Notice2026-09463
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, in Part; 2024-2025
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May 13, 2026
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Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless steel bar from India. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025. This review covers eight producers/exporters of the subject merchandise. We preliminarily determine that the collapsed entity, Atlas Stainless Corporation Private Limited (Atlas), Astrabright LLP, Bahubali Steel Industries, Eurostahl Tech LLP, Venus Metal Corporation, Precision Metals, Venus Wire Industries Private Limited, Hindustan Inox Limited, and Sieves Manufactures (India) Private Limited (collectively, Venus Group), sold subject merchandise at less than at normal value (NV) during the POR. We also preliminarily determine that Laxcon Steels Private Limited (Laxcon) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than NV during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27009-27012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09463]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results and
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, in Part; 2024-
2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless
steel bar from India. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2024,
through January 31, 2025. This review covers eight producers/exporters
of the subject merchandise. We preliminarily determine that the
collapsed entity, Atlas Stainless Corporation Private Limited (Atlas),
Astrabright LLP, Bahubali Steel Industries, Eurostahl Tech LLP, Venus
Metal Corporation, Precision Metals, Venus Wire Industries Private
Limited, Hindustan Inox Limited, and Sieves Manufactures (India)
Private Limited (collectively, Venus Group), sold subject merchandise
at less than at normal value (NV) during the POR. We also preliminarily
determine that Laxcon Steels Private Limited (Laxcon) did not make
sales of subject merchandise at less than NV during the POR. We invite
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable May 13, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 21, 1995, Commerce published the AD order on stainless
steel bar from India.\1\ On February 3, 2025, Commerce published a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the
Order.\2\ On April 9, 2024, based on timely requests for administrative
reviews, Commerce initiated an administrative review of the Order,\3\
and subsequently selected the Venus Group and Laxcon as the mandatory
respondents.
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation: Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 8785 (February 3,
2025).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 14081 (March 28, 2025).
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\4\ 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), Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by an additional 21 days.\5\ On December 8, 2025, Commerce
extended the deadline for the preliminary results by 120 days.\6\ Thus,
the deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review
is May 7, 2026.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results,'' dated December 8, 2025.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this Order is stainless steel bar from
India. For a full description of the scope, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India: Decision
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), at
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export
price and constructed export price are 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 our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is made available to the public 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested the review withdraw their review requests within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of initiation for the requested
review.\8\ On June 26, 2025, the petitioners \9\ withdrew their request
for the review of Ambica Steel Limited within the 90-day deadline.\10\
No other parties requested an administrative review of this company.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is
rescinding the administrative review of Ambica Steel Limited.
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\8\ See Initiation Notice, 90 FR at 14082.
\9\ The petitioners are Carpenter Technology Corporation,
Electralloy, a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc., North American
Stainless, and Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc.
\10\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Partial Withdrawal
of Review Request for the 2024/23 Administrative Review,'' dated
June 26, 2025.
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Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for
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. Where the rates
for individually investigated companies are all zero or de minimis, or
determined entirely using facts otherwise available, section
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act instructs Commerce to rely on ``any reasonable
method to establish the estimated all-others rate for exporters and
producers not individually investigated, including averaging the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins determined for exporters and
producers individually investigated.''
In this review, Commerce has preliminarily determined to apply
adverse facts available (AFA) to the Venus Group, pursuant to section
776 of the Act, and assign it a 30.92 percent dumping margin, and
calculated an estimated weighted-average dumping margin for Laxcon, and
its affiliates, Ocean Steels Private Limited, Metlax International
Private Limited, Parvati Private Limited, and Mega Steels Private
Limited, and Meltroll Engineering Pvt. Ltd of 0.00 percent. Thus, we
are preliminarily applying to the non-examined companies, Aamor Inox
Limited, Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd., Chandan Steel Limited,
Mangalam Alloys Limited, and Welspun Specialty Solutions, Ltd., the
rate of 15.46 percent, which is the simple average of the rate we
preliminarily calculated for Laxcon and the dumping margin we
preliminarily assigned to the Venus Group, determined entirely under
section 776 of the Act.\11\
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\11\ See Baroque Timber Indus. (Zhonghan) Co. v. United States,
971 F.Supp.2d 1333, 1341 (CIT 2014) (``it is not per se unreasonable
for Commerce to use a simple average of zero and AFA rates to
calculate the separate rate''); see also, Solianus, Inc. v. United
States, 391 F.Supp.3d 1331, 1339 (CIT 2019).
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period February 1, 2024, through January
31, 2025:
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Atlas Stainless Corporation Private Limited, 30.92
Astrabright LLP., Bahubali Steel Industries,
Eurostahl Tech LLP, Venus Metal Corporation, Venus
Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., Precision Metals,
Hindustan Inox Ltd., and Sieves Manufacturers
(India) Pvt. Ltd.\12\..............................
Laxcon Steels Limited, and its affiliates, Ocean 0.00
Steels Private Limited, Metlax International
Private Limited, Parvati Private Limited, and Mega
Steels Private Limited \13\........................
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Review-Specific Rates for Non-Examined Companies
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Aamor Inox Limited.................................. 15.46
Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd....................... 15.46
Chandan Steel Limited............................... 15.46
Mangalam Alloys Limited............................. 15.46
Welspun Specialty Solutions, Ltd.................... 15.46
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\12\ Collectively, these companies are now known as the Venus
Group.
\13\ Collectively, these companies are known as Laxcon.
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Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties in 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 the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Interested parties will be provided an opportunity to submit
written comments (i.e., case briefs) at a date to be determined by
Commerce, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c) 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.\14\ Interested parties who
submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\15\
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\14\ 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).
\15\ 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.\16\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive
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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 in 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).\17\
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\16\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\17\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final
Rule, 88 FR 67069 (September 29, 2023).
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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. 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 issues to be
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties
will be notified of the time and date for the hearing.\18\ Parties
should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date.
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, must be filed via ACCESS.\19\ An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce
has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\20\
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\20\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\21\ If a
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis in the
final results of this review, we will calculate an importer-specific
assessment rate based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered
value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\22\ If a
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin or an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of review,
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties in accordance with the Final Modification
for Reviews.\23\
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\22\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for
Reviews).
\23\ Id., 77 FR at 8103; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the
Venus Group or Laxcon for which they did not know their merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
For the company for which this review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of
antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, during the POR in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue these rescission
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
under review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable.
We intend 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 for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective upon publication of the notice of final
results of this review for all shipments of stainless steel bar from
India 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 the companies listed above will be
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is
less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of
19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero;
(2) for merchandise exported by companies not covered in 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 recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most recently completed segment for the
producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be the 12.45 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\24\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\24\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921
(December 28, 1994).
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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 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).
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 duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR. 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
Commerce is issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
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Dated: May 7, 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. Affiliation and Collapsing
V. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
VI. Rate for Non-Examined Companies
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation
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