[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66681-66683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18416]


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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; 2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made 
sales of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy at 
less than normal value during the period of review (POR) January 1, 
2022, through December 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable August 16, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Hollander or Claudia Cott, 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) 482-2805 or (202) 
482-4270.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 6, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of this administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order \1\ on fluid end blocks from Italy and invited comments from 
interested parties.\2\ A summary of

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the events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties 
for these final results, are discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 
this administrative proceeding by seven days. The deadline for the 
final results of this administrative review is now August 9, 2024.\4\ 
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 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 (January 29, 2021) (Order).
    \2\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary 
Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2022, 89 FR 8157 (February 6, 2024) (Preliminary Results), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Forged Steel Fluid 
End Blocks from Italy; 2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order are fluid end blocks from 
Italy. 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 as an 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 directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Commerce evaluated the comments in the case and rebuttal briefs and 
record evidence and made no changes from the Preliminary Results. For a 
discussion of the comments, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Rate for Non-Examined Company

    The statute 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 an 
investigation of sales at less than fair value (LTFV), for guidance 
when calculating the weighted-average dumping margin 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} .'' We calculated a dumping margin for Lucchini 
Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A., Lucchini Industries S.r.l., and Lucchini RS 
S.p.A (collectively Lucchini) \5\ that is not zero, de minimis, or 
determined entirely on the basis of facts available. Accordingly, we 
assigned a margin of 1.41 percent based on Lucchini's calculated 
weighted-average dumping margin to the sole non-selected respondent, 
Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l.
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    \5\ In the Preliminary Results, we collapsed these three 
companies into a single entity. See Preliminary Results, 89 FR at 
8157, n.3, and Preliminary Results PDM at 5-7. For the final 
results, we continue to find that these three companies comprise a 
single entity.
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Final Results of Administrative Review

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period January 1, 2022, through December 
31, 2022:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.; Lucchini Industries              1.41
 S.r.l.; Lucchini RS S.p.A..................................
Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A.................................        0.00
Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l...........................        1.41
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce will disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with the final results to parties in this proceeding within 
five days of the date of public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the final 
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results, 
there are no new calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce shall determine, and 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. If 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.
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
either of the individually examined respondents 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 (i.e., 
7.33 percent) \6\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\7\
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    \6\ See Order, 86 FR at 7530.
    \7\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    For Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l., who was not selected for 
individual examination, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties at a rate equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of 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

    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 companies

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listed above will be that established in the final results of this 
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de 
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the 
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or 
reviewed companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published 
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the 
company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the investigation of sales at LTFV, but the 
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established 
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the 
producer of the 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.\8\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \8\ See Order, 86 FR at 7530.
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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 
countervailing duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a 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 9, 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 Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rate for Non-Selected Respondent
V. Changes from the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Lucchini's ``Channel 1'' Sales to the United States
    Comment 2: Reconciliation of LIND's Reported Costs
    Comment 3: Roselli's Status as a Non-Selected Respondent
VII. Recommendation

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