[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48888-48889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12655]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-867]


Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe 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 
welded stainless pressure pipe (WSPP) from India was sold in the United 
States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), 
November 1, 2021, through October 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable June 10, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Doss or John Conniff, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4474 and (202) 482-1009.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 7, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results for 
this review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to 
comment on those results.\1\ On December 11, 2023, Ratnamani Metal & 
Tubes Ltd. (Ratnamani) responded to Commerce's second supplemental 
questionnaire and on April 4, 2024, Prakash Steelage Limited (PSL) and 
Seth Steelage Private Limited (SSPL) (collectively, PSL/SSPL) \2\ 
responded to Commerce's post-preliminary questionnaire.\3\ On April 16, 
2024, Commerce notified parties of the final briefing schedule for 
interested parties to submit comments concerning the Preliminary 
Results and any factual information received since the issuance 
thereof.\4\ No interested party submitted comments or requested a 
hearing for this administrative review. Although Commerce has made 
certain minor changes to the margin calculations for both respondents 
based on information received subsequent to the Preliminary Results, 
because no substantive comment was received, no decision memorandum 
accompanies this notice. Commerce conducted this review in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).
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    \1\ See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India: Preliminary 
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 85211 (December 7, 2023) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ Commerce preliminarily determined PSL and SSPL to be 
affiliated and collapsed into a single entity, PSL/SSPL. See 
Memorandum, ``2021-2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India: Preliminary Affiliation 
and Collapsing Memorandum,'' dated November 30, 2023. We received no 
comment in opposition to this preliminary collapsing determination. 
Therefore, we continue to find PSL and SSPL to be affiliated and 
collapsed as a single entity for the purposes of these final 
results.
    \3\ See Ratnamani's Letter, ``Submission of Section- B & C 2nd 
Supplemental Questionnaire Response,'' dated December 11, 2023; see 
also PSL's Letter, ``Response to Section ABCD 2nd Supplemental 
Questionnaire,'' dated April 4, 2024.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Updated Briefing Schedule,'' dated April 
16, 2024.
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Scope of the Order \5\
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    \5\ See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India: Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Orders, 81 FR 81062 (November 17, 2016) 
(Order).
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    The merchandise subject to the Order is welded stainless pressure 
pipe from India. For a complete description of the scope, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rates for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination

    For the rate for non-selected respondents in an administrative 
review, 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. 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 segment of the proceeding, 
we have calculated a weighted-average dumping margin that is not zero, 
de minimis, or determined entirely on the basis of facts available for 
Ratnamani. Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 
Act, we have assigned Ratnamani's weighted-average dumping margin of 
2.55 percent to the non-examined companies because this is the only 
rate that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
available. See the appendix to this notice for a list of these 
companies.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    There have been minor changes since the Preliminary Results based 
on subsequent supplemental questionnaire responses and updated sales 
databases, which are detailed in the final analysis memoranda.\6\
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    \6\ For further discussion, see Memoranda, ``PSL/SSPL Final 
Analysis Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice; and 
``Ratnamani Final Analysis Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with 
this notice.
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Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the period November 1, 2021, through October 31, 
2022:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd................................        2.55
Prakash Steelage Ltd/Seth Steelage Pvt. Ltd.................        0.00
Non-examined companies \7\..................................        2.55
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Disclosure
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    \7\ See the appendix for a full list of these companies.
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    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these 
final results to interested parties in this review under administrative 
protective order (APO) within five days of the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) 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 covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), for 
Ratnamani, we calculated importer-specific antidumping duty assessment 
rates by aggregating the total amount of dumping calculated for the 
examined sales of each importer and dividing each of these amounts by 
the total entered value associated with those sales. Where either the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    Commerce will ``automatically assess'' entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR for which the examined companies did not 
know that the merchandise they sold to an intermediary (e.g., a 
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United 
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate

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unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
    The assessment rate for antidumping duties for each of the 
companies not selected for individual examination will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin identified above in the ``Final Results 
of Review'' section.
    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 rates for the companies 
identified above in the ``Final Results of Review'' will be equal to 
the company-specific weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by a company not covered in this administrative review but 
covered in a completed prior segment of the proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published 
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review or completed prior 
segment of this proceeding but the producer is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the company-specific rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the subject 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 8.35 percent, the rate established in the 
investigation of this proceeding.\8\ These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ See Order, 81 FR at 81063.
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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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties has 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, 
and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of 
the countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an 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 term 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) 
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

    Dated: June 4, 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.

Appendix

List of Companies Not Individually Examined

1. Apex Tubes Private Ltd.
2. Apurvi Industries
3. Arihant Tubes
4. Divine Tubes Pvt. Ltd.
5. Heavy Metal & Tubes
6. Hindustan Inox. Limited
7. J.S.S. Steelitalia Ltd.
8. Linkwell Seamless Tubes Private Limited
9. Maxim Tubes Company Pvt. Ltd.
10. MBM Tubes Pvt. Ltd.
11. Mukat Tanks & Vessel Ltd.
12. Neotiss Ltd.
13. Quality Stainless Pvt. Ltd.
14. Raajranta Metal Industries Ltd.
15. Ratnadeep Metal & Tubes Ltd.
16. Remi Edelstahl Tubulars
17. Shubhlaxmi Metals & Tubes Private Limited
18. SLS Tubes Pvt. Ltd.
19. Steamline Industries Ltd.

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