[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55010-55011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17408]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-840]


Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A. (Lucchini), a producer/exporter subject to 
this administrative review, made sales of forged steel fluid end blocks 
(fluid end blocks) at less than normal value. The period of review 
(POR) is July 23, 2020, through December 31, 2021.

DATES: Applicable August 14, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andre Gziryan, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2201.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 6, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of this first administrative review.\1\ The review 
covers one producer/exporter of subject merchandise. We invited 
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. For a summary 
of the events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results, and a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for 
these final results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\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 Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary 
Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in 
Part; 2020-2021, 88 FR 7686 (February 6, 2023), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy; 2020-2021,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order are fluid end blocks from 
Italy, whether in finished or unfinished form, and which are typically 
used in the manufacture or service of hydraulic pumps. For a complete 
description of the scope of the order, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
in this review are listed in the appendix to this notice and addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 at 
https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    For reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we 
made changes since the Preliminary Results.\3\ For a more detailed 
discussion of the changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results.
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Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margin exists for the period July 23, 2020, through December 
31, 2021:

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                                                              Estimated
                                                              weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A..................................        2.97
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with 
these final results to parties in this proceeding within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. For 
any individually examined respondents whose weighted-average dumping 
margin is above de minimis, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem 
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of 
antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total 
entered value of the examined sales to that importer, and we will 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
Where an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard 
to antidumping duties.
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Lucchini for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined to 
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at 
the all-others rate of 7.33 percent, if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\
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    \4\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    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

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the company 
subject to this review will be the rate established in these final 
results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by a company not 
covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific cash deposit rate published in the completed segment for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the 
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in 
the completed segment for the most recent period for the producer of 
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merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 7.33 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation.\5\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \5\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the Federal Republic 
of Germany and Italy: Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
for the Federal Republic of Germany and Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 
FR 7528, 7530 (January 29, 2021).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. 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 the 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

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

    Dated: August 3, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Must Conduct Verification in This 
Administrative Review
    Comment 2: Constructed Value Profit and Constructed Value 
Selling Expenses
    Comment 3: Major Input Adjustment
    Comment 4: Scrap Offset
VI. Recommendation

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