Notice2024-12610
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From India: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
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Published
June 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers and exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from India received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48884-48885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12610]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-894]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From India: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain producers and exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid
end blocks) from India received countervailable subsidies during the
period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable June 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suresh Maniam, 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) 482-1603.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 2, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Results of the 2022 administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on fluid end blocks from India and invited
comments from interested parties.\1\ For a complete
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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)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Rescission
of Administrative Review, in Part; 2022, 89 FR 7373 (February 2,
2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India; 2022,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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\3\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India: Countervailing
Duty Order, 86 FR 7535 (January 29, 2021) (Order).
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The products covered by the order are fluid end blocks from India.
For a full description of the scope of the order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by the interested parties in their case and
rebuttal briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
The topics discussed and the issues raised by parties to which we
responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum are listed in the
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 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 directly 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 comments from interested parties and the
evidence on the record, we made changes to the net countervailable
subsidy rates for Bharat Forge Limited (Bharat Forge). For a full
description of this revision, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(A) the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to
be countervailable, we determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
government-provided financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\4\ For a full
description of the methodology underlying all of Commerce's
conclusions, including our reliance, in part, on facts otherwise
available, including adverse facts available, pursuant to sections
776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\4\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Final Results of Administrative Review
We find the following net countervailable subsidy rates for the
period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:
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Subsidy rate
Producer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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Bharat Forge Limited \5\............................... 3.77
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Disclosure
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\5\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Bharat Forge: Bharat Forge Utilities Limited and Saarloha
Advanced Materials Private Limited.
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We intend to disclose the calculations and analysis performed for
these final results of review within five days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review, for the above-listed companies at the
applicable ad valorem assessment rates listed. Commerce intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after
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
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce also
intends 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 review. For all non-reviewed
firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most
recent company-specific 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 Order
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 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 30, 2024.
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. Subsidies Valuation
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Discussion of Issues
Comment 1: Whether the Duty Drawback (DDB) Scheme Is
Countervailable
Comment 2: Whether the Export Promotion of Capital Goods Scheme
(EPCGS) Is countervailable
Comment 3: Whether Bharat Forge's EPCGS Information Submitted to
Commerce Is Complete and Accurate
Comment 4: Treatment of the Merchandise Exports from India
Scheme (MEIS) and Status Holder Incentive Scheme (SHIS) Programs
Comment 5: Whether Bharat Forge Received a Financial
Contribution under the Renewable Energy Certificates Program
Comment 6: Whether the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export
Products (RODTEP) Program Is Countervailable
Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Revise its Sales Denominators
VIII. Recommendation
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