Notice2025-10229
Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
June 5, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that producers/exporters of stainless steel flanges (flanges) from India subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 107 (Thursday, June 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23889-23891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10229]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-877]
Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that
producers/exporters of stainless steel flanges (flanges) from India
subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise
in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of
review (POR) October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023.
DATES: Applicable June 5, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benito Ballesteros, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 28, 2023, Commerce selected the following companies as
the mandatory respondents in this administrative review: Chandan Steel
Limited (Chandan); and BFN/Viraj.\1\ On November 19, 2024, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results in the Federal Register and invited
interested parties to comment.\2\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled
certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 90 days.\3\ The
deadline for the final results is now June 17, 2025. For a complete
description of the events that have occurred since the Preliminary
Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ Commerce conducted
this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ BFN/Viraj is a collective entity consisting of BFN Forgings
Private Limited; Fanschen werk Bebitz GmbH; Viraj Alloys, Ltd.;
Viraj Forgings, Ltd.; Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd.; and Viraj Profiles
Limited. See, e.g., Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final
Affirmative Critical Circumstance Determination, 83 FR 40745 (August
16, 2018), where Commerce collapsed these entities.
\2\ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary Results
and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2022-2023, 89 FR 91337 (November 19, 2024) (Preliminary Results),
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Stainless Steel Flanges from India; 2022-2023,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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\5\ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Antidumping Duty
Order, 83 FR 50639 (October 9, 2018) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is flanges from India. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
The issues raised in the case brief are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised is attached to this
notice in Appendix I.\6\ 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>.
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\6\ Id.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on comments received from BFN/Viraj regarding our Preliminary
Results, we made certain changes to the margin calculations for BFN/
Viraj,\7\ which also affected the rate calculated for companies not
selected for individual review.
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\7\ For a full description of changes, see Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual Review
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when calculating the
weighted-average dumping margin for respondents that were not
individually examined in an administrative review. Section 735(c)(5)(A)
of the Act provides that the all-others rate should be calculated by
weight averaging the weighted-average dumping margins determined for
individually examined respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts available.
For the final results, we calculated estimated weighted-average
dumping margins for Chandan and BFN/Viraj that are not zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Accordingly,
we continue to calculate the review-specific rate using a weighted
average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated
for the examined respondents using each company's public ranged sales
values for the merchandise under consideration.\8\ The companies not
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selected for individual examination are listed in Appendix II.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of the Non-Selected Company
Rate for the Final Results,'' dated concurrently with this notice;
see also, e.g., Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
and Partial Rescission; 2018-2019, 85 FR 75686, 74687 (November 23,
2020), unchanged in Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019,
86 FR 16189 (March 26, 2021); Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of the Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order; 2018-2019, 85 FR 39534 (July
1, 2020), unchanged in Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from the
Republic of Korea: Final Results of the Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order; 2018-2019, 85 FR 67512 (October 23, 2020);
and Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F. 3d 1345 (Fed. Cir.
2016).
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Final Results of Review
As a result of this review, we determine that the following
estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period October
1, 2022, through September 30, 2023:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Chandan Steel Limited....................................... 0.62
BFN Forgings Private Limited; Fanschen werk Bebitz GmbH; 0.90
Viraj Alloys, Ltd.; Viraj Forgings, Ltd.; Viraj Impoexpo,
Ltd.; and Viraj Profiles Limited...........................
Review Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies \9\......... 0.73
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations
performed for these final results of review within five days of any
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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\9\ The exporters/producers not selected for individual
examination are listed in Appendix II.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), for Chandan and BFN/
Viraj, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates
based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the
examined sales to the total entered value of the sales. For the
companies identified in Appendix II that were not selected for
individual examination, we will assign an assessment rate based on the
methodology described in the ``Rate for Companies Not Selected for
Individual Review'' section, above.
In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Chandan
and BFN/Viraj for which the reviewed companies did not know that the
merchandise they sold to the intermediary (i.e., a reseller, trading
company, or exporter) was destined for the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate (i.e.,
7.00 percent),\10\ if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\11\
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\10\ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Notice of Court
Decision Not in Harmony with the Final Determination of Antidumping
Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination, 86 FR 50325,
50326 (September 8, 2021) (Amended Final).
\11\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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
listed above will be the rate established in the final results of this
review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not
covered by this review but covered in a prior segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific 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 by this review, a previous review, or the LTFV
investigation, 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; (4) the case deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 7.00
percent,\12\ the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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\12\ See Amended Final, 86 FR at 50326.
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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 and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review
period. 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 increase in the amount of antidumping duties
by the amount of the countervailing duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to APO
of their responsibility concerning the disposition 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 return/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) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 29, 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Certain Financial Adjustments for BFN/Viraj
Were Double Counted
Comment 2: Whether to Change the Names Included in the BFN/Viraj
Collective Entity
VI. Recommendation
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Appendix II
List of Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
1. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.
2. CD Industries (Prop. Kisaan Engineering Works Pvt. Ltd.)
3. Echjay Forgings Private Limited
4. Fivebros Forgings Private Limited
5. Goodluck India Limited; Goodluck Engineering Co.
6. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd
7. Jay Jagdamba Limited
8. Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited
9. Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited
10. Pradeep Metals Limited
11. R.N. Gupta & Company Limited
[FR Doc. 2025-10229 Filed 6-4-25; 8:45 am]
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