[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88582-88584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28265]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-871]


Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Norma (India) Limited, USK Exports Private Limited, Uma Shanker 
Khandelwal & Co., and Bansidhar Chiranjilal (collectively, the Norma 
Group), and R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd. (RNG), and made sales of subject 
merchandise below normal value. The period of review (POR) is August 1, 
2021, through July 31, 2022.

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DATES: Applicable December 22, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker, Preston Cox, or Theodora 
Mattei, 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-
2924, (202) 482-5041, or (202) 482-4834, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 24, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on finished carbon steel flanges from 
India.\1\ On September 7, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of the 2021-2022 administrative review 
of the Order.\2\ We invited interested parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results; however, no interested party submitted comments. 
Accordingly, the final results remain unchanged from the Preliminary 
Results, and there is no decision memorandum accompanying this notice. 
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India and Italy: 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 FR 40136 (August 24, 2017) (Order).
    \2\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 
61520 (September 7, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is finished carbon steel 
flanges. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rate for Non-Selected Respondents

    The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment 
of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual 
examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative 
review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce 
looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for 
calculating the all-others rate in a market economy investigation, for 
guidance when calculating the rate for companies which were not 
selected for individual examination in an administrative review. Under 
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally ``an 
amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted average 
dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually 
investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis margins, and any margins 
determined entirely {on the basis of facts available{time} .''
    In this administrative review, we preliminarily calculated 
weighted-average dumping margins for Norma group and RNG that are not 
zero, de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), or determined entirely 
on the basis of facts available. For these final results, we continue 
to calculate weighted-average dumping margins for Norma group and RNG 
that are not zero, de minimis, or determined entirely on the basis of 
facts available. Accordingly, Commerce is assigning to the companies 
not individually examined, listed in the appendix to this notice, a 
margin of 1.00 percent, which is the weighted average of Norma group's 
and RNG's margins based on publicly ranged data.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Order on Finished Carbon 
Steel Flanges from India; Administrative Review; 2021-2022: 
Preliminary Results Calculation of Margin for Respondents Not 
Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated August 31, 2023.
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Final Results of Review

    As noted above, the final results of this administrative review 
remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results. Thus, Commerce 
determines that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist 
for the period August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Norma (India) Limited/USK Exports Private Limited/Uma               0.70
 Shanker Khandelwal & Co./Bansidhar Chiranjilal.............
R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd........................................        1.15
Non-Selected Companies......................................        1.00
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the 
calculations performed in connection with the final results of review 
within five days of any 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, Commerce received no comments on the Preliminary 
Results, and we have made no adjustments to the margin calculation 
methodology used in the Preliminary Results. Consequently, there are no 
calculations to disclose for these final results of the administrative 
review.

Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), 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 Norma group and RNG, we calculated importer-specific 
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total 
entered value of those sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 
Where an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, the 
entries by that importer will be liquidated without regard to 
antidumping duties. For entries of subject merchandise during the POR 
produced by Norma group and RNG for which the producer did not know its 
merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate in the less-than-
fair-value investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\ For the companies 
identified in the appendix to this notice that were not selected for 
individual examination, we will instruct CBP to liquidate entries at 
the rates established in these final results of the review.
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    \4\ For a full discussion of this practice, 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 upon 
publication in the Federal Register of these final results of 
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) 
the cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review will be 
equal to the zero margin established in the final results of this 
administrative review; (2) for

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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 rate published in the 
completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair-value investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established in the most recently completed 
segment of the proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will 
continue to be 20.33 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation.\5\ These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \5\ See Order, 81 FR at 64434.
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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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

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

    The final results of this review 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).

    Dated: December 18, 2023.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.

Appendix

Non-Selected Respondent Companies

1. Adinath International
2. Allena Group.
3. Alloyed Steel.
4. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.
5. Bansidhar Chiranjilal.
6. Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited.
7. BFN Forgings Private Limited.
8. C.D. Industries.
9. Cetus Engineering Private Limited.
10. CHW Forge.
11. CHW Forge Pvt. Ltd.
12. Citizen Metal Depot.
13. Corum Flange.
14. DN Forge Industries.
15. Echjay Forgings Limited.
16. Falcon Valves and Flanges Private Limited.
17. Heubach International.
18. Hindon Forge Pvt. Ltd.
19. Jai Auto Private Limited.
20. Kinnari Steel Corporation.
21. M F Rings and Bearing Races Ltd.
22. Mascot Metal Manufactures
23. Munish Forge Private Limited.
24. Norma (India) Limited.
25. OM Exports.
26. Punjab Steel Works (PSW).
27. R. D. Forge.
28. R. N. Gupta & Company Limited.
29. Raaj Sagar Steel.
30. Ravi Ratan Metal Industries.
31. Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd.
32. Rollwell Forge Engineering Components and Flanges.
33. Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd.
34. SHM (ShinHeung Machinery).
35. Siddhagiri Metal & Tubes.
36. Sizer India.
37. Steel Shape India.
38. Sudhir Forgings Pvt. Ltd.
39. Tirupati Forge
40. Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co.
41. Umashanker Khandelwal Forging Limited.
42. USK Exports Private Limited.

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