Notice2025-16155
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Spain: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
August 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that finished carbon steel flanges (flanges) from Spain were not sold in the United States at prices below normal value. The period of review (POR) is June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41058-41060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16155]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-469-815]
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Spain: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that finished carbon steel flanges (flanges) from Spain were not sold
in the United States at prices below normal value. The period of review
(POR) is June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 22, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1167.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 4, 2017, Commerce issued an antidumping duty order on
flanges from Spain.\1\ On July 29, 2024, based on timely requests for
administrative review, Commerce initiated an administrative review of
the Order, covering one respondent, ULMA Forja, S.Coop (ULMA).\2\
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\1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain: Antidumping
Duty Order, 82 FR 27229 (June 14, 2017) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 60871 (July 29, 2024), see also ULMA's
Letter, ``ULMA Forja, S. Coop's Request for Administrative Review,''
dated June 21, 2024; and Weldbend Corporation's Letter, ``Request
for Administrative Review,'' dated July 1, 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.\3\ A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is provided in 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>.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain:
Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is flanges from Spain. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Commerce calculated export price in accordance with section 772(a) of
the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of
the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily finds the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period June 1, 2023, through May
31, 2024:
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Weighted-average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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ULMA Forja, S.Coop.................................. 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\4\ 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.\5\ Parties who submit case or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) a statement of the issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\6\ All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS.
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\5\ 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 Final Service Rule).
\6\ 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 briefs 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.\7\ 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 of this administrative review. We request that interested
parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the 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).\8\
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\7\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\8\ 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, U.S. Department of Commerce
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants and whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral
presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of
the time and date for the hearing.\9\ Parties should confirm the date,
time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, upon completion of the
final results of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\10\ The final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review and
for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\11\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), if ULMA'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 importer-
specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment rates based on the
ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the
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examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales. If
ULMA's weighted-average dumping margin in the final results is zero or
de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-
specific rate is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by ULMA for which it did
not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those
entries at the all-others rate established in the original less-than-
fair value (LTFV) investigation (i.e., 18.81 percent) \12\ if there is
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\13\
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\12\ See Order, 82 FR at 27230.
\13\ 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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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review 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 company
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), in which case the cash
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated
companies not covered by this review, 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 was
examined; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, 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 18.81 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\14\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce will issue the final results
of this administrative review, including the results of our analysis of
the issues raised by the parties in their case briefs, not later than
120 days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 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 duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping 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
351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 19, 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-16155 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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