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Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 240 / Thursday, December 15, 2022 / Notices forgings) in that they have undergone further processing after forging, including, but not limited to, beveling, bore threading, center or step boring, face machining, taper boring, machining ends or surfaces, drilling bolt holes, and/or de-burring or shot blasting. Any one of these post-forging processes suffices to render the forging into a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of this order. However, mere heat treatment of a carbon steel flange forging (without any other further processing after forging) does not render the forging into a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of this order. While these finished carbon steel flanges are generally manufactured to specification ASME B16.5 or ASME B16.47 series A or series B, the scope is not limited to flanges produced under those specifications. All types of finished carbon steel flanges are included in the scope regardless of pipe size (which may or may not be expressed in inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class (usually, but not necessarily, expressed in pounds of pressure, e.g., 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, 1500, 2500, etc.), type of face (e.g., flat face, full face, raised face, etc.), configuration (e.g., weld neck, slip on, socket weld, lap joint, threaded, etc.), wall thickness (usually, but not necessarily, expressed in inches), normalization, or whether or not heat treated. These carbon steel flanges either meet or exceed the requirements of the ASTM A105, ASTM A694, ASTM A181, ASTM A350 and ASTM A707 standards (or comparable foreign specifications). The scope includes any flanges produced to the above-referenced ASTM standards as currently stated or as may be amended. The term ‘‘carbon steel’’ under this scope is steel in which: (a) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements: (b) The carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, as indicated: (i) 0.87 percent of aluminum; (ii) 0.0105 percent of boron; (iii) 10.10 percent of chromium; (iv) 1.55 percent of columbium; (v) 3.10 percent of copper; (vi) 0.38 percent of lead; (vii) 3.04 percent of manganese; (viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum; (ix) 20.15 percent of nickel; (x) 1.55 percent of niobium; (xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen; (xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus; (xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon; (xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur; (xv) 1.05 percent of titanium; (xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten; (xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or (xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium. Finished carbon steel flanges are currently classified under subheadings 7307.91.5010 and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They may also be entered under HTSUS subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope is dispositive. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 259001 Appendix II Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination 1. Adinath International 2. Allena Group 3. Alloyed Steel 4. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd. 5. Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited 6. C. D. Industries 7. Cetus Engineering Private Limited 8. CHW Forge 9. CHW Forge Pvt. Ltd. 10. Citizen Metal Depot 11. Corum Flange 12. DN Forge Industries 13. Echjay Forgings Limited 14. Falcon Valves and Flanges Private Limited 15. Heubach International 16. Hindon Forge Pvt. Ltd. 17. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd. 18. Kinnari Steel Corporation 19. Mascot Metal Manufacturers 20. M F Rings and Bearing Races Ltd. 21. Munish Forge Private Limited 22. OM Exports 23. Punjab Steel Works 24. Raaj Sagar Steels 25. Ravi Ratan Metal Industries 26. R.D. Forge 27. Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd. 28. Rollwell Forge Engineering Components and Flanges 29. Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd. 30. SHM (ShinHeung Machinery) 31. Siddhagiri Metal & Tubes 32. Sizer India 33. Steel Shape India 34. Sudhir Forgings Pvt. Ltd. 35. Tirupati Forge Pvt. Ltd. 36. Umashanker Khandelwal Forging Limited [FR Doc. 2022–27223 Filed 12–14–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C–533–884] Glycine From India: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that producers and exporters of glycine from India received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. DATES: Applicable December 15, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caitlin Monks or Scarlet Jaldin AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76611 NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2670 or (202) 482–4275, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 7, 2022, Commerce published the preliminary results of this administrative review in the Federal Register and invited interest parties to comment.1 We received timely case briefs from the Government of India (GOI) 2 and GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (the petitioner),3 and timely filed rebuttal briefs from the petitioner,4 and the mandatory respondents in this review, Avid Organics Private Limited (Avid) 5 and Kumar Industries, India (Kumar).6 On September 29, 2022, Commerce extended the deadline for issuing these final results to December 9, 2022.7 Scope of the Order The merchandise covered by the Order is glycine from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.8 Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in interested parties’ briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanying this notice. A list of the issues raised by parties and discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided as an appendix to this notice. Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested parties and record information, we made no changes from the Preliminary Results. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s 1 See Glycine from India: Preliminary Results and Recission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020, 87 FR 40494 (July 7, 2022) (Preliminary Results) and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 2 See GOI’s Letter, ‘‘Case Brief on behalf of Government of India,’’ dated August 8, 2022. 3 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Glycine from India: Case Brief of GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.,’’ dated August 8, 2022. 4 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief of GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.,’’ dated August 15, 2022. 5 See Avid’s Letter, ‘‘AVID’s Rebuttal to Petitioner Case Brief of August 8, 2022,’’ dated August 13, 2022. 6 See Kumar’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief to Petitioner’s Case Brief,’’ dated August 15, 2022. 7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for the Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020,’’ dated September 29, 2022. 8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Glycine from India; 2020,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). E:\FR\FM\15DEN1.SGM 15DEN1 76612 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 240 / Thursday, December 15, 2022 / Notices determine that the following net Antidumping and Countervailing Duty countervailable subsidy rates exist: Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to Subsidy registered users at https:// rate Company access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete (percent ad valorem) version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly Avid Organics Private Limited ............. 3.00 at https://access.trade.gov/public/ Kumar Industries, India 13 ................... 3.11 Paras Intermediates Private Ltd ......... 3.06 FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Methodology Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.9 For a description of the methodology underlying Commerce’s conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Final Rate for Non-Selected Company Under Review There is one company subject to this review that was not selected as a mandatory respondent, i.e., Paras Intermediates Private Ltd. (Paras).10 Because the final subsidy rates calculated for the mandatory respondents in this review, Avid and Kumar, are above de minimis and are not based entirely on facts available,11 we have continued to apply to Paras a subsidy rate based on a weightedaverage of the subsidy rates calculated for Avid and Kumar using publicly ranged sales data for these final results.12 This methodology for establishing the subsidy rate for the non-selected company is consistent with our practice and with section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act. Final Results of Administrative Review lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 For the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, we 9 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. 10 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 11 The subsidy rates for Avid and Kumar for these final results of review are unchanged from the Preliminary Results. 12 See Issues and Decision Memorandum; see also Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Results Calculation of Subsidy Rate for a Non-Selected Company Under Review,’’ dated June 30, 2022 (Non-Selected Rate Calculation Memorandum). 13 Commerce continues to find that Kumar is cross-owned with Advance Chemical Corporation; therefore, the same subsidy rate applies to both companies. See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8. We note that the Initiation Notice references ‘‘Kumar Industries’’ which we have determined is the same company as ‘‘Kumar Industries, India.’’ VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 259001 Disclosure Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations performed in connection with the final results of review within five days of a public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results, there are no calculations to disclose. Assessment Rates Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review. 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 In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts indicated above on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative review. For all nonreviewed firms subject to the Order, Commerce will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, effective upon publication of these final results, shall remain in effect until further notice. Administrative Protective Order This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an administrative PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable violation. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5). Dated: December 9, 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. Non-Selected Company Rate V. Subsidies Valuation Information VI. Interest Rates, Discount Rates, and Benchmarks VII. Analysis of Programs VIII. Discussion of the Issues Comment 1: Whether to Apply Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to Kumar Comment 2: Whether Kumar Received Countervailable Electricity Subsidies from the State Government of Gujarat (SGOG) Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Adjust its Benchmark and Benefit Calculations for the SGOG Provision of Water for Less than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) Program Comment 4: Whether Avid Used Both the Interest Equalization Scheme (IES) and the Pre-Shipment and Post-Shipment Finance Programs Comment 5: Whether Commerce has Conducted an Appropriate Review Comment 6: Whether the Duty Drawback (DDB) Program Is Countervailable Comment 7: Whether the Export Promotion of Capital Goods and Services (EPCGS) Program Is Countervailable Comment 8: Whether the Merchandise Export From India Scheme (MEIS) Program Is Countervailable Comment 9: Whether the SGOG Electricity Duty Exemption Program Is Countervailable Comment 10: Whether the Pre-Shipment and Post-Shipment Finance Program Is Countervailable Comment 11: Whether the Interest Subsidy Under Scheme for Assistance of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as per Gujarat Industrial Policy 2009 Program Is Countervailable Comment 12: Whether the SGOG Provision of Water for LTAR Program Is Countervailable E:\FR\FM\15DEN1.SGM 15DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 240 / Thursday, December 15, 2022 / Notices IX. 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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-884]


Glycine From India: Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2020

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
producers and exporters of glycine from India received countervailable 
subsidies during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2020, through 
December 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable December 15, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caitlin Monks or Scarlet Jaldin 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) 482-2670 or (202) 482-4275, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 7, 2022, Commerce published the preliminary results of this 
administrative review in the Federal Register and invited interest 
parties to comment.\1\ We received timely case briefs from the 
Government of India (GOI) \2\ and GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (the 
petitioner),\3\ and timely filed rebuttal briefs from the 
petitioner,\4\ and the mandatory respondents in this review, Avid 
Organics Private Limited (Avid) \5\ and Kumar Industries, India 
(Kumar).\6\ On September 29, 2022, Commerce extended the deadline for 
issuing these final results to December 9, 2022.\7\
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    \1\ See Glycine from India: Preliminary Results and Recission, 
in Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020, 87 FR 
40494 (July 7, 2022) (Preliminary Results) and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See GOI's Letter, ``Case Brief on behalf of Government of 
India,'' dated August 8, 2022.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Glycine from India: Case Brief of 
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.,'' dated August 8, 2022.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief of GEO Specialty 
Chemicals, Inc.,'' dated August 15, 2022.
    \5\ See Avid's Letter, ``AVID's Rebuttal to Petitioner Case 
Brief of August 8, 2022,'' dated August 13, 2022.
    \6\ See Kumar's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief to Petitioner's Case 
Brief,'' dated August 15, 2022.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020,'' dated 
September 29, 2022.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is glycine from India. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\8\
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    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 
Glycine from India; 2020,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in interested parties' briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanying this notice. A list of 
the issues raised by parties and discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is provided as an appendix to this notice. Based on our 
analysis of the comments received from interested parties and record 
information, we made no changes from the Preliminary Results. The 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's

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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.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we find that 
there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution 
that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\9\ For a description of the methodology underlying Commerce's 
conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \9\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Final Rate for Non-Selected Company Under Review

    There is one company subject to this review that was not selected 
as a mandatory respondent, i.e., Paras Intermediates Private Ltd. 
(Paras).\10\ Because the final subsidy rates calculated for the 
mandatory respondents in this review, Avid and Kumar, are above de 
minimis and are not based entirely on facts available,\11\ we have 
continued to apply to Paras a subsidy rate based on a weighted-average 
of the subsidy rates calculated for Avid and Kumar using publicly 
ranged sales data for these final results.\12\ This methodology for 
establishing the subsidy rate for the non-selected company is 
consistent with our practice and with section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
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    \10\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \11\ The subsidy rates for Avid and Kumar for these final 
results of review are unchanged from the Preliminary Results.
    \12\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum; see also Memorandum, 
``Preliminary Results Calculation of Subsidy Rate for a Non-Selected 
Company Under Review,'' dated June 30, 2022 (Non-Selected Rate 
Calculation Memorandum).
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Final Results of Administrative Review

    For the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, we 
determine that the following net countervailable subsidy rates exist:
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    \13\ Commerce continues to find that Kumar is cross-owned with 
Advance Chemical Corporation; therefore, the same subsidy rate 
applies to both companies. See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8. 
We note that the Initiation Notice references ``Kumar Industries'' 
which we have determined is the same company as ``Kumar Industries, 
India.''

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                                                               Subsidy
                                                                 rate
                          Company                              (percent
                                                             ad valorem)
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Avid Organics Private Limited..............................         3.00
Kumar Industries, India \13\...............................         3.11
Paras Intermediates Private Ltd............................         3.06
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results of review within five 
days of a public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, 
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final 
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results, 
there are no calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce will determine, and U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties 
on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this 
review. 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

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts indicated above on shipments of 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of 
this administrative review. For all non-reviewed firms subject to the 
Order, Commerce will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits 
of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific 
or all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These 
cash deposit requirements, effective upon publication of these final 
results, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 9, 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. Non-Selected Company Rate
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Interest Rates, Discount Rates, and Benchmarks
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether to Apply Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to 
Kumar
    Comment 2: Whether Kumar Received Countervailable Electricity 
Subsidies from the State Government of Gujarat (SGOG)
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Adjust its Benchmark and 
Benefit Calculations for the SGOG Provision of Water for Less than 
Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) Program
    Comment 4: Whether Avid Used Both the Interest Equalization 
Scheme (IES) and the Pre-Shipment and Post-Shipment Finance Programs
    Comment 5: Whether Commerce has Conducted an Appropriate Review
    Comment 6: Whether the Duty Drawback (DDB) Program Is 
Countervailable
    Comment 7: Whether the Export Promotion of Capital Goods and 
Services (EPCGS) Program Is Countervailable
    Comment 8: Whether the Merchandise Export From India Scheme 
(MEIS) Program Is Countervailable
    Comment 9: Whether the SGOG Electricity Duty Exemption Program 
Is Countervailable
    Comment 10: Whether the Pre-Shipment and Post-Shipment Finance 
Program Is Countervailable
    Comment 11: Whether the Interest Subsidy Under Scheme for 
Assistance of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as per 
Gujarat Industrial Policy 2009 Program Is Countervailable
    Comment 12: Whether the SGOG Provision of Water for LTAR Program 
Is Countervailable

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