[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86784-86786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25396]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-808]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: 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 
Aperam Stainless Belgium N.V. (ASB) made sales of stainless steel plate 
in coils from Belgium at less than normal value during the period of 
review (POR) May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.

DATES: Applicable October 31, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 21, 1999, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium.\1\ Commerce initiated this 
administrative review with respect to four companies: ASB, 
ArcelorMittal Genk, Helaxa BVBA, and Industeel Belgium.\2\ However, 
Commerce rescinded this review for three companies that did not have 
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR.\3\ As such, 
ASB is the only company subject to this administrative review. On June 
6, 2024, Commerce published the preliminary results of this review in 
the Federal Register and

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invited interested parties to comment.\4\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce 
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven 
days.\5\ On October 9, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for these 
final results to October 25, 2024.\6\
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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) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 44262, 44263 (July 12, 2023); see also 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join 
Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 27445, 27446 (May 2, 2023).
    \3\ See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: Preliminary 
Results and Rescission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 48384 (June 6, 2024) (Preliminary Results), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated October 9, 2024.
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    For a complete summary of the events that have occurred since the 
Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised 
by parties for these final results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\7\ 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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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless 
Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium, 2022-2023,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this Order is stainless steel plate in 
coils from Belgium. For a complete description of the scope of the 
Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\
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    \8\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at ``Scope of the 
Order.''
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Analysis of the Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, and are identified in the appendix 
to this notice. The Issues and 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 registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties, we made certain adjustments to the margin 
calculations for these final results, as detailed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of the Review

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

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                               margin
                                                              (percent)
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Aperam Stainless Belgium N.V..............................         0.78
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed to 
interested parties for these final results within five days of the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
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 these final results of review. Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where the respondent reported the entered 
value of its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem 
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of the 
sales for which entered value was reported. Where the respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the 
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific assessment 
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    Commerce's ``reseller policy'' will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by ASB 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.\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). The final results of this administrative 
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on 
entries of merchandise under review and for future cash deposits of 
estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash 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 ASB will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 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 reviewed or investigated 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, a prior review, or in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation (LTFV) but the producer is, 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 
the all-others rate of 9.86 percent, the rate established in the LTFV 
investigation of this proceeding.\10\ These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \10\ See Order, 64 FR 27757.
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Notification to Importers

    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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO 
of their responsibility concerning the return or

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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 these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) 
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 25, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Match Sales by PRIMEH/U
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Revise the Date of Sale
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Revise the Importer of Record 
in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Liquidation 
Instructions
VI. Recommendation

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