[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60795-60796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24079]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-878]


Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and 
exporters of stainless steel flanges from India during the period of 
review, January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. Interested parties 
are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable November 4, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Greenberg or Eliza Siordia, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1110 or (202) 
482-3878, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 8, 2020, Commerce published a notice of initiation of 
an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on stainless 
steel flanges from India.\1\ On June 2, 2021, Commerce extended the 
time period for issuing these preliminary results by 118 days, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\2\ The revised deadline for these preliminary 
results is now October 29, 2021.
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    \1\ See Initiation and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 85 FR 78990 (December 8, 2020); see also Stainless Steel 
Flanges from India: Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 50336 (October 
5, 2018) (Order).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Stainless Steel Flanges from India: 
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 2019,'' dated June 2, 2021.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ 
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included at the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Stainless 
Steel Flanges from India; 2019,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order are stainless steel flanges 
from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found 
countervailable, we preliminarily determine that there is a subsidy, 
i.e., a financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the 
recipient, and the subsidy is specific.\4\ For a full description of 
the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \4\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Companies Not Selected for Individual Review

    The Act and Commerce's regulations do not directly address the 
subsidy rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual 
examination where Commerce limits its examination in an administrative 
review pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, Commerce 
normally determines the rates for non-selected companies in reviews in 
a manner that is consistent with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which 
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an 
investigation. Section 777A(e)(2) of the Act provides that ``the 
individual countervailable subsidy rates determined under subparagraph 
(A) shall be used to determine the all-others rate under section 
705(c)(5) {of the Act{time} .'' Section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act states 
that for companies not investigated, in general, we will determine an 
all-others rate by weight-averaging the countervailable subsidy rates 
established for each of the companies individually investigated, 
excluding zero and de minimis rates or any rates based solely on the 
facts available.
    Accordingly, to determine the rate for companies not selected for 
individual examination, Commerce's practice is to weight average the 
net subsidy rates for the selected mandatory companies, excluding rates 
that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available.\5\ We 
preliminarily determine that Chandan Steel Limited (Chandan) and Kisaan 
Die Tech Pvt Ltd. (Kisaan) received countervailing subsidies that are 
above de minimis and are not based entirely on facts available. 
Therefore, we preliminarily determine to apply the weighted-average of 
the net subsidy rates calculated for Chandan and Kisaan using publicly-
ranged sales data submitted by those respondents to the non-selected 
companies.\6\ For a list of the 54 companies for which a review was 
requested, and which were not selected as mandatory respondents or 
found to be cross-owned with a mandatory respondent, see Appendix II to 
this notice.
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    \5\ See, e.g., Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of the 
13th (2008) Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 37386, 
37387 (June 29, 2010).
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of Subsidy Rate for Non-
Selected Companies Under Review,'' dated October 29, 2021.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    For the period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, we 
preliminarily find that the following net subsidy rates exist:

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                                                            Subsidy rate
                          Company                            (percent ad
                                                              valorem)
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Chandan Steel Limited.....................................          5.51
Kisaan Die Tech Pvt. Ltd..................................          5.28
Non-Selected Companies Under Review \7\...................          5.49
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Assessment Rate
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    \7\ See Appendix II for a list of companies not selected for 
individual examination.
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    Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of 
the final results, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries in accordance with the final results of this 
review. If the assessment rate calculated in the final results in zero 
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate all appropriate 
entries without regard to countervailing duties. Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions 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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Cash Deposit Requirements

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce intends to 
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amounts indicated above, except, where the rate 
calculated in the final results is de minimis, no cash deposit will be 
required on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this review. 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 deposit 
instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    We will disclose to parties to this proceeding the calculations 
performed in reaching the preliminary results within five days of the 
date of publication of these preliminary results.\8\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later 
than seven days after the date for filing case briefs.\9\ Parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged 
to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\10\ Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS \11\ and must be served on 
interested parties.\12\ Executive summaries should be limited to five 
pages total, including footnotes. Note that Commerce has temporarily 
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing 
business proprietary information, until further notice.\13\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); see also 
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-
19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) 
(Temporary Rule).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \11\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
    \13\ See Temporary Rule.
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within 
30 days of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance using Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS system.\14\ 
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone 
number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a 
foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues 
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective 
case and rebuttal briefs.\15\ If a request for a hearing is made, 
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be 
determined. Parties should confirm the date and time of the hearing two 
days before the scheduled date. Parties are reminded that all briefs 
and hearing requests must be filed electronically using ACCESS and 
received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 
the due date.
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
publication of these preliminary results.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This administrative review and notice are in issued and published 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.213.

    Dated: October 29, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Period of Review
V. Rate for Non-Examined Companies
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks and Discount Rates
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Recommendation

Appendix II

List of Non-Selected Companies

Arien Global
Arien Metals Private Limited
Armstrong International Pvt. Ltd.
Avini Metal Limited
Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.
Bebitz Flanges Works Pvt. Ltd.
Bee Gee Enterprises
BFN Forgings Private Limited
Bsl Freight Solutions Pvt., Ltd.
CD Industries (Prop. Kisaan Engineering Works Pvt. Ltd).
Cipriani Harrison Valves Pvt. Ltd.
CTL Logistics (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Dongguan Good Luck Furniture Industrial Co., Ltd.
DSV Air and Sea Pvt. Ltd.
DSV Logistics
Echjay Forgings Pvt. Ltd.
Fivebros Forgings Pvt. Ltd.
Fluid Controls Pvt. Ltd.
Geodis Oversea Pvt., Ltd.
Globelink WW India Pvt., Ltd.
Good Luck Engineering Co.
Goodluck India Ltd.
Hilton Metal Forging Limited
Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.
Jay Jagdamba Limited
Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited
Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited
Katariya Steel Distributors
Kunj Forgings Pvt. Ltd.
Montane Shipping Pvt., Ltd.
Noble Shipping Pvt. Ltd.
Paramount Forge
Pashupati Ispat Pvt. Ltd.
Pashupati Tradex Pvt., Ltd.
Peekay Steel Castings Pvt. Ltd.
Pradeep Metals Ltd.
R D Forge Pvt., Ltd.
Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd.
Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd.
Safewater Lines (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Saini Flange Pvt. Ltd.
SAR Transport Systems
Shilpan Steelcast Pvt. Ltd.
Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Private Limited
Teamglobal Logistics Pvt. Ltd.
Technical Products
Technical Products Corporation
Technocraft Industries India Ltd.
Transworld Enterprises
Transworld Global Logistics Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Transworld Group
VEEYES Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
Viraj Profiles Ltd.
Vishal Shipping Agencies Pvt. Ltd.
Yusen Logistics (India) Pvt. Ltd.

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