[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36001-36003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14911]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-808]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.


DATES: Effective: June 25, 2014.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is currently 
conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel plate in coils (steel plate) from Belgium, covering the 
period of review (POR) May 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013. This review 
covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Aperam 
Stainless Belgium N.V. (ASB). We preliminarily determine that, during 
the POR, ASB and its affiliate, Aperam Stainless Services and Solutions 
USA (Aperam USA) made U.S. sales that were below normal value. We 
invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska or Cindy Robinson, 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; telephone: (202) 482-
8362 or (202) 482-3797, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order \1\ 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.\2\ The merchandise subject to this order is 
currently classifiable in the harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 7219.11.00.30, 7219.11.00.60, 
7219.12.00.02, 7219.12.00.05, 7219.12.00.06, 7219.12.00.20, 
7219.12.00.21, 7219.12.00.25, 7219.12.00.26, 7219.12.00.50, 
7219.12.00.51, 7219.12.00.55, 7219.12.00.56, 7219.12.00.65, 
7219.12.00.66, 7219.12.00.70, 7219.12.00.71, 7219.12.00.80, 
7219.12.00.81, 7219.31.00.10, 7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20, 
7219.90.00.25,

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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, and 7220.90.00.60. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written product description remains dispositive.
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    \1\ 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) (Order).
    \2\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. 
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, titled ``Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: 
Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2012-2013,'' dated concurrently with and 
hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 
export price (CEP) is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the 
Act. Normal Value (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 (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is 
available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the 
Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that a 
weighted-average dumping margin of 1.53 percent exists for ASB for the 
period May 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to parties to this proceeding 
the calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within 
five days after the date of publication of these preliminary 
results.\3\ Interested parties may submit written comments (case 
briefs) no later than 30 days after the date of publication of the 
preliminary results and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) no later 
than five days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\4\ Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues 
raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit arguments are requested 
to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. All briefs 
must be filed electronically using IA ACCESS. An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Department's electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern 
Time on the date the document is due.
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and (d)(1).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Department's electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern 
Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. 
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone 
number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues to be 
discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in the 
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties 
will be notified of the date and time for the hearing to be held at the 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20230.\5\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    The Department will issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by 
the parties in their comments, within 120 days after the publication of 
these preliminary results, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Assessment Rate

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b), upon issuance of the final 
results of the 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. If ASB's weighted-average 
dumping margin is above de minimis, we will calculate 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 when the importer-specific 
assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review is above 
de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). Where either the respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. 
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.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by each respondent for which they 
did not know that their 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 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 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 ASB will be the 
rate established in the final results of this administrative review; 
(2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered 
in this administrative 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 recent period; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 8.54 percent, the all-
others rate established

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in the investigation.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ Implementation of the Findings of the WTO Panel in US--
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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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 the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary 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)(1).

    Dated: June 18, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of Methodology
    Comparisons to Normal Value
    Product Comparisons
    A. Determination of Comparison Method
    B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
Date of Sale
Constructed Export Price
Normal Value
    A. Home Market Viability
    B. Level of Trade
    C. Cost of Production
    1. Calculation of Cost of Production
    2. Test of Home Market Prices
    3. Results of COP Test
    D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison Market Prices
    E. Calculation of NV Based On Constructed Value
Currency Conversion
Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2014-14911 Filed 6-24-14; 8:45 am]
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