Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 8157-8159 [2024-02391]
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16. Columbia Valley Fruit, L.L.C., Yakima,
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20. Crane Ranch, Brewster, WA
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22. Diamond Fruit Growers, Inc., Odell, OR
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The effective date of the amended
certificate is October 5, 2023, the date
on which NFE’s application to amend
was deemed submitted.
Dated: February 1, 2024.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic
Analysis, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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DATES:
8157
Applicable February 6, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Allison Hollander or Claudia Cott, 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) 482–2805 or (202) 482–4270,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 29, 2021, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on forged steel
fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from
Italy.1 On March 14, 2023, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of the administrative
review of the Order.2 On May 19, 2023,
Commerce selected Lucchini Mame´
Forge S.p.A.3 and Cogne Acciai Speciali
S.p.A. for individual examination as
mandatory respondents in this
administrative review.4 On September
6, 2023, Commerce extended the time
limit for these preliminary results to
January 31, 2024.5 For a complete
description of the events that occurred
since the initiation of the administrative
review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.6
A list of the topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as the Appendix I of 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
[A–475–840]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From
Italy: Preliminary Results and
Rescission in Part of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
finds that certain producers/exporters
subject to this administrative review
made sales of subject merchandise at
less than normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR) January 1, 2022,
through December 31, 2022. We are
rescinding this administrative review, in
part, with respect to 20 companies. We
invite interested parties to comment on
these preliminary results.
AGENCY:
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1 See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the
Federal Republic of Germany and Italy: Amended
Final Antidumping Duty Determination for the
Federal Republic of Germany and Antidumping
Duty Orders, 86 FR 7528 (January 29, 2021) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
15642 (March 14, 2023).
3 We preliminarily find that Lucchini Mame
´
Forge S.p.A. (LMA) is affiliated with Lucchini
Industries S.r.l. (LIND) and Lucchini RS S.p.A.
(LRS) (LMA, LIND, and LRS are collectively
referred to as Lucchini).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’
dated May 19, 2023.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2022,’’ dated September 6,
2023.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Forged
Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy; 2022,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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directly at https://access.trade.gov/
public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order
are fluid end blocks from Italy. For a
complete description of the scope of the
Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in
Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no
reviewable suspended entries. Based on
our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) information, we
preliminarily determine that 20
companies had no entries of subject
merchandise during the POR. On
January 9, 2024, we notified parties of
our intent to rescind this administrative
review with respect to the 20 companies
that have no reviewable suspended
entries.7 No parties commented on our
intent to rescind the review, in part.
Therefore, we are rescinding the
administrative review for the 20
companies listed in Appendix II of this
notice.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
We calculated export prices and NV in
accordance with sections 772 and 773 of
the Act, respectively. For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The statute and Commerce’s
regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to
companies not selected for individual
examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the
Act. Generally, Commerce looks to
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in an investigation of
sales at less than fair value (LTFV), for
guidance when calculating the
weighted-average dumping margin for
companies which were not selected for
individual examination in an
administrative review.
Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act,
the all-others rate is normally ‘‘an
amount equal to the weighted average of
the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins established for
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Intent to Rescind Review,
in Part,’’ dated January 9, 2024.
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exporters and producers individually
investigated, excluding any zero or de
minimis margins, and any margins
determined entirely {on the basis of
facts available}.’’ We preliminarily
calculated a dumping margin for
Lucchini that is not zero, de minimis, or
determined entirely on the basis of facts
available. Accordingly, we preliminarily
assigned a margin of 1.41 percent based
on Lucchini’s calculated weightedaverage dumping margin to the sole
non-selected respondent, Officine
Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l.
issue raised in their briefs.11 Further, we
request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no
more than 450 words, not including
citations. We intend to use the executive
summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and
decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this
administrative review. We request that
interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the executive
summary of each issue.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
Preliminary Results of Review
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
Commerce preliminarily determines
and Compliance, filed electronically via
that the following estimated weightedACCESS. Requests should contain: (1)
average dumping margins exist for the
the party’s name, address, and
period January 1, 2022, through
telephone number; (2) the number of
December 31, 2022:
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be
Weighted- discussed. Issues raised in the hearing
average
will be limited to those raised in case
Producer/exporter
dumping
and rebuttal briefs.
margin
All submissions, including case and
(percent)
rebuttal briefs, as well as hearing
requests, should be filed using
Lucchini Mame´ Forge S.p.A.;
ACCESS.12 An electronically filed
Lucchini Industries S.r.l.;
Lucchini RS S.p.A ...................
1.41 document must be received successfully
Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A .......
0.00 in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l
1.41 Eastern Time on the established
deadline. Note that Commerce has
Disclosure and Public Comment
amended certain of its requirements
of documents
We intend to disclose the calculations pertaining to the service
13
in
19
CFR
351.303(f).
performed for these preliminary results
to interested parties within five days
Final Results of Review
after the date of publication of this
Unless otherwise extended,
notice.8 Pursuant to 19 CFR
Commerce intends to issue the final
351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may
results of this administrative review,
submit case briefs to Commerce no later
including the results of its analysis of
than 30 days after the date of
issues raised in written briefs, no later
publication of this notice. Rebuttal
than 120 days after the date of
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
publication of this notice in the Federal
case briefs, may be filed not later than
Register, pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the
five days after the date for filing case
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
briefs.9 Interested parties who submit
Assessment Rates
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
administrative review must submit: (1)
Upon completion of the final results
a table of contents listing each issue;
of this administrative review, pursuant
and (2) a table of authorities.10
to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act,
As provided under 19 CFR
Commerce shall determine and U.S.
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
proceedings we have encouraged
shall assess antidumping duties on all
interested parties to provide an
appropriate entries of subject
executive summary of their brief that
merchandise covered by this review.14
should be limited to five pages total,
If an examined respondent’s
including footnotes. In this review, we
weighted-average dumping margin is
instead request that interested parties
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
provide at the beginning of their briefs
percent) in the final results of this
a public, executive summary for each
review, we intend to calculate an
8 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also
Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September
29, 2023) (APO and Final Service Rule).
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
9 See
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11 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an
argument that Commerce would normally address
in a comment of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
12 See 19 CFR 351.303.
13 See APO and Final Service Rule.
14 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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importer-specific assessment rate for
antidumping duties based on the ratio of
the total amount of dumping calculated
for each importer’s examined sales and
the total entered value of those same
sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). For the companies
identified above that were not selected
for individual examination, we will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties at a rate equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in
the final results of review. If the
respondent’s weighted-average dumping
margin or an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis in
the final results of this review, we
intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by either of
the individually examined respondents
for which they did not know that the
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate these entries at the all-others
rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.15
For the companies for which this
review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct
CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries at a rate equal to the
cash deposit of estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period January
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).
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.
The final results of this administrative
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.16
Cash Deposit Requirements
shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of
this administrative review, as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for the companies
listed above will be that established in
the final results of this review, except if
the rate is less than 0.50 percent and,
therefore, de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in
which case the cash deposit rate will be
zero; (2) for previously investigated or
reviewed companies not covered in this
review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific
cash deposit rate published for the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the investigation of sales at
LTFV, 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; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 7.33
percent, the all-others rate established
in the LTFV investigation.17 These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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 and/or countervailing
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 and/or
countervailing duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties, and/or an increase
in the amount of antidumping duties by
the amount of countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
15 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
16 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Dated: January 31, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, in
Part
V. Rate for Non-Selected Respondent
VI. Affiliation and Collapsing
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Rescinded From This
Administrative Review
1. Acciaierie Bertoli Safau S.p.A.
2. ASFO S.p.A.
3. Ellena S.p.A.
4. Fomas S.p.A.
5. Forge Monchieri S.p.A.
6. Forgiatura Morandini S.r.l.
7. Forgital Italy S.p.A.
8. Galperti Group
9. IMER International S.p.A.
10. I.M.E.S. S.p.A.
11. Industria Meccanica e Stampaggio S.p.A.
12. Mimest S.p.A.
13. Ofar S.p.A.
14. Officine Galperti S.p.A.
15. P. Technologies S.r.l.
16. Poclain Hydraulics Indistriale S.r.l.
17. Poppi Ugo Euroforge S.p.A.
18. Riganti S.p.A.
19. Ringmill S.p.A.
20. Siderforgerossi Group S.p.A.
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United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12:
Binational Panel Review: Notice of
Request for Panel Review
United States Section, USMCA
Secretariat, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of USMCA request for
panel review.
AGENCY:
A Request for Panel Review
was filed in the matter of Softwood
Lumber from Canada: Final
Determinations of the Five-Year
Reviews of the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders with the
U.S. Section of the USMCA Secretariat
on January 29, 2024. The final results
were determined by the United States
International Trade Commission and
were published in the Federal Register
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-840]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Preliminary Results and
Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review
made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during
the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
We are rescinding this administrative review, in part, with respect to
20 companies. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 6, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Hollander or Claudia Cott, 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) 482-2805 or (202)
482-4270, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 29, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end
blocks) from Italy.\1\ On March 14, 2023, Commerce published in the
Federal Register the notice of initiation of the administrative review
of the Order.\2\ On May 19, 2023, Commerce selected Lucchini
Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.\3\ and Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A. for
individual examination as mandatory respondents in this administrative
review.\4\ On September 6, 2023, Commerce extended the time limit for
these preliminary results to January 31, 2024.\5\ For a complete
description of the events that occurred since the initiation of the
administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the Federal Republic
of Germany and Italy: Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination
for the Federal Republic of Germany and Antidumping Duty Orders, 86
FR 7528 (January 29, 2021) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 15642 (March 14, 2023).
\3\ We preliminarily find that Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.
(LMA) is affiliated with Lucchini Industries S.r.l. (LIND) and
Lucchini RS S.p.A. (LRS) (LMA, LIND, and LRS are collectively
referred to as Lucchini).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated May 19,
2023.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022,'' dated
September 6, 2023.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy; 2022,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as the Appendix I of 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
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directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order are fluid end blocks from
Italy. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no reviewable suspended entries.
Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
information, we preliminarily determine that 20 companies had no
entries of subject merchandise during the POR. On January 9, 2024, we
notified parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review
with respect to the 20 companies that have no reviewable suspended
entries.\7\ No parties commented on our intent to rescind the review,
in part. Therefore, we are rescinding the administrative review for the
20 companies listed in Appendix II of this notice.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Intent to Rescind Review, in Part,'' dated
January 9, 2024.
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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). We calculated
export prices and NV in accordance with sections 772 and 773 of the
Act, respectively. For a full description of the methodology underlying
our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for
individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act.
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation of sales at less than fair value (LTFV), for guidance
when calculating the weighted-average dumping margin for companies
which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative
review.
Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is
normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and
producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis
margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts
available{time} .'' We preliminarily calculated a dumping margin for
Lucchini that is not zero, de minimis, or determined entirely on the
basis of facts available. Accordingly, we preliminarily assigned a
margin of 1.41 percent based on Lucchini's calculated weighted-average
dumping margin to the sole non-selected respondent, Officine Meccaniche
Roselli S.r.l.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period January 1, 2022,
through December 31, 2022:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.; Lucchini Industries 1.41
S.r.l.; Lucchini RS S.p.A..................................
Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A................................. 0.00
Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l........................... 1.41
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days after the
date of publication of this notice.\8\ Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit case briefs to
Commerce 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 five days after the date for filing case
briefs.\9\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs
in this administrative review must submit: (1) a table of contents
listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\10\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Final Service Rule).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\11\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request
that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
executive summary of each issue.
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\11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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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. 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 case and rebuttal briefs.
All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed using ACCESS.\12\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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 issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by
this review.\14\
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If an examined respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is not
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results
of this review, we intend to calculate an
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importer-specific assessment rate for antidumping duties based on the
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's
examined sales and the total entered value of those same sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). For the companies identified
above that were not selected for individual examination, we will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at a rate equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of
review. If the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin or an
importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final
results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
either of the individually examined respondents for which they did not
know that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate these entries at the all-others rate if there
is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\15\
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\15\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the companies for which this review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of
estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(l)(i). 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.
The final results of this administrative 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.\16\
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies
listed above will be that established in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or
reviewed companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the
company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the investigation of sales at LTFV, 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; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other producers or exporters will continue to be 7.33 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\17\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties occurred
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of
countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: January 31, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
V. Rate for Non-Selected Respondent
VI. Affiliation and Collapsing
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Rescinded From This Administrative Review
1. Acciaierie Bertoli Safau S.p.A.
2. ASFO S.p.A.
3. Ellena S.p.A.
4. Fomas S.p.A.
5. Forge Monchieri S.p.A.
6. Forgiatura Morandini S.r.l.
7. Forgital Italy S.p.A.
8. Galperti Group
9. IMER International S.p.A.
10. I.M.E.S. S.p.A.
11. Industria Meccanica e Stampaggio S.p.A.
12. Mimest S.p.A.
13. Ofar S.p.A.
14. Officine Galperti S.p.A.
15. P. Technologies S.r.l.
16. Poclain Hydraulics Indistriale S.r.l.
17. Poppi Ugo Euroforge S.p.A.
18. Riganti S.p.A.
19. Ringmill S.p.A.
20. Siderforgerossi Group S.p.A.
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