Notice2022-02636
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Belgium: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020
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February 8, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020. Additionally, Commerce determines that two companies for which we initiated a review had no shipments during the POR.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7116-7118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02636]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-812]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Belgium:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the
producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the
period of review (POR), May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020.
Additionally, Commerce determines that two companies for which we
initiated a review had no shipments during the POR.
DATES: Applicable February 8, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Wood or Steven Seifert, 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) 482-1959 and (202) 482-3350,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This review covers 22 producers and/or exporters of the subject
merchandise. Commerce selected two companies, Industeel Belgium S.A.
(Industeel) and NLMK Clabecq S.A./NLMK Plate Sales S.A./NLMK Sales
Europe S.A./NLMK Manage Steel Center S.A./NLMK La Louviere S.A.
(collectively, NLMK Belgium), for individual examination. The producers
and/or exporters not selected for individual examination are listed in
the ``Final Results of the Review'' section of this notice.
On August 6, 2021, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\
In September 2021, Nucor Corporation (the petitioner), AG der Dillinger
Huttenwerke (Dillinger), Industeel, and NLMK Belgium submitted case and
rebuttal briefs.\2\ For a description of the events that occurred since
the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ On
November 30, 2021, we extended the deadline for the final results by 60
days, until February 2, 2022.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from
Belgium: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020, 86
FR 43166 (August 6, 2021) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Nucor's Case Brief and Request
for a Hearing,'' dated September 7, 2021; Dillinger's Letter, ``Case
Brief,'' dated September 7, 2021; NLMK Belgium's Letter, ``Case
Brief,'' dated September 7, 2021; Industeel's Letter, ``Industeel's
Rebuttal Brief,'' dated September 17, 2021; and NLMK Belgium's
Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated September 17, 2021.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2018-2019 Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-
Length Plate from Belgium,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
2019-2020 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November
30, 2021.
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Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are certain carbon and alloy
steel hot-rolled or forged flat plate products not in coils, whether or
not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic
substances from Belgium. Products subject to the order are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule on the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030,
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110, 7225.40.1180, 7225.40.3005, 7225.40.3050,
7226.20.0000, and 7226.91.5000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
of the merchandise subject to this scope is dispositive.\5\
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\5\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see Issues
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the
appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\6\ Interested parties can find a complete discussion of
these issues and the corresponding recommendations in this public
memorandum, which 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
<a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed
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\6\ Id.
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Determination of No Shipments
As noted in the Preliminary Results, we received no-shipment claims
from Dillinger and Industeel France S.A.S. (Industeel France). In the
Preliminary Results, we preliminarily determined that Dillinger and
Industeel France had no reviewable transactions during the POR.
Therefore, because the record indicates that these companies did not
export subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, we
continue to find that Dillinger and Industeel France had no reviewable
transactions during the POR. Accordingly, consistent with Commerce's
practice, we intend to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to liquidate any existing entries of merchandise produced by
Dillinger or Industeel France, but exported by other parties, at the
rate for the intermediate reseller, if available, or at the all-others
rate.\7\
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\7\ See, e.g., Magnesium Metal from the Russian Federation:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR
26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in Magnesium Metal from the
Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 2010).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain
changes to the preliminary weighted-average margin calculations for
NLMK Belgium and for those companies not selected for individual
review.\8\
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\8\ See accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of the Review
We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margins to
the firms listed below for the period May 1, 2019, through April 30,
2020:
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Weighted- average
Producers/exporters dumping margin
(percent)
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Industeel Belgium S.A................................ 0.51
NLMK Clabecq S.A./NLMK Plate Sales S.A./NLMK Sales 5.76
Europe S.A./NLMK Manage Steel Center S.A./NLMK La
Louviere S.A........................................
C.A. Picard GmbH..................................... 3.14
Doerrenberg Edelstahl GmbH........................... 3.14
Edgen Murray......................................... 3.14
EEW Steel Trading LLC................................ 3.14
Fike Europe B.A...................................... 3.14
Macsteel International............................... 3.14
NLMK Dansteel A.S.................................... 3.14
NLMK Verona SpA...................................... 3.14
NobelClad Europe GmbH & Co. KG....................... 3.14
RP Technik GmbH Profilsysteme........................ 3.14
Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH............. 3.14
Stahlo Stahl Service GmbH & Co. KG................... 3.14
Stemcor USA.......................................... 3.14
Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe............................ 3.14
TWF Treuhandgesellschaft Werbefilm mbH............... 3.14
Tranter Service Centers.............................. 3.14
V[aacute]lcovny Trub Chomutov A.S.................... 3.14
voestalpine Grobblech GmbH........................... 3.14
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Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a weighted-average dumping margin to be applied to companies not
selected for individual examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)
of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act,
which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when
calculating the weighted-average dumping margin for companies which
were not selected for individual examination in an administrative
review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is
normally an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and
producers individually investigated, excluding rates that are zero, de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), or determined entirely on the
basis of facts available.
Consistent with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we determined the
weighted-average dumping margin for each of the non-selected companies
by using the weighted-average dumping margins calculated for Industeel
France and NLMK Belgium in this administrative review.
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days
of the date of publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value
of the sales. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
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entries without regard to antidumping duties.
For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we
will assign an assessment rate based on the simple average of the cash
deposit rates calculated for Industeel and NLMK Belgium. The final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties,
where applicable.\9\
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in
these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not
know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction. As indicated above, for
Dillinger and Industeel France, we will instruct CBP to liquidate any
existing entries of merchandise produced by Dillinger or Industeel
France, but exported by other parties, at the all-others rate if there
is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for each specific
company listed above will be that established in the final results of
this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and,
therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in
which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously
investigated companies not participating in this review, the cash
deposit will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, or the original LTFV
investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will
be the rate established for the most recent segment for the
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 5.40 percent, the
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\10\ These
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\10\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from
Austria, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for France, the Federal Republic of
Germany, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 82 FR 24096, 24098 (May 25, 2017).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding.
Timely written notification of return/destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is being issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: February 2, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of Issues
Comment Pertaining to Dillinger
Comment 1: Recission for AG der Dillinger H[uuml]ttenwerke
Comments Pertaining to Industeel
Comment 2: Application of Adverse Facts Available to Home Market
Inland Freight
Comment 3: Major Input Rule for Scrap
Comment 4: Adjustment to General and Administrative Expense
Ratio
Comments Pertaining to NLMK Belgium
Comment 5: Exclusion of U.S. Sales Matched to the Constructed
Value
Comment 6: Application of Adverse Facts Available to U.S. Inland
Freight and Warehousing Expenses
Comment 7: Constructed Export Price Offset
Comment 8: Adjustment to U.S. Indirect Selling Expense Ratio
Comment 9: Adjustment to General and Administrative Expense
Ratio
VI. Recommendation
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