[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68106-68107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26948]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-433-812]


Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Austria: 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that sales of 
certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from 
Austria were made at less than normal value during the period of review 
(POR) November 14, 2016 through April 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preston N. Cox, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This review covers voestalpine Bohler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG 
(vaBEG) and voestalpine Bohler Bleche GmbH & Co KG (vaBBG) (affiliated 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise) and their non-exporting 
affiliates, voestalpine High Performance Metals International GmbH 
(vaHPMI), voestalpine Grobblech GmbH (Grobblech), and voestalpine Steel 
& Service Center GmbH (SSC) (collectively, voestalpine).\1\ Commerce 
published the Preliminary Results on June 13, 2019 and invited 
interested parties to comment.\2\ On July 17, 2019, Commerce received a 
case brief from voestalpine.\3\ On July 24, 2019, Commerce received a 
rebuttal brief from SSAB Enterprises LLC (the petitioner).\4\ For a 
further discussion of events subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\ Commerce conducted this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ Commerce continues to find that vaBEG, vaBBG, and vaHPMI are 
the successors-in-interest to Bohler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG (BEG), 
Bohler Bleche GmbH & Co KG (BBG), and Bohler International GmbH 
(BIG), respectively. Additionally, Commerce has determined to 
collapse, and treat as a single entity, vaBEG, vaBBG, and their 
affiliated companies vaHPMI, Grobblech, and SSC (collectively, 
voestalpine). For a discussion of this analysis, see Memorandum, 
``Analysis Memorandum for voestalpine Companies in the Final Results 
of the 2016-2018 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
Austria,'' dated concurrently with this memorandum (voestalpine 
Final Analysis Memorandum); see also Memorandum, ``Decision 
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 2016-2018 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain 
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from Austria,'' dated 
June 7, 2019.
    \2\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From 
Austria: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2016-2018, 84 FR 27583 (June 13, 2019) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \3\ See voestalpine's Letter, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from 
Austria: voestalpine Case Brief,'' dated July 17, 2019.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Cut-To-Length Plate from Austria: Rebuttal Brief,'' dated July 24, 
2019.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from 
Austria; 2016-2018,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted 
by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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    On October 8, 2019, Commerce extended the deadline for the final 
results by 60 days.\6\ Accordingly, the deadline for the final results 
is now December 10, 2019.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-
Length Plate from Austria: Extension of Deadline for Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2018,'' dated 
October 8, 2019.
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the scope of the order is CTL plate from 
Austria. For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 2-7.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the 
appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and 
is on file electronically 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, 
and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024, of the main 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and the electronic versions of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain 
changes to the preliminary weighted-average margin for voestalpine.\8\ 
Specifically, we applied a level of trade (LOT) adjustment to 
voestalpine's normal value (NV) only where export price (EP) sales were 
made at a different LOT than home-market sales, and we applied a 
constructed export price (CEP) offset to NV for comparisons to all CEP 
sales.

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Furthermore, we made certain adjustments to voestalpine's selling and 
financial expenses.
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    \8\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 7-9; see also 
voestalpine Final Analysis Memorandum.
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Final Results of the Administrative Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period November 14, 2016 
through April 30, 2018:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                 Exporter/producer                      dumping margin
                                                          (percent)
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voestalpine Bohler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG..........               41.19
voestalpine Bohler Bleche GmbH & Co KG.............  ...................
voestalpine High Performance Metals International    ...................
 GmbH..............................................
voestalpine Grobblech GmbH.........................  ...................
voestalpine Steel & Service Center GmbH............
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Disclosure of Calculations

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final 
results within five days of the date of publication of this notice to 
parties in this proceeding, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protections (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review. We will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on 
the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties 
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered 
value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    Commerce's ``reseller policy'' will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by voestalpine for which 
voestalpine did not know that the merchandise it sold to the 
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) 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.\9\
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    \9\ 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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    We intend to issue liquidation 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 for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for voestalpine will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final 
results of this review; (2) for merchandise exported by companies not 
covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific 
rate published for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review or the original investigation, but 
the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established for the most recently completed segment for the producer of 
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 28.57 percent, the all-
others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\10\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \10\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From 
Austria: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 
16366 (April 4, 2017), revised in Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Cut-to-Length Plate From Austria: Notice of Court Decision Not in 
Harmony With Final Determination in Less Than Fair Value 
Investigation and Notice of Amended Final Determination and Order 
Pursuant to Court Decision, 84 FR 7344 (March 4, 2019).
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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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 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 return/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 notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 9, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes From the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: LOT Adjustments and CEP Offsets
    Comment 2: Revisions to Selling Expenses and Financial Expenses
    Comment 3: Major-Input Adjustment
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2019-26948 Filed 12-12-19; 8:45 am]
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