[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 209 (Monday, October 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65573-65575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23601]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-878]


Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters 
of stainless steel flanges (steel flanges) from India during the period 
of review, January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable October 31, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-3878.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 12, 2022, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ Although we 
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results,\2\ we 
received no comments. Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies 
this Federal Register notice, and no changes have

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been made in the final results of this review.
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary Results 
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020, 87 FR 41282 
(July 12, 2022) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ Id., 87 FR at 41283.
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Scope of the Order 3
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    \3\ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Countervailing Duty 
Order, 83 FR 50336 (October 5, 2018) (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is stainless steel flanges 
from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
Appendix I.

Final Results of Review

    For the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, we 
determine that the following net subsidy rates exist:

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                                                               Subsidy
                                                                 rate
                          Company                            (percent ad
                                                               valorem)
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Chandan Steel Limited......................................         4.31
Goodluck India Limited \4\.................................         3.34
Non-Selected Companies Under Review \5\....................         4.14
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Disclosure
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    \4\ Entries for Goodluck India Limited may have been made under 
the company name Good Luck Engineering Co. or Goodluck Engineering 
Co. See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \5\ See Appendix II for a list of companies not selected for 
individual examination.
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    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results of review within five 
days of a public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, 
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final 
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results, 
there are no calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon completion of the 
administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review. 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).

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 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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
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

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 24, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Order

    The scope of the Order covers certain forged stainless steel 
flanges, whether unfinished, semi-finished, or finished (certain 
forged stainless steel flanges). Certain forged stainless steel 
flanges are generally manufactured to, but not limited to, the 
material specification of ASTM/ASME A/SA182 or comparable domestic 
or foreign specifications. Certain forged stainless steel flanges 
are made in various grades such as, but not limited to, 304, 304L, 
316, and 316L (or combinations thereof). The term ``stainless 
steel'' used in this scope refers to an alloy steel containing, by 
actual weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or 
more of chromium, with or without other elements.
    Unfinished stainless steel flanges possess the approximate shape 
of finished stainless steel flanges and have not yet been machined 
to final specification after the initial forging or like operations. 
These machining processes may include, but are not limited to, 
boring, facing, spot facing, drilling, tapering, threading, 
beveling, heating, or compressing. Semi-finished stainless steel 
flanges are unfinished stainless steel flanges that have undergone 
some machining processes.
    The scope includes six general types of flanges. They are: (1) 
weld neck, generally used in butt-weld line connection; (2) 
threaded, generally used for threaded line connections; (3) slip-on, 
generally used to slide over pipe; (4) lap joint, generally used 
with stub-ends/butt-weld line connections; (5) socket weld, 
generally used to fit pipe into a machine recession; and (6) blind, 
generally used to seal off a line. The sizes and descriptions of the 
flanges within the scope include all pressure classes of ASME B16.5 
and range from one-half inch to twenty-four inches nominal pipe 
size. Specifically excluded from the scope of this Order are cast 
stainless steel flanges. Cast stainless steel flanges generally are 
manufactured to specification ASTM A351.
    The country of origin for certain forged stainless steel 
flanges, whether unfinished, semi-finished, or finished is the 
country where the flange was forged. Subject merchandise includes 
stainless steel flanges as defined above that have been further 
processed in a third country. The processing includes, but is not 
limited to, boring, facing, spot facing, drilling, tapering, 
threading, beveling, heating, or compressing, and/or any other 
processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the 
scope of the Order if performed in the country of manufacture of the 
stainless steel flanges.
    Merchandise subject to the Order is typically imported under 
headings 7307.21.1000 and 7307.21.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). While HTSUS subheadings and 
ASTM specifications are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the scope is dispositive.

Appendix II

Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination

1. Ae Engineers and Exporters
2. Armstrong International Pvt. Ltd.
3. Avini Metal Limited
4. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.
5. Bebitz Flanges Works Pvt. Ltd.
6. BFN Forgings Private Limited
7. Broadway Overseas Ltd.
8. CD Industries (Prop. Kisaan Engineering Works Pvt. Ltd.).
9. CHW Forge Private
10. Dart Global Logistics Pvt.
11. Dongguan Good Luck Industrial Co., Ltd.
12. Dongguan Good Luck Furniture Industrial Co., Ltd.
13. Echjay Forgings Private Limited
14. Emerson Process Management
15. Expeditors International
16. Fivebros Forgings Pvt. Ltd.
17. Fluid Controls Pvt. Ltd.
18. G I Auto Private.
19. G. I. Auto Pvt. Ltd.
20. Hilton Metal Forging Limited
21. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.
22. Jay Jagdamba Ltd.
23. Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited
24. Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited
25. Katariya Steel Distributors

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26. Kisaan Die Tech Pvt. Ltd.
27. Pashupati lspat Pvt. Ltd.
28. Pashupati Tradex Pvt., Ltd.
29. Pradeep Metals Ltd.
30. Rajan Techno Cast.
31. Rajan Techno Cast Pvt. Ltd.
32. Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd.
33. Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd.
34. Safewater Lines (I) Pvt. Ltd.
35. Saini Flange Pvt. Ltd.
36. Saini Flanges Private.
37. Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Pvt. Ltd.
38. Transworld Enterprises
39. Viraj Profiles Ltd.

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