[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3457-3458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-724]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809, A-583-821]


Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Forged Stainless Steel 
Flanges from India and Taiwan

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

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SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the 
Commission) that revocation of these antidumping duty orders would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(c) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department hereby 
orders the continuation of the antidumping duty orders on forged 
stainless steel flanges (flanges) from India and Taiwan. The Department 
is publishing notice of the continuation of these antidumping duty 
orders.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2005

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah L. Scott or Robert James, 
Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2657 or 482-0649, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2005, the Department initiated and the Commission 
instituted sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on flanges 
from India and Taiwan pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. See 
Initiation of Five-year (Sunset) Reviews, 70 FR 38101 (July 1, 2005), 
and Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India and Taiwan, 70 FR 38195 
(July 1, 2005). As a result of its review, the Department found that 
revocation of the antidumping duty orders would likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and notified the Commission of 
the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were the orders to be 
revoked. See Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India and Taiwan; 
Expedited Five-year (Sunset) Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders; 
Final Results, 70 FR 67137 (November 4, 2005).
    On December 7, 2005, the Commission determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on 
flanges from India and Taiwan would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Forged Stainless Steel 
Flanges from Taiwan, 70 FR 76074 (December 22, 2005), and USITC 
Publication 3827 (December 2005) (Investigations Nos. 731-TA-639 and 
640 (Second Review)).

Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by these orders 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 connections; 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 these orders are 
cast stainless steel flanges. Cast stainless steel flanges generally 
are manufactured to specification ASTM A-351. The flanges subject to 
these orders are currently classifiable under subheadings 7307.21.1000 
and 7307.21.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(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 scope of the orders.

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the 
Commission that revocation of these antidumping duty orders would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 
751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of 
the antidumping duty orders on flanges from India and Taiwan.
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect 
antidumping duty deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry 
for all imports of subject merchandise from all manufacturers and 
exporters of flanges from India and Taiwan, except Viraj Forgings, 
Ltd., for which the order on flanges from India was revoked. The 
effective date of the continuation for these orders is December 29, 
2005. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department intends 
to initiate the next five-year review of these antidumping orders not 
later than December 2010.
    These sunset reviews and this continuation notice are in accordance 
with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to 777(i) of the 
Act.

    Dated: January 17, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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