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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–427–602]
Brass Sheet and Strip From France:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2014–
2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on brass sheet
and strip from France,1 pursuant to
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). This review
covers two companies, Griset SA
(Griset) and KME France SAS (KME
France). The period of review (POR) is
March 1, 2014, through February 28,
2015. We preliminarily find that subject
merchandise has been sold at less than
normal value by both Griset and KME
France. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: December 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–6312 or (202) 482–
0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the orders is
brass sheet and strip, other than leaded
and tinned brass sheet and strip, from
France. The merchandise is currently
classified under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
item numbers 7409.21.00 and
7409.29.00.
A full description of the scope of the
order is contained in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.2 The written
description is dispositive.
Methodology
Because both Griset and KME France
failed to respond to the Department’s
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1 See
Antidumping Duty Order; Brass Sheet and
Strip From France, 52 FR 6995 (March 6, 1987) (the
Order).
2 See memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, entitled ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
Preliminary Results of the 2014–2015 Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review: Brass Sheet and Strip
from France’’ (Preliminary Decision Memorandum),
dated concurrently with this notice.
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questionnaire, we preliminarily
determined to rely on facts available
with an adverse inference with respect
to Griset and KME France, in
accordance with sections 776(a) and (b)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.308. Thus,
we preliminarily assigned a rate of 42.24
percent as the weighted-average
dumping margin for both Griset and
KME France.3 For a full description of
the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is made available
to the public 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 and is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the Internet at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html. A list of topics included in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is included in Appendix I attached to
this notice. The signed Preliminary
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping
margins on brass sheet and strip from
France exist for the period March 1,
2014, through February 28, 2015, at the
following rates:
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping margin
(Percent)
Producer or exporter
Griset SA ..........................
KME France SAS .............
42.24
42.24
Disclosure and Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
interested parties may submit case briefs
3 Because this was an AFA rate derived from the
petition in the investigation, the rate was not
subject to the Department’s so-called ‘‘zeroing’’
methodology. See Brass Sheet and Strip From
France, Italy, and Japan: Final Results of the
Expedited Third Sunset Reviews of the
Antidumping Duty Orders, 76 FR 39849 (July 7,
2011) and accompanying Issues and Decision
memorandum at 1–3 (‘‘History of the Orders’’
section); see also the Order; see also Brass Sheet
and Strip from France: Final Determination of Sales
at Less than Fair Value, 52 FR 812 (January 9,
1987).
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not later than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. 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.4 Parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument;
and (3) a table of authorities.5 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 within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.6
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.
When submitting a document to the
Department via the Department’s
electronic records system, ACCESS, the
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
the date on which it is due.
The Department intends to issue the
final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any
written briefs, not later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this
notice, unless extended, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, the Department
shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. For the
final results, if we continue to rely on
adverse facts available to establish the
weighted-average dumping margins for
Griset and KME France, we will instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to apply an ad valorem
assessment rate of 42.24 percent to all
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR which were produced and/or
exported by Griset or KME France.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003.7 This clarification will
apply to entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by the
respondent for which it did not know its
4 See
19 CFR 351.309(d).
19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
6 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
7 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
5 See
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merchandise was destined for the
United States. In such instances, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate un-reviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no
rate for the intermediate company
involved in the transaction.8
We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of the
notice of final results of administrative
review for all shipments of brass sheet
and strip from France entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit
rate for Griset and KME France will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of
this administrative review except if the
rate is 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 manufacturers
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 company-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding in
which the manufacturer or exporter
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original less-than-fairvalue investigation but the manufacturer
is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recently
completed segment of the proceeding
for the manufacturer of the
merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other manufacturers or exporters
will continue to be 42.24 percent ad
valorem, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.9 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Notifications 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
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
8 Id.
9 See
the Order at 52 FR 6996.
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occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: November 17, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
A. Summary
B. Background
C. Scope of the Order
D. Discussion of the Methodology
1. Application of Facts Available and Use
of Adverse Inference
a. Use of Facts Available
b. Application of Facts Available With an
Adverse Inference
c. Selection and Corroboration of
Information Used as Facts Available
E. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–876, A–489–822]
Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of
Korea and the Republic of Turkey:
Antidumping Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the
International Trade Commission (the
ITC), the Department is issuing
antidumping duty orders on welded line
pipe from the Republic of Korea (Korea)
and the Republic of Turkey (Turkey).
DATES: Effective Date: December 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross
Belliveau (Korea) or David Crespo
(Turkey), 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) 482–4952
and (202) 482–3693, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.210(c), on October 13, 2015, the
Department published its affirmative
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final determinations in the less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigations of
welded line pipe from Korea and
Turkey.1 Pursuant to section 735(e) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), the
Department published its amended final
determination in the LTFV investigation
of welded line pipe from Korea on
November 10, 2015.2 On November 20,
2015, the ITC notified the Department of
its affirmative determinations that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meaning
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by
reason of the LTFV imports of welded
line pipe from Korea and Turkey.3
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these
orders is circular welded carbon and
alloy steel (other than stainless steel)
pipe of a kind used for oil or gas
pipelines (welded line pipe), not more
than 24 inches in nominal outside
diameter, regardless of wall thickness,
length, surface finish, end finish, or
stenciling. Welded line pipe is normally
produced to the American Petroleum
Institute (API) specification 5L, but can
be produced to comparable foreign
specifications, to proprietary grades, or
can be non-graded material. All pipe
meeting the physical description set
forth above, including multiplestenciled pipe with an API or
comparable foreign specification line
pipe stencil is covered by the scope of
these orders.
The welded line pipe that is subject
to these orders is currently classifiable
in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) under
subheadings 7305.11.1030,
7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030,
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030,
7305.19.5000, 7306.19.1010,
7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, and
7306.19.5150. The subject merchandise
may also enter in HTSUS 7305.11.1060
and 7305.12.1060. While the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
1 See Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of
Turkey: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 80 FR 61362 (October 13, 2015) (Turkey
Final Determination), and Welded Line Pipe From
the Republic of Korea: Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value, 80 FR 61366 (October 13,
2015).
2 See Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of
Korea: Amended Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 80 FR 69637 (November 10,
2015).
3 See Letter to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and
Compliance, from Meredith Broadbent, Chairman of
the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding
certain welded line pipe from Korea and Turkey
(November 20, 2015). See also Certain Welded Line
Pipe from Korea and Turkey, USITC Investigation
Nos. 701–TA–525 and 731–TA–1260–1261 (Final),
USITC Publication 4580 (November 2015).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-602]
Brass Sheet and Strip From France: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and
strip from France,\1\ pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act). This review covers two companies, Griset
SA (Griset) and KME France SAS (KME France). The period of review (POR)
is March 1, 2014, through February 28, 2015. We preliminarily find that
subject merchandise has been sold at less than normal value by both
Griset and KME France. Interested parties are invited to comment on
these preliminary results.
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Brass Sheet and Strip From
France, 52 FR 6995 (March 6, 1987) (the Order).
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DATES: Effective Date: December 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6312 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the orders is brass sheet and strip, other
than leaded and tinned brass sheet and strip, from France. The
merchandise is currently classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00.
A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\ The written description is
dispositive.
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\2\ See memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
entitled ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of the 2014-
2015 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Brass Sheet and Strip
from France'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently
with this notice.
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Methodology
Because both Griset and KME France failed to respond to the
Department's questionnaire, we preliminarily determined to rely on
facts available with an adverse inference with respect to Griset and
KME France, in accordance with sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.308. Thus, we preliminarily assigned a rate of 42.24 percent
as the weighted-average dumping margin for both Griset and KME
France.\3\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the
public 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 and is
available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the
main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the
Internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. A list of
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included in
Appendix I attached to this notice. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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\3\ Because this was an AFA rate derived from the petition in
the investigation, the rate was not subject to the Department's so-
called ``zeroing'' methodology. See Brass Sheet and Strip From
France, Italy, and Japan: Final Results of the Expedited Third
Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 76 FR 39849 (July 7,
2011) and accompanying Issues and Decision memorandum at 1-3
(``History of the Orders'' section); see also the Order; see also
Brass Sheet and Strip from France: Final Determination of Sales at
Less than Fair Value, 52 FR 812 (January 9, 1987).
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping margins on brass sheet and strip
from France exist for the period March 1, 2014, through February 28,
2015, at the following rates:
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Estimated
weighted-
Producer or exporter average dumping
margin
(Percent)
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Griset SA............................................. 42.24
KME France SAS........................................ 42.24
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice. 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.\4\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.\5\ 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 within 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\6\ 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.
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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When submitting a document to the Department via the Department's
electronic records system, ACCESS, the document must be received
successfully in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the date on
which it is due.
The Department intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the
issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the
date of publication of this notice, unless extended, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.
For the final results, if we continue to rely on adverse facts
available to establish the weighted-average dumping margins for Griset
and KME France, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 42.24 percent to all
entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were produced and/
or exported by Griset or KME France.
The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003.\7\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by the respondent for which it did
not know its
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merchandise was destined for the United States. In such instances, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate un-reviewed entries at the all-others
rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company involved in the
transaction.\8\
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\7\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
\8\ Id.
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We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for
all shipments of brass sheet and strip from France entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rate for Griset and KME France will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of this
administrative review except if the rate is 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 manufacturers 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 company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or
the original less-than-fair-value investigation but the manufacturer
is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of the proceeding for the manufacturer of
the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 42.24 percent ad valorem, the all-
others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\9\
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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Notifications 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 review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Secretary'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 results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: November 17, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
A. Summary
B. Background
C. Scope of the Order
D. Discussion of the Methodology
1. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
a. Use of Facts Available
b. Application of Facts Available With an Adverse Inference
c. Selection and Corroboration of Information Used as Facts
Available
E. Recommendation
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