[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75556-75558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24366]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-830]


Strontium Chromate From France: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022

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) did 
not make sales of subject merchandise in the United States at less than 
normal value during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2021, 
through October 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable November 3, 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

    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 
January 3, 2023, 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, 88 FR 50 (January 3, 2023).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Strontium Chromate from France: Decision 
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2021-2022,'' 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 also enter under HTSUS 
subheading

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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

    We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the period November 1, 2021, through October 31, 
2022:

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                                                            Weighted-
                                                         average dumping
                Producer and/or exporter                      margin
                                                            (percent)
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Soci[eacute]t[eacute] Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques..            0.00
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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. 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. If either 
SNCZ'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. To determine 
whether an importer-specific per-unit duty assessment rate is de 
minimis, we calculated an estimated entered value.
    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 five 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 amended certain of 
its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 
351.303(f).\10\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Administrative 
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 (September 29, 2023) 
(APO and Service Final Rule).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \10\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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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 information regarding: (1) the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; (3) whether any 
participant is a foreign national; and (4) 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

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Register, unless this deadline 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 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.

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 30, 2023.
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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