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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102106-102107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29603]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-812]

Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate 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 
Industeel Belgium S.A. (Industeel) made sales of subject merchandise at 
less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2022, 
through April 30, 2023.

DATES: Applicable December 17, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Xiao, 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) 482-2273.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 6, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of the 2022-2023 administrative review \1\ of the 
antidumping duty order on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length 
plate (CTL plate) from Belgium.\2\ The review covers one mandatory 
respondent, Industeel. We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary 
Results.\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\4\ On July 29, 2024, we 
received a case brief from Nucor Corporation (the petitioner).\5\ On 
August 12, 2024, we received a rebuttal brief from Industeel.\6\ On 
September 13, 2024, we extended the deadline for the final results 
until December 10, 2024.\7\ Additionally, on December 9, 2024, Commerce 
tolled the deadline to issue the final results in this administrative 
review by 90 days.\8\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final results 
is now March 10, 2025.
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    \1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
Belgium: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 48392 (June 6, 2024) 
(Preliminary Results) and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ 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).
    \3\ See Preliminary Results.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Nucor's Case Brief,'' dated July 
29, 2024.
    \6\ See Industeel's Letter, ``Industeel's Rebuttal Brief,'' 
dated August 12, 2024.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 13, 2024.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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    For a complete description of the events that occurred since the 
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\ 
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate 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 products covered by the Order are CTL plate from Belgium. A 
full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum and are listed 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 regarding our Preliminary Results, and for the 
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Commerce made 
certain changes to the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin 
calculations for Industeel.\10\
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    \10\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that the following 
estimated weighted-average dumping margin exist 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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Industeel Belgium S.A......................................        2.52
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these final results of review to parties in this review 
within five days after public announcement of the final results or, if 
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b).

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.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 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. Where either 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 rate is zero or de minimis, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard 
to antidumping duties.
    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Industeel in these final 
results of review for which Industeel 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.
    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

    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 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 Industeel will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of 
this review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not 
covered in this review but covered in a prior completed segment of the 
proceeding, the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific 
rate published in the completed segment for the most recently completed 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the producer has been covered in a prior completed 
segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established in the completed segment for the most recent period for the 
producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other producers or exporters will continue to be 5.40 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation for this 
proceeding.\11\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain 
in effect until further notice.
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    \11\ See Order, 82 FR at 24098.
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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.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only 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), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written notification of return/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 violation 
subject to sanction.

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: December 10, 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 Issues
    Comment 1: Industeel's Reported Section 232 Duties
    Comment 2: Adjustments under the Transaction Disregarded Rule
    Comment 3: Industeel's Reported Merchandise Processing Fee and 
Harbor Maintenance Fee
    Comment 4: Correction of Certain Ministerial Errors and 
Adjustment to Certain Costs
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-29603 Filed 12-16-24; 8:45 am]
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