Strontium Chromate From France: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 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.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 209 (Friday, October 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68492-68493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22233]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-830]


Strontium Chromate From France: 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 
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.

DATES: Applicable October 30, 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 May 8, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this 
administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ Between June 1 and 5, 
2026, Commerce conducted verification of SNCZ in Beauchamp, France.\2\ 
On August 7, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results 
until October 28, 2026.\3\ On August 21, 2026, Commerce invited 
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results and SNCZ's 
Verification Report.\4\ No interested party submitted a case brief. 
Commerce conducted this 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 Strontium Chromate from France: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 91 FR 25339 (May 
8, 2026) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Verification of the Sales and Cost 
Response of Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques in 
the Antidumping Administrative Review of Strontium Chromate from 
France,'' dated August 20, 2026 (SNCZ's Verification Report).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 7, 2026.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Establishment of the Briefing Schedule,'' 
dated August 21, 2026.
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Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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    \5\ See Strontium Chromate from Austria and France: Antidumping 
Duty Orders, 84 FR 65349 (November 27, 2019) (Order).
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    The product covered by this Order is strontium chromate from 
France. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Results PDM.

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, in June 2026, Commerce 
conducted on-site verification of the sales and cost data reported by 
SNCZ. We used standard verification procedures, including an 
examination of relevant accounting and sales records, and original 
source documentation provided by SNCZ.\6\
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    \6\ See SNCZ's Verification Report.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Commerce is implementing certain changes due to verification 
findings that have no impact on the dumping margin.\7\ As no parties 
submitted comments regarding the Preliminary Results or Commerce's 
verification findings, we made no further changes to the Preliminary 
Results and no decision memorandum accompanies this notice.
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results Margin Calculation for 
Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the POR, November 1, 2023, through 
October 31, 2024:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Exporter or producer                       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 to parties in this proceeding the 
calculations performed for these final results of review within five 
days of a public announcement or, if there is no public 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).

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. As there are no entered values on the record for SNCZ's 
sales, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated 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. To determine whether an importer-specific per-
unit duty assessment rate is de minimis, we calculated an estimated 
entered value. 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 instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\8\ Accordingly, because SNCZ's weighted-average dumping margin 
is zero percent, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012).
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    Commerce's ``reseller policy'' will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by the company included in these 
final results of review 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 instance, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for

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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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following 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 SNCZ will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final 
results of this administrative review (i.e., 0.00 percent); (2) for 
merchandise exported by a producer or exporter 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 the 
producer or exporter participated; (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 is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of 
the proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue to be 
32.16 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\10\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \10\ See Order, 84 FR at 65350.
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    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 the 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a 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 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 26, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2026-22233 Filed 10-29-26; 8:45 am]
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