[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 225 (Friday, November 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67435-67437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25782]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-433-813]


Strontium Chromate From Austria: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that strontium chromate from Austria was not sold in the United States 
at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) of 
June 18, 2019, through October 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable November 26, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or Brian Smith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3640 or (202) 
482-1766, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 27, 2019, Commerce published the antidumping duty order 
on strontium chromate from Austria.\1\ On January 6, 2020, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the Order,\2\ covering one company, Habich 
GmbH (Habich).
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    \1\ See Strontium Chromate from Austria and France: Antidumping 
Duty Orders, 84 FR 65349 (November 27, 2019) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 511 (January 6, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice).
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    On June 29, 2021, we extended the deadline for the preliminary 
results of this review until November 19, 2021.\3\ For a detailed 
description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Strontium Chromate from Austria: Extension 
of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2019-2020 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated June 29, 2021.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Strontium 
Chromate from Austria, 2019-2020,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is strontium chromate from 
Austria. For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Constructed export price and export price were calculated in accordance 
with section 772 of the Act. 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 (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed at 
http://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. A list of the 
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as 
an appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Results

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period June 18, 2019, through 
October 31, 2020:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Habich GmbH................................................        0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these 
preliminary results of review to interested parties within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, the content of which is limited to issues 
raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days after 
the date for filing case briefs.\5\ Parties who submit case briefs or 
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each 
argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 
argument; and (3) a

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table of authorities.\6\ Executive summaries should be limited to five 
pages total, including footnotes.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. An electronically filed request must be received successfully 
in its entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice.\7\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's 
name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and 
(3) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the 
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and 
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends 
to hold a hearing at a time and date to be determined.\8\ Parties 
should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing 
two days before the scheduled date.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions to Commerce must be filed using ACCESS \9\ and must 
be served on interested parties.\10\ An electronically filed document 
must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the date that the document is due. Note that Commerce 
has modified certain of its requirements for serving documents 
containing business proprietary information until further notice.\11\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
    \11\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule 
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of 
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce 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). For any individually examined respondent whose weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 
percent) in the final results of this review and the respondent 
reported entered values, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem 
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 sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where we do 
not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we 
will calculate an importer-specific per-unit assessment rate on the 
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the 
importer's examined sales to the total quantity of those sales.\12\ To 
determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de 
minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will 
calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated 
entered values. Where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate 
is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). If a respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final 
results of review, we will instruct CBP not to assess duties on any of 
its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews, 
i.e., ``{w{time} here the weighted-average margin of dumping for the 
exporter is determined to be zero or de minimis, no antidumping duties 
will be assessed.'' \13\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \13\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Habich 
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the 
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\14\
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    \14\ 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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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

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)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Habich will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final 
results of this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent 
and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), 
in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior completed review, or the 
less-than-fair value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, then 
the cash deposit rate will be the company-specific rate established for 
the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding for the producer 
of subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers and exporters will continue to be 25.90 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\15\
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    \15\ See Order.
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    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in 
any case or rebuttal briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, unless extended.\16\
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    \16\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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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 POR. 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary results are issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: November 19, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, Performing the 
Non-Exclusive Functions and Duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

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