[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48884-48885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12610]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-894]


Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From India: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
certain producers and exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid 
end blocks) from India received countervailable subsidies during the 
period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable June 10, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suresh Maniam, 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) 482-1603.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 2, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of the 2022 administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on fluid end blocks from India and invited 
comments from interested parties.\1\ For a complete

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description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this 
review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India: Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Rescission 
of Administrative Review, in Part; 2022, 89 FR 7373 (February 2, 
2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India; 2022,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 3
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    \3\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India: Countervailing 
Duty Order, 86 FR 7535 (January 29, 2021) (Order).
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    The products covered by the order are fluid end blocks from India. 
For a full description of the scope of the order, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by the interested parties in their case and 
rebuttal briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 
The topics discussed and the issues raised by parties to which we 
responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum are listed in the 
appendix to this notice. 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 directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of comments from interested parties and the 
evidence on the record, we made changes to the net countervailable 
subsidy rates for Bharat Forge Limited (Bharat Forge). For a full 
description of this revision, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(A) the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to 
be countervailable, we determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a 
government-provided financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit 
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\4\ For a full 
description of the methodology underlying all of Commerce's 
conclusions, including our reliance, in part, on facts otherwise 
available, including adverse facts available, pursuant to sections 
776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Issues and 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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Final Results of Administrative Review

    We find the following net countervailable subsidy rates for the 
period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                   Producer/exporter                       (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Bharat Forge Limited \5\...............................            3.77
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Disclosure
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    \5\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned 
with Bharat Forge: Bharat Forge Utilities Limited and Saarloha 
Advanced Materials Private Limited.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations and analysis performed for 
these final results of review within five days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review, for the above-listed companies at the 
applicable ad valorem assessment rates listed. Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after 
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

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts shown above for the above-listed 
companies with regard to shipments of subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of these final results of 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 requirements, effective upon publication of these 
final results, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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

    The final results 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: May 30, 2024.
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. Subsidies Valuation
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse 
Inferences
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Discussion of Issues
    Comment 1: Whether the Duty Drawback (DDB) Scheme Is 
Countervailable
    Comment 2: Whether the Export Promotion of Capital Goods Scheme 
(EPCGS) Is countervailable
    Comment 3: Whether Bharat Forge's EPCGS Information Submitted to 
Commerce Is Complete and Accurate
    Comment 4: Treatment of the Merchandise Exports from India 
Scheme (MEIS) and Status Holder Incentive Scheme (SHIS) Programs
    Comment 5: Whether Bharat Forge Received a Financial 
Contribution under the Renewable Energy Certificates Program
    Comment 6: Whether the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export 
Products (RODTEP) Program Is Countervailable
    Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Revise its Sales Denominators
VIII. Recommendation

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