Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 41441-41443 [2021-16419]
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publication of this notice 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).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
entries of LWRPT from Turkey entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) If a companyspecific weighted-average dumping
margin was previously established in a
completed segment of this proceeding
for any of the six companies listed
above, then the cash deposit rate will
continue to be equal to the companyspecific weighted-average dumping
margin established for the company in
the most recently completed segment
(except, if the rate is de minimis, i.e.,
less than 0.5 percent, then the cash
deposit rate will be zero percent); (2) for
merchandise exported by a company not
covered in this review but covered in a
prior completed segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published for that company in the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company was
included; (3) if the exporter of the
subject merchandise does not have its
own rate but the producer has its own
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
company-specific rate established in the
most recently completed segment of the
proceeding for the producer of the
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 27.04
percent, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.4
These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)
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
4 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value: Light-Walled Rectangular
Pipe and Tube from Turkey, 73 FR 19814 (April 11,
2008).
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presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results of administrative
review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Dated: July 27, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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requested for review.2 For a complete
description of the events between the
initiation of this review and these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.3
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order
are strontium chromate from France.
The merchandise subject to review is
currently classifiable in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under subheading
2841.50.9100. Subject merchandise may
also enter under HTSUS subheading
3212.90.0050. For a full description of
the scope of this Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.4
Methodology
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–427–830]
Strontium Chromate From France:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2019–
2020
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily finds that
Socie´te´ Nouvelle des Couleurs
Zinciques (SNCZ) made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value
during the period of review (POR) May
17, 2019, through October 31, 2020.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis McClure, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VIII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–5973.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
1 See Strontium Chromate from Austria and
France: Antidumping Duty Orders, 84 FR 65349
(November 27, 2019) (Order).
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Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping
margin exists for the period May 17,
2019, through October 31, 2020:
Producer and/or exporter
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), Commerce is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on strontium
chromate from France.1 On May 6, 2020,
in accordance with 19 CFR
251.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated the
administrative review of the Order
covering SNCZ, the only company
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Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act. We calculated export price and
constructed export price in accordance
with section 772 of the Act. We
calculated normal value in accordance
with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is 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. In addition, the signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
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Socie´te´ Nouvelle des Couleurs
Zinciques .................................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
14.65
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR
511 (January 6, 2021).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Strontium Chromate from
France: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2019–2020,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
4 Id. at ‘‘Scope of the Order.’’
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce will determine, 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. Commerce
intends to issue assessment instructions
to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the
date of publication of the final results of
this administrative 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).
If SNCZ’s weighted-average dumping
margin is not de minimis (i.e., less than
0.50 percent), upon completion of the
final results, Commerce intends to
calculate importer-specific assessment
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total
amount of dumping calculated for each
importer’s examined sales to the total
entered value of those sales. Where we
do not have entered values for all U.S.
sales to a particular importer, we will
calculate an importer-specific, per-unit
assessment rate on the basis of the ratio
of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer’s examined
sales to the total quantity of those sales.5
To determine whether an importerspecific, per-unit assessment rate is de
minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based
on estimated entered values. Where
either SNCZ’s weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis,
or an importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
we will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.6 For entries of
subject merchandise during the POR
produced by SNCZ for which it did not
know its merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate such entries at the all-others
rate 7 if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.8
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5 See
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
6 See 19 CFR 352.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping
Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain
Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77
FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
7 See Order.
8 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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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.9
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided for
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
The cash deposit rate for SNCZ will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of
this review (except, if that rate is de
minimis, then the cash deposit rate will
be zero); (2) for merchandise exported
by producers 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 they were
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review or the underlying
LTFV investigation but the producer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most recentlycompleted 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 32.16 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.10
These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Disclosure, Public Comment, and
Opportunity To Request a Hearing
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed for these preliminary results
of review to interested parties within
five days of the date of publication of
this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Interested parties may
submit case briefs to Commerce no later
than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.11 Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed not later than
seven days after the date for filing case
briefs.12 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this proceeding are encouraged to
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
Order, 84 FR at 65350.
11 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
12 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 17006,
17007 (March 26, 2020).
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9 See
10 See
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submit with each argument: (1) A
statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a
table of authorities.13 Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using ACCESS 14
and must be served on interested
parties.15 Commerce has temporarily
modified certain of its requirements for
serving documents containing business
proprietary information, until further
notice.16
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, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically-filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time within 30 days
after the date of publication of this
notice. Requests should contain: (1) The
party’s name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants;
(3) whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (4) a list of issues parties
intend to discuss. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective case and rebuttal
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce intends to hold the hearing
at a date and time to be determined.17
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended,
Commerce 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, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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
preliminary results in accordance with
13 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
19 CFR 351.303.
15 See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
16 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension
of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
17 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
14 See
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sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 27, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–837]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2019–2020
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on
polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet,
and strip (PET Film) from Taiwan. The
period of review (POR) is July 1, 2019,
through June 30, 2020. This review
covers the following producers and
exporters from Taiwan, Nan Ya Plastics
Corporation (Nan Ya), Shinkong
Materials Technology Corporation
(SMTC)/Shinkong Synthetic Fibers
Corporation (SSFC). Commerce
preliminarily determines that sales of
subject merchandise have not been
made below normal value (NV) by Nan
Ya during the POR. In addition, we
preliminarily find that SMTC/SSFC had
no shipments during the POR.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On July 1, 2020, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the AD order on PET film
from Taiwan.1 On July 27, 2020,
Polyplex USA LLC (Polyplex USA), a
domestic producer and interested party,
requested a review of Nan Ya, SMTC
and SSFC.2 On July 30, 2020, the
petitioners 3 requested a review of Nan
Ya and SMTC.4 Nan Ya self-requested
an administrative review of its sales on
July 31, 2020.5 On September 3, 2020,
in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a
notice of initiation of administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on PET Film from Taiwan.6 On
December 2, 2020, Polyplex USA
withdrew its request for an
administrative review of entries of PET
film for all of the companies that it
requested be reviewed in this
administrative review period: Nan Ya,
SSFC and SMTC.7
On September 30, 2020, SMTC and
SSFC each claimed that they did not sell
or export any subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.8 On
November 24, 2020, Commerce
uploaded entry data on the record of the
administrative review.9 On December 1,
2020, SMTC submitted comments
explaining and documentation showing
that neither SMTC nor SSFC had
produced subject merchandise during
the POR or three months prior to the
POR.10 No rebuttal comments were
submitted. On January 7, 2021,
Commerce sent a no shipment inquiry
for SMTC and SSFC to U.S Customs and
Border Protection (CBP).11 On June 7,
2021, CBP replied that it found no
evidence of shipments from SMTC and
SSFC during the POR.12
On December 11, 2020, Commerce
issued its initial questionnaire to Nan
Ya.13 Between January 4, 2021 and
January 21, 2021,14 Nan Ya submitted
its responses to section A and sections
B through D of the questionnaire. On
June 16, 2021, Commerce issued a
supplemental questionnaire to Nan
Ya.15 On June 30, 2021, Nan Ya
submitted its supplemental
questionnaire response.16
On March 25, 2021, in accordance
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and
19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce
extended the due date for the
preliminary results by 60 days (from
April 2, 2020, to June 2, 2021).17 On
June 1, 2021, we extended the deadline
by an additional 30 days.18 On July 2,
2021, we extended the deadline until
July 30, 2021.19
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to
Request Administrative Review, 85 FR 39531 (July
1, 2020).
2 See Polyplex USA LLC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate (‘PET’) Film from Taiwan: Polyplex
USA LLC’s Request for AD Administrative Review,’’
dated July 27, 2020.
3 The petitioners consist of DuPont Teijin Films;
Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc.; and SKC, Inc.
(petitioners).
4 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate (PET) Film from Taiwan: Request for
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
July 30, 2020.
5 See Nan Ya Plastics Corporation’s Letter,
‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film from
Taiwan,’’ dated July 31, 2020.
6 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR
54983 (September 3, 2020) (Initiation Notice).
7 See Polyplex USA LLC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate (’PET’) Film from Taiwan: Polyplex
USA LLC’s Withdrawal of Request for Review for
Polyplex USA LLC,’’ dated December 2, 2020.
8 See SMTC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate
Film, Sheet and Strip from Taiwan; No Shipment
Certification,’’ dated September 30, 2020; see also
SSFC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
Sheet and Strip from Taiwan; No Shipment
Certification,’’ dated September 30, 2020.
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip (PET Film)
from Taiwan: U.S. Customs Entries for Shinkong
Materials Technology Corporation and Shinkong
Synthetic Fibers Corporation,’’ dated November 24,
2020.
10 See SMTC’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan;
Comments on Entry Data,’’ dated December 1, 2020.
11 See Message 1008401 to CBP, dated January 8,
2021.
12 See Memorandum, ‘‘Polyethylene terephthalate
film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from Taiwan; No
Shipment Inquiry for Shinkong Materials Technical
Corporation and/or Shinkong Synthetic Fibers
Corporation During the Period 07/01/2019 through
06/30/2020,’’ dated June 7, 2021.
13 See Commerce’s Letter, Antidumping Duty
Questionnaire, dated December 11, 2020.
14 See Nan Ya’s Letter, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate (PET) Film from Taiwan,’’ dated
January 4, 2021; see also Nan Ya’s Letter, ‘‘January
21, 2021 Sections B through Q Response,’’ dated
January 21, 2021.
15 See Commerce’s Letter, Antidumping Duty
Questionnaire, dated June 16, 2021.
16 See Nan Ya’s Letter, ‘‘June 30, 2021
Supplemental Questionnaire Response,’’ dated June
30, 2021.
17 See Memorandum, ‘‘Polyethylene
Terephthalate (PET) Film, Sheet and Strip from
Taiwan: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review (2019–2020),’’ dated March 25, 2021.
18 See Memorandum ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate
(PET) Film, Sheet and Strip from Taiwan: Extension
of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review (2019–2020),’’ dated
June 1, 2021.
19 See Memorandum ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate
Film, Sheet and Strip from Taiwan: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review (2019–2020),’’ dated
July 2, 2021.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is PET Film. The PET Film subject to
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-830]
Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that
Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques (SNCZ) made sales
of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of
review (POR) May 17, 2019, through October 31, 2020. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), Commerce is conducting an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on strontium chromate from France.\1\ On May
6, 2020, in accordance with 19 CFR 251.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated the
administrative review of the Order covering SNCZ, the only company
requested for review.\2\ For a complete description of the events
between the initiation of this review and these preliminary results,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\1\ See Strontium Chromate from Austria and France: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 84 FR 65349 (November 27, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 511 (January 6, 2021).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Strontium Chromate from France: Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2019-2020,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are strontium chromate from
France. The merchandise subject to review is currently classifiable in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
subheading 2841.50.9100. Subject merchandise may also enter under HTSUS
subheading 3212.90.0050. For a full description of the scope of this
Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ Id. at ``Scope of the Order.''
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Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of
the Act. We calculated export price and constructed export price in
accordance with section 772 of the Act. We calculated normal value in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as
an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is 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. In addition, the signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period May 17, 2019, through October 31,
2020:
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Weighted-
average
Producer and/or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques....... 14.65
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, 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. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP
no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative 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).
If SNCZ's weighted-average dumping margin is not de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.50 percent), upon completion of the final results, Commerce
intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's
examined sales to the total entered value of those sales. Where we do
not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we
will calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the
importer's examined sales to the total quantity of those sales.\5\ To
determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de
minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will
calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated
entered values. Where either SNCZ's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\6\ For entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by SNCZ for which it did not know
its merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate \7\ if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\8\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\6\ See 19 CFR 352.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
\7\ See Order.
\8\ 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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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.\9\
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\9\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for SNCZ will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this review (except, if that rate is de minimis, then the
cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for merchandise exported by
producers 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 they were reviewed; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review or the underlying LTFV
investigation but the producer is, then 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
32.16 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\10\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\10\ See Order, 84 FR at 65350.
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Disclosure, Public Comment, and Opportunity To Request a Hearing
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results of review to interested parties within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\11\
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed not later than seven days after the date for filing case
briefs.\12\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 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.\13\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS \14\ and must be served on
interested parties.\15\ Commerce has temporarily modified certain of
its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary
information, until further notice.\16\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Temporary Rule
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006,
17007 (March 26, 2020).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
\16\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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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, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30
days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should
contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; (3) whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (4) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at a date and time to be determined.\17\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce 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, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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 preliminary results in
accordance with
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sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 27, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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