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imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification 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
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double 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: July 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
V. Companies Not Selected for Individual
Examination
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Currency Conversion
VIII. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–423–812]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-ToLength Plate From Belgium:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2016–
2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the producers/exporters subject to
this administrative review made sales of
subject merchandise at less than normal
value (NV). Interested parties are invited
to comment on these preliminary results
of review.
DATES: Applicable July 17, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex
Wood or Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD
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Operations, Office II, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–1959 or (202) 482–3860,
respectively.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
certain carbon and alloy steel hot-rolled
or forged flat plate products not in coils,
whether or not painted, varnished, or
coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances from Belgium.
Products subject to the order are
currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers:
7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045,
7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000,
7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110,
7225.40.1180, 7225.40.3005,
7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000, and
7226.91.5000. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
subject to this scope is dispositive.1
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 12, 2018, based on timely
requests for review, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review on certain carbon
and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from
Belgium.2 This review covers eight
producers and exporters of the subject
merchandise. Commerce selected two
companies, Industeel Belgium S.A.
(Industeel) and NLMK Clabecq S.A./
NLMK Plate Sales S.A./NLMK Sales
Europe S.A./NLMK Manage Steel Center
S.A./NLMK La Louviere S.A. (NLMK
Belgium), for individual examination.
The producers and or exporters not
selected for individual examination are
listed in the ‘‘Preliminary Results of the
Review’’ section of this notice.
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the partial
federal government closure from
December 22, 2018 through the
a full description of the scope of the order,
see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the 2016–2018
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-ToLength Plate from Belgium,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
32270 (July 12, 2018), as corrected by Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 45596 (September
10, 2018).
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resumption of operations on January 28,
2019.3 On February 28, 2019, Commerce
extended the preliminary results of this
review by 120 days, until July 10, 2019.4
For a complete description of the events
that followed the initiation of this
review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 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. NV is calculated in accordance
with section 773 of the Act.
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 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, and to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
Room B8024 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
summary/belgium/belgium-fr.htm. The
signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content. A list of the topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine that weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the
respondents for the period November
14, 2016 through April 30, 2018, as
follows:
3 See Memorandum to the Record from Gary
Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and duties
of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Partial
Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of
the proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy Steel Cutto-Length Plate from Belgium: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2016 -2018
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
February 28, 2019.
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requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address, and telephone number;
Exporter/producer
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
Industeel Belgium S.A ................
4.91 issues raised in the briefs. If a request
NLMK Clabecq S.A./NLMK Plate
for a hearing is made, parties will be
Sales S.A./NLMK Sales Eunotified of the time and date for the
rope S.A./NLMK Manage Steel
hearing to be held at the U.S.
Center S.A./NLMK La Louvire
Department of Commerce, 1401
S.A ..........................................
13.27
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.12
Review-Specific Average Rate
An electronically-filed document
Applicable to the Following
must be received successfully in its
5
Companies:
entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern
Weighted- Time on the established deadline.
Commerce intends to issue the final
average
Exporter/producer
dumping
results of this administrative review,
margin
including the results of its analysis of
(percent)
issues raised in any written briefs, not
Hengelhoef Concrete Joints NV
11.36 later than 120 days after the date of
Sarens NV ..................................
11.36 publication of this notice, unless
otherwise extended.13
Thyssenkrupp Materials Belgium
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
N.V ..........................................
Universal Eisen und Stahl GmbH
Valvan Baling Systems ...............
Voestalpine Belgium NV .............
11.36
11.36
11.36
11.36
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the
calculations performed in connection
with these preliminary results to
interested parties within five days after
the date of publication of this notice.6
Interested parties may submit case briefs
to Commerce no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice or
seven days after the date on which the
final verification report is issued in this
proceeding.7 Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed no later than five days after the
time limit for filing case briefs.8 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.9 Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using ACCESS.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, U.S. Department of
Commerce, filed electronically via
ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.11 Hearing
5 This rate is based on the rates for the
respondents that were selected for individual
review, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis or
based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
6 See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
10 See 19 CFR 351.303.
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
where the respondents reported the
entered value of their 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
respondents did not report entered
value, we calculated the entered value
in order to calculate the assessment rate.
Where either the respondent’s weightedaverage 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. We intend to instruct CBP to
take into account the ‘‘provisional
measures deposit cap,’’ in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(d).
For the companies which were not
selected for individual review, we will
assign an assessment rate based on the
average 14 of the cash deposit rates
calculated for Industeel and NLMK
Belgium, excluding any which are zero,
de minimis or determined entirely based
on adverse facts available. The final
results of this review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping
19 CFR 351.310(d).
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
14 This rate was calculated as discussed in
footnote 5, above.
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duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this
review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.
Commerce’s ‘‘reseller policy’’ will
apply to entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by companies
included in these final results of review
for which the reviewed companies did
not know that the merchandise they
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 allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.15
We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following 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 the exporters listed
above will be equal to the weightedaverage 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 companies not participating
in this review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific
cash deposit rate published for the most
recently completed segment; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or the original less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigation, but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the cash deposit rate established for the
most recently completed segment 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.16
These deposit requirements, when
15 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
16 See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-ToLength 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).
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imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
DATES:
Notification 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
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double 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: July 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Companies Not Selected for Individual
Examination
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–588–869]
Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated FlatRolled Steel Products From Japan:
Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination
of No Shipments; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that one of the producers/exporters
subject to this administrative review did
not make sales of subject merchandise at
less than normal value (NV) and the
other made no sales of subject
merchandise during the period of
review (POR) May 1, 2017 through April
30, 2018. Interested parties are invited
to comment on these preliminary results
of review.
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Applicable July 17, 2019.
Ian
Hamilton, 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) 482–4798.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
flat-rolled, cold-reduced steel products,
regardless of chemistry, whether or not
in coils, either plated or coated with
nickel or nickel-based alloys and
subsequently annealed (i.e., ‘‘diffusion
annealed’’), whether or not painted,
varnished or coated with plastics or
other metallic or nonmetallic substances
from Japan. Products subject to the
order are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) subheadings
7212.50.0000 and 7210.90.6000.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
merchandise subject to this scope is
dispositive.1
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 12, 2018, based on a timely
request for review, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review on diffusionannealed, nickel-plated, flat-rolled steel
products from Japan.2 This review
covers two producers and exporters of
the subject merchandise. In November
2018, we extended the preliminary
results of this review to no later than
May 31, 2019.3 Commerce exercised its
discretion to toll all deadlines affected
by the partial federal government
closure from December 22, 2018 through
the resumption of operations on January
28, 2019.4 Accordingly, the revised
1 For a full description of the scope of the order,
see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the 2017–2018
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated FlatRolled Steel Products from Japan,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
32270 (July 12, 2018).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Diffusion-Annealed,
Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products from
Japan: Extension of the Deadline for Preliminary
Results of the 2017–2018 Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated November 30, 2018.
4 See Memorandum to the Record from Gary
Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and duties
of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Partial
Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated
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deadline for the preliminary results of
this review is now July 10, 2019. For a
complete description of the events that
followed the initiation of this review,
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 is
calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. NV is calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
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 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 and to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
Room B8024 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
summary/japan/japan-fr.htm. The
signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content. A list of the topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
Corporation (Nippon Steel) properly
filed its certification that it had no
shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.5 There is
no information on the record which
contradicts Nippon Steel’s no shipment
certification. Therefore, based on the
evidence on the record, we
preliminarily determine that Nippon
Steel had no shipments of subject
merchandise to the United States during
the POR. Consistent with our practice,
we are not preliminarily rescinding the
review with respect to Nippon Steel,
but, rather, we will complete the review
for this company and issue appropriate
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of
the proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
5 See Nippon Steel’s Letter, ‘‘Diffusion-Annealed
Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products from
Japan: Certification of No U.S. Sales During
Administrative Review Period,’’ dated August 20,
2018.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-812]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Belgium:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-
2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV). Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable July 17, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Wood or Brittany Bauer, 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) 482-1959 or (202) 482-3860,
respectively.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are certain carbon and alloy
steel hot-rolled or forged flat plate products not in coils, whether or
not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic
substances from Belgium. Products subject to the order are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030,
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110, 7225.40.1180, 7225.40.3005, 7225.40.3050,
7226.20.0000, and 7226.91.5000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
of the merchandise subject to this scope is dispositive.\1\
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\1\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see
Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
2016-2018 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from Belgium,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 12, 2018, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from
Belgium.\2\ This review covers eight producers and exporters of the
subject merchandise. Commerce selected two companies, Industeel Belgium
S.A. (Industeel) and NLMK Clabecq S.A./NLMK Plate Sales S.A./NLMK Sales
Europe S.A./NLMK Manage Steel Center S.A./NLMK La Louviere S.A. (NLMK
Belgium), for individual examination. The producers and or exporters
not selected for individual examination are listed in the ``Preliminary
Results of the Review'' section of this notice.
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\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 32270 (July 12, 2018), as corrected by
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 83 FR 45596 (September 10, 2018).
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Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018 through
the resumption of operations on January 28, 2019.\3\ On February 28,
2019, Commerce extended the preliminary results of this review by 120
days, until July 10, 2019.\4\ For a complete description of the events
that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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\3\ See Memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding
have been extended by 40 days.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate
from Belgium: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2016
-2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated February 28,
2019.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
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. NV is calculated in accordance with
section 773 of the Act.
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 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, and to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/summary/belgium/belgium-fr.htm. The signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as
an Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the respondents for the
period November 14, 2016 through April 30, 2018, as follows:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Industeel Belgium S.A....................................... 4.91
NLMK Clabecq S.A./NLMK Plate Sales S.A./NLMK Sales Europe 13.27
S.A./NLMK Manage Steel Center S.A./NLMK La Louvire S.A.....
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies:
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\5\ This rate is based on the rates for the respondents that
were selected for individual review, excluding rates that are zero,
de minimis or based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Hengelhoef Concrete Joints NV............................... 11.36
Sarens NV................................................... 11.36
Thyssenkrupp Materials Belgium N.V.......................... 11.36
Universal Eisen und Stahl GmbH.............................. 11.36
Valvan Baling Systems....................................... 11.36
Voestalpine Belgium NV...................................... 11.36
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\6\ Interested
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice or seven days after the date on
which the final verification report is issued in this proceeding.\7\
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed no later than five days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.\8\ 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.\9\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using
ACCESS.\10\
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.\11\ 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. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and
date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.\12\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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An electronically-filed document must be received successfully in
its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication
of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\13\
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\13\ See Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where the respondents reported
the entered value of their 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
respondents did not report entered value, we calculated the entered
value in order to calculate the assessment rate. 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. We intend to
instruct CBP to take into account the ``provisional measures deposit
cap,'' in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(d).
For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we
will assign an assessment rate based on the average \14\ of the cash
deposit rates calculated for Industeel and NLMK Belgium, excluding any
which are zero, de minimis or determined entirely based on adverse
facts available. The final results of this 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.
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Commerce's ``reseller policy'' will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in these
final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know
that the merchandise they 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.\15\
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\15\ 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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We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following 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 the exporters
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 companies not participating in this review, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate
published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently
completed segment 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.\16\ These deposit requirements, when
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\16\ 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).
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Notification 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 Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double 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: July 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2019-15198 Filed 7-16-19; 8:45 am]
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