[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11258-11259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4538]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]


Certain Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Bhansali Ferromet 
Pvt. Ltd.

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: This review covers one manufacturer/exporter, Bhansali 
Ferromet Pvt. Ltd. (Bhansali) and sales of the subject merchandise to 
the United States during the period August 1, 1998 through July 31, 
1999. The final results do not differ from the preliminary results of 
review, in which we found that the respondent made sales in the United 
States at prices below normal value.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Killiam or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
5222 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's 
(``the Department's'') regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

    On September 15, 2000, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of its

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new shipper review of certain forged stainless steel flanges from India 
(65 FR 55942, September 15, 2000). We invited parties to comment on our 
preliminary results of review. We received no comments.
    Bhansali submitted a change in its data on November 4, 2000, but 
this change had no effect on our analysis. On December 5, 2000, the 
Department published in the Federal Register an extension of the 
deadline for the final results of review (65 FR 75924). The Department 
has now completed the new shipper review in accordance with section 751 
of the Act.

Scope of Review

    The products under review are certain forged stainless steel 
flanges (hereafter, ``flanges'') from India, 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 HTSUS. Although the 
HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise under review is dispositive of 
whether or not the merchandise is covered by the review.

Verification

    On December 7, 2000 the Department conducted a verification of the 
antidumping responses submitted by Bhansali Ferromet Pvt. Ltd. See 
memorandum to the file from Thomas Killiam, ``Sales Verification of 
Bhansali Ferromet Pvt. LtD.-Stainless Steel Flanges from India,'' 
December 20, 2000. No changes in the data or analysis were indicated as 
a result of the verification.

Final Results of the Review

    No changes to our analysis in the preliminary results are warranted 
for purposes of these final results. Accordingly, the weighted-average 
dumping margin for Bhansali for the period August 1, 1998 through July 
31, 1999, is as follows:

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                                                                 Margin
                    Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Bhansali Ferromet Pvt. LtD                                          4.08
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries, on a per 
kilogram basis. The Department will issue appropriate instructions 
directly to the U.S. Customs Service. Furthermore, the following cash 
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 these final results of administrative 
review, as provided by section 751(a) of the Act: (1) For Bhansali, the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate listed above, (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a previous segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the most 
recent final results in which that manufacturer or exporter 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review 
or in any previous segment of this proceeding, but the manufacturer is, 
the cash deposit rate will be that established for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise in these final results of review or in the most recent 
segment of the proceeding in which that manufacturer participated; and 
(4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in 
this review or in any previous segment of this proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will be 162.14 percent, the all others rate established in 
the less-than-fair-value investigation. These deposit requirements 
shall 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 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 the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred, and in the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of 
return/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.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: January 31, 2001.
Timothy J. Hauser,
Acting Under Secretary for International Trade.
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