Notice2024-18416
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022
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Published
August 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66681-66683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18416]
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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; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made
sales of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy at
less than normal value during the period of review (POR) January 1,
2022, through December 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable August 16, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Hollander or Claudia Cott, 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) 482-2805 or (202)
482-4270.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 6, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
preliminary results of this administrative review of the antidumping
duty order \1\ on fluid end blocks from Italy and invited comments from
interested parties.\2\ A summary of
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the events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary
Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties
for these final results, are discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in
this administrative proceeding by seven days. The deadline for the
final results of this administrative review is now August 9, 2024.\4\
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ 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 (January 29, 2021) (Order).
\2\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary
Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022, 89 FR 8157 (February 6, 2024) (Preliminary Results),
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Forged Steel Fluid
End Blocks from Italy; 2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order are fluid end blocks from
Italy. 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 as an 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 directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Commerce evaluated the comments in the case and rebuttal briefs and
record evidence and made no changes from the Preliminary Results. For a
discussion of the comments, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Examined Company
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for
individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act.
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation of sales at less than fair value (LTFV), for guidance
when calculating the weighted-average dumping margin for companies
which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative
review.
Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is
normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and
producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis
margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts
available{time} .'' We calculated a dumping margin for Lucchini
Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A., Lucchini Industries S.r.l., and Lucchini RS
S.p.A (collectively Lucchini) \5\ that is not zero, de minimis, or
determined entirely on the basis of facts available. Accordingly, we
assigned a margin of 1.41 percent based on Lucchini's calculated
weighted-average dumping margin to the sole non-selected respondent,
Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l.
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\5\ In the Preliminary Results, we collapsed these three
companies into a single entity. See Preliminary Results, 89 FR at
8157, n.3, and Preliminary Results PDM at 5-7. For the final
results, we continue to find that these three companies comprise a
single entity.
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Final Results of Administrative Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period January 1, 2022, through December
31, 2022:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.; Lucchini Industries 1.41
S.r.l.; Lucchini RS S.p.A..................................
Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A................................. 0.00
Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l........................... 1.41
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce will disclose the calculations performed in
connection with the final results to parties in this proceeding within
five days of the date of public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the final
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results,
there are no new calculations to disclose.
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. If 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.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
either of the individually examined respondents 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 (i.e.,
7.33 percent) \6\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\7\
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\6\ See Order, 86 FR at 7530.
\7\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l., who was not selected for
individual examination, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties at a rate equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of review.
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 companies
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listed above will be that established in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or
reviewed companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the
company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the investigation of sales at LTFV, but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the
producer of the 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.\8\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\8\ See Order, 86 FR at 7530.
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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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties has
occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties,
and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of
countervailing 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 9, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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. Rate for Non-Selected Respondent
V. Changes from the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Lucchini's ``Channel 1'' Sales to the United States
Comment 2: Reconciliation of LIND's Reported Costs
Comment 3: Roselli's Status as a Non-Selected Respondent
VII. Recommendation
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