[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 98 (Monday, May 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29314-29315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7770]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-533-809


Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India; Notice of 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY:  Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 7, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of administrative review of the 
antidumping order covering certain forged stainless steel flanges from 
India. See Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 
11379 (March 7, 2006) (Preliminary Results). The merchandise covered by 
this order is certain forged stainless steel flanges as described in 
the ``Scope of the Order'' section of this notice. The period of review 
(POR) is February 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005. We invited parties 
to comment on our Preliminary Results. We received no comments. 
Therefore, the final results are unchanged from those presented in the 
preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping margins for the 
reviewed firms are listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results 
of the Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 22, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner (Paramount Forge) 
(Paramount), David Cordell (Echjay Forgings Ltd.) (Echjay), or Robert 
James, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-6312, (202) 482-0408, or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 7, 2006, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the 2004-2005 antidumping duty administrative review of certain 
forged stainless steel flanges from India. See Preliminary Results. The 
review covers Paramount Forge (Paramount) and Echjay Forgings Ltd. 
(Echjay), and the period February 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005. In 
the Preliminary Results, we invited parties to comment. We received no 
comments.

Scope of the Order

    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 
(HTUS). 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 order.

Final Results of the Review

    We determine the following percentage weighted-average margins 
exist for the period February 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005:

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                Manufacturer / Exporter                           Weighted Average Margin (percentage)
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Echjay Forgings, Ltd..................................                                                      0.38
Paramount Forge.......................................                                                    210.00
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Liquidation

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where appropriate, we 
have calculated exporter/importer-specific assessment rates. To 
calculate these rates, we divided the total dumping margins for the 
reviewed sales by the total entered value of those reviewed sales for 
each importer. Id. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we shall instruct 
CBP to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties any entries for 
which the assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent). 
The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly 
to CBP within 15 days of publication of these final results of review. 
We will direct CBP to assess the appropriate assessment rate against 
the entered Customs values for the subject merchandise on each of the 
importer's entries under the relevant order during the POR.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as 
provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Tariff Act): (1) For the companies named above, the cash deposit 
rates will be the rates for these firms shown above, except that, for 
exporters with de minimis margins (i.e., less than 0.5%), no deposit 
will be required; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies 
not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be

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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 the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 162.14 percent. This rate is the ``All Others'' rate 
from the amended final determination in the LTFV investigation. See 
Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Forged 
Stainless Steel Flanges From India, 59 FR 5994 (February 9, 1994). 
These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until the 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 or countervailing 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 or countervailing duties 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written 
notification of the return or 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.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: May 16, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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