[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66652-66654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24078]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-830]


Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds 
that Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques (SNCZ) made 
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the 
period of review (POR) November 1, 2020, through October 31, 2021.

DATES: Applicable November 4, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik or Jonathan Schueler, 
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) 482-6905 
or (202) 482-9175, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), Commerce is conducting an administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on strontium chromate from France.\1\ On 
December 28, 2021, in accordance with 19 CFR 251.221(c)(1)(i), we 
initiated the administrative review of the Order on SNCZ.\2\ For a 
complete description of the events between the initiation of this 
review and these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\3\
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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 73734 (December 28, 2021).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Strontium Chromate from France: Decision 
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2020-2021,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is strontium chromate from France. 
The merchandise subject to review is currently classifiable in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 
subheading 2841.50.9100. Subject merchandise may

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also enter under HTSUS subheading 3212.90.0050. For a full description 
of the scope of this Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ Id. at ``Scope of the Order.''
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Act. The export price and constructed export price are 
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is 
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying these 
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of 
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached in 
the appendix to this notice. 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 
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
internet at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Results of Review

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                 Producer and/or exporter                      dumping
                                                               margin
                                                              (percent)
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Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques.....         2.04
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall 
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If SNCZ's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results 
of this review, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem 
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for an importer's examined sales and the total 
entered value of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 
Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    Commerce clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on May 
6, 2003.\5\ This clarification applies to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by SNCZ for which it did not know 
its merchandise 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.
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    \5\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    We intend 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 subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided for 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 review (except, if that rate is de minimis, then the 
cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for previously reviewed or 
investigated companies not listed in the final results of this review, 
including those for which Commerce may determine had no shipments 
during the POR, 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 or 
another completed segment of this proceeding, but the producer is, then 
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 or any previously completed segment of this proceeding, 
then the cash deposit rate will be the all-others rate of 32.16 percent 
that was established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\6\ 
These 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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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).
    Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, the 
content of which is limited to the issues raised in the case briefs, 
must be filed within seven days from the deadline date for the 
submission of case briefs.\8\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal 
briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit with each argument: 
(1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and 
(3) a table of authorities.\9\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed 
electronically via ACCESS. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified 
certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business 
proprietary information, until further notice.\10\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \10\ See 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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    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 document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\11\ Hearing requests should 
contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the 
number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the 
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold 
the hearing at a time and date to be determined.\12\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \12\ Id.
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis raised in any written 
briefs, no later than 120 days after the publication of these 
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise 
extended.\13\
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    \13\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping 
duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 31, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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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