Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 54968-54970 [2022-19338]

Download as PDF 54968 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 173 / Thursday, September 8, 2022 / Notices Notification to Importers This notice also 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 review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Commerce’s presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). Dated: August 31, 2022. Lisa W. Wang, 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. Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination V. Discussion of the Methodology VI. Currency Conversion VII. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2022–19337 Filed 9–7–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P (202) 482–4849 or (202) 482–6187, respectively. scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.7 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Analysis of Comments Received Background On March 4, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the 2020–2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on SS Bar from India.1 We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results and on June 30, 2022, Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible Industries LLC, Electralloy, a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc., North American Stainless, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., and Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners) submitted timely filed case briefs.2 On July 6 and 12, 2022, Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. (collectively, the Venus Group) and Laxcon Steels Limited, Ocean Steels Private Limited, Metlax International Private Limited, Parvati Private Limited, and Mega Steels Private Limited (collectively, Laxcon), respectively, submitted timely filed rebuttal briefs.3 On June 6, 2022, we extended the preliminary results of this review to no later than August 31, 2022.4 For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.5 Scope of the Order 6 The products covered by the Order are SS Bar. A full description of the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–533–810] Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020–2021 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that exporters/producers of stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India made sales at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) of February 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021. DATES: Applicable September 8, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Keller or Konrad Ptaszynski, AD/ CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:19 Sep 07, 2022 Jkt 256001 1 See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020–2021, 87 FR 12428 (March 4, 2022) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 2 See Petitioner’s Letters, ‘‘Petitioners’ Case Brief Concerning Laxcon,’’ dated June 30, 2022; and ‘‘Petitioners’ Case Brief Concerning Venus,’’ dated June 30, 2022. 3 See Laxcon’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal of Petitioner Case Brief Concerning to Laxcon Steels Limited of AntiDumping Order on Stainless Steels Bar from India (A–533–810),’’ dated July 12, 2022; see also Venus Group’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated August 6, 2022. We rejected the Venus Group’s initial rebuttal brief submission because it contained untimely new factual information. Accordingly, the Venus Group resubmitted its redacted rebuttal brief on August 6, 2022. 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020–2021,’’ dated June 6, 2022. 5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Bar from India; 2020–2021,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 6 See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Order). PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by interested parties in this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included in the appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public 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://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Changes Since the Preliminary Results Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain changes to the margin calculation for Laxcon. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Use of Adverse Facts Available Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and for the reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we applied certain changes to Laxcon’s margin calculation based on the use of partial adverse facts available. Final Results of Administrative Review As a result of this administrative review, Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exists for the period February 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021: 7 See Issues and Decision Memorandum. these companies are known as the Venus Group. 9 We are not disclosing any final margin calculations for Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates Hindustan Inox Ltd., Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. because we made no changes to the preliminary margin calculations, and we have not performed any calculations in connection with this final determination. See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless-Steel Bar from India—Preliminary Analysis Memorandum for the Venus Group; 2020– 2021,’’ dated February 25, 2022. 10 Collectively, these companies are known as Laxcon. 8 Collectively, E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1 54969 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 173 / Thursday, September 8, 2022 / Notices Weighted-average dumping margin (percent) Producer or exporter Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates Hindustan Inox Ltd., Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd 8 ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Laxcon Steels Limited, and its affiliates Ocean Steels Private Limited, Metlax International Private Limited, Parvati Private Limited, and Mega Steels Private Limited 10 ............................................................................................................................. Disclosure With respect to Laxcon, we intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final results of review to the parties within five days after public announcement, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). With respect to the Venus Group, because we made no changes to the margin for the Venus Group in these final results there are no calculations to disclose. Assessment Rates khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), upon issuance of the final results of review, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after publication of these final results of review. 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). For Laxcon, we calculated importerspecific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer’s examined sales and the total entered value of those sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).11 Where an importerspecific assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), the entries by that importer will be liquidated without reference to antidumping duties. For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Laxcon for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate (i.e., 12.45 percent) 12 if there 11 In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012). 12 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar from VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:19 Sep 07, 2022 Jkt 256001 9 0.00 is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.13 duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties. Cash Deposit Requirements The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon publication in the Federal Register of this notice for all shipments of SS Bar entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for the companies subject to this review will be equal to the dumping margin established in the final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the companyspecific rate published in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the producer has been covered in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed segment for the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 12.45 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation for this proceeding.14 These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. Administrative Protective Order Notification to Importers This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping 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 the antidumping India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December 28, 1994) (Order). 13 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 14 See Order, 59 FR at 66921. PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 3.76 This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction. Notification to Interested Parties Commerce is issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5). Dated: August 31, 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. Changes from the Preliminary Results V. Discussion of the Issues Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Apply Total Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to the Venus Group Comment 2: Whether Total AFA is Warranted Because Laxcon Destroyed Certain Records Comment 3: Whether Laxcon Failed Verification of Product Physical Characteristics Comment 4: Whether Laxcon Provided Complete U.S. Sales Data Comment 5: Whether Laxcon Provided a Complete Home Market Sales Database Comment 6: Whether Laxcon Reported Accurate Packing Expenses Comment 7: Whether Laxcon Withheld Information Regarding Certain Home Market Sales Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Apply Total AFA to Laxcon Comment 9: Ministerial Errors in the Preliminary Results for Laxcon E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1 54970 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 173 / Thursday, September 8, 2022 / Notices VI. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2022–19338 Filed 9–7–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–016] Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Rescission, in Part; and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020–2021 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain producers and exporters of passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the People’s Republic of China (China) made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021. Commerce also preliminarily finds that 17 companies qualified for separate rate status, eight companies are part of the China-wide entity, nine companies timely withdrew their requests for an administrative review, and ten companies did not ship subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable September 8, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page or Peter Shaw, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1398 or (202) 482–0697, respectively. AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Background On August 10, 2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on passenger tires from China.1 On August 2, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 1 See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 47902 (August 10, 2015) (Order). VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:19 Sep 07, 2022 Jkt 256001 Order on passenger tires from China for the period August 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021.2 On October 7, 2021, based on timely requests for review, Commerce published the initiation of the administrative review of the Order with respect to 47 companies.3 The petitioner in this review is the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL–CIO, CLC (USW). This review covers mandatory respondents, Giti 4 and Sumitomo,5 as well as 33 additional 2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 86 FR 41436 (August 2, 2021). 3 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 55811 (October 7, 2021). 4 In a prior administrative review, we determined that it was appropriate to treat the following companies as a single entity: Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd. (GTT); Giti Radial (Anhui) Tire Company Ltd. (Giti Radial Anhui), and Giti Tire Fujian Company Ltd. (Giti Fujian), Giti Tire (Hualin) Company, Ltd., Giti Tire Greatwall Company. Ltd., Giti Tire (Anhui) Company, Giti Tire (Yinchuan) Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Chongqing Company Ltd., and Giti Tire USA, Ltd. collectively, Giti). See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Rescission, In Part; 2015– 2016, 82 FR 42281 (September 7, 2017), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM), at ‘‘Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment,’’ unchanged in Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2015–2016, 83 FR 11690 (March 16, 2018). Because no interested party submitted comments on this issue, and in the absence of any new information regarding this finding, Commerce is continuing to find that these companies are affiliated, pursuant to section 771(33)(E) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and are a single entity, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). However, because Giti Tire USA, Ltd. is an affiliated entity located in California, we find that, per Commerce’s practice, this affiliate should be removed from the single entity. See Giti’s Letter, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China: Section A Questionnaire Response,’’ dated January 4, 2022, at 2 and Exhibit A–3. 5 In the prior segment of this proceeding, we determined that it was appropriate to treat the following entities as a single entity: Sumitomo Rubber (Hunan) Co., Ltd. (SRH), Sumitomo Rubber (Changshu) Co., Ltd. (SRC), and Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) (collectively, Sumitomo). See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2019–2020, 86 FR 50029 (September 7, 2021), and accompanying PDM, at ‘‘Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment,’’ unchanged in Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2019–2020, 87 FR 13966 (March 11, 2022). Because no interested party submitted comments on this issue, and in the absence of any new information regarding this finding, Commerce is continuing to find that SRH, SRC, and SRI are affiliated, pursuant PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 exporters that were not selected for individual examination. On March 31, 2022, Commerce extended the deadline for these preliminary results to August 31, 2022.6 For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation and the partial rescission of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.7 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included in Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Scope of the Order The products covered by the Order are certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.8 Methodology Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213. In determining the dumping margins in this review, we calculated constructed export price in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because Commerce has determined that China is a non-market economy (NME) country, within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, we calculated normal value in this review in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying the preliminary results of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. to section 771(33)(F) of the Act, as, and are a single entity, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). 6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 2020–2021,’’ dated March 31, 2022. 7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020–2021,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adapted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 8 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ‘‘Scope of the Order.’’ E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54968-54970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
exporters/producers of stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India made 
sales at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) of 
February 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021.

DATES: Applicable September 8, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Keller or Konrad Ptaszynski, 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) 482-4849 or (202) 
482-6187, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 4, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of the 2020-2021 administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on SS Bar from India.\1\ We invited interested 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results and on June 30, 2022, 
Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible Industries LLC, Electralloy, 
a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc., North American Stainless, Universal 
Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., and Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. 
(collectively, the petitioners) submitted timely filed case briefs.\2\ 
On July 6 and 12, 2022, Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., Hindustan 
Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. 
(collectively, the Venus Group) and Laxcon Steels Limited, Ocean Steels 
Private Limited, Metlax International Private Limited, Parvati Private 
Limited, and Mega Steels Private Limited (collectively, Laxcon), 
respectively, submitted timely filed rebuttal briefs.\3\ On June 6, 
2022, we extended the preliminary results of this review to no later 
than August 31, 2022.\4\ For a complete description of the events that 
followed the initiation of this review, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\5\
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results and 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-
2021, 87 FR 12428 (March 4, 2022) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Petitioners' Case Brief 
Concerning Laxcon,'' dated June 30, 2022; and ``Petitioners' Case 
Brief Concerning Venus,'' dated June 30, 2022.
    \3\ See Laxcon's Letter, ``Rebuttal of Petitioner Case Brief 
Concerning to Laxcon Steels Limited of Anti-Dumping Order on 
Stainless Steels Bar from India (A-533-810),'' dated July 12, 2022; 
see also Venus Group's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated August 6, 
2022. We rejected the Venus Group's initial rebuttal brief 
submission because it contained untimely new factual information. 
Accordingly, the Venus Group resubmitted its redacted rebuttal brief 
on August 6, 2022.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021,'' dated June 
6, 2022.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Stainless Steel Bar from India; 2020-2021,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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    \6\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from 
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Order).
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    The products covered by the Order are SS Bar. A full description of 
the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by 
interested parties in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum is included in the appendix to this notice. The 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made 
available to the public 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://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain 
changes to the margin calculation for Laxcon. For a discussion of these 
changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Use of Adverse Facts Available

    Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and for the reasons explained in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, we applied certain changes to Laxcon's margin 
calculation based on the use of partial adverse facts available.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    As a result of this administrative review, Commerce determines that 
the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exists for the 
period February 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021:
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    \8\ Collectively, these companies are known as the Venus Group.
    \9\ We are not disclosing any final margin calculations for 
Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates Hindustan Inox 
Ltd., Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. 
because we made no changes to the preliminary margin calculations, 
and we have not performed any calculations in connection with this 
final determination. See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless-Steel Bar from India--
Preliminary Analysis Memorandum for the Venus Group; 2020-2021,'' 
dated February 25, 2022.
    \10\ Collectively, these companies are known as Laxcon.

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                 Producer or exporter                    dumping margin
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Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates             \9\ 0.00
 Hindustan Inox Ltd., Precision Metals and Sieves
 Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd \8\..................
Laxcon Steels Limited, and its affiliates Ocean                     3.76
 Steels Private Limited, Metlax International Private
 Limited, Parvati Private Limited, and Mega Steels
 Private Limited \10\................................
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Disclosure

    With respect to Laxcon, we intend to disclose the calculations 
performed for these final results of review to the parties within five 
days after public announcement, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
With respect to the Venus Group, because we made no changes to the 
margin for the Venus Group in these final results there are no 
calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), upon issuance of the final results of review, Commerce 
shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
to CBP no earlier than 35 days after publication of these final results 
of review. 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).
    For Laxcon, we calculated importer-specific assessment rates on the 
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each 
importer's examined sales and the total entered value of those sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\11\ Where an importer-specific 
assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), the 
entries by that importer will be liquidated without reference to 
antidumping duties.
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    \11\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment 
rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: 
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment 
Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 
FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Laxcon for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined for 
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries 
at the all-others rate (i.e., 12.45 percent) \12\ if there is no rate 
for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\13\
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    \12\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 
(December 28, 1994) (Order).
    \13\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register of this notice for all shipments of 
SS Bar entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of 
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for the companies subject to this 
review will be equal to the dumping margin established in the final 
results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or 
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed 
segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the producer 
has been covered in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, then 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed 
segment for the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; 
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will 
continue to be 12.45 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation for this proceeding.\14\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \14\ See Order, 59 FR at 66921.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping 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 the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: August 31, 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. Changes from the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Apply Total Adverse Facts 
Available (AFA) to the Venus Group
    Comment 2: Whether Total AFA is Warranted Because Laxcon 
Destroyed Certain Records
    Comment 3: Whether Laxcon Failed Verification of Product 
Physical Characteristics
    Comment 4: Whether Laxcon Provided Complete U.S. Sales Data
    Comment 5: Whether Laxcon Provided a Complete Home Market Sales 
Database
    Comment 6: Whether Laxcon Reported Accurate Packing Expenses
    Comment 7: Whether Laxcon Withheld Information Regarding Certain 
Home Market Sales
    Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Apply Total AFA to Laxcon
    Comment 9: Ministerial Errors in the Preliminary Results for 
Laxcon

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VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2022-19338 Filed 9-7-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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