Notice2025-07927
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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Published
May 7, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy, during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19275-19277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07927]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-475-841]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters
of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy, during
the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable May 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stefan Smith or Theodore Pearson, 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) 482-4342 or (202)
482-2631, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 21, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty order on fluid end blocks from Italy.\1\ On March
5, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the notice of
initiation of an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On April 23,
2024, Commerce selected Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A. (Lucchini), and
Metalcam S.p.A. (Metalcam) for individual examination as the mandatory
respondents in this administrative review.\3\ On July 22, 2024,
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by
seven days.\4\ On September 30, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline
for the preliminary results of this review until February 6, 2025.\5\
On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the certain administrative
deadlines by an additional 90 days.\6\ The deadline for the preliminary
results is now May 7, 2025.
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the People's Republic
of China, the Federal Republic of Germany, India, and Italy:
Countervailing Duty Orders, and Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination for the People's Republic of
China, 86 FR 7535 (January 29, 2021) (Order); see also Forged Steel
Fluid End Blocks from the People's Republic of China, the Federal
Republic of Germany, India, and Italy: Correction to Countervailing
Duty Orders, 86 FR 10244 (February 19, 2021).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 15827 (March 5, 2024).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection Memorandum,'' dated
April 23, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
September 30, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\7\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included in the Appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
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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="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy; 2023,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is fluid end blocks from
Italy. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\8\ Id.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For each subsidy program found countervailable, we preliminarily
find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an
``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that
the subsidy is specific.\9\ For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, including our reliance, in part, on adverse
facts available (AFA) pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act,
see the Preliminary Determination Memorandum.
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\9\ 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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Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review
There are two companies, Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A. (CAS) and
Forge Monchieri S.p.A. (Forge Monchieri) for which a review was
requested, which had reviewable entries, and which were not selected as
mandatory respondents or found to be cross-owned with a mandatory
respondent. For these companies, because the rates calculated for the
mandatory respondents, Lucchini and Metalcam, were above de minimis and
not based entirely on facts available, we are applying to the non-
selected companies the weighted average of the subsidy rates calculated
for Lucchini and Metalcam, based on the publicly-ranged sales data
submitted by Lucchini and Metalcam. This methodology is consistent with
our practice for establishing an all-others rate pursuant to section
705(c)(5)(A) of the Act.\10\
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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of Non-Selected Companies
Rate,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice;
see also Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminary determines that the following net
countervailable subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023:
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Subsidy rate (percent
Company ad valorem)
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Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.\11\................. 15.33
Metalcam S.p.A.\12\............................ 8.22
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies
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Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A.................... 14.05
Forge Monchieri S.p.A.......................... 14.05
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Disclosure
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\11\ Commerce preliminary finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Lucchini: Lucchini RS S.p.A.; Lucchini Industries
Srl; and Bicomet S.p.A.
\12\ Commerce preliminary finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Metalcam: Adamello Meccanica S.r.l.; and B.S.
S.r.l.
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We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days of the
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days after publication of this notice.\13\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after the date of publication
of these preliminary results of review.\14\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\15\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\16\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\16\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\17\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\18\
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\17\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\18\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless extended, we intend to issue the final results of this
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis
of the issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily determined subsidy rates in the
amounts shown above for the producers/exporters shown above. Upon
completion of the administrative review, consistent with section
751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.
For Lucchini, Metalcam, and the non-selected companies under
review, we intend 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
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also
intends upon publication of the final results, to instruct CBP to
collect cash deposits of the estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts calculated in the final results of this review for the
respective companies listed above with regard to shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final results of this review. If
the rate calculated in the final results is zero or de minimis, no cash
deposit will be required on shipments of the subject merchandise
entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the final results of this review.
For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will 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, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: April 29, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Non-Selected Companies Under Review
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Recommendation
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