Notice2026-07315
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From the People's Republic of China, the Federal Republic of Germany, India, and Italy: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Countervailing Duty Orders
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Published
April 15, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) orders on forged steel fluid end blocks from the People's Republic of China (China), the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), India, and Italy would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Reviews" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20100-20102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07315]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-116, C-428-848, C-533-894, C-475-841]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From the People's Republic of
China, the Federal Republic of Germany, India, and Italy: Final Results
of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) orders on forged steel
fluid end blocks from the People's Republic of China (China), the
Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), India, and Italy would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at
the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' section
of this notice.
DATES: Applicable April 15, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David De Falco, Trade Agreements
Policy and Negotiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-2178.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
published the Orders on forged steel fluid end blocks from China,
Germany, India, and Italy.\1\ On December 1, 2025, Commerce published
the notice of initiation of the first sunset review of the Orders,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act) and 19 CFR 351.218(c).\2\
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the People's Republic
of China, the Federal Republic of Germany, India, and Italy:
Countervailing Duty Orders, and Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination for the People's Republic of
China, 86 FR 7535 (January 29, 2021), as corrected in Forged Steel
Fluid End Blocks from the People's Republic of China, the Federal
Republic of Germany, India, and Italy: Correction to Countervailing
Duty Orders, 86 FR 10244 (February 19, 2021) (China Order, Germany
Order, India Order, and Italy Order) (collectively, Orders).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 90 FR 55084
(December 1, 2025).
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On December 11, 2025, Commerce received notices of intent to
participate in this review from the Coalition for Fair Trade in Forged
Steel Fluid End Blocks \3\ (the domestic interested party), within the
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The domestic
interested party claims that it has interested party status within the
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meaning of section 771(9)(E) of the Act as an ad hoc trade association,
a majority of whose members are domestic producers of FEBs.\5\
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\3\ The Coalition for Fair Trade in Forged Steel Fluid End
Blocks is comprised of Ellwood City Forge Company, Ellwood Quality
Steels Company, Ellwood National Steel Company, and A. Finkl & Sons.
\4\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Review of Countervailing Duty Order on Forged Steel
Fluid End Blocks from China: Notice of Intent to Participate,''
dated December 11, 2025; Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Five-
Year (``Sunset'') Review of Countervailing Duty Order on Forged
Steel Fluid End Blocks from Germany: Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated December 11, 2025; Domestic Interested Party's
Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Countervailing Duty Order
on Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India: Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated December 11, 2025; and Domestic Interested
Party's Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Countervailing
Duty Order on Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Notice of
Intent to Participate,'' dated December 11, 2025.
\5\ Id.
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On December 22, 2025, Commerce received adequate substantive
responses from the domestic interested party, within the 30-day
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\6\ Commerce did not
receive a substantive response from either the Governments of the
relevant countries or a respondent interested party in this proceeding.
On January 23, 2026, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive
response from respondent interested parties.\7\ As a result, Commerce
conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order, pursuant
to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2)
and (C)(2).
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\6\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Review of Countervailing Duty Order on Forged Steel
Fluid End Blocks from China: Substantive Response of FEB Coalition
to Commerce's Notice of Initiation,'' dated December 22, 2025
(Substantive Response--China); Domestic Interested Party's Letter,
``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Countervailing Duty Order on
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Germany: Substantive Response of
FEB Coalition to Commerce's Notice of Initiation,'' dated December
22, 2025 (Substantive Response--Germany); Domestic Interested
Party's Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Countervailing
Duty Order on Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India: Substantive
Response of FEB Coalition to Commerce's Notice of Initiation,''
dated December 22, 2025 (Substantive Response--India); and Domestic
Interested Party's Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of
Countervailing Duty Order on Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from
Italy: Substantive Response of FEB Coalition to Commerce's Notice of
Initiation,'' dated December 22, 2025 (Substantive Response--Italy).
\7\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Review Initiated December 1,
2025,'' dated December 23, 2026.
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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.\8\
Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now April 14,
2026.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these Orders is forged steel fluid end
blocks from China, Germany, India, and Italy. For the full description
of the scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decisions Memorandum.\9\
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the
Countervailing Duty Orders on Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the
People's Republic of China, the Federal Republic of Germany, India,
and Italy,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews,
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of
subsidization, the nature of the subsidies and the countervailable
subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Orders were to be revoked, is
contained in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\10\ A
list of the topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is
attached as an appendix to this notice. 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), which is available to
registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, complete
versions 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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\10\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the
following net countervailable subsidy rates:
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Subsidy rate
Exporter/producer (percent ad valorem)
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China:
Nanjing Develop Advanced Manufacturing Co., 16.80
Ltd.\11\.....................................
Shanghai Qinghe Machinery Co., Ltd.\12\....... 19.88
China Machinery Industrial Products Co., Ltd.. 337.07
Anhui Tianyu Petroleum Equipment Manufacturing
Co., Ltd
CNCCC Sichuan Imp & Exp Co., Ltd
GE Petroleum Equipment (Beijing) Co., Ltd
Jiaxing Shenghe Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd
Ningbo Minmetals & Machinery Imp & Exp Co.,
Ltd
Qingdao RT G&M Co., Ltd
Shandong Fenghuang Foundry Co., Ltd
Shandongshengjin Ruite Energy Equipment Co.,
Ltd. (part of Shengli Oilfield R&T Group)
Shanghai Baisheng Precision Machine
Shanghai Boss Petroleum Equipment
Shanghai CP Petrochemical and General
Machinery Co., Ltd
Suzhou Douson Drilling & Production Equipment
Co., Ltd
Zhangjiagang Haiguo New Energy Equipment
Manufacturing Co., Ltd
Anhui Yingliu Electromechanical Co., Ltd
Daye Special Steel Co., Ltd., (Citic Specific
Steel Group)
Suzhou Fujie Machinery Co., Ltd., (Fujie
Group)
All Others.................................... 19.52
Germany:
BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH \13\................ 7.10
Schmiedewerke Gr[ouml]ditz GmbH \14\.......... 7.93
voestalpine Bohler Group...................... 14.74
All Others.................................... 7.52
India:
Bharat Forge Limited \15\..................... 5.92
All Others.................................... 5.92
Italy:
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Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.\16\................ 18.49
Metalcam S.p.A.\17\........................... 13.40
All Others.................................... 15.95
Companies Subject to AFA (non-respondent 44.86
companies): Forge Mochieri S.p.A.; Imer
International S.p.A.; Galperti Group, Mimest
S.p.A.; P. Technologies S.r.L................
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\11\ Commerce has found the following company to be cross-owned
with Nanjing Develop Advanced Manufacturing Co., Ltd.: Nanjing
Develop Industrial and Commercial Co., Ltd. See Forged Steel Fluid
End Blocks from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 80020, 80021 (December 11,
2020) (China Final Determination).
\12\ Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-
owned with Shanghai Qinghe Machinery Co., Ltd.: Haimo Technologies
Group Corp.; and Lanzhou Chenglin Oil Drilling Equipment Co., Ltd.
See China Final Determination, 85 FR at 80021.
\13\ Commerce found the following companies to be cross-owned
with BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH: Boschgotthardsh[uuml]tte O. Breyer
GmbH; BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH, Rohstoff-, Press- und Schneidbetrieb
Siegen GmbH; and SRG Schrott und Recycling GmbH. See Forged Steel
Fluid End Blocks from the Federal Republic of Germany: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 80011, 80012
(December 11, 2020) (Germany Final Determination).
\14\ Commerce found the following companies to be cross-owned
with Schmiedewerke Gr[ouml]ditz GmbH: GMH Schmiedetechnik GmbH;
Georgsmarienh[uuml]tte Holding GmbH; and GHM Recycling GmbH. See
Germany Final Determination, 85 FR at 80012.
\15\ Commerce found the following company to be cross-owned with
Bharat Forge Limited: Saarloha Advanced Materials Private Limited.
The name of this company was also inadvertently omitted from the
final determination notice. See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from
India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR
79999 (December 11, 2020) (India Final Determination), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM). It was listed in
the preliminary determination notice, and there were no changes
which impacted this cross-ownership determination for the final
determination. See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and
Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 85 FR 31452, 31453 (May 26, 2020); see also India
Final Determination IDM at 3.
\16\ Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-
owned with Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.: Lucchini RS S.p.A.; Lucchini
Industries; Bicomet S.p.A.; and Setrans SrL. The names of these
companies were also inadvertently omitted from the final
determination notice. See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy:
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 80022
(December 11, 2020) (Italy Final Determination), and accompanying
IDM. They were listed in the preliminary determination notice, and
there were no changes which impacted this cross-ownership
determination for the final determination. See Forged Steel Fluid
End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 85 FR 31460, 31461 (May 26, 2020)
(Italy Prelim Determination); see also Italy Final Determination IDM
at 3.
\17\ Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-
owned with Metalcam S.p.A.: Adamello Meccanica S.r.l.; and B.S.
S.r.l. The names of these companies were also inadvertently omitted
from the final determination notice. See Italy Final Determination
IDM. They were listed in the preliminary determination notice, and
there were no changes which impacted this cross-ownership
determination for the final determination. See Italy Prelim
Determination, 85 FR at 31461; see also Italy Final Determination
IDM at 3.
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This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or
conversion to judicial protective, orders is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which
is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: April 10, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-07315 Filed 4-14-26; 8:45 am]
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