[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22143-22144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08712]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-872]


Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission, 2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters 
of finished carbon steel flanges (steel flanges) from India during the 
period of review, January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable April 27, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyler Weinhold or John McGowan, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1121 and (202) 482-3019, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative 
review on December 10, 2020. For a history of events that occurred 
since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\1\ On March 23, 2021, Commerce extended the deadline for 
the final results of this administrative review. The revised deadline 
for the final results of this administrative review is now April 30, 
2021.\2\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2018 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review 
of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India,'' dated concurrently 
with this determination and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: 
Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 01/01/2018-12/31/2018,'' dated March 23, 
2021.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is steel flanges. For a 
complete description of the scope of the order, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in interested parties' briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanying this notice. A list of 
the issues raised by interested parties, and to which Commerce 
responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is provided in 
Appendix I to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on comments received and record evidence, Commerce made 
certain changes to the Preliminary Results. These changes are explained 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Companies Not Selected for Individual Review

    For the companies not selected for individual review, because the 
rates calculated for Norma (India) Ltd. (Norma) and R.N. Gupta & Co. 
Ltd (RNG) are above de minimis and not based entirely on facts 
available, we applied a subsidy rate based on a weighted-average of the 
subsidy rates calculated for Norma and RNG using publicly ranged sales 
data submitted by the respondents.\3\ This is consistent with the 
methodology that we would use in an investigation to establish the all-
others rate, pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: 
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India; 2018 Final Results 
Calculation for the `All-Others' Rate,'' dated concurrently with 
this notice.

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Partial Rescission

    In the Preliminary Results, we stated that we intended to rescind 
this review with respect to Bebitz U.S.A., Inc. and Silbo Industries, 
Inc.\4\ We received no comments on this issue. Therefore, we are 
rescinding this administrative review with respect to Bebitz U.S.A., 
Inc. and Silbo Industries, Inc.
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum at 3.
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Final Results of Administrative Review

    We determine that, for the period of January 1, 2018, through 
December 31, 2018, the following total estimated net countervailable 
subsidy rates exist:
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    \5\ We found that the following companies are cross-owned in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.526(B)(6)(vi): Norma (India) Ltd., USK 
Export Private Limited (USK), Uma Shanker Khandelwal and Co., (UMA) 
and Bansidhar Chiranjilal (BCL). See Preliminary Results and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8.
    \6\ See Appendix II.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Norma (India) Ltd \5\...................................            5.61
R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd....................................            5.04
Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination \6\...            5.32
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these 
final results of review within five days of the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce will determine, and U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties 
on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with 
the final results of this review, for the above-listed companies at the 
applicable ad valorem assessment rates listed. Consistent with its 
recent notice,\7\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions, 
including assessment instructions for those companies for which we 
rescinded the review,\8\ to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal 
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).
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    \7\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue Liquidation 
Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January 
15, 2021).
    \8\ See Preliminary Results.
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Cash Deposit Rates

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends 
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amounts shown for each of the respective companies listed 
above. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to 
collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most 
recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, 
as appropriate. These cash deposits, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Date: April 20, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Partial Rescission
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Scope of the Order
VI. Period of Review
VII. Subsidies Valuation Information
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Analysis of Comments
X. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination

1. Adinath International
2. Allena Group
3. Alloyed Steel
4. Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited
5. C.D. Industries
6. CHW Forge
7. CHW Forge Pvt. Ltd.
8. Citizen Metal Depot
9. Corum Flange
10. DN Forge Industries
11. Echjay Forgings Limited
12. Falcon Valves and Flanges Private Limited
13. Heubach International
14. Hindon Forge Pvt. Ltd.
15. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.
16. Kinnari Steel Corporation
17. Mascot Metal Manufacturers
18. M F Rings and Bearing Races Ltd.
19. OM Exports
20. Punjab Steel Works (PSW)
21. Raaj Sagar Steel
22. Ravi Ratan Metal Industries
23. R. D. Forge
24. Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd.
25. Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd.
26. SHM (ShinHeung Machinery)
27. Siddhagiri Metal & Tubes
28. Sizer India
29. Steel Shape India
30. Sudhir Forgings Pvt. Ltd.
31. Tirupati Forge
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