Notice2021-14447
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Spain: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
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July 7, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers or exporters of finished carbon steel flanges (flanges) from Spain subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35745-35747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14447]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-469-815]
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Spain: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that producers or exporters of finished carbon steel flanges (flanges)
from Spain subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at
less than normal value during the period of review (POR) June 1, 2019,
through May 31, 2020. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable July 7, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Castillo or Mark Flessner, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0519 or (202) 482-6312,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 14, 2017, we published in the Federal Register an
antidumping duty (AD) order on flanges from Spain.\1\ On June 2, 2020,
Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative
review of the Order.\2\ Based on timely requests for administrative
review, we initiated an administrative review of eight companies: (1)
Aleaciones De Metales Sinterizados S.A.; (2) Central Y Almacenes; (3)
Farina Group Spain; (4) Friedrich Geldbach Gmbh; (5) Grupo Cunado; (6)
Transglory S.A.; (7) Tubacero, S.L.; and (8) ULMA Forja, S.Coop
(ULMA).\3\ On September 24, 2020, we identified ULMA as the sole
mandatory respondent in this review.\4\
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\1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain: Antidumping
Duty Order, 82 FR 27229 (June 14, 2017) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 85 FR 33628 (June 2, 2020).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 47731 (August 6, 2020).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Identification of Mandatory Respondent for
the 2019-2020 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain,'' dated September 24,
2020.
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On February 11, 2021, and May 27, 2021, we extended the deadline
for the preliminary results, by a total of 120 days.\5\ The deadline
for the preliminary results of this administrative review is now June
30, 2021.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain:
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 2019-2020,'' dated February 11, 2021; see
also Memorandum, ``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain:
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 2019-2020,'' dated May 27, 2021.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\6\ The Preliminary 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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at <a href="http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/">http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain:
Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2019-2020,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The scope of the Order covers finished carbon steel flanges.
Finished carbon steel flanges are currently classified under
subheadings 7307.91.5010 and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They may also be entered under
HTSUS subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070. The HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written
description of the scope is dispositive.
A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Administrative Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period June 1, 2019, through May 31,
2020:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter or manufacturer dumping
margin
(percent)
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ULMA Forja, S.Coop.......................................... 6.43
Aleaciones De Metales Sinterizados S.A...................... 6.43
Central Y Almacenes......................................... 6.43
Farina Group Spain.......................................... 6.43
Friedrich Geldbach Gmbh..................................... 6.43
Grupo Cunado................................................ 6.43
Transglory S.A.............................................. 6.43
Tubacero, S.L............................................... 6.43
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Non-Individually Examined Companies
For the weighted-average dumping margin 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 an 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
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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 preliminarily calculated a weighted-average
dumping margin for ULMA that was not zero, de minimis, or based on
facts available. Accordingly, we have preliminarily applied the
weighted-average dumping margin calculated for ULMA as the weighted-
average dumping margin for the non-individually examined companies.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to the parties within five days after public
announcement of the preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of these preliminary results of
review.\7\ Rebuttal briefs may be filed no later than seven days after
case briefs are due and may respond only to arguments raised in the
case briefs.\8\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A
statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a
table of authorities.\9\ Note that Commerce has temporarily modified
certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business
proprietary information, until further notice.\10\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary Rule Modifying AD/
CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective
Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\10\ See Temporary Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs.
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in
its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\11\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, which will include the results
of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of
publication of these preliminary results of review, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rate
Upon issuing the final results, Commerce will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries covered by this review.\12\ If a respondent's
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, we intend to
calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio
of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined
sales and the total entered value of the importer's sales in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the respondent's weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis in the final results, or if an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, then we will instruct
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regards to antidumping
duties.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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Consistent with its recent notice,\13\ 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. The final results of this administrative review shall be the
basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise under review and for future deposits of estimated duties,
where applicable.
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\13\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue
Liquidation Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January
15, 2021).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by ULMA
for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\14\
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\14\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements for estimated antidumping duties
will be effective upon publication of the notice of final results of
this review for all shipments of flanges from Spain entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rate for the companies under review, will be equal to the
company-specific weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of the review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis,
no cash deposit will be required); (2) for merchandise exported by
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a
prior completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original investigation but the producer is, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established in a prior competed
segment for the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise;
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 18.81 percent,\15\ the all-others rate established in
the less-than-fair-value investigation. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\15\ See Order, 82 FR at 27229.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping 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 duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
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Dated: June 30, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2021-14447 Filed 7-6-21; 8:45 am]
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