[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 226 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67683-67684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25935]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-830]


Strontium Chromate From France: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on strontium 
chromate from France. The period of review (POR) is May 17, 2019, 
through October 31, 2020. The review covers one producer/exporter of 
the subject merchandise, Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs 
Zinciques (SNCZ). We determine that sales of subject merchandise by 
SNCZ were sold at prices below normal value (NV).

DATES: Applicable November 29, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure, 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) 482-5973.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results on August 2, 2021.\1\ We 
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. For a 
complete description of the events that occurred after the Preliminary 
Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted 
this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Strontium Chromate from France: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019- 2020; 86 FR 41441 
(August 2, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results in the 2019-2020 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Strontium Chromate from France,'' dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 3
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    \3\ See Strontium Chromate from Austria and France: Antidumping 
Duty Orders, 84 FR 65349 (November 27, 2019) (Order).
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    The product covered by this Order is strontium chromate from 
France. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    The sole issue raised in the parties' case and rebuttal briefs is 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum and is listed in the 
appendix to this notice. 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. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from interested parties and record

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information, we made one modification to our preliminary dumping margin 
calculation for SNCZ. The modification did not result in a change to 
the dumping margin. For a discussion of this change, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the POR:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Exporter or producer                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques......       14.65
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these 
final results of review within five days of the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with section 751(a) 
of the Act and 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 CBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in 
accordance with the final results of this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific per-unit duty assessment 
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for 
the examined sales to the total quantity of those sales. To determine 
whether an importer-specific per-unit duty assessment rate is de 
minimis, we calculated an estimated entered value. Where either the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard 
to antidumping duties.\4\
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    \4\ 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).
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    Commerce's ``reseller policy'' will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in these 
final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know 
that the merchandise they 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.\5\
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    \5\ 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 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 SNCZ will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final 
results of this administrative review (i.e., 14.65 percent); (2) for 
merchandise exported by a producer or exporter not covered in this 
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 in which the 
producer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of 
the proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue to be 
32.16 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See Order, 84 FR at 65350.
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    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 the 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (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 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

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 23, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issue
    Comment: Product Characteristics Hierarchy in Model Matching
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2021-25935 Filed 11-26-21; 8:45 am]
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