Notice2025-18564
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
September 25, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Aperam Stainless Belgium N.V. (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 184 (Thursday, September 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46184-46185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18564]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-808]
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Final Results 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) determines that
Aperam Stainless Belgium N.V. (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 September 25, 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 June 4, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this
review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to
comment.\1\ On June 23, 2025, Commerce suspended the briefing schedule
in order to issue a post-preliminary analysis.\2\ On August 14, 2025,
Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum replacing the
Cohen's d test with the ``price difference test.'' \3\ On August 18,
2025, Commerce re-established the briefing schedule and invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results and the post-
preliminary analysis; however, no interested party submitted
comments.\4\ Accordingly, we made no changes to the post-preliminary
analysis, and thus, no decision memorandum accompanies this notice.
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: Preliminary
Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2023-2024, 90 FR 23670 (June 4, 2025) (Preliminary Results),
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Suspension of Deadline for Case Briefs,''
dated June 23, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis for the
Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from
Belgium,'' dated August 14, 2025 (Post-Preliminary Memorandum).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Reestablishing Briefing Schedule,'' dated
August 18, 2025.
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Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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\5\ See 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).
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The merchandise covered by this Order is stainless steel plate in
coils from Belgium. For a complete description of the scope, see the
Preliminary Results.\6\
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\6\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 3.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
On June 13 and June 16, 2025, respectively, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) issued mandates based
on the Federal Circuit's opinions in Marmen and Stupp.\7\ In its
opinions, the Federal Circuit held that it is unreasonable to use the
Cohen's d test when the Cohen's d test is applied to data that do not
satisfy certain statistical criteria. Accordingly, to comply with the
Federal Circuit's holdings regarding the Cohen's d test, Commerce
revised the differential pricing analysis used in the Preliminary
Results in a post-preliminary analysis.\8\ Commerce has made no other
changes for these final results.
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\7\ See Marmen Inc. v. United States, 134 F.4th 1334 (Fed. Cir.
2025) (Marmen); Stupp Corp. v. United States, No. 23-1663, 2025 WL
1178392 (Fed. Cir. 2025) (non-precedential) (Stupp).
\8\ See Post-Preliminary Memorandum; see also, Memorandum,
``Post-Preliminary Sales and Cost Calculation Memorandum for Aperam
Stainless Belgium N.V.,'' dated August 14, 2025 (Post-Preliminary
Calculation Memorandum).
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Final Results of Review
In the Preliminary Results, we determined that ASB did not make
sales of subject merchandise at less than NV during the POR. As noted
above, Commerce received no comments concerning the Preliminary Results
or the post-preliminary analysis. Therefore, for these final results,
Commerce continues to determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30,
2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Aperam Stainless Belgium N.V................................ 0.00
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
of the final results of an administrative review within five days of a
public announcement or, if there is no public
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announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice
of final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). However, because we have made no changes to the Preliminary
Results other than those discussed in the Post-Preliminary Memorandum
and Post-Preliminary Calculation Memorandum, for which we received no
comments, there are no new calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where
the respondent reported the entered value of its U.S. sales, we
calculated importer-specific antidumping duty assessment rates by
aggregating the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined
sales of each importer and dividing each of these amounts by the total
entered value associated with those sales. Where the respondent did not
report entered value, we calculated 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 calculated an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on
estimated entered values. 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 assessment rate is zero or
de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
Commerce's ``reseller policy'' will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by ASB for which the reviewed
company did not know that the merchandise it 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.\9\
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\9\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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). The final results of this administrative
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise under review and for future cash deposits of
estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.
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
zero, the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) for
merchandise exported by a company not covered in this administrative
review but covered in a completed prior segment of the proceeding, 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 completed
prior segment of this proceeding but the producer is, the cash deposit
rate will be the company-specific rate established for the most
recently-completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be 9.86 percent, the rate
established in the original investigation of this proceeding.\10\ These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\10\ See Order, 64 FR at 27757.
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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 POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction 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 the return or 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
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and
19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: September 19, 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.
[FR Doc. 2025-18564 Filed 9-24-25; 8:45 am]
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