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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, filed via ACCESS,
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. An
electronically-filed request must be
received successfully in its entirety by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days
of the date of publication of this notice.
Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, Commerce intends to hold the
hearing at a time and date to be
determined.
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of
this review, Commerce will determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries of subject
merchandise covered by this review. We
intend 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).
If these preliminary results are
unchanged for the final results, we will
instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem
assessment rate of equal to the dumping
margins stated above, adjusted for
subsidy offsets to all entries of subject
merchandise during the POR which
were produced and/or exported by
Chandan or exported by the companies
which were not selected for individual
examination. We intend to instruct CBP
to take into account the ‘‘provisional
measures deposit cap,’’ in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(d).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results
of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication, as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit
rate for Chandan and the companies not
individually examined will be equal to
the rate established for Chandan in the
final results of this administrative
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review; (2) for merchandise exported by
producers or exporters not covered by
this review but covered by a 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 by this review, a prior
review, or the original investigation 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; (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 14.29 percent, adjusted
for subsidy offsets,17 the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended,
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
which will include our analysis of the
issues raised in any case and rebuttal
briefs, not later than 120 days after the
date of publication of this notice,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping 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 occurred and the
subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
The preliminary results of this
administrative review and notice are
issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 17, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Available and Adverse
17 See
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Inferences
V. Rate for Non-Selected Companies
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
List of Non-Selected Companies
1. Arien Global
2. Armstrong International Pvt. Ltd
3. Avinimetal
4. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd
5. Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited
6. Bee Gee Enterprises
7. Bsl Freight Solutions Pvt., Ltd
8. CD Industries (Prop. Kisaan Engineering
Works Pvt. Ltd)
9. Cipriani Harrison Valves Pvt. Ltd
10. CTL Logistics (India) Pvt. Ltd
11. Echjay Forgings Private Ltd 18
12. Fivebros Forgings Pvt. Ltd
13. Fluid Controls Pvt. Ltd
14. Geodis Oversea Pvt., Ltd
15. Globelink WW India Pvt., Ltd
16. Goodluck India Ltd
17. Hilton Metal Forging Limited
18. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd
19. Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited
20. Jay Jagdamba Limited 19
21. Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited
22. Kisaan Die Tech
23. Kunj Forgings Pvt. Ltd
24. Montane Shipping Pvt., Ltd
25. Noble Shipping Pvt. Ltd
26. Paramount Forge
27. Pashupati Tradex Pvt., Ltd
28. Peekay Steel Castings Pvt. Ltd
29. Pradeep Metals Ltd
30. R D Forge Pvt., Ltd
31. Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd
32. Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd
33. Safewater Lines (I) Pvt. Ltd
34. Saini Flange Pvt. Ltd
35. SAR Transport Systems
36. Shilpan Steelcast Pvt. Ltd
37. Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Pvt. Ltd
38. Teamglobal Logistics Pvt. Ltd
39. Technical Products Corporation
40. Technocraft Industries India Ltd
41. Transworld Global
42. VEEYES Engineering Pvt. Ltd
43. Vishal Shipping Agencies Pvt. Ltd
44. Yusen Logistics (India) Pvt. Ltd
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2019–
2020
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
18 In the Initiation Notice, this company also
appeared as ‘‘Echjay Forgings Private Limited.’’ See
Initiation Notice, 84 FR at 67714.
19 In the Initiation Notice, this company also
appeared as ‘‘Jay Jagdamba Ltd.’’ Id.
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The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the sole mandatory respondent
subject to this review made sales of
stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India
below normal value during the period of
review (POR) February 1, 2019, through
January 31, 2020. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable February 24, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Langley, 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) 482–3861.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Commerce is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty (AD) order of SS Bar
from India. The notice of initiation was
published on April 8, 2020.1 This
review covers Precision Metals, and its
affiliated companies including
Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and
Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd.
(collectively, the Venus Group), and
Ambica Steels Limited (Ambica),
producers and exporters of the subject
merchandise. On June 2, 2019,
Commerce selected the Venus Group as
the sole mandatory respondent for this
review.2 On April 24, 2020, Commerce
uniformly tolled deadlines for all AD
and countervailing duty (CVD)
administrative reviews by 50 days 3 and,
on July 21, 2020, we uniformly tolled
deadlines for all AD and CVD
administrative reviews by an additional
60 days, thereby extending the deadline
for these preliminary results until
February 18, 2021.4
Scope of the Order
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The product covered by this review is
SS bar from India. For a complete
description of the scope, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR
19730 (April 8, 2020).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review Stainless Steel Bar from
India 2019–2020; Respondent Selection’’ dated June
2, 2020.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar from
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of
the Act, Commerce has preliminarily
relied upon facts otherwise available
with adverse inferences (AFA) for the
Venus Group, because this respondent
withheld information requested by
Commerce and failed to provide such
information by the deadlines set by
Commerce.
For a full description of the
methodology and analysis underlying
the preliminary application of AFA, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
A list of topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as an appendix to this notice.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is made
available to the public 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 Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and electronic versions
of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Rate for Non-Selected Company
In accordance with the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s
decision in Albermarle,6 we are
applying a rate based on the rate
calculated for Ambica in the 2018–2019
administrative review (i.e., 0.00) to the
only company not selected for
individual examination, Ambica. In this
review, we find this rate is reasonably
reflective of Ambica’s potential
dumping margin, and thus, it is
appropriate to apply this rate to the nonselected company, Ambica, under
section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act. For a
detailed discussion, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of our review, we
preliminarily determine the following
weighted-average dumping margin for
the period Febuary 1, 2019, through
January 31, 2020:
India,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
6 See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F. 3d
1345 (Fed. Cir. 2016).
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Exporter/producer
Precision Metals, and its affiliated companies including Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals
and Sieves Manufacturers
(India) Pvt. Ltd ........................
Ambica Steels Limited ................
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
30.92
0.00
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.7 The
final results of this review shall be the
basis for the assessment of antidumping
duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this
review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.8 If
the preliminary results are unchanged
for the final results, we will instruct
CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment
rate of 30.92 percent to all entries of
subject merchandise during the POR
from the Venus Group and Ambica.
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 SS Bar from India entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the
company under review will be the rate
established in the final results of this
review (except, if the rate is zero or de
minimis, no cash deposit will be
required); (2) for previously reviewed or
investigated companies not listed above,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the company-specific rate published for
the most recent period; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the less-than7 See
8 See
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fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recent period for the manufacturer of
the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 12.45,
the all-others rate established in the
LTFV investigation.9 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Normally, Commerce discloses to
interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the
preliminary results within five days of
the date of publication of the notice of
preliminary results in the Federal
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). However, there are no
calculations to disclose here because, in
accordance with section 776 of the Act,
Commerce preliminarily applied AFA to
the Venus Group, the only mandatory
respondent selected in this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
interested parties may submit case briefs
no later than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed not later than
seven days after the date for filing case
briefs.10 Parties who submit case or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) A statement of the issue,
(2) a brief summary of the argument,
and (3) a table of authorities.11 Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using
ACCESS.12 Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary
information, until further notice.13
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.
Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
9 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar from
India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December 28, 1994).
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
11 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
12 See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
13 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension
of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs.
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended,
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of
the issues raised in any written briefs,
not later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)
to file a certificate regarding the
reimbursement of antidumping duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant
entries during this review period.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of
administrative review are issued and
published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 18, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Application of Facts Available and
Adverse Inferences
V. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA861]
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public online
workshop.
AGENCY:
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The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
and the NMFS Northwest and
Southwest Fisheries Science Centers
will hold an online workshop to review
data and analyses proposed to inform
new assessments for lingcod and
vermilion/sunset rockfishes scheduled
to be conducted this year. The
workshop is open to the public.
DATES: The pre-assessment workshop
will be held Monday, March 29, 2021,
beginning at 1 p.m., Pacific Daylight
Time and continuing until business for
the day has been completed, no later
than 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The pre-assessment
workshop will be an online meeting.
Specific meeting information, including
directions on how to join the meeting
and system requirements will be
provided in the meeting announcement
on the Pacific Council’s website (see
www.pcouncil.org). You may send an
email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt
(kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov) or contact
him at (503) 820–2412 for technical
assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific
Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (503) 820–2413.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the pre-assessment workshop
is to review data and analyses proposed
to inform 2021 assessments for lingcod
and vermilion/sunset rockfishes. Stock
assessment teams will solicit advice
from data stewards, stakeholders, and
fishery managers knowledgeable about
these stocks and these data to prepare
for these assessments.
No management actions will be
decided by the workshop participants.
The participants’ role will be
development of recommendations for
consideration by the stock assessment
teams assigned to conduct these
assessments. Assessments for these
stocks are tentatively scheduled for peer
review in July 2021 Stock Assessment
Review (STAR) panels (July 12–16 for
lingcod and July 26–30 for vermilion/
sunset rockfishes). The Pacific Council
and the Pacific Council’s Scientific and
Statistical Committee are scheduled to
consider these draft assessments for use
in informing management decisions at
their September 2021 meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agendas may
be discussed, those issues may not be
the subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
[[Page 11236]]
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the sole mandatory respondent subject to this review made sales of
stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India below normal value during the
period of review (POR) February 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020. We
invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 24, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Langley, 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) 482-3861.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping
duty (AD) order of SS Bar from India. The notice of initiation was
published on April 8, 2020.\1\ This review covers Precision Metals, and
its affiliated companies including Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and
Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. (collectively, the Venus Group),
and Ambica Steels Limited (Ambica), producers and exporters of the
subject merchandise. On June 2, 2019, Commerce selected the Venus Group
as the sole mandatory respondent for this review.\2\ On April 24, 2020,
Commerce uniformly tolled deadlines for all AD and countervailing duty
(CVD) administrative reviews by 50 days \3\ and, on July 21, 2020, we
uniformly tolled deadlines for all AD and CVD administrative reviews by
an additional 60 days, thereby extending the deadline for these
preliminary results until February 18, 2021.\4\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 19730 (April 8, 2020).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Stainless Steel Bar from India 2019-2020; Respondent Selection''
dated June 2, 2020.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this review is SS bar from India. For a
complete description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\5\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel
Bar from India,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has preliminarily relied
upon facts otherwise available with adverse inferences (AFA) for the
Venus Group, because this respondent withheld information requested by
Commerce and failed to provide such information by the deadlines set by
Commerce.
For a full description of the methodology and analysis underlying
the preliminary application of AFA, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the
public 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be
accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Rate for Non-Selected Company
In accordance with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit's decision in Albermarle,\6\ we are applying a rate based on
the rate calculated for Ambica in the 2018-2019 administrative review
(i.e., 0.00) to the only company not selected for individual
examination, Ambica. In this review, we find this rate is reasonably
reflective of Ambica's potential dumping margin, and thus, it is
appropriate to apply this rate to the non-selected company, Ambica,
under section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act. For a detailed discussion, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\6\ See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F. 3d 1345 (Fed.
Cir. 2016).
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine the following
weighted-average dumping margin for the period Febuary 1, 2019, through
January 31, 2020:
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Precision Metals, and its affiliated companies including 30.92
Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers
(India) Pvt. Ltd...........................................
Ambica Steels Limited....................................... 0.00
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\7\ The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.\8\ If the preliminary results are unchanged
for the final results, we will instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem
assessment rate of 30.92 percent to all entries of subject merchandise
during the POR from the Venus Group and Ambica.
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\8\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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 SS Bar from India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this review in the Federal Register, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the company
under review will be the rate established in the final results of this
review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will
be required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not
listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
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fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 12.45, the
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\9\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\9\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December
28, 1994).
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the preliminary results within five days
of the date of publication of the notice of preliminary results in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, there
are no calculations to disclose here because, in accordance with
section 776 of the Act, Commerce preliminarily applied AFA to the Venus
Group, the only mandatory respondent selected in this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs,
may be filed not later than seven days after the date for filing case
briefs.\10\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement
of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of
authorities.\11\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using
ACCESS.\12\ Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary
information, until further notice.\13\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\12\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
\13\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain:
(1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case
and rebuttal briefs.
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 18, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Application of Facts Available and Adverse Inferences
V. Recommendation
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