[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16534-16535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04821]


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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; 2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
countervailable subsides are being provided to producers and exporters 
of stainless steel flanges from India during the period of review (POR) 
of January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

DATES: Applicable March 7, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza DeLong, 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 November 6, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this administrative review in the Federal Register and invited 
interested parties to comment.\1\ We received no comments from 
interested parties on the Preliminary Results, and we have otherwise 
made no changes from the Preliminary Results. Accordingly, no decision 
memorandum accompanies this Federal Register notice; the Preliminary 
Results and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum are hereby 
adopted in these final results. Commerce conducted this administrative 
review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary Results 
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission 
of Review; 2021, 88 FR 76173 (November 6, 2023) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of the Order 2
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    \2\ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Countervailing Duty 
Order, 83 FR 50336 (October 5, 2018) (Order).
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    The products covered by this Order are stainless steel flanges from 
India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Results.\3\
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 3.
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Final Results of Review

    For the period January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, we 
determine that the following net countervailable subsidies exist:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                    Producer/exporter                       (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Chandan Steel Limited...................................            2.60
Pradeep Metals Limited..................................            4.04
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    Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Company
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BFN Forgings Private Limited............................            2.82
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
of the final results of an administrative 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 to the Preliminary Results, there are 
no calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of 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 of subject 
merchandise 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 shown for the companies listed above for 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review. For all non-reviewed firms, we 
will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most recent 
company-specific 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 the only 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). 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 violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: February 29, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-04821 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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