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, 7535-7537 [2021-01978]
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provided to producers and exporters of
FEBs from China, Germany, India, and
Italy.1 In the investigation of FEBs from
China, an interested party to the
investigation submitted a timely filed
allegation on the record that Commerce
made certain ministerial errors in the
final countervailing duty determination
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on FEBs from China. Section 705(e) of
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the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f) define
ministerial errors as errors in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
function, clerical errors resulting from
inaccurate copying, duplication, or the
International Trade Administration
like, and any other type of unintentional
[C–570–116, C–428–848, C–533–894, C–475– error which Commerce considers
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ministerial. We reviewed the allegations
and determined that we made certain
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From
ministerial errors in the final
the People’s Republic of China, the
countervailing duty determination on
Federal Republic of Germany, India,
FEBs from China. See ‘‘Amendment to
and Italy: Countervailing Duty Orders,
the Final Determination’’ section below
and Amended Final Affirmative
for further discussion.
Countervailing Duty Determination for
On January 25, 2021, the ITC notified
the People’s Republic of China
Commerce of its affirmative final
determinations that pursuant to sections
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act,
International Trade Administration,
that an industry in the United States is
Department of Commerce.
materially injured by reason of
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
subsidized imports of subject
determinations by the Department of
merchandise from China, Germany,
Commerce (Commerce) and the
India, and Italy.2
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing countervailing
Scope of the Orders
duty orders on forged steel fluid end
The merchandise covered by these
blocks (FEBs) from the People’s
orders
is FEBs from China, Germany,
Republic of China (China), the Federal
India, and Italy. For a complete
Republic of Germany (Germany), India,
description of the scope of these orders,
and Italy. In addition, Commerce is
see the appendix to this notice.
amending its final determination with
respect to FEBs from China to correct
Amendment to the Final Determination
ministerial errors.
of FEBs From China
DATES: Applicable January 29, 2021.
On December 21, 2020, Shanghai
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Qinghe Machinery Co., Ltd. (Qinghe)
Jaron Moore at (202) 482–3640 or Janae
timely alleged that the China Final
Martin at (202) 482–0238 (China);
Determination contained certain
Joseph Dowling at (202) 482–1646 or
ministerial errors and requested that
Robert Palmer at (202) 482–9068
Commerce correct such errors.3
(Germany); William Langley at (202)
Commerce reviewed the record and,
482–3861 or Nicholas Czajkowski at
on January 6, 2020, agreed that an error
(202) 482–1395 (India); and Konrad
1 See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the
Ptaszynski at (202) 482–6187 or
People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Nicholas Czajkowski at (202) 482–1395
Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 80020
(Italy); AD/CVD Operations,
(December 11, 2020) (China Final Determination);
Enforcement and Compliance,
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From the Federal
Republic of Germany: Final Affirmative
International Trade Administration,
Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 80011
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
(December 11, 2020); Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
from India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
DC 20230.
Determination, 85 FR 79999 (December 11, 2020);
and Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Final
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(a),
705(d), and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.210(c), on December 11, 2020,
Commerce published its affirmative
final determinations that
countervailable subsidies are being
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Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85
FR 80022 (December 11, 2020).
2 See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,’’ dated January 25, 2021 (ITC
Notification Letter).
3 See Qinghe’s Letter, ‘‘Qinghe Comments on
Ministerial Errors in the Final Determination and
the Disclosed Calculations for Qinghe:
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Forged Steel
Fluid End Blocks from the People’s Republic of
China (C–570–116),’’ dated December 21, 2020.
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referenced in Qinghe’s allegation
constituted a ministerial error within
the meaning of section 705(e) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.224(f).4 Specifically,
Commerce found that it made an error
in calculating Qinghe’s sales
denominator used in the China Final
Determination by excluding ‘‘other
operating revenue’’ from the
denominator, and in the use of a
denominator other than the sales value
from the period of investigation.5
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e),
Commerce is amending the China Final
Determination to reflect the correction
of the ministerial error described above.
Based on this correction, the subsidy
rate for Qinghe decreased from 19.88
percent ad valorem to 19.31 percent ad
valorem.6 Because we based the allothers rate on Qinghe’s ad valorem
subsidy rate,7 the correction described
above also applies to the all-others rate.
As a result, the all-others rate
determined in the China Final
Determination also decreased from
19.52 percent ad valorem to 19.05
percent ad valorem.8 Because we used
the subsidy rate for several programs in
our calculation of the adverse facts
available (AFA) rate, the AFA rate also
decreased from 337.09 percent ad
valorem to 336.55 percent ad valorem.9
Countervailing Duty Orders
On January 25, 2021, in accordance
with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d)
of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce
of its final determinations in these
investigations, in which it found that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of
subsidized imports of FEBs from China,
Germany, India, and Italy.10 Therefore,
in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of
the Act, Commerce is issuing these
countervailing duty orders. Because the
ITC determined that imports of FEBs
from China, Germany, India, and Italy
are materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from China, Germany,
India, and Italy, entered or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, are
subject to the assessment of
countervailing duties.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty
Investigation of Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from
the People’s Republic of China—Ministerial Error
Allegations in the Final Determination,’’ dated
January 6, 2021 (Ministerial Error Memorandum), at
1–3.
5 Id.
6 Id.
7 See China Final Determination, 85 FR at 80021.
8 See Ministerial Error Memorandum.
9 Id.
10 See ITC Notification Letter.
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Therefore, in accordance with section
706(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to assess, upon further instruction
by Commerce, countervailing duties for
all relevant entries of FEBs from China,
Germany, India, and Italy, which are
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after May 26,
2020, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determinations,11 but will
not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
period and before the publication of the
ITC’s final injury determinations under
section 705(b) of the Act, as further
described below.
Suspension of Liquidation and Cash
Deposits
In accordance with section 706 of the
Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to
reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
of FEBs from China, Germany, India,
and Italy, as described in the appendix
to this notice, effective on the date of
publication of the ITC’s notice of final
determinations in the Federal Register,
and to assess, upon further instruction
by Commerce, pursuant to section
706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing
duties for each entry of the subject
merchandise in an amount based on the
net countervailable subsidy rates below.
On or after the date of publication of the
ITC’s final injury determinations in the
Federal Register, CBP must require, at
the same time as importers would
deposit estimated normal customs
duties on this merchandise, a cash
deposit equal to the rates noted below.
The all-others rate applies to all
producers or exporters not specifically
listed below.
Subsidy rate
(percent)
Company
China:
Nanjing Develop Advanced Manufacturing Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................
Shanghai Qinghe Machinery Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
China Machinery Industrial Products Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................
Anhui Tianyu Petroleum Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
CNCCC Sichuan Imp & Exp Co., Ltd.
GE Petroleum Equipment (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Shenghe Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Minmetals & Machinery Imp & Exp Co., Ltd.
Qingdao RT G&M Co., Ltd.
Shandong Fenghuang Foundry Co., Ltd.
Shandongshengjin Ruite Energy Equipment Co., Ltd. (part of Shengli Oilfield R&T Group).
Shanghai Baisheng Precision Machine.
Shanghai Boss Petroleum Equipment.
Shanghai CP Petrochemical and General Machinery Co., Ltd.
Suzhou Douson Drilling & Production Equipment Co., Ltd.
Zhangjiagang Haiguo New Energy Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Anhui Yingliu Electromechanical Co., Ltd.
Daye Special Steel Co., Ltd., (Citic Specific Steel Group).
Suzhou Fujie Machinery Co., Ltd., (Fujie Group).
All Others ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Germany:
BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH ......................................................................................................................................................
Schmiedewerke Gro¨ditz GmbH ....................................................................................................................................................
voestalpine Bohler Group .............................................................................................................................................................
All Others ......................................................................................................................................................................................
India:
Bharat Forge Limited ....................................................................................................................................................................
All Others ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Italy:
Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A .........................................................................................................................................................
Metalcam S.p.A ............................................................................................................................................................................
All Others ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Companies Subject to AFA (non-respondent companies): Forge Mochieri S.p.A.; Imer International S.p.A.; Galperti Group,
Mimest S.p.A.; P. Technologies S.r.L .......................................................................................................................................
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Provisional Measures
Section 703(d) of the Act states that
instructions issued pursuant to an
affirmative preliminary determination
may not remain in effect for more than
four months. In the underlying
investigations, Commerce published the
Preliminary Determinations on May 26,
11 See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment
of Final Determination With Final Antidumping
Duty Determination, 85 FR 31457 (May 26, 2020);
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the Federal
Republic of Germany: Preliminary Affirmative
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16.80
19.31
336.55
19.05
5.86
6.71
14.81
6.29
5.20
5.20
4.76
3.12
3.52
44.86
2020. As such, the four-month period
beginning on the date of the publication
of the Preliminary Determinations
ended on September 22, 2020.
Furthermore, section 707(b) of the Act
states that definitive duties are to begin
on the date of publication of the ITC’s
final injury determination.
Therefore, in accordance with section
703(d) of the Act, we instructed CBP to
terminate the suspension of liquidation
and to liquidate, without regard to
countervailing duties, unliquidated
entries of FEBs from China, Germany,
India, and Italy, entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption, on or
after September 23, 2020, the date on
Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment
of Final Determination with Final Antidumping
Duty Determination, 85 FR 31454 (May 26, 2020);
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, and Alignment of Final
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 85 FR 31452 (May 26, 2020); and
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, and Alignment of Final
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 85 FR 31460 (May 26, 2020)
(collectively, Preliminary Determinations).
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which the provisional measures
expired, until and through the day
preceding the date of publication of the
ITC’s final injury determinations in the
Federal Register. Suspension of
liquidation will resume on the date of
publication of the ITC’s final
determinations in the Federal Register.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the
countervailable duty (CVD) orders with
respect to FEBs from China, Germany,
India, and Italy, pursuant to section
706(a) of the Act. Interested parties can
find a list of CVD orders currently in
effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
stats/iastats1.html.
These orders are issued and published
in accordance with section 706(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: January 25, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are
forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end
blocks), whether in finished or unfinished
form, and which are typically used in the
manufacture or service of hydraulic pumps.
The term ‘‘forged’’ is an industry term used
to describe the grain texture of steel resulting
from the application of localized compressive
force. Illustrative forging standards include,
but are not limited to, American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications
A668 and A788.
For purposes of these orders, the term
‘‘steel’’ denotes metal containing the
following chemical elements, by weight: (i)
Iron greater than or equal to 60 percent; (ii)
nickel less than or equal to 8.5 percent; (iii)
copper less than or equal to 6 percent; (iv)
chromium greater than or equal to 0.4
percent, but less than or equal to 20 percent;
and (v) molybdenum greater than or equal to
0.15 percent, but less than or equal to 3
percent. Illustrative steel standards include,
but are not limited to, American Iron and
Steel Institute (AISI) or Society of
Automotive Engineers (SAE) grades 4130,
4135, 4140, 4320, 4330, 4340, 8630, 15–5,
17–4, F6NM, F22, F60, and XM25, as well as
modified varieties of these grades.
The products covered by these orders are:
(1) Cut-to-length fluid end blocks with an
actual height (measured from its highest
point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches
(1,016.0 mm), an actual width (measured
from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm)
to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual
length (measured from its longest point) of 11
inches (279.4 mm) to 75 inches (1,905.0 mm);
and (2) strings of fluid end blocks with an
actual height (measured from its highest
point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches
(1,016.0 mm), an actual width (measured
from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm)
to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual
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length (measured from its longest point) up
to 360 inches (9,144.0 mm).
The products included in the scope of
these orders have a tensile strength of at least
70 KSI (measured in accordance with ASTM
A370) and a hardness of at least 140 HBW
(measured in accordance with ASTM E10).
A fluid end block may be imported in
finished condition (i.e., ready for
incorporation into a pump fluid end
assembly without further finishing
operations) or unfinished condition (i.e.,
forged but still requiring one or more
finishing operations before it is ready for
incorporation into a pump fluid end
assembly). Such finishing operations may
include: (1) Heat treating; (2) milling one or
more flat surfaces; (3) contour machining to
custom shapes or dimensions; (4) drilling or
boring holes; (5) threading holes; and/or (6)
painting, varnishing, or coating.
Excluded from the scope of these orders
are fluid end block assemblies which (1)
include (a) plungers and related housings,
adapters, gaskets, seals, and packing nuts, (b)
valves and related seats, springs, seals, and
cover nuts, and (c) a discharge flange and
related seals, and (2) are otherwise ready to
be mated with the ‘‘power end’’ of a
hydraulic pump without the need for
installation of any plunger, valve, or
discharge flange components, or any other
further manufacturing operations.
The products included in the scope of
these orders may enter under Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 7218.91.0030, 7218.99.0030,
7224.90.0015, 7224.90.0045, 7326.19.0010,
7326.90.8688, or 8413.91.9055. While these
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of these
orders is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–123]
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and exporters of
certain corrosion inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China (China).
DATES: Applicable January 29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theodore Pearson or Nicholas
Czajkowski, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VIII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
AGENCY:
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U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2631 or
(202) 482–1395, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The petitioner in this investigation is
Wincom, Inc. In addition to the
Government of China, the selected
mandatory respondents in this
investigation are Jiangyin Delian
Chemical Co., Ltd. (Delian) and Nantong
Botao Chemical Co., Ltd. (Botao).
On July 13, 2020, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Determination of this
investigation.1 In the Preliminary
Determination, in accordance with
section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(4), Commerce aligned the
final CVD determination in this
investigation with the final antidumping
duty (AD) determination in the
companion AD investigation of certain
corrosion inhibitors from China. The
revised deadline for the final
determination of this investigation is
now January 25, 2021. On October 29,
2020, Commerce issued a PostPreliminary Analysis.2
A summary of the events that
occurred since Commerce published the
Preliminary Determination, as well as a
full discussion of the issues raised by
parties for this final determination, may
be found in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum which is hereby adopted
by this notice.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 Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and electronic versions
1 See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment
of Final Determination With Final Antidumping
Duty Determination, 85 FR 41960 (July 13, 2020)
(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Post-Preliminary Analysis
in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Corrosion Inhibitors from the People’s Republic of
China,’’ dated October 29, 2020.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Affirmative
Determination of the Countervailing Duty
Investigation of Corrosion Inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-116, C-428-848, C-533-894, C-475-841]
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
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing countervailing duty orders on forged steel fluid
end blocks (FEBs) from the People's Republic of China (China), the
Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), India, and Italy. In addition,
Commerce is amending its final determination with respect to FEBs from
China to correct ministerial errors.
DATES: Applicable January 29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore at (202) 482-3640 or Janae
Martin at (202) 482-0238 (China); Joseph Dowling at (202) 482-1646 or
Robert Palmer at (202) 482-9068 (Germany); William Langley at (202)
482-3861 or Nicholas Czajkowski at (202) 482-1395 (India); and Konrad
Ptaszynski at (202) 482-6187 or Nicholas Czajkowski at (202) 482-1395
(Italy); AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(a), 705(d), and 777(i)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on
December 11, 2020, Commerce published its affirmative final
determinations that countervailable subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of FEBs from China, Germany, India, and
Italy.\1\ In the investigation of FEBs from China, an interested party
to the investigation submitted a timely filed allegation on the record
that Commerce made certain ministerial errors in the final
countervailing duty determination on FEBs from China. Section 705(e) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f) define ministerial errors as errors in
addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors
resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any
other type of unintentional error which Commerce considers ministerial.
We reviewed the allegations and determined that we made certain
ministerial errors in the final countervailing duty determination on
FEBs from China. See ``Amendment to the Final Determination'' section
below for further discussion.
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the People's Republic
of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR
80020 (December 11, 2020) (China Final Determination); Forged Steel
Fluid End Blocks From the Federal Republic of Germany: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 80011 (December
11, 2020); Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 79999 (December
11, 2020); and Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 80022 (December
11, 2020).
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On January 25, 2021, the ITC notified Commerce of its affirmative
final determinations that pursuant to sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and
705(d) of the Act, that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of subsidized imports of subject merchandise from
China, Germany, India, and Italy.\2\
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\2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,'' dated January 25, 2021 (ITC Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is FEBs from China,
Germany, India, and Italy. For a complete description of the scope of
these orders, see the appendix to this notice.
Amendment to the Final Determination of FEBs From China
On December 21, 2020, Shanghai Qinghe Machinery Co., Ltd. (Qinghe)
timely alleged that the China Final Determination contained certain
ministerial errors and requested that Commerce correct such errors.\3\
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\3\ See Qinghe's Letter, ``Qinghe Comments on Ministerial Errors
in the Final Determination and the Disclosed Calculations for
Qinghe: Countervailing Duty Investigation of Forged Steel Fluid End
Blocks from the People's Republic of China (C-570-116),'' dated
December 21, 2020.
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Commerce reviewed the record and, on January 6, 2020, agreed that
an error referenced in Qinghe's allegation constituted a ministerial
error within the meaning of section 705(e) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(f).\4\ Specifically, Commerce found that it made an error in
calculating Qinghe's sales denominator used in the China Final
Determination by excluding ``other operating revenue'' from the
denominator, and in the use of a denominator other than the sales value
from the period of investigation.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e),
Commerce is amending the China Final Determination to reflect the
correction of the ministerial error described above. Based on this
correction, the subsidy rate for Qinghe decreased from 19.88 percent ad
valorem to 19.31 percent ad valorem.\6\ Because we based the all-others
rate on Qinghe's ad valorem subsidy rate,\7\ the correction described
above also applies to the all-others rate. As a result, the all-others
rate determined in the China Final Determination also decreased from
19.52 percent ad valorem to 19.05 percent ad valorem.\8\ Because we
used the subsidy rate for several programs in our calculation of the
adverse facts available (AFA) rate, the AFA rate also decreased from
337.09 percent ad valorem to 336.55 percent ad valorem.\9\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the People's Republic of China--
Ministerial Error Allegations in the Final Determination,'' dated
January 6, 2021 (Ministerial Error Memorandum), at 1-3.
\5\ Id.
\6\ Id.
\7\ See China Final Determination, 85 FR at 80021.
\8\ See Ministerial Error Memorandum.
\9\ Id.
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Countervailing Duty Orders
On January 25, 2021, in accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i)
and 705(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
determinations in these investigations, in which it found that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
subsidized imports of FEBs from China, Germany, India, and Italy.\10\
Therefore, in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is
issuing these countervailing duty orders. Because the ITC determined
that imports of FEBs from China, Germany, India, and Italy are
materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from China, Germany, India, and Italy, entered or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment of
countervailing duties.
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\10\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce
will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon
further instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties for all relevant
entries of FEBs from China, Germany, India, and Italy, which are
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May
26, 2020, the date of publication of the Preliminary
Determinations,\11\ but will not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures period and before the
publication of the ITC's final injury determinations under section
705(b) of the Act, as further described below.
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\11\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 85 FR 31457 (May 26, 2020); Forged
Steel Fluid End Blocks from the Federal Republic of Germany:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 85 FR 31454 (May 26, 2020); Forged Steel Fluid End
Blocks from India: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination with Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 85 FR 31452 (May 26, 2020); and
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 85 FR 31460
(May 26, 2020) (collectively, Preliminary Determinations).
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce will instruct
CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of FEBs from China,
Germany, India, and Italy, as described in the appendix to this notice,
effective on the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final
determinations in the Federal Register, and to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act,
countervailing duties for each entry of the subject merchandise in an
amount based on the net countervailable subsidy rates below. On or
after the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determinations
in the Federal Register, CBP must require, at the same time as
importers would deposit estimated normal customs duties on this
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates noted below. The all-
others rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically
listed below.
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent)
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China:
Nanjing Develop Advanced Manufacturing Co., Ltd..... 16.80
Shanghai Qinghe Machinery Co., Ltd.................. 19.31
China Machinery Industrial Products Co., Ltd........ 336.55
Anhui Tianyu Petroleum Equipment Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd................................................
CNCCC Sichuan Imp & Exp Co., Ltd....................
GE Petroleum Equipment (Beijing) Co., Ltd...........
Jiaxing Shenghe Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd........
Ningbo Minmetals & Machinery Imp & Exp Co., Ltd.....
Qingdao RT G&M Co., Ltd.............................
Shandong Fenghuang Foundry Co., Ltd.................
Shandongshengjin Ruite Energy Equipment Co., Ltd.
(part of Shengli Oilfield R&T Group)...............
Shanghai Baisheng Precision Machine.................
Shanghai Boss Petroleum Equipment...................
Shanghai CP Petrochemical and General Machinery Co.,
Ltd................................................
Suzhou Douson Drilling & Production Equipment Co.,
Ltd................................................
Zhangjiagang Haiguo New Energy Equipment
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.............................
Anhui Yingliu Electromechanical Co., Ltd............
Daye Special Steel Co., Ltd., (Citic Specific Steel
Group).............................................
Suzhou Fujie Machinery Co., Ltd., (Fujie Group).....
All Others.......................................... 19.05
Germany:
BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH........................... 5.86
Schmiedewerke Gr[ouml]ditz GmbH..................... 6.71
voestalpine Bohler Group............................ 14.81
All Others.......................................... 6.29
India:
Bharat Forge Limited................................ 5.20
All Others.......................................... 5.20
Italy:
Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A........................... 4.76
Metalcam S.p.A...................................... 3.12
All Others.......................................... 3.52
Companies Subject to AFA (non-respondent companies): 44.86
Forge Mochieri S.p.A.; Imer International S.p.A.;
Galperti Group, Mimest S.p.A.; P. Technologies
S.r.L..............................................
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Provisional Measures
Section 703(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months. In the underlying investigations, Commerce
published the Preliminary Determinations on May 26, 2020. As such, the
four-month period beginning on the date of the publication of the
Preliminary Determinations ended on September 22, 2020. Furthermore,
section 707(b) of the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
Therefore, in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we
instructed CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated
entries of FEBs from China, Germany, India, and Italy, entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after September 23,
2020, the date on
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which the provisional measures expired, until and through the day
preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determinations in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will
resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determinations in
the Federal Register.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the countervailable duty (CVD) orders with
respect to FEBs from China, Germany, India, and Italy, pursuant to
section 706(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of CVD
orders currently in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
These orders are issued and published in accordance with section
706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: January 25, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are forged steel fluid end
blocks (fluid end blocks), whether in finished or unfinished form,
and which are typically used in the manufacture or service of
hydraulic pumps.
The term ``forged'' is an industry term used to describe the
grain texture of steel resulting from the application of localized
compressive force. Illustrative forging standards include, but are
not limited to, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
specifications A668 and A788.
For purposes of these orders, the term ``steel'' denotes metal
containing the following chemical elements, by weight: (i) Iron
greater than or equal to 60 percent; (ii) nickel less than or equal
to 8.5 percent; (iii) copper less than or equal to 6 percent; (iv)
chromium greater than or equal to 0.4 percent, but less than or
equal to 20 percent; and (v) molybdenum greater than or equal to
0.15 percent, but less than or equal to 3 percent. Illustrative
steel standards include, but are not limited to, American Iron and
Steel Institute (AISI) or Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
grades 4130, 4135, 4140, 4320, 4330, 4340, 8630, 15-5, 17-4, F6NM,
F22, F60, and XM25, as well as modified varieties of these grades.
The products covered by these orders are: (1) Cut-to-length
fluid end blocks with an actual height (measured from its highest
point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), an actual
width (measured from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40
inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual length (measured from its longest
point) of 11 inches (279.4 mm) to 75 inches (1,905.0 mm); and (2)
strings of fluid end blocks with an actual height (measured from its
highest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), an
actual width (measured from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm)
to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual length (measured from its
longest point) up to 360 inches (9,144.0 mm).
The products included in the scope of these orders have a
tensile strength of at least 70 KSI (measured in accordance with
ASTM A370) and a hardness of at least 140 HBW (measured in
accordance with ASTM E10).
A fluid end block may be imported in finished condition (i.e.,
ready for incorporation into a pump fluid end assembly without
further finishing operations) or unfinished condition (i.e., forged
but still requiring one or more finishing operations before it is
ready for incorporation into a pump fluid end assembly). Such
finishing operations may include: (1) Heat treating; (2) milling one
or more flat surfaces; (3) contour machining to custom shapes or
dimensions; (4) drilling or boring holes; (5) threading holes; and/
or (6) painting, varnishing, or coating.
Excluded from the scope of these orders are fluid end block
assemblies which (1) include (a) plungers and related housings,
adapters, gaskets, seals, and packing nuts, (b) valves and related
seats, springs, seals, and cover nuts, and (c) a discharge flange
and related seals, and (2) are otherwise ready to be mated with the
``power end'' of a hydraulic pump without the need for installation
of any plunger, valve, or discharge flange components, or any other
further manufacturing operations.
The products included in the scope of these orders may enter
under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 7218.91.0030, 7218.99.0030, 7224.90.0015, 7224.90.0045,
7326.19.0010, 7326.90.8688, or 8413.91.9055. While these HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of these orders is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2021-01978 Filed 1-28-21; 8:45 am]
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