Notice2025-10168
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
June 4, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Aperam Stainless Belgium NV (ASB) did not make sales of stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23670-23672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10168]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-808]
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Preliminary Results
and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that Aperam Stainless Belgium NV (ASB) did not make sales of stainless
steel plate in coils from Belgium at less than normal value (NV) during
the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.
DATES: Applicable June 4, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7851.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 21, 1999, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) Order on stainless steel plate in coils from
Belgium.\1\ On May 2, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register
a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the
Order for the POR.\2\ On July 5, 2024, based on timely requests for
review and in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce
initiated an administrative review of the Order covering five exporters
and/or producers.\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\4\ On
December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by an additional 90 days.\5\ Pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, Commerce extended the deadline for
these preliminary results to June 6, 2025.\6\
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel Plate
in Coils from Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Republic of Korea, South
Africa, and Taiwan, 64 FR 27756 (May 21, 1999) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 35778 (May 2,
2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 55567, 55570 (July 5, 2024)
(Initiation Notice).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 7,
2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of the topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as 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
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel
Plate in Coils from Belgium; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this Order is stainless steel plate in
coils from Belgium. For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Recission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an AD order when there are no
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for
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which liquidation is suspended.\8\ Normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\9\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be at least one
reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD assessment rate
calculated for the review period.\10\ Based on our analysis of CBP
information, there were no entries of subject merchandise during the
POR for the following companies subject to the review: (1)
ArcelorMittal Genk; (2) Fenixs Steel NV; (3) Helaxa BVBA; and (4)
Industeel Belgium. As a result, on August 8, 2024, Commerce notified
all interested parties of its intent to rescind this review, in part,
with respect to these companies and received no comments.\11\
Accordingly, Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect
to these four companies. The administrative review remains active with
respect to the mandatory respondent, ASB.
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\8\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea:
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January
24, 2023).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
\11\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in
Part,'' dated August 8, 2024.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. Constructed export price was
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV was 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.
Preliminary Results of the Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2023, through April
30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Aperam Stainless Belgium N.V................................ 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed to
interested parties for these preliminary results within five days of
any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within
five days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\12\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\13\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\14\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\15\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the public executive summary of each issue.
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\15\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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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. 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
those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically-filed
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety via
ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Commerce intends to issue the final results
of this administrative review, including the results of our analysis of
the issues raised in any the written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice, unless otherwise
extended.\16\
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\16\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, must be filed electronically using ACCESS.\17\ An
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining
to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\18\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\18\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of this review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\19\
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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With respect to the companies for which we have rescinded this
review, in part, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries at rates equal to the cash deposit
rate of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the POR, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
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).
If ASB's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent), we will calculate importer-specific ad
valorem AD assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the importer's examined
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sales to the total entered value of those same sales in accordance with
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the respondent has not reported entered
values, we will calculate a per-unit assessment rate for each importer
by dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined
sales made to that importer by the total quantity associated with those
sales. To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment
rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also
will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated
entered values. Where either a respondent's weighted average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\20\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by ASB
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the
all-others rate (i.e., 9.86 percent) if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\21\
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\21\ See Order, 64 FR at 27757; see also Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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 ASB will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this administrative 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 reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in
which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review, or in the less-than-fair-value
investigation (LTFV) but the producer is, 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) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be
the all-others rate of 9.86 percent, the rate established in the LTFV
investigation of this proceeding.\22\ These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\22\ See Order, 64 FR at 27757.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 29, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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