[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14330-14331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04707]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-830]


Strontium Chromate From France: Final 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) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on strontium 
chromate from France. The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2020, 
through October 31, 2021. 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 made at less than normal value (NV).

DATES: Applicable March 8, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-9175.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results on November 4, 2022.\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; 2020-2021; 87 FR 66652 
(November 4, 2022) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results in the 2020-2021 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 brief 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/FRNNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from interested parties and our 
examination of record information, we made no changes to our 
preliminary dumping margin calculation for SNCZ.

Final Results of 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.......        2.04
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results of review within five 
days of a public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, 
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final 
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results, 
there are no calculations to disclose.

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 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review. As there are no entered values on the record for SNCZ's 
sales, 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.\4\ Where 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.\5\ To determine whether an importer-specific per-unit duty 
assessment rate is de minimis, we calculated an estimated entered 
value.
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    \4\ We incorrectly stated in the Preliminary Results that we 
intended to calculate ad valorem importer-specific assessment rates. 
See Preliminary Results, 87 FR at 66652.
    \5\ 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 the company included in these 
final results of review for which the reviewed company 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 instance, 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.\6\
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    \6\ 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., 2.04 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 
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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.\7\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \7\ 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: March 1, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. Discussion of the Issue
    Comment: Currency of Reported Marine Insurance Expenses
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2023-04707 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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