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1See Strontium Chromate from Austria and 

France: Antidumping Duty Orders, 84 FR 65349 

(November 27, 2019) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

50 (January 3, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of 2021–2022 Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated July 24, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Strontium Chromate from 

Austria, 2021–2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Verify 

Habich’s Questionnaire Responses,’’ dated April 13, 

2023. 

6See 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 Final Rule). 

7See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–433–813] 

Strontium Chromate From Austria: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2021– 

2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that strontium chromate 

from Austria was not sold by Habich 

GmbH (Habich) in the United States at 

less than normal value (NV) during the 

period of review (POR) of November 1, 

2021, through October 31, 2022. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 6, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaron Moore or Brian Smith, 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) 482–3640 or (202) 482–1766, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 27, 2019, Commerce 

published the antidumping duty order 

on strontium chromate from Austria.1

On January 3, 2023, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 

published the initiation of an 

administrative review of the Order, 

covering one producer/exporter, 

Habich.2

Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

on July 24, 2023, Commerce determined 

that it was not practicable to complete 

the preliminary results of this review 

within 245 days and extended the 

deadline for the preliminary results of 

this review until November 30, 2023.3

For a detailed description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of 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 available via 

Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is strontium chromate, regardless 

of form (including but not limited to, 

powder (sometimes known as granular), 

dispersions (sometimes known as 

paste), or in any solution). The 

merchandise subject to the Order is 

currently classifiable in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) under subheading 

2841.50.9100. Subject merchandise may 

also enter under HTSUS subheading 

3212.90.0050. While the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. For a complete description 

of the scope of the Order, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a) 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 weighted-average dumping 

margin exists for the period November 

1, 2021, through October 31, 2022: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Habich GmbH ........ 0.00 (de minimis) 

Verification 

On April 13, 2023, WPC Technologies 

(the petitioner) timely requested that 

Commerce conduct verification of 

Habich’s questionnaire responses.5

Moreover, no verification was 

conducted during the two immediately 

preceding reviews of Habich. Therefore, 

Commerce intends to verify the 

information that Commerce relies upon 

for the final results of this review with 

respect to Habich, as provided in 

section 782(i)(3) of the Act. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for these preliminary results 

of review to interested parties with an 

administrative protective order within 

five days of the date of publication of 

the preliminary results in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Case briefs or 

other written comments may be 

submitted to Commerce. A timeline for 

the submission of case briefs and 

written comments will be provided to 

interested parties at a later date. 

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.6 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.7

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 


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8We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

9See APO and Service Final Rule. 

10See 19 CFR 351.303(f). 

11See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

12See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

13See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also 

Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

14See Order, 69 FR at 4111. 

15For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 16See Order, 69 FR at 4111. 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

administrative 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.8 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).9 Case and rebuttal 

briefs should be filed using ACCESS.10

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. Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. An electronically 

filed hearing request must be received 

successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice. If a request for a hearing is 

made, Commerce intends to hold a 

hearing at a time and date to be 

determined.11 Parties should confirm 

the date, time, and location of the 

hearing two days before the scheduled 

date. 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

the issues raised in any case or rebuttal 

briefs, no later than 120 days after the 

date of publication of this notice, unless 

this deadline is extended.12

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

Commerce intends to 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 

Habich’s weighted-average dumping 

margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., 

less than 0.5 percent) in the final results 

of this review, and because Habich 

reported entered values for all of its 

sales, we intend to calculate importerspecific 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 importerspecific assessment rate calculated in 

the final results of this review is above 

de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). If 

Habich’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.13

In accordance with Commerce’s 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR produced by Habich 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 established 

in the original less-than-fair-value 

(LTFV) investigation 14 if there is no rate 

for the intermediate company(ies) 

involved in the transaction.15

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative 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 upon 

publication 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 rate for Habich will be that 

established in the final results of this 

administrative review, except if the rate 

is 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 rate will be zero; (2) for 

previously investigated companies not 

participating in this review, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

company-specific cash deposit rate 

published for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding in 

which the company participated; (3) if 

the exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, a prior review, or the underlying 

investigation, 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 25.90 percent, the all-others rate 

established in the LTFV investigation.16

These cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

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 doubled 

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 351.221(b)(4). 


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Dated: November 29, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy 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 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Advisory Committee on Supply Chain 

Competitiveness Solicitation of 

Nominations for Membership 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity to 

apply for membership on the advisory 

committee on supply chain 

competitiveness. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, International Trade 

Administration (ITA), seeks 

nominations for immediate 

consideration to fill positions on the 

Advisory Committee on Supply Chain 

Competitiveness (‘‘The Committee’’). 

The Committee advises the Secretary on 

the necessary elements of a 

comprehensive policy approach to 

supply chain competitiveness. The 

Department intends for the Committee 

to continue to play a key role in 

formulating recommendations to 

address current global supply chain 

challenges, including identifying key 

bottlenecks in supply chains and 

actionable solutions to address them, 

advising on the latest advances in 

supply chain data and technology and 

how to apply them to the current 

challenges in the economy, providing 

advice to the Department of Commerce 

on its supply chain-focused work, and 

developing long term recommendations 

to make supply chains more resilient. 

The Department seeks members who, by 

virtue of their current roles and past 

experience, bring a track record of 

effective senior executive leadership on 

issues impacting the U.S. and global 

supply chains. 

DATES: ITA will accept nominations 

received by 5:00 p.m. on January 2, 

2024, for membership on the Committee 

until the current two-year charter term 

ends November 8, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Richard Boll, Office of 

Supply Chain Services, Room 11004, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; email: richard.boll@

trade.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Boll, Office of Supply Chain 

Services, Room 11004, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; email: 

richard.boll@trade.gov; phone: 202– 

482–1135. Please visit the Advisory 

Committee on Supply Chain 

Competitiveness website at: https://

www.trade.gov/acscc. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Committee advises the Secretary 

on the necessary elements of a 

comprehensive policy approach to 

supply chain competitiveness designed 

to support national economic 

competitiveness and U.S. export growth, 

encouraging innovation, facilitate the 

movement of goods, and improve 

competitiveness of U.S. supply chains 

for goods and services in the domestic 

and global economy; and on regulatory 

policies and programs and investment 

priorities that affect the competitiveness 

of supply chains. The Committee 

provides detailed policy and technical 

advice, information, and 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding: 

(1) national, state, or local factors in 

trade programs and policies that affect 

the efficient domestic and international 

operation and competitiveness of U.S. 

global supply chains from point of 

origin to destination; 

(2) elements of national policies 

affecting the movement of goods, 

infrastructure, investment, and 

regulatory factors that affect supply 

chain competitiveness and 

sustainability; and 

(3) information and data systems to 

generate metrics that can be used to 

quantify and improve supply chain 

performance. 

The Department intends for the 

Committee to focus on the current 

challenges facing the supply chain 

during this charter term. 

II. Membership 

Members will be selected based on 

their demonstrated professional or 

personal qualifications and experience 

relevant to the functions and tasks of the 

Committee. Members shall be selected 

in a manner that ensures that the 

Committee remains balanced with 

respect to the diversity of the supply 

chain sector, including with regard to 

geographic location and company size. 

The diverse membership of the 

Committee ensures perspectives and 

expertise reflecting the full breadth of 

the Committee’s responsibilities and, 

where possible, the Department of 

Commerce will also consider the ethnic, 

racial and gender diversity of the United 

States. 

Members of the Committee shall 

represent companies, organizations, and 

stakeholders involved in the U.S. 

supply chain, with at least one 

individual representing each of the 

following: supply chain firms or their 

associations; users of supply chains 

(e.g., retailers, distributors, 

manufacturers or other sectors); freight 

transportation providers; ports; and 

academia. Based on the balance of 

viewpoints currently represented on the 

Committee, we encourage 

representatives of workers in the supply 

chain, representatives from the 

agriculture and cold chain sectors, as 

well as the retail and e-commerce 

sectors, and the other sectors referenced 

above. 

Other than the experts from academia, 

all members shall serve in a 

representative capacity, expressing the 

views and interests of a U.S. company 

or U.S. organization with which they are 

affiliated (e.g., as an employee or 

director), as well as its particular sector. 

Members serving in such a 

representative capacity are not Special 

Government Employees. The members 

from academia serve as experts and 

therefore are Special Government 

Employees (SGEs) and shall be subject 

to the ethical standards applicable to 

SGEs. Members who serve as SGEs must 

certify that they are not Federallyregistered lobbyists. 

Each member of the Committee must 

be a U.S. citizen and not registered as 

a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents 

Registration Act. All appointments are 

made without regard to political 

affiliation. Self-nominations will be 

accepted. 

Members of the Committee will not be 

compensated for their services or 

reimbursed for their travel expenses. 

The Committee shall meet 

approximately quarterly, or as 

determined by the DFO. Members shall 

serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. 

III. Request for Nominations 

Requirements for all nominations. All 

nominations for membership on the 

Committee should provide the following 

information: 

(1) Name, title, and relevant contact 

information (including phone and email 


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