Notice2026-09753
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Belgium: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2023-2024
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Published
May 15, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Industeel Belgium S.A. (Industeel) made sales of certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from Belgium at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Commerce also determines that NLMK Clabecq S.A., NLMK Plate Sales S.A., NLMK Sales Europe S.A., NLMK Manage Steel Center S.A., and NLMK La Louviere S.A. comprise a single entity (collectively, NLMK Belgium) and had no shipments to the United States during the POR.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27922-27923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09753]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-812]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Belgium:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Industeel Belgium S.A. (Industeel) made sales of certain carbon and
alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from Belgium at less than
normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2023, through
April 30, 2024. Commerce also determines that NLMK Clabecq S.A., NLMK
Plate Sales S.A., NLMK Sales Europe S.A., NLMK Manage Steel Center
S.A., and NLMK La Louviere S.A. comprise a single entity (collectively,
NLMK Belgium) and had no shipments to the United States during the POR.
DATES: Applicable May 15, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Xiao, AD/CVD Operations, Office
II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2273.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 11, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the Preliminary Results and invited interested parties to comment.\1\
Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on
November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\2\ Additionally, 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.\3\ On March 3, 2026, we extended the deadline for
the final results until May 11, 2026.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from
Belgium: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 90 FR 44006 (September 11,
2025) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 3, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\ The
Issues and 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 Issues
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from
Belgium; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is CTL plates from Belgium. A
full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum and are listed in the appendix to
this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, and for the
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Commerce made
certain changes to the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin
calculations for Industeel.\6\ We also determined, based on record
information, that NMLK Belgium \7\ did not have knowledge that the
subject merchandise it produced was destined for the United States.
Therefore, we determine that NMLK Belgium made no shipments of subject
merchandise
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during the POR. For a full discussion of these changes, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
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\6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
\7\ We previously determined that NLMK Clabecq S.A.; NLMK Plate
Sales S.A.; NLMK Sales Europe S.A.; NLMK Manage Steel Center S.A.;
and NLMK La Louviere S.A. comprise a single entity (collectively,
NLMK Belgium) in the less-than-fair-value investigation. See Certain
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from Belgium: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final
Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 82 FR 16378 (April
4, 2017).
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Final Results of Review
As a result of this review, we determine that the following
estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period May 1,
2023, through April 30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Industeel Belgium S.A...................................... 5.78
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review to interested parties
within five days after public announcement of the final results 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).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review. For these final results, we will instruct CBP to apply an
ad valorem assessment rate equal to the dumping margin shown above for
all entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were produced
and/or exported by Industeel.
Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Industeel in these final
results of review for which Industeel 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.
For NLMK Belgium, we will instruct CBP to liquidate any existing
entries of NLMK Belgium but exported by other parties at the rate of
the intermediate reseller, if available, or at the all-others rate.\8\
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\8\ 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
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 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 Industeel will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of
this review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not
covered in this review but covered in a prior completed segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific
rate published in the completed segment for the most recently completed
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, but the producer has been covered in a prior completed
segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established in the completed segment for the most recent period for the
producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other producers or exporters will continue to be 5.40 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation for this
proceeding.\9\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain
in effect until further notice.
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\9\ See Order, 82 FR at 24098.
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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 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition 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 return/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 violation
subject to sanction.
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 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 11, 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of Issues
Comment 1: Differential Pricing Test
Comment 2: Whether NMLK Belgium Should Be Assigned the All-
Others Rate
Comment 3: Correction of Ministerial Error
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-09753 Filed 5-14-26; 8:45 am]
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