Notice2026-16005
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Italy: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
August 6, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Metinvest Trametal S.p.A. (MTS) and NLMK Verona S.p.A. (NVR) made sales of certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from Italy at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect to three companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 150 (Thursday, August 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50803-50806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16005]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-834]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Italy:
Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Metinvest Trametal S.p.A. (MTS) and NLMK Verona S.p.A.
(NVR) made sales of certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate
(CTL plate) from Italy at less than normal value (NV) during the period
of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. Additionally,
Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect to three
companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable August 6, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carter Sherwin or Tyler Gartner, 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) 482-4260 or (202)
482-0182, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On May 25, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on CTL plate from Italy.\1\ On May 5, 2025,
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the Order for the POR.\2\ On June
25, 2025, based on timely requests for review and in accordance with 19
CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an AD administrative review on CTL
plate from Italy.\3\ This review covers five producers and/or exporters
of the subject merchandise.\4\ On July 30, 2025, Commerce selected MTS
and NVR as the mandatory respondents in this review.\5\
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\1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from
Austria, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for France, the Federal Republic of
Germany, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 82 FR 24096 (May 25, 2017) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 18962 (May 5,
2025).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 26967 (June 25, 2025) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ We note that the Initiation Notice listed seven companies,
including two companies that Commerce previously collapsed. While
the initiation notice listed Metinvest Trametal SpA. and Ferriera
Valsider SpA as separate companies, we collapsed them into a single
entity (collectively, MTS) in the last administrative review.
Accordingly, we will continue to treat Metinvest Trametal SpA. and
Ferriera Valsider SpA as a single entity for the purposes of this
review. See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from
Italy: Final Results and Final Partial Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025, 90 FR 44633 (September 16,
2025).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated July 30,
2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\6\ 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.\7\ On March 10, 2026, Commerce extended the
deadline for the preliminary results by 113 days.\8\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 10,
2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\9\
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 at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from Italy;
2024-2025,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is CTL plate from Italy. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Rescission 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
suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR.\10\ Normally,
upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are
liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review
period.\11\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted,
there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to
liquidate at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review
period.\12\
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\10\ 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).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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On July 7, 2025, we placed on the record U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) data for entries of CTL plate from Italy during the
POR, showing no suspended entries during the POR for three companies
\13\ and invited interested parties to comment.\14\ No interested party
submitted comments regarding the CBP data. On January 8, 2026, Commerce
notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind the
administrative review in part, with respect to these three companies
because there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise during
the POR and invited interested parties to comment.\15\ No interested
party submitted comments in response to this notice. Accordingly, in
the absence of suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR
for these three companies for which this review was initiated, we are
hereby rescinding this administrative review with respect to these
three companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\13\ The three companies for which the review was initiated on
but had no suspended entries during the POR were as follows: (1)
Officine Technosider s.r.l., (2) F.A.R. Fonderie Acciaierie S.p.A.,
and (3) Pro Form S.R.L.
\14\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Entry Data,'' dated July 7, 2025.
\15\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated January 8, 2026.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included in the appendix to this
notice.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the
period May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
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Metinvest Trametal S.p.A.; Ferrieria Valsider S.p.A......... 10.77
NLMK Verona S.p.A........................................... 0.94
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
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 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
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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.\16\ 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.\17\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal
briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing
each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\18\ 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. 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 briefs 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.\19\ 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. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements
pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\20\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\17\ 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).
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\19\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\20\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR
67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023).
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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, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.\21\ Hearing requests should contain: (1)
the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3)
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 date and time to be
determined.\22\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date and time
of the hearing two days before the scheduled date. An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\22\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, upon completion of the
final results of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise covered by this review.\23\ If the weighted-average
dumping margins for MTS and NVR are not zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, and because both
companies reported entered values for all of their sales, Commerce
intends to calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates
based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We intend to instruct CBP to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review when the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the
final results of this review is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent).
If MTS' or NVR's overall weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de
minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is
zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we intend to
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\24\
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\23\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\24\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceedings:
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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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by NVR or
MTS for which the companies did not know that the merchandise was
destined for the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate established in the original
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation (i.e., 6.08 percent) \25\ if
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\26\
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\25\ See Order, 82 FR 24096.
\26\ 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).
For the companies identified above for which the review is being
rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates
equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping duties
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce
intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of
this administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act:
(1) the cash deposit rates for MTS and NVR will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margins established in the final results of
this review, except if the rates are 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 rates will be zero; (2) for merchandise
exported by a company 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 cash deposit rate published in the completed
segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, or a previous segment, but the producer is,
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)
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the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 6.08 percent, the all-others rate established in the
less-than-fair-value investigation.\27\ These deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\27\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from
Austria, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for France, the Federal Republic of
Germany, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 82 FR 24096, 24098 (May 25, 2017).
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the
results of its analysis of issues raised by interested parties in the
written comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary
results in the Federal Register.\28\
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\28\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19 CFR
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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 POR. 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)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 31, 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 I
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
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