[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1882-1883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00398]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-844]


Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the 
Federal Republic of Germany: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony 
With the Amended Final Determination of Antidumping Investigation; 
Notice of Second Amended Final Determination

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

SUMMARY: On December 21, 2023, the U.S. Court of International Trade 
(CIT) issued its final judgment in AG der Dillinger H[uuml]ttenwerke v. 
United States, Court No. 17-00158, sustaining the U.S. Department of 
Commerce's (Commerce) fourth final results of redetermination 
pertaining to the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of certain carbon 
and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from the Federal 
Republic of Germany (Germany) covering the period April 1, 2015, 
through March 31, 2016. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's 
final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's amended final 
determination and Commerce is amending the amended final determination 
with respect to the dumping margins assigned to AG Der Dillinger 
H[uuml]ttenwerke (Dillinger) and all other producers and exporters of 
subject merchandise.

DATES: Applicable December 31, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Simons, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6172.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 4, 2017, Commerce published its final determination in the 
AD investigation of CTL plate from Germany.\1\ After correcting 
ministerial errors in the Final Determination, on May 25, 2017, 
Commerce published the Amended Final Determination, calculating 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins of: 5.52 percent for 
Dillinger; 22.90 percent for Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH, Salzgitter 
Mannesmann Grobblech GmbH, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, and Salzgitter 
Mannesmann International GmbH (collectively, Salzgitter); and 21.04 
percent for all other producers and exporters.\2\ In this same notice, 
Commerce published its AD order on CTL plate from Germany.
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    \1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
the Federal Republic of Germany: Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 16360 (April 4, 2017) (Final 
Determination).
    \2\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
Austria, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, 
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative 
Antidumping Determinations for France, the Federal Republic of 
Germany, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty 
Orders, 82 FR 24096 (May 25, 2017) (Amended Final Determination).
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    Dillinger and Salzgitter appealed Commerce's Amended Final 
Determination. On July 16, 2019, the CIT remanded to Commerce to 
reconsider its application of partial adverse facts available (AFA) to 
certain downstream home market sales reported by Dillinger.\3\ Pursuant 
to Dillinger Germany I, Commerce reconsidered how it applied partial 
AFA to these sales.\4\
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    \3\ See AG der Dillinger H[uuml]ttenwerke v. United States, 399 
F. Supp. 3d 1247 (CIT 2019) (Dillinger Germany I).
    \4\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
Germany, Court No. 17-00158, Slip Op. 19-87 (CIT July 16, 2019), 
dated October 8, 2019, available at https://access.trade.gov/resources/remands/index.html.
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    On August 18, 2021, in Dillinger Germany II, the CIT remanded to 
Commerce to consider its reallocation of costs between prime and non-
prime steel plate for Dillinger, among other Dillinger cost issues, as 
well as the application of a partial AFA methodology to certain 
downstream home market sales reported by Salzgitter.\5\ In parallel 
with Dillinger Germany II, the CIT issued a separate memorandum and 
order sustaining Commerce's rejection of Dillinger's proposed quality 
code for sour service pressure vessel plate and staying Dillinger's 
challenge to Commerce's rejection of the proposed quality code for sour 
service petroleum transport plate pending the outcome of the cost 
issues on remand.\6\
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    \5\ See AG der Dillinger H[uuml]ttenwerke v. United States, 534 
F. Supp. 3d 1403 (CIT 2021) (Dillinger Germany II).
    \6\ See Memorandum and Order, ECF No. 121 (August 18, 2021).
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    On September 23, 2022, in Dillinger Germany III, the CIT remanded 
to Commerce to again reconsider its selection of the facts otherwise 
available for determining the cost of production of Dillinger's non-
prime products.\7\ On June 23, 2023, in Dillinger Germany IV, the CIT 
sustained Commerce's determination to assign the ``likely

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selling price'' recorded Dillinger's books and records as the cost of 
production for non-prime plate and the application of partial AFA to 
Salzgittter.\8\ However, the CIT remanded Commerce's model-match 
methodology, related specifically to Commerce's rejection of 
Dillinger's proposed quality code for sour service petroleum transport 
plate, for further explanation or, if appropriate, reconsideration in 
light of Commerce's approach in Bohler.\9\
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    \7\ See AG der Dillinger H[uuml]ttenwerke v. United States, 592 
F. Supp. 3d 1344 (CIT 2022) (Dillinger Germany III).
    \8\ See AG der Dillinger H[uuml]ttenwerke v. United States, 
Court No. 17-00158, Slip Op. 23-94 (CIT 2023) (Dillinger Germany 
IV).
    \9\ See Dillinger Germany IV, Court No. 17-00158, Slip Op. 23-94 
at 4 and 25; see also Bohler Bleche GMBH & Co. KG v. United States, 
324 F. Supp. 3d 1344 (CIT 2018) (Bohler).
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    In its final results of redetermination, issued on September 6, 
2023, Commerce reconsidered its rejection of Dillinger's proposed 
quality code for sour service petroleum transport plate and included 
this quality code in the control numbers used in Dillinger's margin 
calculations.\10\ As a result of this change, Dillinger's final 
estimated weighted-average dumping margin became 4.99 percent. The CIT 
sustained Commerce's final results of redetermination.\11\ While this 
revision to Dillinger's margin did not affect the calculation of the 
all-others rate, Commerce revised the all-others rate to be 20.99 
percent in the Second Remand Redetermination.\12\ The CIT sustained 
this aspect of Commerce's redetermination.\13\
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    \10\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand; Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
Germany, Court No. 17-00158, Slip Op. 23-94 (CIT June 23, 2023), 
dated September 6, 2023, available at https://access.trade.gov/resources/remands/index.html.
    \11\ See AG Der Dillinger H[uuml]ttenwerke, v. United States, 
Court No. 17-00158, Slip Op. 23-187 (CIT 2023).
    \12\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand; Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
Germany, Court No. 17-00158, Slip. Op. 21-101 (CIT August 18, 2021), 
dated January 19, 2022 (Second Remand Redetermination), available at 
https://access.trade.gov/resources/remands/index.html. As a result 
of this redetermination, Commerce reinstated the dumping margin for 
Salzgitter of 22.90 percent calculated in the Amended Final 
Determination.
    \13\ See Dillinger Germany III.
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken,\14\ as clarified by Diamond 
Sawblades,\15\ the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held 
that, pursuant to section 516A(c) and (e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), Commerce must publish a notice of court decision 
that is not ``in harmony'' with a Commerce determination and must 
suspend liquidation of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. 
The CIT's December 21, 2023, judgment constitutes a final decision of 
the CIT that is not in harmony with Commerce's Amended Final 
Determination. Thus, this notice is published in fulfillment of the 
publication requirements of Timken.
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    \14\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (Timken).
    \15\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United 
States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Determination

    Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending 
its Amended Final Determination with respect to Dillinger and all other 
producers and/or exporters as follows:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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AG Der Dillinger H[uuml]ttenwerke...........................        4.99
All Others..................................................       20.99
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because Dillinger has a superseding cash deposit rate, i.e., there 
have been final results published in a subsequent administrative 
review, we will not issue revised cash deposit instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This notice will not affect the 
current cash deposit rate. For all other producers and exporters, 
Commerce will issue revised cash deposit instructions to CBP.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 5, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-00398 Filed 1-10-24; 8:45 am]
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