Notice2026-06738
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024
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Published
April 8, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that forged steel fluid end blocks (FEB) from Germany were not sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17788-17790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06738]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-428-847]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks: Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that forged steel fluid end blocks (FEB) from Germany were
not sold in the United States at less than normal value during the
period of review (POR) January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 8, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3148.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 29, 2021, Commerce published the antidumping duty order
on fluid end blocks from Germany.\1\ On January 31, 2025, Commerce
received requests for an administrative review from BGH Edelstahl
Siegen GmbH (BGH) and the Ellwood City Forge Company, Ellwood Quality
Steels Company, Ellwood National Steel Company, and A. Finkl & Sons
(the petitioners).\2\ On February 21, 2025, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the
Order, covering BGH.\3\
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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 BGH's Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review,''
dated January 31, 2025; see also Petitioners' Letter ``Petitioners'
Request for Administrative Review'' dated January 31, 2025.
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 90 FR 10048 (February 21, 2025) (Initiation
Notice).
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On September 4, 2025, Commerce extended the time period for issuing
the preliminary results.\4\ Due to the lapse in appropriations and
Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days.\5\ Additionally,
due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via
Enforcement and Compliance's 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.\6\
Accordingly, the deadline for the preliminary results of this review is
now April 2, 2026.\7\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September
4, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\7\ Id.
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For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as an Appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is available 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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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Forged Steel
Fluid End Block from Germany; 2024,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>9</SUP>
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\9\ See Order, 86 FR 7528.
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The products covered by this Order are fluid end blocks from
Germany. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. We calculated export
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price in accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. We calculated NV 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 the Review
We preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margin for the period January 1, 2024, through December 31,
2024.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter or producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH.................................. 0.00
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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).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\10\ 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.\11\ 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.\12\ Interested
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) a statement of the
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.\13\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary Rule Modifying
AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006, 17007
(March 26, 2020).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (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 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.
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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.
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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. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 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; (3) whether any participant is a foreign national; and
(4) a list of issues the party intends to discuss. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs.\15\ If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at a date and time to be determined.\16\
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the
hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, should be
filed via ACCESS.\17\ An electronically filed document must be received
successfully by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirement pertaining to
the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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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 case briefs, no 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 this administrative review, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
covered by this 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 administrative 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).
If BGH's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review,
Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates for
antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total entered
value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for all U.S.
sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-specific,
per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total
quantity of those sales.\18\ To determine whether an importer-specific,
per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem
ratio based on estimated entered values. If BGH's weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis or where an importer-specific ad
valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\19\
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by BGH for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value investigation if
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\20\
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\20\ 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 for all
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shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the company-specific cash deposit rate for
BGH will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in
the final results of this review (except, if that rate is de minimis
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then the cash deposit rate
will be zero); (2) for producers or exporters 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
for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which
they were reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review or a prior segment of the proceeding 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 4.79 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\21\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\21\ See Order, 86 FR at 7530.
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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 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 the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: April 2, 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
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Affiliations
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-06738 Filed 4-7-26; 8:45 am]
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