Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 53722-53723 [2022-18917]
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and Enforcement of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Laws’’ in the
Federal Register.8 On September 27,
2021, Commerce also published the
notice entitled ‘‘Scope Ruling
Application; Annual Inquiry Service
List; and Informational Sessions’’ in the
Federal Register.9 The Final Rule and
Procedural Guidance provide that
Commerce will maintain an annual
inquiry service list for each order or
suspended investigation, and any
interested party submitting a scope
ruling application or request for
circumvention inquiry shall serve a
copy of the application or request on the
persons on the annual inquiry service
list for that order, as well as any
companion order covering the same
merchandise from the same country of
origin.10
In accordance with the Procedural
Guidance, for orders published in the
Federal Register before November 4,
2021, Commerce created an annual
inquiry service list segment for each
order and suspended investigation.
Interested parties who wished to be
added to the annual inquiry service list
for an order submitted an entry of
appearance to the annual inquiry
service list segment for the order in
ACCESS, and on November 4, 2021,
Commerce finalized the initial annual
inquiry service lists for each order and
suspended investigation. Each annual
inquiry service list has been saved as a
public service list in ACCESS, under
each case number, and under a specific
segment type called ‘‘AISL—Annual
Inquiry Service List.’’ 11
As mentioned in the Procedural
Guidance, beginning in January 2022,
Commerce will update these annual
inquiry service lists on an annual basis
when the Opportunity Notice for the
anniversary month of the order or
suspended investigation is published in
the Federal Register.12 Accordingly,
Commerce will update the annual
8 See Regulations to Improve Administration and
Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021)
(Final Rule).
9 See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry
Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR
53205 (September 27, 2021) (Procedural Guidance).
10 Id.
11 This segment has been combined with the
ACCESS Segment Specific Information (SSI) field
which will display the month in which the notice
of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as
the anniversary month. For example, for an order
under case number A–000–000 that was published
in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in
ACCESS as ‘‘AISL—January Anniversary.’’ Note
that there will be only one annual inquiry service
list segment per case number, and the anniversary
month will be pre-populated in ACCESS.
12 See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
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inquiry service lists for the above-listed
antidumping and countervailing duty
proceedings. All interested parties
wishing to appear on the updated
annual inquiry service list must take
one of the two following actions: (1)
New interested parties who did not
previously submit an entry of
appearance must submit a new entry of
appearance at this time; (2) Interested
parties who were included in the
preceding annual inquiry service list
must submit an amended entry of
appearance to be included in the next
year’s annual inquiry service list. For
these interested parties, Commerce will
change the entry of appearance status
from ‘‘Active’’ to ‘‘Needs Amendment’’
for the annual inquiry service lists
corresponding to the above-listed
proceedings. This will allow those
interested parties to make any necessary
amendments and resubmit their entries
of appearance. If no amendments need
to be made, the interested party should
indicate in the area on the ACCESS form
requesting an explanation for the
amendment that it is resubmitting its
entry of appearance for inclusion in the
annual inquiry service list for the
following year. As mentioned in the
Final Rule,13 once the petitioners and
foreign governments have submitted an
entry of appearance for the first time,
they will automatically be added to the
updated annual inquiry service list each
year.
Interested parties have 30 days after
the date of this notice to submit new or
amended entries of appearance.
Commerce will then finalize the annual
inquiry service lists five business days
thereafter. For ease of administration,
please note that Commerce requests that
law firms with more than one attorney
representing interested parties in a
proceeding designate a lead attorney to
be included on the annual inquiry
service list.
Commerce may update an annual
inquiry service list at any time as
needed based on interested parties’
amendments to their entries of
appearance to remove or otherwise
modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact
information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these
procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website at https://
access.trade.gov.
Special Instructions for Petitioners and
Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated
that, ‘‘after an initial request and
placement on the annual inquiry service
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list, both petitioners and foreign
governments will automatically be
placed on the annual inquiry service list
in the years that follow.’’ 14
Accordingly, as stated above and
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the
petitioners and foreign governments
will not need to resubmit their entries
of appearance each year to continue to
be included on the annual inquiry
service list. However, the petitioners
and foreign governments are responsible
for making amendments to their entries
of appearance during the annual update
to the annual inquiry service list in
accordance with the procedures
described above.
This notice is not required by statute
but is published as a service to the
international trading community.
Dated: August 19, 2022.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–872]
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From
India: Final Results of the Expedited
First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited
sunset review, the U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty
order on finished carbon steel flanges
from India would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the levels as
indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of Sunset
Review’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable September 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James R. Hepburn and Preston Cox, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–1882 and (202) 482–5041,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On August 24, 2017, Commerce
published the countervailing duty order
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on finished carbon steel flanges from
India.1 On May 2, 2022, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of the
first sunset review of the Order,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).2
Commerce received a notice of intent to
participate from Weldbend Corporation
and Boltex Manufacturing Company,
Inc. (collectively, domestic interested
parties) within the deadline specified in
19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3 The domestic
interested parties claimed interested
party status within the meaning of
section 771(9)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.102(b)(29)(v) as domestic producers
of finished carbon steel flanges in the
United States.
On June 1, 2022, Commerce received
an adequate substantive response from
the domestic interested parties within
the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).4 Commerce did not
receive a substantive response from
either the Government of India or a
respondent interested party to this
proceeding. On July 22, 2021,
Commerce notified the U.S.
International Trade Commission that it
did not receive an adequate substantive
response from respondent interested
parties.5 As a result, Commerce
conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the Order, pursuant to
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2).
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order
are finished carbon steel flanges. For a
complete description of the scope of the
Order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.6
Analysis of Comments Received
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A complete discussion of all issues
raised in this sunset review, including
the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of subsidization in the event
of revocation of the Order and the
1 See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India:
Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 40138 (August
24, 2017) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87
FR 25617 (May 2, 2021).
3 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter,
‘‘Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Notice
of Intent to Participate by Weldbend Corporation &
Boltex Corporation,’’ dated May 17, 2022.
4 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter,
‘‘Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India:
Substantive Response of Domestic Interested
Parties,’’ dated June 1, 2022 (Substantive Response).
5 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews
Initiated on May 2, 2022,’’ dated June 21, 2022.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited
First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India,’’
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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countervailable subsidy rates likely to
prevail if the Order were to be revoked,
is provided in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the topics
discussed in it in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. 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 Services 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://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and
752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines
that revocation of the Order would be
likely to lead to the continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies
at the following rates:
Subsidy rate
(percent ad
valorem)
Producer/exporter
Norma (India) Ltd 7 ...............
R.N. Gupta & Co., Ltd ..........
All Others ..............................
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.218.
7 In the investigation and three subsequent
reviews, Commerce found Norma (India) Ltd. to be
cross-owned with USK Exports Private Limited;
Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co.; and Bansidhar
Chirnajilal. See, e.g., Finished Carbon Steel Flanges
from India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, 82 FR 29479 (June 29, 2017) at
29480; and Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from
India: Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2019, 86 FR 67909
(November 30, 2021) at 67910.
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Dated: August 25, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates
Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–489–842]
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand From the Republic of Turkey:
7.64 Preliminary Results of the
9.40 Antidumping Duty Administrative
7.49
Review; 2020–2022
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305, 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 terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
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Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that the sole producer/
exporter subject to this administrative
review made sales of subject
merchandise at less than fair value
(LTFV) during the period of review
(POR) September 30, 2020, through
January 31, 2022. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay
Menon or Macey Mayes, AD/CVD
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–0208 or (202) 482–4473,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 12, 2022, based on timely
requests for review, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on prestressed
concrete steel wire strand (PC strand)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-872]
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of the
Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the
countervailing duty order on finished carbon steel flanges from India
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the levels as indicated in the ``Final
Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable September 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Hepburn and Preston Cox, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1882 and (202)
482-5041, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 24, 2017, Commerce published the countervailing duty
order
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on finished carbon steel flanges from India.\1\ On May 2, 2022,
Commerce published the notice of initiation of the first sunset review
of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\2\ Commerce received a notice of intent to
participate from Weldbend Corporation and Boltex Manufacturing Company,
Inc. (collectively, domestic interested parties) within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The domestic interested
parties claimed interested party status within the meaning of section
771(9)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(v) as domestic producers
of finished carbon steel flanges in the United States.
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\1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Countervailing
Duty Order, 82 FR 40138 (August 24, 2017) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 FR 25617
(May 2, 2021).
\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Finished Carbon
Steel Flanges from India: Notice of Intent to Participate by
Weldbend Corporation & Boltex Corporation,'' dated May 17, 2022.
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On June 1, 2022, Commerce received an adequate substantive response
from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ Commerce did not receive a
substantive response from either the Government of India or a
respondent interested party to this proceeding. On July 22, 2021,
Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission that it did
not receive an adequate substantive response from respondent interested
parties.\5\ As a result, Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2).
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\4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Finished Carbon
Steel Flanges from India: Substantive Response of Domestic
Interested Parties,'' dated June 1, 2022 (Substantive Response).
\5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on May 2,
2022,'' dated June 21, 2022.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are finished carbon steel
flanges. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from
India,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization
in the event of revocation of the Order and the countervailable subsidy
rates likely to prevail if the Order were to be revoked, is provided in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in
it in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to
this notice. 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 Services
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://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to the
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the
following rates:
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Subsidy rate
Producer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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Norma (India) Ltd \7\................................... 7.64
R.N. Gupta & Co., Ltd................................... 9.40
All Others.............................................. 7.49
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, 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 terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
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\7\ In the investigation and three subsequent reviews, Commerce
found Norma (India) Ltd. to be cross-owned with USK Exports Private
Limited; Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co.; and Bansidhar Chirnajilal.
See, e.g., Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 82 FR 29479 (June 29,
2017) at 29480; and Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019, 86 FR
67909 (November 30, 2021) at 67910.
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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results and this notice
in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: August 25, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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