[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67072-67073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18493]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-847]


Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Germany: 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 Germany 
at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) January 1, 
2022, through December 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable August 19, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley, 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) 482-3148.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 7, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of this administrative review.\1\ We invited 
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. A summary of 
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.\2\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
On July 23, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\3\ The deadline for the final 
results of this administrative review is now August 9, 2024.
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Germany: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission, in 
Part; 2022, 89 FR 8409 (February 7, 2024) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Forged Steel Fluid 
End Blocks from Germany; 2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
    \3\ 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 is fluid end blocks from 
Germany.\4\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \4\ 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).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
in this review are listed in 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.

Final Results of 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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BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH...................................       19.96
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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, 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,

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antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in 
accordance with the final results of this review. For BGH Edelstahl 
Siegen GmbH (BGH), the sole producer/exporter subject to this review, 
whose weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis, we 
calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates by 
dividing the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the 
examined sales to each importer by the value of the examined sales to 
that importer pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results 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 BGH will be that 
established in these final results; (2) for previously investigated or 
reviewed companies not covered by 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 less than fair 
value (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 
4.79 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\5\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \5\ 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. Changes from the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Foreign Like Product
    Comment 2: Exclusion of Home Market Sales Designed and Produced 
According to Specific Customer Drawings and Specifications for the 
Manufacture of Non-FEB Products
    Comment 3: Importer-Specific Assessment Rates
VI. Recommendation

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