single entity for imports of carbon and alloy cut-to-length plate during May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025. These are preliminary results published August 6, 2026 and may lead to duties i… - Cash Deposit Rules After Final Results: cost, medium. If imposed, cash deposit rates for shipments entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results will be the company-specific rate set in the final results (or zero if the rate is less than 0.50 percent). The default all-others cash deposit rate remains 7.10 p… - Importer-Specific Assessment Rate Calculation: cost, medium. If the final weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (de minimis means less than 0.50 percent), Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates based on the ratio of total dumping for an importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales. If enter… - Automatic Assessment for Unknown-to-Exporter Shipments: cost, medium. For entries during the period of review produced by the POSCO single entity where the producer did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate from the LTFV investigation if there is no rate for the… - Importer Certificate on Duty Reimbursement Required: cost, medium. Importers must file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries, under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2). 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