[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 44 (Friday, March 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10409-10410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5004]


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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 Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review.

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SUMMARY: On November 10, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results 
and partial rescission of its administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain forged stainless steel flanges (flanges) from 
India (68 FR 63758). The review covers flanges manufactured by Chandan 
Steel Ltd. (Chandan), Isibars Ltd. (Isibars), and Viraj Forgings Ltd. 
(Viraj). The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2002 through January 
31, 2003. We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results. We received no comments. We have made no changes 
from the preliminary results for the final results. Therefore, the 
final results do not differ from the preliminary results. The final 
weighted-average dumping margins for the reviewed firms are listed 
below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2004.

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, N.W., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
5222 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    We published the preliminary results on November 10, 2003 (68 FR 
63758), and received no comments. In the same notice, we rescinded the 
review with respect to Shree Ganesh Forgings Ltd.

Scope of Review

    The products under review are certain forged stainless steel 
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.

Final Results of the Review

    We made no changes from the preliminary results. For the reasons 
stated in our preliminary results, we determine that the following 
percentage weighted-average margins exists for the period February 1, 
2002, through January 31, 2003:

            Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India
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                                                        Weighted-average
            Producer/manufacturer/exporter             margin  (percent)
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Chandan..............................................                  0
Isibars..............................................                  0
Viraj................................................  0.04 (de minimis)
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    The Department will determine, and Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We 
have calculated importer-specific duty assessment rates for the 
merchandise in question by aggregating the dumping margins calculated 
for all U.S. sales to each importer and dividing this amount by the 
total quantity of those sales. To determine whether the duty assessment 
rates were de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set forth in 
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we calculated importer-specific ad valorem ratios 
based on export prices. We will direct CBP to assess the resulting 
assessment rates uniformly on all entries of that particular customer 
made during the period of review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties any 
entries for which the assessment rate is de minimis. The Department 
will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP within 
15 days of publication of these final results of review.
    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice for all shipments of stainless steel flanges 
from India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the 
Act: (1) For the companies reviewed, including Viraj,

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which has a de minimis rate, the cash deposit rates will be zero, (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 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: February 25, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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