Notice2023-17408
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021
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Published
August 14, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A. (Lucchini), a producer/exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) at less than normal value. The period of review (POR) is July 23, 2020, through December 31, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55010-55011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17408]
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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; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A. (Lucchini), a producer/exporter subject to
this administrative review, made sales of forged steel fluid end blocks
(fluid end blocks) at less than normal value. The period of review
(POR) is July 23, 2020, through December 31, 2021.
DATES: Applicable August 14, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andre Gziryan, 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) 482-2201.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 6, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Results of this first administrative review.\1\ The review
covers one producer/exporter of subject merchandise. We invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. For a summary
of the events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary
Results, and a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for
these final results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary
Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in
Part; 2020-2021, 88 FR 7686 (February 6, 2023), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy; 2020-2021,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order are fluid end blocks from
Italy, whether in finished or unfinished form, and which are typically
used in the manufacture or service of hydraulic pumps. 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 in the 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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed at
<a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
For reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we
made changes since the Preliminary Results.\3\ For a more detailed
discussion of the changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\3\ See Preliminary Results.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period July 23, 2020, through December
31, 2021:
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.................................. 2.97
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with
these final results to parties in this proceeding within five days of
the date of publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (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, and we will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.
Where 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
Lucchini 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 of 7.33 percent, if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\
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\4\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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 company
subject to this review will be the rate established in these final
results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by a company not
covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific cash deposit rate published in the completed segment for the
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in
the completed segment for the most recent period for the producer of
the
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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.\5\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\5\ 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, 7530 (January 29, 2021).
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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 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 has occurred and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final 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 3, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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 Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Must Conduct Verification in This
Administrative Review
Comment 2: Constructed Value Profit and Constructed Value
Selling Expenses
Comment 3: Major Input Adjustment
Comment 4: Scrap Offset
VI. Recommendation
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