Notice2026-02859
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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February 12, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6615-6617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02859]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-871]
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: 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 producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review
made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during
the period of review (POR) August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 12, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodora Mattei, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; (202) 482-4834.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 24, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on finished carbon steel flanges from India.\1\
On August 1, 2024, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On September 20,
2024, Commerce initiated an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on finished carbon steel flanges from India, in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\
On November 15, 2024, Commerce selected Norma Group \4\ and R.N. Gupta
& Co., Ltd. (RNG) as mandatory respondents in this administrative
review.\5\
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\1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India and Italy:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 FR 40136 (August 24, 2017) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 62714 (August 1,
2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 77079 (September 20, 2024).
\4\ In prior segments of this proceeding, we determined that
Norma (India) Limited, USK Exports Private Limited, Uma Shanker
Khandelwal & Co., and Bansidhar Chiranjilal were affiliated and
should be treated as a single entity (Norma Group). See, e.g.,
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final
Determination, 82 FR 9719 (February 8, 2017), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, at 4-5, unchanged in Finished
Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 29483 (June 29, 2017). In this review,
Norma (India) Limited and its affiliated entities have affirmed that
the factual basis on which Commerce made its prior determinations
has not changed. See Norma Group's Letter, ``Response to Section A
of Anti-Dumping duty Original Questionnaire.,'' dated January 21,
2025; see also Norma Group's Letter, ``1st Supplemental Response
Section A, C and D of Anti-Dumping duty Questionnaire,'' dated
August 11, 2025. Therefore, Commerce continues to treat these four
companies as a single entity.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated November 15,
2024 (Respondent Selection Memorandum).
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\6\ On July 17, 2025, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2), Commerce extended the time period for issuing these
preliminary results by 112 days, until no later than November 21, 2025
Additionally, due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government
shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative proceedings by 47 days,\7\ and due to a backlog of
documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and
Compliance's
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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\8\ Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary
results is now January 28, 2026.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 17, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\9\
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
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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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India; 2023-2024,'' 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 finished carbon steel
flanges. 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 Act. Export price is calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV 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.
Rate for Non-Selected Companies
The Act 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 a market economy investigation, for
guidance when calculating the rate 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} .''
In this administrative review, we preliminarily calculated
weighted-average dumping margins for Norma Group and RNG that are not
zero, de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), or determined entirely
on the basis of facts available. Accordingly, consistent with guidance
in section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, Commerce is preliminarily assigning
to the companies not individually examined a margin of 2.35 percent,
which is the weighted average of the dumping margins calculated for
Norma Group and RNG based on publicly ranged U.S. sales values.\10\ The
companies not selected for individual examination are listed in
Appendix II.
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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of Margin for Respondents Not
Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated concurrently with this
notice.
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2023,
through July 31, 2024:
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Weighted- average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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R.N. Gupta & Company Limited......................... 2.65
Norma (India) Limited/USK Exports Private Limited/Uma 1.88
Shanker Khandelwal & Co./Bansidhar Chiranjilal......
Non-Selected Companies \11\.......................... 2.35
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Disclosure
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\11\ See Appendix II for a list of companies not selected for
individual examination.
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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
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 publication of this notice. 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.\12\
Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding must submit: (1) table of contents listing each issue; and
(2) a table of authorities.\13\ 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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\12\ 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 Procedures).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\14\ 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 determination in this
investigation. 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).\15\
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\14\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\15\ 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, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a
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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 the party's
name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants,
whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list of the issues
to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends
to hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined. Parties should
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If the weighted-average
dumping margin for a mandatory respondent is not zero or de minimis in
the final results of this review, we will calculate an importer-
specific assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total
entered value of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\16\ If the weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de
minimis in the final results of review, or if an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to
liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\17\
For entries of subject merchandise during the period of review produced
by the respondents for which they did not know its merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries pursuant to the reseller policy, i.e., the
assessment rate for such entries will be the all-others rate
established in the investigation if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\18\
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\16\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\17\ Id., 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\18\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the companies which were not selected for individual
examination, we intend to assign an antidumping duty assessment rate
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin determined for the non-
examined companies 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). The final results of this 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
cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.\19\
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\19\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register 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
date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act:
(1) the cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review will be
equal to the company-specific weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for
merchandise exported by a company not covered in this review but
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the
completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair-value investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established in the most recently completed
segment of the proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4)
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 8.91 percent, the all-others rate established in the
less-than-fair-value investigation.\20\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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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 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 an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the
amount of countervailing duties.
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: January 28, 2026.
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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Munish Forge Private Corporate Name Change
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
List of Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
1. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.
2. BFN Forgings Private Limited
3. Cetus Engineering Private Limited
4. Echjay Industries Pvt. Ltd
5. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.
6. Munish Forge Private Limited \21\
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\21\ As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, this
company filed a letter notifying Commerce of its name change.
However, Commerce requires additional time to issue its
determination as to whether ``Munish Forge Limited'' is the
successor in interest to ``Munish Forge Private Limited.''
[FR Doc. 2026-02859 Filed 2-11-26; 8:45 am]
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