Notice2026-09220
Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
May 8, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques (SNCZ) did not make sales of strontium chromate from France in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2023, through October 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25339-25341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09220]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-830]
Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary 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) preliminarily
determines that Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques
(SNCZ) did not make sales of strontium chromate from France in the
United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of
review (POR), November 1, 2023, through October 31, 2024. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 8, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Schueler or Rachel Accorsi,
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
or (202) 482-3149, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 27, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the AD order on strontium chromate from France.\1\ On November 1, 2024,
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the Order for the POR.\2\ Pursuant
to section 751(a)(l) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
and 19 CFR 351.213(b)(l), Commerce received a timely request to conduct
an administrative review of the Order from the petitioner \3\ with
respect to SNCZ.\4\ On December 18, 2025, based on the timely request
for an administrative review, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(l)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the
Order with respect to SNCZ.\5\
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\1\ See Strontium Chromate from Austria and France: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 84 FR 65349 (November 27, 2019) (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 87338 (November
1, 2024).
\3\ The petitioner is Lumimove Inc. d/b/a WPC Technologies.
\4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated November 18, 2024.
\5\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 102856, 102859 (December 18, 2024).
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the
preliminary results in administrative reviews for which the opportunity
to request the review was published in November or December 2024, by 90
days.\6\ On September 24, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this review until February 27, 2026.\7\
Additionally, due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government
shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative proceedings by 47 days,\8\ and, due to a backlog of
documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on
November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by an additional 21 days.\9\ Accordingly, the deadline for
these preliminary results is now May 6, 2026.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September
24, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\10\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Strontium
Chromate from France; 2023-2024,'' 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.
For a complete description of the scope of this Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\11\
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\11\ Id. at ``Scope of the Order.''
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. The export price is calculated in
accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. NV 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.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period November 1, 2023, through October
31, 2024:
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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...... 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analyses
performed to interested parties for the preliminary results of review
within five days of 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).
Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to
verify the information reported by companies in this administrative
review for consideration in the final results.
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), interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no
later than seven days after the date of the last verification report
issued in this administrative review.\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\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\14\ All briefs must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the established deadline.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.303 for general filing requirements.
\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 Procedures).
\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), we 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 executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the 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
executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain
of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).\16\
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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.
\16\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice.\17\ Hearing requests
should contain information regarding: (1) the party's name, address,
and telephone number; (2) the number of individuals from the requesting
party that will attend the hearing and whether any of those individuals
is a foreign national; and (3) a list of the issues the party intends
to discuss at the hearing. 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.\18\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\18\ Id.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised in written case briefs, no later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(A) 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 of subject merchandise
covered by this review.
If SNCZ's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis, (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this
review, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment
rates for antidumping duties. As there are no entered values on the
record for SNCZ's sales, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we will
calculate 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 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.
In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by SNCZ for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value investigation if
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\19\
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\19\ 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).
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 company-specific 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
within the
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meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then the cash deposit rate will be
zero); (2) for producers or exporters not covered in this review but
covered in a 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 in which they were
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or a
prior 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) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 32.16 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\20\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\20\ See Order, 84 FR at 65350.
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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 these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 5, 2026.
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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-09220 Filed 5-7-26; 8:45 am]
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