[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14091-14092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05992]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-602]


Brass Sheet and Strip From France: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: On December 1, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from 
France.\1\ The review covers Griset SA (Griset) and KME France SAS (KME 
France). The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2014, through February 
28, 2015. We invited interested parties to comment on our Preliminary 
Results. No parties commented, and our final results remain unchanged 
from our Preliminary Results. The final results are listed in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of Review'' below.
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    \1\ See Brass Sheet and Strip From France: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 80 FR 75055 
(December 1, 2015) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective Date: March 16, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6312 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 2015, the Department published the preliminary 
results of this review in the Federal Register. See Preliminary 
Results. We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. No 
party commented, nor did any party request a hearing.
    As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement & Compliance, the Department has exercised its 
discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due to the recent 
closure of the Federal Government. All deadlines in this segment of the 
proceeding have been extended by four business days. The revised 
deadline for the final results of this review is now April 5, 2016.\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum to the Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting A/S 
for Enforcement & Compliance, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative 
Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure During Snowstorm 
Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016. Therefore, the deadline for 
signature of these final results will be Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the order is brass sheet and strip, other 
than leaded and tinned brass sheet and strip, from France. The 
merchandise is currently classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00.\3\
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    \3\ 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 Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled 
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of the 2014-2015 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Brass Sheet and Strip from 
France,'' dated November 17, 2015.
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Final Results of Review

    As noted above, the Department has received no comments concerning 
the Preliminary Results on the record of this segment of the 
proceeding. As there are no changes from, or comments upon, the 
Preliminary Results, there is no decision memorandum accompanying this 
Federal Register notice. For further details of the issues addressed in 
this proceeding, see Preliminary Results. The final weighted-average 
dumping margin for the period March 1, 2014, through February 28, 2015, 
is as follows:

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                                                           Estimated
                                                        weighted-average
                 Producer or exporter                    dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Griset SA............................................              42.24
KME France SAS.......................................              42.24
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Assessment

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). The Department 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions for the companies 
subject to this review to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
these final results. We shall instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem 
assessment rate of 42.24 percent to all entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR which were produced and/or exported by Griset or KME 
France.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit rates will be effective upon publication of 
the final results of this administrative review for all shipments of 
brass sheet and strip from France entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act): 
(1) For Griset or KME France, the cash deposit rate will be equal to 
the weighted-average dumping margin listed above; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which that 
manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original LTFV 
investigation, but the producer is, 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) if neither the 
exporter nor the producer is a firm covered in this review, any 
previous review, or the original investigation, the cash deposit rate 
will be 42.24 percent ad valorem, the ``all others'' rate established 
in the LTFV investigation.\4\ These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Brass Sheet and Strip From 
France, 52 FR 6995 (March 6, 1987).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 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.

Administrative Protective Order Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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 or destruction of APO 
materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This administrative review and notice 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: March 9, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-05992 Filed 3-15-16; 8:45 am]
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