Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) of January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66098-66099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21292]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-840]


Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Final 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) determines that 
certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made 
sales of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy at 
less than normal value during the period of review (POR) of January 1, 
2024, through December 31, 2024.

DATES: Applicable October 19, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0193.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 14, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of the 2024 administrative review of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on fluid end blocks from Italy.\1\ In the 
Preliminary Results, Commerce preliminarily assigned Lucchini 
Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.; Lucchini Industries S.r.l.; and Lucchini RS 
S.p.A. (collectively, Lucchini) a weighted-average dumping margin based 
on partial adverse facts available (AFA).\2\ We invited interested 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\3\
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary 
Results and Rescission, in Part, of the Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order; 2024, at (April 14, 2026) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See PDM at 8-12.
    \3\ See Preliminary Results, 91 FR at 19108.
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    On May 12, 2026, the petitioners \4\ and Lucchini submitted their 
case briefs.\5\ On May 22, 2026, the petitioners and Lucchini submitted 
rebuttal briefs.\6\
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    \4\ The petitioners are Ellwood City Forge Company, Ellwood 
Quality Steels Company, Ellwood National Steel Company, and A. Finkl 
& Sons (collectively, the petitioners).
    \5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioners' Case Brief,'' dated 
May 13, 2026 (Petitioner Case Brief); see also Lucchini's Letter, 
``Case Brief,'' dated May 12, 2026 (Lucchini's Case Brief).
    \6\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief,'' 
dated May 22, 2026 (Petitioner Rebuttal Brief); see also Lucchini's 
Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated May 22, 2026 (Lucchini's Rebuttal 
Brief).
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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.\7\ 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.\8\ On July 21, 2026, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce 
extended the deadline for these final results by 53 days.\9\ On October 
1, 2026, Commerce further extended the deadline for the final results 
of this review to October 13, 2026.\10\ For a complete description of 
the events that followed the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\11\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024,'' dated 
July 21, 2026.
    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated October 1, 2026.
    \11\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping 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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    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act.

Scope of the Order <SUP>12</SUP>
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    \12\ 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).
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    The scope of the Order covers fluid end blocks from Italy. For a 
full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided as 
an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via 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>.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, and for the reasons 
explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made changes from 
the Preliminary Results.

Use of Adverse Facts Available

    As discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we have 
assigned Lucchini an estimated weighted-average dumping margin based on 
total AFA, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For further 
description, see Issue and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.

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Final Results of Administrative Review

    For these final results, we determine that the following estimated 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period January 1, 2024, 
through December 31, 2024:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.; Lucchini Industries          58.48 *
 S.r.l.; Lucchini RS S.p.A.................................
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* This rate is based on AFA

Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to parties to the proceeding the 
calculations that it performed in connection with the final results of 
an AD administrative review within five days after the date of any 
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five 
days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in the 
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, 
because Commerce applied a dumping margin to Lucchini based entirely on 
AFA in accordance with section 776 of the Act, there are no 
calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review. 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 cash deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Lucchini for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined to 
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at 
the all-others rate (i.e., 7.33 percent) \13\ if there is no rate for 
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\14\
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    \13\ See Order, 86 FR at 7530.
    \14\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this 
notice in the Federal Register, 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 weighted-average dumping margin listed in the 
``Final Results of Administrative Review'' section above, 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 previously investigated or reviewed companies not 
covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific cash deposit rate published for the most recently 
completed segment of this proceeding in which the company participated; 
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior 
review, or the investigation of sales at less-than-fair-value (LTFV), 
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 7.33 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\15\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \15\ See Order, 86 at 7530.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 POR. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption 
that reimbursement of antidumping duties and/or countervailing duties 
has 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.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO 
of their responsibility concerning the destruction or return of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary 
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written 
notification of the destruction or return 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results of review and 
this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 13, 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 Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether to Accept Lucchini's U.S. Sales Database
    Comment 2: Whether to Apply Partial or Total Adverse Facts 
Available When Relying on the Facts Otherwise Available
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2026-21292 Filed 10-16-26; 8:45 am]
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