[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 251 (Tuesday, December 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79662-79664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31345]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-808]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On June 10, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review on stainless steel plate in coils (steel plate) 
from Belgium.\1\ This review covers one manufacturer/exporter of the 
subject merchandise: Aperam Stainless Belgium N.V. (ASB). The period of 
review (POR) is May 1, 2011, through April 30, 2012.
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 
34644 (June 10, 2013) (Preliminary Results).
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    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we determined that 
ASB made sales at less than normal value. For the final weighted-
average dumping margin, see the ``Final Results of Review'' section 
below.

DATES: Effective Date: December 31, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska at 202-482-8362; AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 10, 2013, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the Preliminary Results. We invited interested parties to comment on 
the Preliminary Results. On July 10, 2013, the Department received a 
case brief from ASB. On July 18, 2013, the Department received a 
rebuttal brief from the petitioners.\2\ No party requested a hearing.
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    \2\ Petitioners are Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, North American 
Stainless, United Auto Workers Local 3303, Zanesville Armco 
Independent Organization, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union (AFL-CIO/CLC).
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    As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised its discretion to 
toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\3\ Therefore, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding were extended by 16 days. 
If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with the 
Department's practice, the deadline will become the next business day. 
Pursuant to the Tolling Memorandum, on October 21, 2013, the Department 
issued a memorandum extending the time period for issuing the final 
results to October 24, 2013.\4\
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    \3\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by 
the Shutdown of the Federal Government'' (Tolling Memorandum), dated 
October 18, 2013.
    \4\ See Memorandum to Eric Greynolds, Program Manager, 
Antidumping and Duty Operations, Office 8, from Jolanta Lawska, 
Trade Analyst, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
Office 8 regarding extension of deadline for final results dated 
October 21, 2013.
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    On October 23, 2013, the Department issued a memorandum extending 
the time period for issuing the final results of this administrative 
review from October 24, 2013 to November 25, 2013.\5\ On November 22, 
2013, the Department issued a memorandum extending the time period for 
issuing the final results of this administrative review from November 
25, 2013, to December 10, 2013.\6\ On December 9, 2013, the Department 
issued a memorandum extending the time period for issuing the final 
results of this administrative review from December 10, 2013, to 
December 23, 2013.\7\
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    \5\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through Melissa Skinner, Director, Office III Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations from Eric Greynolds, Program Manager, 
Office III Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations regarding 
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: Extension of Time Limit 
for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-
2012 (October 22, 2013).
    \6\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through Melissa Skinner, Director, Office III Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations from Eric Greynolds, Program Manager, 
Office III Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations regarding 
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: Extension of Time Limit 
for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-
2012 (November 22, 2013).
    \7\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through Melissa Skinner, Director, Office III Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations from Eric Greynolds, Program Manager, 
Office III Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations regarding 
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: Extension of Time Limit 
for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-
2012 (December 9, 2013)
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order \8\ is certain stainless steel 
plate in coils. Stainless steel is alloy steel containing, by weight, 
1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, 
with or without other elements. The subject plate products are flat-
rolled products, 254 mm or over in width and 4.75 mm or more in 
thickness, in coils, and annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled 
or otherwise descaled. The product is currently classified under the

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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 
7219.11.00.30, 7219.11.00.60, 7219.12.00.02, 7219.12.00.06, 
7219.12.00.21, 7219.12.00.26, 7219.12.00.51, 7219.12.00.56, 
7219.12.00.66, 7219.12.00.71, 7219.12.00.81, 7219.31.00.10, 
7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20, 7219.90.00.25, 7219.90.00.60, 
7219.90.00.80, 7220.11.00.00, 7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15, 
7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80, 7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10, 
7220.20.60.15, 7220.20.60.60, 7220.20.60.80, 7220.90.00.10, 
7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60 and 7220.90.00.80. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written product description remains dispositive.\9\
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    \8\ See Antidumping Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel Plate 
in Coils From Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Republic of Korea, South 
Africa, and Taiwan, 64 FR 27756 (May 21, 1999); Notice of Amended 
Antidumping Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From 
Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, and 
Taiwan, 68 FR 11520 (March 11, 2003); Notice of Amended Antidumping 
Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium, 
Canada, Italy, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan, 68 
FR 16117 (April 2, 2003); Notice of Correction to the Amended 
Antidumping Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From 
Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, and 
Taiwan, 68 FR 20114 (April 24, 2003) (collectively, Antidumping 
Order).
    \9\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Plate in 
Coils from Belgium; 2011-2012 from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
dated concurrent with and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.
    The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file in the Central Records Unit (CRU), room 7046 of the main 
Department of Commerce building, as well as electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is 
available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the 
CRU. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.ita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we determined that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2011, 
through April 30, 2012:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
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Aperam Stainless Belgium N.V...............................       0.63%
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Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 
15 days after the publication date of the final results of this review. 
Since the weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis, we 
calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review 
since the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final 
results of this review is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). Where 
either a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de 
minimis, or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, 
we instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\10\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by the respondent for which it did 
not know its merchandise 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. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Assessment Policy Notice.
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    \10\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) 
(Assessment Policy Notice).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following antidumping duty deposit rates will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of steel plate from Belgium entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these 
final results, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act): (1) For ASB, the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, but was covered in a 
previous review or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate established for the most recent period; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer 
of the subject merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the 
manufacturer is a firm covered by this review, a prior review, or the 
LTFV investigation, the cash deposit rate will be 8.54 percent ad 
valorem, the ``all-others'' rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\11\ These deposit rates, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.
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    \11\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium, 64 FR 15476 
(March 31, 1999), as amended by Implementation of the Findings of 
the WTO Panel in U.S.--Zeroing (EC): Notice of Determinations Under 
Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and Revocations and 
Partial Revocations of Certain Antidumping Duty Orders, 72 FR 25261 
(May 4, 2007).
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Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.\12\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.402(f)(3).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction 
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    These final results of 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).


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    Dated: December 23, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Comments in the Accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

Comment 1: Withdrawal of the Regulatory Provisions Governing 
Targeted Dumping in Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
Comment 2: Use of the Average-to-Average Comparison Method in 
Administrative Reviews
Comment 3: Use of an Alternative Comparison Method in Administrative 
Reviews
Comment 4: Denial of Offsets with the Average-to-Transaction 
Comparison Method
Comment 5: Differential Pricing Analysis

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