Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 39655 [E8-15734]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 133 (Thursday, July 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 39655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15734]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]


Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India; Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined, 
pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Tariff Act), that India Steel Works, Ltd. (India Steel) is the 
successor-in-interest to Isibars, Ltd. (Isibars). As a result, India 
Steel will be accorded the same treatment previously accorded to 
Isibars in regard to the antidumping duty order on certain forged 
stainless steel flanges from India as of the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register.

DATES: Effective Date: July 10, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2924 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 26, 2008, India Steel requested that the Department 
conduct a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel flanges from India pursuant to section 751(b) of the 
Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.216. In its request, India Steel claimed that 
the entity previously known to the Department as Isibars had changed 
its name to India Steel, and that India Steel should therefore be 
assigned the same antidumping duty cash deposit rate as Isibars. In 
response to this request, the Department initiated a changed 
circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on forged stainless 
steel flanges from India. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges 
from India, 73 FR 14959 (March 20, 2008). On March 20, 2008, the 
Department issued a questionnaire to India Steel requesting information 
about its relation to Isibars. The Department received India Steel's 
response on April 16, 2008. On May 19, 2008, the Department 
preliminarily determined that India Steel was the successor-in-interest 
to Isibars. See Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India; 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 
73 FR 28798 (May 19, 2008) (Preliminary Results). We invited parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Results. We received no comments.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are certain forged stainless 
steel flanges, both finished and not finished, generally manufactured 
to specification ASTM A-182, and made in alloys such as 304, 304L, 316, 
and 316L. The scope includes five general types of flanges. They are 
weld-neck, used for butt-weld line connection; threaded, used for 
threaded line connections; slip-on and lap joint, used with stub-ends/
butt-weld line connections; socket weld, used to fit pipe into a 
machined recession; and blind, used to seal off a line. The sizes of 
the flanges within the scope range generally from one to six inches; 
however, all sizes of the above-described merchandise are included in 
the scope. Specifically excluded from the scope of this order are cast 
stainless steel flanges. Cast stainless steel flanges generally are 
manufactured to specification ASTM A-351. The flanges subject to this 
order are currently classifiable under subheadings 7307.21.1000 and 
7307.21.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). Although the HTS 
subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise under review is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    For the reasons stated in the Preliminary Results, and because the 
Department did not receive any comments during the comment period 
following the preliminary results of this review, the Department 
continues to find that India Steel is the successor-in-interest to 
Isibars for antidumping duty cash deposit purposes.

Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    The Department will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation of all 
shipments of the subject merchandise produced and exported by India 
Steel entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
the publication date of this notice at zero percent (i.e., Isibar's 
cash deposit rate). This deposit rate shall remain in effect until 
publication of the final results of the next administrative review in 
which India Steel participates.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written notification of 
the return/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 sanctionable violation.
    This notice in accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Tariff Act, and section 351.221(c)(3)(i) of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: July 2, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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