[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45278-45279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19278]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-586 and 731-TA-1384 (Final)]


Stainless Steel Flanges From India; Supplemental Schedule for the 
Subject Investigations

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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DATES: August 29, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Feldpausch (202-205-2387), 
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these 
investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Effective January 23, 2018, the Commission 
established a general schedule for the conduct of the final phase of 
its investigations on stainless steel flanges from China and India,\1\ 
following preliminary determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(``Commerce'') that imports of subject stainless steel flanges were 
subsidized by the governments of China and India.\2\ Notice of the 
scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations and of 
a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register of February 7, 2018 (83 FR 5459). The 
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on April 10, 2018, and all persons 
who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in person or by 
counsel. To date, Commerce has issued final affirmative determinations 
with respect to the subject stainless steel flanges from 
China,3 4 and, most recently, India.\5\ The Commission

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currently is issuing a supplemental schedule for its countervailing and 
antidumping duty investigations on imports of stainless steel flanges 
from India.
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    \1\ Stainless Steel Flanges from China and India; Scheduling of 
the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty 
Investigations, 83 FR 5459, February 7, 2018.
    \2\ Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative and 
Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 
Determination, 83 FR 3118, January 23, 2018; Countervailing Duty 
Investigation of Stainless Steel Flanges from the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination, 83 FR 3124, January 
23, 2018.
    \3\ Countervailing Duty Investigation of Stainless Steel Flanges 
From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative 
Determination, 83 FR 15790, April 12, 2018. The Commission issued 
its final affirmative determination regarding subsidized imports 
from China on May 29, 2018 (83 FR 25714, June 4, 2018).
    \4\ Stainless Steel Flanges From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, 83 
FR 26959, June 11, 2018. The Commission issued its final affirmative 
determination regarding dumped imports from China on July 25, 2018 
(83 FR 36623, July 30, 2018).
    \5\ Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Final Affirmative 
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 83 FR 40748, August 16, 
2018; Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Final Affirmative Critical 
Circumstance Determination, 83 FR 40745, August 16, 2018.
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    This supplemental schedule is as follows: The deadline for filing 
supplemental party comments on Commerce's final determinations is 
September 4, 2018. Supplemental party comments may address only 
Commerce's final determinations regarding imports of stainless steel 
flanges from India. These supplemental final comments may not contain 
new factual information and may not exceed five (5) pages in length. 
The supplemental staff report in the final phase of these 
investigations regarding subject imports from India will be placed in 
the nonpublic record on September 7, 2018; and a public version will be 
issued thereafter.
    For further information concerning these investigations see the 
Commission's notice cited above and the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 
207, subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207).

    Authority: These investigations are being conducted under 
authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is 
published pursuant to section 207.21 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: August 30, 2018.
 Katherine Hiner,
 Supervisory Attorney.
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