Notice2026-19382
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024
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Published
September 22, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers and exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks (FEBs) from Italy received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 22, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60084-60085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19382]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-475-841]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain producers and exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks (FEBs)
from Italy received countervailable subsidies during the period of
review (POR) January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable September 22, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted Pearson or Stefan Smith 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) 482-2631 or (202) 482-4342,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 9, 2026, Commerce published in the
Federal Register the Preliminary Results of this administrative review
and invited comments from interested parties.\1\ For a detailed
description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results,
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ 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, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Partial
Rescission of Administrative Review; 2024, 91 FR 19105 (April 14,
2026) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy; 2024,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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\3\ 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); see also 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) (Order).
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The products covered by the scope of the Order are forged steel
fluid end blocks. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
Commerce addressed all issues raised in interested parties' case
and rebuttal briefs in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of
the issues raised by parties, to which Commerce responded in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, is provided in the appendix to this notice.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.\4\ For a complete description of the
methodology underlying all of Commerce's conclusions, including our
reliance, in part, on facts otherwise available, including adverse
facts available, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\4\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, and for the
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made
certain changes to the calculations for Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.
(Lucchini) and non-selected companies for these final results of
review. However, no changes were made to the methodology used in the
Preliminary Results for Metalcam S.p.A. (Metalcam). Further, we are
applying facts available, with adverse inferences, to Officina
Meccanica Roselli S.r.l. (Roselli). For a more detailed discussion of
comments, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review
The statute does 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(e)(2) of the Act. However, Commerce's regulation at 19 CFR
351.109(g) states that Commerce will determine the rate for non-
selected companies by following the process set forth in 19 CFR
351.109(f)(1)-(2), which generally parallels the process for
determining the all-others rate in an investigation under section
705(c)(5) of the Act. Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.109(f)(1) instruct Commerce, as a general rule, to calculate the
all-others rate equal to the weighted average of the countervailable
subsidy rates established for exporters and producers individually
investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis countervailable subsidy
rates, and any rates determined entirely on the basis of facts
available.
Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A. (CAS) is a non-selected company under
review with reviewable entries, and not found to be cross-owned with a
mandatory respondent. Because the rates calculated for the mandatory
respondents, Lucchini and Metalcam, were above de
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minimis and not based entirely on facts available, we continue to apply
to CAS the weighted average of the net subsidy rates calculated for the
mandatory respondents, which are based on the publicly-ranged sales
data submitted by Lucchini and Metalcam.\5\ This methodology is
consistent with 19 CFR 351.109(g) and 351.109(f)(2)(ii).\6\
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\5\ See Preliminary Results, 91 FR at 19106.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of Non-Selected Companies
Rate,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice;
see also Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of the Administrative Review
We find the following net countervailable subsidy rates exist for
the period January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.\7\........................... 15.94
Metalcam S.p.A.\8\...................................... 10.89
Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l....................... 45.53
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Review-Specific Rate for Non-Selected Company
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Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A............................. 14.55
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Disclosure
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\7\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Lucchini: Lucchini RS S.p.A.; Lucchini Industries Srl; and
Bicomet S.p.A.
\8\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Metalcam: Adamello Meccanica S.r.l.; and B.S. S.r.l.
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Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review to parties in this review
within five days after public announcement of the final results 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).
Assessment Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.\9\ Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after 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).
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\9\ Where Roselli is identified as the exporter in the CBP entry
data, we intend to instruct CBP to assess entries of subject
merchandise at Roselli's rate, as identified above. For entries
where Roselli was not identified as the exporter in the CBP entry
data, we intend to instruct CBP to assess entries of subject
merchandised produced and/or exported by the company at its
individually calculated rate.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties with regard to 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 follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above
will be equal to the company-specific estimated individual
countervailable subsidy rates determined 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) if both the producer and exporter
of the subject merchandise have company-specific estimated subsidy
rates assigned, and their rates differ, then the applicable cash
deposit rate will be the higher of these two rates; (3) if either the
producer or the exporter, but not both, of the subject merchandise has
a company-specific estimated subsidy rate assigned, the applicable cash
deposit rate will be that company's company-specific rate; and (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue
to be 3.52 percent, the all-others subsidy rate established in the
investigation.\10\ These cash deposit requirements, effective upon
publication of these final results, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\10\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 80022 (December
11, 2020).
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation
subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
The final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: September 17, 2026.
Steven Presing,
Executive Director for Policy and Negotiations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Non-Selected Rate
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inference
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether To Find Certain Programs De Facto Specific
Comment 2: Whether To Countervail the Free Allowances Under
European Union Emissions Trading System Allowances
Comment 3: Whether To Countervail the Electricity Purchases
Through the Interconnector Program
Comment 4: Whether To Revise its Benefit Calculation for
Metalcam with Respect to the Tax Credit for Energy Users and Tax
Credit for Gas Users
Comment 5: Whether To Rescind the Administrative Review with
Respect to Roselli
Comment 6: Whether To Countervail Tax Credits Used by Metalcam
During the POR to Offset Taxes Otherwise Due Rather than the Amount
Report in Metalcam's Tax Returns Filed in the POR
IX. Recommendation
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