[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81886-81887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23330]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-844]


Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the 
Federal Republic of Germany: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2022-2023

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from the 
Federal Republic of Germany (Germany) was not sold in the United States 
at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 
2022, through April 30, 2023.

DATES: Applicable October 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Riggs, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 3, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and 
invited interested parties to comment.\1\ We received no comments from 
interested parties on the Preliminary Results, and we have made no 
changes from the Preliminary Results. Accordingly, there is no decision 
memorandum accompanying this Federal Register notice.
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    \1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
the Federal Republic of Germany: o Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-23, 89 FR 47531 (June 
3, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\2\ The deadline for these 
final results is now October 8, 2024. Commerce conducted this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order \3\
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    \3\ 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).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is CTL plate from Germany. For 
a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 
Results.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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AG der Dillinger H[uuml]ttenwerke..........................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results of review within five 
days of any 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). 
However, because Commerce made no changes from the Preliminary Results, 
there are no new calculations to disclose.

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.
    Because the weighted-average dumping margin for AG der Dillinger 
H[uuml]ttenwerke (Dillinger) is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 
percent) we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties. Commerce's ``automatic 
assessment'' practice will apply to entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR produced by Dillinger 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 instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\
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    \4\ 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 cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register of these final results of 
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) 
the cash deposit rate for the company listed above will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of 
this review; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed companies not 
listed above, 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 company participated; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, or the less-than-fair-value 
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the cash deposit rate established for the most recently completed 
segment for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue to be 
20.99 percent, the all-others rate established in the Amended Final 
Determination.\5\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \5\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From 
the Federal Republic of Germany: Notice of Court Decision Not in 
Harmony With the Amended Final Determination of Antidumping 
Investigation; Notice of Second Amended Final Determination, 89 FR 
1882, 1883 (January 11, 2024).

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Notification to Importers

    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 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 double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition 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 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) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 3, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-23330 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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