[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 130 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44274-44275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16137]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-602]


Brass Sheet and Strip From Germany: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 
2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: On April 11, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on brass sheet and strip from Germany.\1\ 
The review covers ten producers or exporters of subject merchandise.\2\ 
We received no comments or requests for a hearing. Therefore, for the 
final results, we continue to find that three of the producers or 
exporters for which the Department initiated a review, Schwermetall, 
ThyssenKrupp, and Wieland, had no shipments during the POR. Further, we 
find that subject merchandise has been sold at less than normal value 
by seven of the companies subject to this review.\3\
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    \1\ See Brass Sheet and Strip from Germany: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments; 2014-2015, 81 FR 21312 (April 11, 
2016) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ The ten producers or exporters include: Aurubis Stolberg 
GmbH & Co. KG (Aurubis), Carl Schreiber GmbH (Schreiber), KME 
Germany AG & Co. KG (KME), Messingwerk Plettenberg Herfeld GmbH & 
Co. KG (Messingwerk), MKM Mansfelder Kupfer & Messing GmbH (MKM), 
Schlenk Metallfolien GmbH & Co. KG (Schlenk), Schwermetall 
Halbzeugwerk GmbH & Co. KG (Schwermetall), Sundwiger Messingwerke 
GmbH & Co. KG (Sundwiger), ThyssenKrupp VDM GmbH (ThyssenKrupp), and 
Wieland-Werke AG (Wieland).
    \3\ The seven companies are Aurubis, Schreiber, KME, 
Messingwerk, MKM, Schlenk, and Sundwiger.

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DATES: Effective Date: July 7, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon or Eric Greynolds, 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-
1167 or (202) 482-6071, respectively.

Background

    On April 11, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results. The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2014, through February 
28, 2015. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary 
Results. We received no comments from any party. The Department 
conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order covers shipments of brass sheet and strip, 
other than leaded and tinned, from Germany. The chemical composition of 
the covered products is currently defined in the Copper Development 
Association (CDA) 200 Series or the Unified Numbering System (UNS) 
C2000; this review does not cover products the chemical compositions of 
which are defined by other CDA or UNS series. In physical dimensions, 
the products covered by this review have a solid rectangular cross 
section over 0.006 inches (0.15 millimeters) through 0.188 inches (4.8 
millimeters) in finished thickness or gauge, regardless of width. 
Coiled, wound-on-reels (traverse wound), and cut-to-length products are 
included. The merchandise is currently classified under Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 
7409.21.00.50, 7409.21.00.75, 7409.21.00.90, 7409.29.00.50, 
7409.29.00.75, and 7409.29.0090. Although the HTSUS item numbers are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of this order remains dispositive.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    As noted above, the Department received no comments concerning the 
Preliminary Results of this segment of the proceeding. As there are no 
changes from, or comments on, the Preliminary Results, the Department 
continues to find that Schwermetall, ThyssenKrupp, and Wieland had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise, and, therefore, no reviewable 
transactions, during the POR. Further, we find that subject merchandise 
has been sold at less than normal value by Aurubis, Schreiber, KME, 
Messingwerk, MKM, Schlenk, and Sundwiger. Accordingly, the preliminary 
issues and decision memorandum is adopted in toto as the final decision 
memorandum and no new decision memorandum accompanies this Federal 
Register notice. For further details of the issues addressed in this 
proceeding, see the Preliminary Results and the accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Gary Taverman, 
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, titled ``Decision Memorandum for the 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Brass Sheet and Strip from Germany; 2014-2015,'' dated April 4, 2016 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at: http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, the Department determines that the 
following dumping margins on brass sheet and strip from Germany exist 
for the period March 1, 2014, through February 28, 2015:

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                                                                Margin
                  Producer and/or exporter                     (percent)
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Aurubis Stolberg GmbH & Co. KG..............................       22.61
Carl Schreiber GmbH.........................................       22.61
KME Germany AG & Co. KG.....................................       22.61
Messingwerk Plettenberg Herfeld GmbH & Co. KG...............       55.60
MKM Mansfelder Kupfer & Messing GmbH........................       22.61
Schlenk Metallfolien GmbH & Co. KG..........................       22.61

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Sundwiger Messingwerke GmbH & Co. KG........................       22.61
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results of this administrative review, 
the Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212. The Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after 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) 
of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for respondents noted above 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 recently completed segment of this 
proceeding; (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 
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of 
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 7.30 percent, the all-
others rate determined in the less than fair value investigation. These 
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification to Importers Regarding the 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 and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to 
comply with this requirement could result in the Department's 
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping 
duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    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.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: June 28, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-16137 Filed 7-6-16; 8:45 am]
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