Notice2023-24366
Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
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Published
November 3, 2023
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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) did not make sales of subject merchandise in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2021, through October 31, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75556-75558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-830]
Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
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) did
not make sales of subject merchandise in the United States at less than
normal value during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2021,
through October 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable November 3, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-9175.
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
January 3, 2023, 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, 88 FR 50 (January 3, 2023).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Strontium Chromate from France: Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2021-2022,'' 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 also enter under HTSUS
subheading
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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
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
margin exists for the period November 1, 2021, through October 31,
2022:
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Weighted-
average dumping
Producer and/or exporter margin
(percent)
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Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques.. 0.00
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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. As there are no entered
values on the record for SNCZ's sales, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific per-unit duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for
the examined sales to the total quantity of those sales. If either
SNCZ'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. To determine
whether an importer-specific per-unit duty assessment rate is de
minimis, we calculated an estimated entered value.
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 five 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 amended certain of
its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).\10\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Administrative
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 (September 29, 2023)
(APO and Service Final Rule).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\10\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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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 information regarding: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; (3) whether any
participant is a foreign national; and (4) 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
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Register, unless this deadline 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 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 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 30, 2023.
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
[FR Doc. 2023-24366 Filed 11-2-23; 8:45 am]
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