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 Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-475-834]
 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
 SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from Italy were made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023. Commerce also determines that one mandatory respondent did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
 DATES: Applicable January 31, 2024.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Grossnickle, 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) 482-3818.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Background On May 25, 2017, Commerce published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     the antidumping duty order on CTL plate from Italy.[1]
                    
                     On May 2, 2023, Commerce published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
                    *Order.*[2]
                    
                     On July 12, 2023, based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the 
                    *Order*
                     covering two producers/exporters, NLMK Verona S.p.A. and Officine Tecnosider S.R.L..[3]
                    
                     For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, 
                    *see*
                     the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.[4] Scope of the Order The merchandise subject to the 
                    *Order*
                     is certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Italy. For a complete description of the scope of the 
                    *Order, see*
                     the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 and constructed export price are calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, 
                    *see*
                     the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
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                    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.* Preliminary Results of Review Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023: Producer or exporter
Weighted-
                             average  
                             dumping  
                             margin  
                             (percent)NLMK Verona S.p.A
2.45Officine Tecnosider S.R.L
0.00
 Disclosure and Public Comment Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within five days after public announcement or if there is no public announcement, within five days after the date of publication of this notice in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                    .[5]
                    
                     Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.[6]
                    
                     Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.[7]
                    
                     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.[8] 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 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.[9]
                    
                     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 determination in this investigation. 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).[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, filed electronically via ACCESS. Hearing 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. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the 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. Assessment Rates Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.[12] If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or 
                    *de minimis*
                     (
                    *i.e.,*
                     less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, we intend to calculate an importer-specific 
                    *ad valorem*
                     antidumping duty assessment rate based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).[13]
                    
                     If the weighted-average dumping margin or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or 
                    *de minimis*
                     in the final results of review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries without regard to antidumping duties.[14]
                    
                     The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.[15] If a respondent has not reported entered values, we will calculate a per-unit assessment rate for each importer by dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales made to that importer by the total quantity associated with those sales. For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each individually examined respondent for which the they did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will 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) if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.[16] 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 upon publication in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     of the notice of final results of 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 the companies listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of this 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 merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
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                    company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which they were reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit 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 6.08 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.[17]
                    
                     These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. 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 after the date of publication of these preliminary results in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                    .[18] Notification to Importers This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 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). Dated: January 25, 2024. Abdelalia 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


# Footnotes

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, 24098 (May 25, 2017) (
                        *Order*). Back to Citation
 2.
    
                         
                        *See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,*88 FR 27449 (May 2, 2023). Back to Citation
 3.
    
                         
                        *See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,*88 FR 44262 (July 12, 2023). Back to Citation
 4.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Cut-to-Length Plate from Italy,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). Back to Citation
 5.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.224(b). Back to Citation
 6.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Back to Citation
 7.
    
                         
                        *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 Final Service Rule*). Back to Citation
 8.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). Back to Citation
 9.
    
                         We use the term “issue” here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Back to Citation
 10.
    
                         
                        *See APO and Final Service Rule.* Back to Citation
 11.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.310(d). Back to Citation
 12.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.212(b). Back to Citation
 13.
    
                         
                        *See 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). Back to Citation
 14.
    
                         
                        *Id.,*
                         77 FR at 8102; 
                        *see also*19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). Back to Citation
 15.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. Back to Citation
 16.
    
                         
                        *See Order; see also Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,*68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). Back to Citation
 17.
    
                         
                        *See Order.* Back to Citation
 18.
    
                         
                        *See*
                         section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h). Back to Citation


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