Notice2022-18917
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
September 1, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty order on finished carbon steel flanges from India would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels as indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Review" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53722-53723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18917]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-872]
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of the
Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the
countervailing duty order on finished carbon steel flanges from India
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the levels as indicated in the ``Final
Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable September 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Hepburn and Preston Cox, 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) 482-1882 and (202)
482-5041, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 24, 2017, Commerce published the countervailing duty
order
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on finished carbon steel flanges from India.\1\ On May 2, 2022,
Commerce published the notice of initiation of the first sunset review
of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\2\ Commerce received a notice of intent to
participate from Weldbend Corporation and Boltex Manufacturing Company,
Inc. (collectively, domestic interested parties) within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The domestic interested
parties claimed interested party status within the meaning of section
771(9)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(v) as domestic producers
of finished carbon steel flanges in the United States.
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\1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Countervailing
Duty Order, 82 FR 40138 (August 24, 2017) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 FR 25617
(May 2, 2021).
\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Finished Carbon
Steel Flanges from India: Notice of Intent to Participate by
Weldbend Corporation & Boltex Corporation,'' dated May 17, 2022.
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On June 1, 2022, Commerce received an adequate substantive response
from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ Commerce did not receive a
substantive response from either the Government of India or a
respondent interested party to this proceeding. On July 22, 2021,
Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission that it did
not receive an adequate substantive response from respondent interested
parties.\5\ As a result, Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2).
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\4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Finished Carbon
Steel Flanges from India: Substantive Response of Domestic
Interested Parties,'' dated June 1, 2022 (Substantive Response).
\5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on May 2,
2022,'' dated June 21, 2022.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are finished carbon steel
flanges. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from
India,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization
in the event of revocation of the Order and the countervailable subsidy
rates likely to prevail if the Order were to be revoked, is provided in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in
it in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to
this notice. 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 Services
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to the
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the
following rates:
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Subsidy rate
Producer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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Norma (India) Ltd \7\................................... 7.64
R.N. Gupta & Co., Ltd................................... 9.40
All Others.............................................. 7.49
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only 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, 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 terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
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\7\ In the investigation and three subsequent reviews, Commerce
found Norma (India) Ltd. to be cross-owned with USK Exports Private
Limited; Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co.; and Bansidhar Chirnajilal.
See, e.g., Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 82 FR 29479 (June 29,
2017) at 29480; and Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019, 86 FR
67909 (November 30, 2021) at 67910.
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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results and this notice
in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: August 25, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2022-18917 Filed 8-31-22; 8:45 am]
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