Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Suncity Metals and Tubes Private Limited (Suncity), the sole producer/ exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of welded stainless pressure pipe (WSPP) from India at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2023, through October 31, 2024.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 203 (Thursday, October 22, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66679-66681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21624]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-867]


Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Suncity Metals and Tubes Private Limited (Suncity), the sole producer/
exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of welded 
stainless pressure pipe (WSPP) from India at less than normal value 
during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2023, through October 31, 
2024.

DATES: Applicable October 22, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1009.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 6, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results for this 
review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to 
comment on those results.\1\ On August 19, and October 2, 2026, we 
extended the deadline for the final results by a combined total of 43

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days.\2\ The deadline for these final results is now October 16, 2026.
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    \1\ See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India: Preliminary 
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2023-2024, 91 FR 24508 (May 6, 2026) (Preliminary Results), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 19, 2026; see 
also Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated October 2, 2026.
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    For a complete description of the events that occurred since the 
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ 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 System (ACCESS). ACCESS is 
available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, 
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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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Welded 
Stainless Pressure Pipe from India; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order <SUP>4</SUP>
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    \4\ See Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India: Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Orders, 81 FR 81062 (November 17, 2016) 
(Order).
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    The merchandise subject to the Order is welded stainless pressure 
pipe from India. For a complete description of the scope, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of the Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case brief submitted by Suncity are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum and listed in the 
appendix of this notice.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received from Suncity 
regarding the Preliminary Results, we made certain changes to the 
weighted-average dumping margin calculated for Suncity. For a 
discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the period November 1, 2023, through October 31, 
2024:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Suncity Metals and Tubes Private Limited...................        0.74
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis 
performed in connection with the final results of this administrative 
review to interested parties within five days of any public 
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days 
of the publication date of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), for 
Suncity, we calculated importer-specific antidumping duty assessment 
rates by aggregating the total amount of dumping calculated for the 
examined sales of each importer and dividing each of these amounts by 
the total entered value associated with those sales. Where we did not 
have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we 
calculated 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.\5\ To 
determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de 
minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also calculated an 
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values. 
Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an 
importer specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Suncity for which the 
company did not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary 
(e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the 
United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
such entries at the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-
value investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\6\
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    \6\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2023).
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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 the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the company 
identified above in the ``Final Results of Review'' will be equal to 
the company-specific weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by a company not covered in this administrative review but 
covered in a completed 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; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review or completed prior 
segment of this proceeding but the producer is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the company-specific rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the subject 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 8.35 percent, the rate established in the 
investigation of this proceeding.\7\ These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \7\ See Order, 81 FR at 81063.
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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

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result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping 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 the countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction 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 return or destruction of APO materials, or 
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and the term of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is 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: October 16, 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. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Commerce Inadvertently Added General and 
Administrative Expenses and Interest Expenses Twice
    Comment 2: Commerce Should Add Late Payment Fees to Home Market 
Gross Unit Price
    Comment 3: Commerce Should Exclude Home Market Sales with Zero 
Quantities
VI. Recommendation

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