[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25824-25825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12335]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-533-809]


Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty new shipper review.

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SUMMARY: On February 3, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of its new shipper review 
of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel flanges (SSF) 
from India (63 FR 5501). This review covers exports of this merchandise 
to the United States by one manufacturer/exporter, Panchmahal Steel 
Ltd.

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(Panchmahal), during the period February 1, 1996 through January 31, 
1997.
    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our 
preliminary results. We received no comments. There was no dumping 
margin for Panchmahal for this review period.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Killiam or John Kugelman, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-2704 or 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in 
the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Background

    The antidumping duty order on SSF from India was published February 
9, 1994 (59 FR 5994). On February 3, 1998, the Department published in 
the Federal Register the preliminary results of this new shipper review 
of the antidumping duty order on SSF from India (63 FR 5501). The 
Department has now completed this new shipper review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

    The products covered by this order are certain forged stainless 
steel flanges, both finished and not finished, generally manufactured 
to specification ASTM A-182, and made in alloys such as 304, 304L, 316, 
and 316L. The scope includes five general types of flanges. They are 
weld neck, used for butt-weld line connection; threaded, used for 
threaded line connections; slip-on and lap joint, used with stub-ends/
butt-weld line connections; socket weld, used to fit pipe into a 
machined recession; and blind, used to seal off a line. The sizes of 
the flanges within the scope range generally from one to six inches; 
however, all sizes of the above-described merchandise are included in 
the scope. Specifically excluded from the scope of this order are cast 
stainless steel flanges. Cast stainless steel flanges generally are 
manufactured to specification ASTM A-351. The flanges subject to this 
order are currently classifiable under subheadings 7307.21.1000 and 
7307.21.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written description of the scope of this order remains 
dispositive.
    The review covers one Indian manufacturer/exporter, Panchmahal, and 
the period February 1, 1996 through January 31, 1997.

Comments From Interested Parties

    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our 
preliminary results. We received no comments.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of our analysis, which is unchanged from the 
preliminary results of review, we have determined that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for Panchmahal:

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                                                                Margin  
         Manufacturer/Exporter                 Period         (percent) 
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Panchmahal............................       2/1/96-1/31/97         0.00
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    The Department shall instruct the Customs Service to liquidate all 
appropriate entries, and to assess no antidumping duties on 
Panchmahal's entries.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these 
final results, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act:
    (1) The rate for the reviewed firm will be as listed above;
    (2) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed 
above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific 
rate published for the most recent period;
    (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 manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be that rate 
established for the manufacturer of the merchandise in the earlier 
review or the original investigation, whichever is the most recent; or
    (4) If neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered 
in this or any previous review conducted by the Department, the cash 
deposit rate will be 162.14 percent, the ``all others'' rate 
established in the LTFV investigation.
    These deposit requirements will remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate regarding the 
reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during the review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification of 
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to 
sanction.
    This administrative review and this notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 
353.22(h).

    Dated: May 1, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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