Notice2023-19390
Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
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Published
September 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that producers/exporters of stainless steel bar (SS Bar) did not make sales at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 173 (Friday, September 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62058-62060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19390]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2021-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers/exporters of stainless steel bar (SS Bar) did not make sales
at prices
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below normal value during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2021,
through January 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable September 8, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, 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) 482-1785.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 7, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Results of the 2021-2022 administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on SS Bar from India.\1\ We invited interested
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. For a complete
description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary 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 Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 14118
(March 7, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Stainless Steel Bar from India; 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \3\
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\3\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Orders).
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The products covered by the Order are SS Bar. A full description of
the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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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 Appendix I 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
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we removed certain
price deductions made after the time of sale when calculating net
normal value for Laxcon Steels Limited, and its affiliates, Ocean
Steels Private Limited, Metlax International Private Limited, Parvati
Private Limited, and Mega Steels Private Limited (collectively,
Laxcon).\5\
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\5\ Id. at Comment 8.
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Final Results of Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins
exists for the period February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Laxcon Steels Limited, and its affiliates, Ocean Steels 0.00
Private Limited, Metlax International Private Limited,
Parvati Private Limited, and Mega Steels Private Limited
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Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd \7\.......................... 0.00
Bhansali Inc............................................... 0.00
Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates, 0.00
Precision Metals, Hindustan Inox Ltd., and Sieves
Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd \8\........................
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\6\ Collectively, these companies are known as Laxcon.
\7\ See Preliminary Results at 14119 for discussion on the rate
for companies not individually examined. In accordance with section
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, we are assigning the zero percent rate
calculated for the mandatory respondent, Laxcon.
\8\ Collectively, these companies are known as Venus Group.
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We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final
results of review to the parties within five days after public
announcement, 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 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 covered by this. Where either the respondent's
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific assessment
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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 subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results
of this administrative review in the Federal Register, as provided for
by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for
companies subject to this review will be the rates established in these
final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers
or exporters 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 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, then the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established 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 12.45 percent,\9\ the all-
others rate established in the investigation. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\9\ See Order at 66921.
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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
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has occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
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 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
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: Whether Laxcon Correctly Reported the Grade Code of
Individual Control Numbers (CONNUMs) or Withheld Information
Comment 2: Whether Laxcon Correctly Reported the Heat Treatment
Codes of Individual CONNUMS or Withheld Information
Comment 3: Whether Laxcon Failed to Respond to Commerce's
Request for Reconciliation of U.S. Entry Data and Incorrectly
Reported Sales in the Home Market Database
Comment 4: Whether Laxcon Withheld Documentation for the U.S.
Sample Sale
Comment 5: Whether Laxcon Withheld the Identities of Affiliated
Parties
Comment 6: Whether Laxcon Withheld Information Regarding
Services Provided by Its Affiliate.
Comment 7: Whether Laxcon Withheld the Requested Revised U.S.
and Home Market Sales Files
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Allow Adjustments Reported by
Laxcon in Its Home Market Sales Database
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Apply Total Adverse Facts
Available to Laxcon
VI. Recommendation
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