Notice2021-26050
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019
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Published
November 30, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of finished carbon steel flanges (steel flanges) from India during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67909-67911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26050]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-872]
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters
of finished carbon steel flanges (steel flanges) from India during the
period of review (POR), January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
DATES: Applicable November 30, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Moses Song or Natasia Harrison, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7885 or (202) 482-1240,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On September 7, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ Although we
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results,\2\ we
received no comments. Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies
this Federal Register notice.
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\1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019, 86 FR
50032 (September 7, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ Id. at 50033.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the scope is steel flanges. For a
complete description of the scope, see Appendix I.
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review
For the companies not selected for individual examination, because
the rates calculated for (Norma) and R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd. (RNG) are
above de minimis and not based entirely on facts available, we applied
a subsidy rate based on a weighted-average of the subsidy rates
calculated for Norma and RNG using publicly ranged sales data submitted
by the respondents.\3\ This is consistent with the methodology that we
would use in an investigation to establish the all-others rate,
pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results Calculation of Subsidy Rate
for Non-Selected Companies Under Review,'' dated concurrently with
this notice.
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Final Results of Administrative Review
Although we received no comments from interested parties, we
revised the net countervailable subsidy rate for Norma, based on the
additional information obtained after Preliminary Results, with regard
to one particular subsidy program.\4\ No other changes were made to the
Preliminary Results.
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\4\ Shortly after the Preliminary Results, we requested
additional information to clarify the POR benefit amount that one of
Norma's cross-owned entities received concerning the Electricity
Duty Exemption Under the State Government of Uttar Pradesh
Investment Promotion Scheme/Infrastructure and Industrial Investment
Policy program. We received a timely response from Norma on
September 22, 2021, prior to the deadline to submit case briefs
(i.e., October 7, 2021) stipulated in the Preliminary Results. Based
on the information we received, we revised Norma's ad valorem
subsidy rate of the program at issue. See Memorandum, ``Final
Results Calculations for Norma (India) Ltd., USK Exports Private
Limited, UMA Shanker Khandelwal & Co., and Bansidhar Chiranjilal,''
dated concurrently with this notice.
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We determine the following net countervailable subsidy rate for the
period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019:
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\5\ In this administrative review, Commerce found the following
companies to be cross-owned with Norma (India) Ltd.: USK Export
Private Limited; Uma Shanker Khandelwal and Co.; and Bansidhar
Chiranjilal. See Preliminary Results PDM at 6; this finding is
unchanged in these final results. This rate applies to all cross-
owned companies.
\6\ See Appendix II.
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Norma (India) Ltd.\5\................................... 5.32
R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd.................................... 5.51
Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination \6\... 5.44
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
final results of review within five days of the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties
on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with
the final results of this review, for the companies listed above at the
applicable ad valorem assessment rates listed. We intend to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 35 days after the date of publication of
these final results of review. 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, we also intend 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 this administrative review. For all non-reviewed
firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific or
all-others 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 Orders
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.
Dated: November 23, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Appendix I
Scope of the Order
The scope of the order covers finished carbon steel flanges.
Finished carbon steel flanges differ from unfinished carbon steel
flanges (also known as carbon steel flange forgings) in that they
have undergone further processing after forging, including, but not
limited to, beveling, bore threading, center or step boring, face
machining, taper boring, machining ends or surfaces, drilling bolt
holes, and/or deburring or shot blasting. Any one of these post-
forging processes suffices to render the forging into a finished
carbon steel flange for purposes of this review. However, mere heat
treatment of a carbon steel flange forging (without any other
further processing after forging) does not render the forging into a
finished carbon steel flange for purposes of this order.
While these finished carbon steel flanges are generally
manufactured to specification ASME B16.5 or ASME B16.47 series A or
series B, the scope is not limited to flanges produced under those
specifications. All types of finished carbon steel flanges are
included in the scope regardless of pipe size (which may or may not
be expressed in inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class
(usually, but not necessarily, expressed in pounds of pressure,
e.g., 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, 1500, 2500, etc.), type of face
(e.g., flat face, full face, raised face, etc.), configuration
(e.g., weld neck, slip on, socket weld, lap joint, threaded, etc.),
wall thickness (usually, but not necessarily, expressed in inches),
normalization, or whether or not heat treated. These carbon steel
flanges either meet or exceed the requirements of the ASTM A105,
ASTM A694, ASTM A181, ASTM A350 and ASTM A707 standards (or
comparable foreign specifications). The scope includes any flanges
produced to the above-referenced ASTM standards as currently stated
or as may be amended. The term ``carbon steel'' under this scope is
steel in which: (a) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements: (b) The carbon
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content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (c) none of the
elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, as indicated:
(i) 0.87 percent of aluminum;
(ii) 0.0105 percent of boron;
(iii) 10.10 percent of chromium;
(iv) 1.55 percent of columbium;
(v) 3.10 percent of copper;
(vi) 0.38 percent of lead;
(vii) 3.04 percent of manganese;
(viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum;
(ix) 20.15 percent of nickel;
(x) 1.55 percent of niobium;
(xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen;
(xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus;
(xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon;
(xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur;
(xv) 1.05 percent of titanium;
(xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten;
(xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or
(xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium.
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.
Appendix II
Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
1. Adinath International
2. Aditya Forge Limited
3. Allena Group
4. Alloyed Steel
5. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.
6. Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited
7. C.D. Industries
8. CHW Forge
9. CHW Forge Pvt. Ltd.
10. Citizen Metal Depot
11. Corum Flange
12. DN Forge Industries
13. Echjay Forgings Limited
14. Falcon Valves and Flanges Private Limited
15. Heubach International
16. Hindon Forge Pvt. Ltd.
17. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.
18. Kinnari Steel Corporation
19. Mascot Metal Manufacturers
20. M F Rings and Bearing Races Ltd.
21. Munish Forge Private Limited
22. OM Exports
23. Punjab Steel Works
24. Raaj Sagar Steels
25. Ravi Ratan Metal Industries
26. R. D. Forge
27. Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd.
28. Rollwell Forge Engineering Components and Flanges
29. Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd.
30. SHM (ShinHeung Machinery)
31. Siddhagiri Metal & Tubes
32. Sizer India
33. Steel Shape India
34. Sudhir Forgings Pvt. Ltd.
35. Tirupati Forge Pvt. Ltd.
36. Umashanker Khandelwal Forging Limited
[FR Doc. 2021-26050 Filed 11-29-21; 8:45 am]
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