Notice2022-24078
Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021
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Published
November 4, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques (SNCZ) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2020, through October 31, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66652-66654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24078]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-830]
Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques (SNCZ) made
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the
period of review (POR) November 1, 2020, through October 31, 2021.
DATES: Applicable November 4, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik or Jonathan Schueler,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6905
or (202) 482-9175, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), Commerce is conducting an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on strontium chromate from France.\1\ On
December 28, 2021, in accordance with 19 CFR 251.221(c)(1)(i), we
initiated the administrative review of the Order on SNCZ.\2\ For a
complete description of the events between the initiation of this
review and these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\3\
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\1\ See Strontium Chromate from Austria and France: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 84 FR 65349 (November 27, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 73734 (December 28, 2021).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Strontium Chromate from France: Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2020-2021,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is strontium chromate from France.
The merchandise subject to review is currently classifiable in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
subheading 2841.50.9100. Subject merchandise may
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also enter under HTSUS subheading 3212.90.0050. For a full description
of the scope of this Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ Id. at ``Scope of the Order.''
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Act. The export price and constructed export price are
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached in
the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and 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="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the
internet at <a href="https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Preliminary Results of Review
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Weighted-
average
Producer and/or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques..... 2.04
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If SNCZ's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results
of this review, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for an importer's examined sales and the total
entered value of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero
or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
Commerce clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on May
6, 2003.\5\ This clarification applies to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by SNCZ for which it did not know
its merchandise 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.
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\5\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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We intend 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 subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for SNCZ will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this review (except, if that rate is de minimis, then the
cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for previously reviewed or
investigated companies not listed in the final results of this review,
including those for which Commerce may determine had no shipments
during the POR, the cash deposit rate 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
another completed segment of this proceeding, but the producer is, then
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the producer is a firm
covered in this or any previously completed segment of this proceeding,
then the cash deposit rate will be the all-others rate of 32.16 percent
that was established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\6\
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\6\ See Order, 84 FR at 65350.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results of review to interested parties within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, the
content of which is limited to the issues raised in the case briefs,
must be filed within seven days from the deadline date for the
submission of case briefs.\8\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal
briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit with each argument:
(1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and
(3) a table of authorities.\9\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed
electronically via ACCESS. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified
certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business
proprietary information, until further notice.\10\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\10\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\11\ Hearing requests should
contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed.
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold
the hearing at a time and date to be determined.\12\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\12\ Id.
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Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis raised in any written
briefs, no later than 120 days after the publication of these
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise
extended.\13\
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\13\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19 CFR
351.213(h).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 31, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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