Notice2025-08507
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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May 14, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain producers/exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. We are rescinding this administrative review, in part, with respect to one company. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20444-20446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08507]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-840]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Preliminary Results and
Rescission in Part of Antidumping 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 certain producers/exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks
(fluid end blocks) from Italy made sales of subject merchandise at less
than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) January 1,
2023, through December 31, 2023. We are rescinding this administrative
review, in part, with respect to one company. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable May 14, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Teresa Aymerich or Paul Kebker,
AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0499 or (202)
482-2254, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 29, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on fluid end blocks from Italy.\1\ On March 5,
2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the notice of
initiation of the administrative review of the Order.\2\ On May 7,
2024, Commerce selected Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A (Cogne) and
Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.\3\ for individual examination as
mandatory respondents in this administrative review.\4\ On July 22,
2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative
proceeding by seven days.\5\ On September 9, 2024, Commerce extended
the time limit for these preliminary results to February 6, 2025.\6\ On
December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\7\ As a result, the deadline for
these preliminary results is May 7, 2025. For a complete description of
the events that occurred since the initiation of the administrative
review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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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 Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 15827 (March 5, 2024).
\3\ We preliminarily find that Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.
(LMA) is affiliated with Lucchini Industries S.r.l. (LIND) and
Lucchini RS S.p.A. (LRS) (LMA, LIND, and LRS are collectively
referred to as Lucchini).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated May 7, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022,'' dated
September 9, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping 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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A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
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 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>.
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
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no reviewable suspended entries.
Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
information, we preliminarily determine that one company, ST9 Gas +
Oil, LLC (ST9), had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR.
On February 19, 2025, we notified parties of our intent to rescind this
administrative review with respect to ST9, which has no reviewable
suspended entries.\9\ On March 3, 2025, the petitioners commented on
our intent to rescind the review for ST9.\10\ On March 7, 2025,
Lucchini filed a response to the petitioners' rescission comments.\11\
After considering these comments, we are rescinding the administrative
review for the one company with no entries of subject merchandise
during the POR, ST9.
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in
Part,'' dated February 19, 2025.
\10\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Comments on Notice of Intent to
Rescind Review, In Part,'' dated March 3, 2025.
\11\ See Lucchini's Letter, ``Luchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.
Response to Petitioners' Rescission Comments,'' dated March 7, 2025.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We calculated
export prices and NV in accordance with sections 772 and 773 of the
Act, respectively. For a full description of the methodology underlying
our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period January 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.; Lucchini Industries 8.87
S.r.l.; Lucchini RS S.p.A..................................
Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A................................. 0.00
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Verification
Commerce received a timely request from the petitioners to verify
the information submitted in this administrative review, pursuant to 19
CFR 307(b)(1)(iv).\12\ As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act,
Commerce intends to verify information reported by Lucchini prior to
issuing its final results.
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\12\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Comments Concerning
Verification,'' dated July 8, 2024.
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations and analyses performed to
interested parties for the preliminary results of review within five
days of public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs or other written comments to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven days after the date on
which the verification report is issued in this administrative review.
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed not later than seven days after the date for filing case
briefs.\13\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who
submit case or rebuttal briefs in this administrative review must
submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\14\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Administrative
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Final Service Rule).
\14\ See 19 CFR 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.\15\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the 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
executive summary of each issue.
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\15\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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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 case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is
made, parties will be notified of the date and time for the
hearing.\16\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed using ACCESS.\17\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. 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\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\18\ See APO and Final Service Rule.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised in written briefs, not later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine
and CBP shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise covered by this review.\19\ If an examined
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we
intend to calculate an importer-specific assessment rate for
antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered
value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). For
the companies identified above that were 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. If the respondent's weighted-average dumping
margin or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in
the final results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
either of the individually examined respondents for which they did not
know that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate these entries at the all-others rate if there
is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\20\
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\20\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the companies for which this review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of
estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January
1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(l)(i). 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.
The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\21\
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\21\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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
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 less-than-
fair-value (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
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investigation.\22\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary 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 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 to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 7, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation
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