[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21963-21964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8864]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-808]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Notice of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined 
that Aperam Stainless Belgium N.V. (``Aperam'') is the successor-in-
interest to ArcelorMittal Stainless Belgium N.V. (``AMSB''). As a 
result, Aperam will be accorded the same treatment previously accorded 
AMSB with regard to the antidumping duty order on stainless steel plate 
in coils from Belgium (``SSPC from Belgium''), effective as of the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

DATES: Effective April 12, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon or Stephanie Moore, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1167 and (202) 
482-3692, respectively.

Background

    On May 21, 1999, the Department published in the Federal Register 
an antidumping duty order on stainless steel plate in coils from 
Belgium.\1\ On June 14, 2011, Aperam filed a request for a changed 
circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on SSPC from 
Belgium. Aperam claimed that it is the successor-in-interest to AMSB 
and should be treated as such for purposes of the antidumping duty 
order.
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel Plate 
in Coils From Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Republic of Korea, South 
Africa, and Taiwan, 64 FR 27756 (May 21, 1999), amended by Notice of 
Amended Antidumping Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel Plate in 
Coils From Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Republic of Korea, South 
Africa, and Taiwan, 68 FR 11520 (March 11, 2003); Notice of Amended 
Antidumping Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From 
Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, and 
Taiwan, 68 FR 16117 (April 2, 2003); and Notice of Correction to the 
Amended Antidumping Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel Plate in 
Coils From Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Republic of Korea, South 
Africa, and Taiwan, 68 FR 20114 (April 24, 2003).
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    On July 29, 2011, the Department published its initiation of the 
instant changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on 
SSPC from Belgium.\2\
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    \2\ See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 76 FR 
45511 (July 29, 2011).
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    On October 26, 2011, the Department published its preliminary 
results of changed circumstances review of the AD Order on SSPC from 
Belgium.\3\ The Department preliminarily determined that Aperam is the 
successor-in-interest to AMSB and should be treated as such for 
purposes of the antidumping duty order. In the Preliminary Results, we 
stated that interested parties could submit case briefs to the 
Department no later than 30 days after the publication of the 
Preliminary Results in the Federal Register, and submit rebuttal briefs 
seven days subsequent to the due date of the case briefs. Aperam 
submitted a case brief on November 23, 2011, and no interested parties 
submitted a rebuttal brief.
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    \3\ See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review 
76 FR 66271 (October 26, 2011) (``Preliminary Results'').
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The issue raised in Aperam's case brief is addressed in the 
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Changed 
Circumstances Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel 
Plate in Coils from Belgium,'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul 
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, (``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum''),\4\ dated concurrently with this notice and 
which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which 
parties have raised, and to which we have responded in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, is attached to this notice as an Appendix.
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    \4\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and 
is on file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA 
ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available in the Central Records Unit, main 
Commerce Building, Room 7046. In addition, a complete version of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web 
at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and electronic version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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Scope of the Antidumping Duty Order

    The product covered by this order is certain stainless steel plate 
in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy steel containing, by weight, 1.2 
percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or 
without other elements. The subject plate products are flat-rolled 
products, 254 mm or over in width and 4.75 mm or more in thickness, in 
coils, and annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise 
descaled. The subject plate may also be further processed (e.g., cold-
rolled, polished, etc.) provided that it maintains the specified 
dimensions of plate following such processing. Excluded from the scope 
of this order are the following: (1) Plate not in coils; (2) Plate that 
is not annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise 
descaled; (3) Sheet and strip; and (4) Flat bars.
    The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') at 
subheadings: 7219.11.00.30, 7219.11.00.60, 7219.12.00.06, 
7219.12.00.21, 7219.12.00.26, 7219.12.00.51, 7219.12.00.56, 
7219.12.00.66, 7219.12.00.71, 7219.12.00.81, 7219.31.00.10, 
7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20, 7219.90.00.25, 7219.90.00.60, 
7219.90.00.80, 7220.11.00.00, 7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15, 
7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80, 7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10, 
7220.20.60.15, 7220.20.60.60, 7220.20.60.80, 7220.90.00.10, 
7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60, and 7220.90.00.80. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise subject to these orders is 
dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Based on the information provided by Aperam, the Department's 
analysis in the Preliminary Results (which we incorporate herein by 
reference), and in light of the fact that no interested parties 
submitted any comments on the Department's preliminary finding with 
respect to Aperam, the Department hereby determines that Aperam is the 
successor-in-interest to AMSB and is entitled to AMSB's treatment under 
the order. The Department will rely on the date of the publication of 
these final results of the instant changed circumstances review in the 
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Register as the effective date of this determination.

Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to apply the 
cash-deposit rate in effect for AMSB to all entries of the subject 
merchandise from Aperam that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of these final 
results of the changed circumstances review.

Notifications

    This notice also 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 the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a 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). Timely notification of the 
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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216(e).

    Dated: April 4, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

List of Comments in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Retroactive Application of the Final Results

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