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which Commerce initiated the
investigation if: (A) the petitioner 3
makes a timely request for a
postponement; or (B) Commerce
concludes that the parties concerned are
cooperating, that the investigation is
extraordinarily complicated, and that
additional time is necessary to make a
preliminary determination. Under 19
CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must
submit a request for postponement 25
days or more before the scheduled date
of the preliminary determination and
must state the reasons for the request.
Commerce will grant the request unless
it finds compelling reasons to deny the
request.
On August 13, 2024, the petitioner
submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary
determination in the LTFV
investigation.4 The petitioner requested
postponement of the preliminary
determination because it believes that
Commerce requires more time to review
questionnaire responses and address
any deficiencies.5
For the reason stated above and
because there are no compelling reasons
to deny the request, Commerce, in
accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of
the Act, is postponing the deadline for
the preliminary determination by 50
days (i.e., 190 days after the date on
which this investigation was initiated).
As a result, Commerce will issue its
preliminary determinations no later
than November 29, 2024.6 In accordance
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the
final determination of this investigation
will continue to be 75 days after the
date of the preliminary determination,
unless postponed at a later date.
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: September 3, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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3 The
petitioner is Magotteaux Inc.
Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Extend the
Preliminary Determination,’’ dated August 13, 2024.
5 Id.
6 This deadline has been tolled by seven days. See
footnote 2, supra.
4 See
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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; 2022–2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers/exporters of stainless steel
bar (SS bar) subject to this review made
sales of subject merchandise at prices
below normal value during the period of
review (POR), February 1, 2022, through
January 31, 2023. We further determine
that a producer/exporter of SS bar from
India did not make sales of subject
merchandise below normal value during
the POR.
AGENCY:
DATES:
Applicable September 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hermes Pinilla, 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) 482–3477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 5, 2024, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Results of the 2022–2023
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on SS bar from
India.1 We invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Results. On
June 10, 2024, we extended the deadline
for issuing the final results of
administrative review to August 29,
2024.2 On July 22, 2024, Commerce
tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by seven
days.3 The deadline for issuing the final
results of administrative review is now
September 5, 2024. Commerce
conducted this review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).
1 See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022–2023, 89 FR 15812 (March 5, 2024)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Final Results,’’ dated June 10, 2024.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order 4
The product covered by the Order is
SS bar from India. A full description of
the scope of the Order is contained in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.5
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs filed by parties in this
review are listed in the appendix to this
notice and addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.6 The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic 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 at
https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the
comments received, we made certain
cost related adjustments to Laxcon
Steels Limited’s, and its affiliates’,
Ocean Steels Private Limited’s, Metlax
International Private Limited’s, Parvati
Private Limited’s, and Mega Steels
Private Limited’s (collectively, Laxcon)
information.7 In addition, we
recalculated Laxcon’s reported indirect
selling expense calculation 8 and
removed an adjustment to U.S. price
reported under a certain billing
adjustment field (BILLADJ1U) for
Aamor Inox Limited.9 For a detailed
discussion of the issues raised by
parties, see the Issues and 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 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 a
market economy investigation, for
4 See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel
Bar from Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661
(February 21, 1995) (Order).
5 See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Bar from
India; 2022–2023,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
7 Id. at Comments 1, 3, 4, and 5.
8 Id. at Comment 6.
9 Id. at Comment 8.
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guidance when calculating the rate 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. In this review, we have
determined that the estimated weightedaverage margin for Aamor is de minimis.
Therefore, the only rate that is not zero,
de minimis, or based entirely on facts
available, is the rate calculated for
Laxcon. Accordingly, we assigned a
margin of 0.70 percent based on
Laxcon’s calculated weighted-average
dumping margin to the non-examined
companies.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period February 1,
2022, through January 31, 2023:
Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Producer/exporter
Laxcon Steels Limited, and its affiliates, Ocean Steels Private Limited, Metlax International Private Limited, Parvati Private
Limited, and Mega Steels Private Limited 10 .............................................................................................................................
Aamor Inox Limited ........................................................................................................................................................................
0.70
0.40 (de minimis)
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review
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Astrabite LLP .................................................................................................................................................................................
Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates, Precision Metals, Hindustan Inox Ltd., and Sieves Manufacturers (India)
Pvt. Ltd.11 ...................................................................................................................................................................................
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Disclosure
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).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review. For any
individually examined respondents
whose weighted-average dumping
margin is above de minimis, we
calculated importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio
of the total amount of antidumping
duties calculated for the examined sales
to the total entered value of the
examined sales to that importer, and we
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this. Where either the respondent’s
weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis within the meaning
of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer(or customer-) specific assessment rate
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’
will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR for which
the examined companies did not know
10 Collectively, these companies are known as
Laxcon.
11 Collectively, these companies are known as
Venus Group.
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that the merchandise they sold to an
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading
company, or exporter) was destined for
the United States. In such instances, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate
(12.45 percent 12), if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved
in the transaction.
For the companies 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.
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a
timely summons is filed at the U.S.
Court of International Trade, the
assessment instructions will direct CBP
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
time for parties to file a request for a
statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of
this administrative review in the
Federal Register, as provided for by
section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash
deposit rate for companies subject to
this review will be the rates established
in these final results of the review; (2)
for merchandise exported by producers
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or exporters not covered in this review
but covered in a prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding;
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, a prior review, or the
original investigation but the producer
is, then the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most 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,13 the allothers rate established in the
investigation. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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 antidumping duties
has occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
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information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3),
which continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and the terms of an APO is
a sanctionable violation.
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)(5).
Dated: September 4, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the 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 to Revise Laxcon’s
Reported Cost
Comment 2: Whether to Revise Mega Steels
Private Limited’s Reported Costs
Comment 3: Whether to Revise Ocean
Steels Private Limited’s Reported Costs
Comment 4: Whether to Revise Metlax
International Private Limited’s Reported
Costs
Comment 5: Whether to Disallow Laxcon’s
Offset for an Affiliated Party’s
Interest Expenses
Comment 6: Whether to Revise Laxcon’s
Indirect Selling Expenses
Comment 7: Whether to Reject Aamor’s
Claimed Billing Adjustment
Comment 8: Whether to Deny Aamor’s
Request for the Addition of An Export
Tax Adjustment
VI. Recommendation
The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of ferrosilicon
from the Republic of Kazakhstan
(Kazakhstan). The period of
investigation is January 1, 2023, through
December 31, 2023. Interested parties
are invited to comment on this
preliminary determination.
DATES: Applicable September 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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) 482–0697.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Background
This preliminary determination is
made in accordance with section 703(b)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). Commerce published the
notice of initiation of this investigation
on April 24, 2024.1 On May 30, 2024,
Commerce postponed the preliminary
determination of this investigation.2 On
July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this investigation by seven
days.3 The deadline for this preliminary
determination is now September 3,
2024.4
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this investigation, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.5 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix
II 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
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
investigation in accordance with section
701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy
programs found countervailable,
Commerce preliminarily determines
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.9 For a
full description of the methodology
underlying the preliminary
determination, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
SUMMARY:
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Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination With
Final Antidumping Duty Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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1 See Ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan,
Malaysia, and the Russian Federation: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Investigations, 89 FR 31133
(April 24, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
2 See Ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan, and
Malaysia: Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations in the Countervailing Duty
Investigations, 89 FR 46860 (May 30, 2024).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024.
4 Because seven days from August 26, 2024 (i.e.,
September 2, 2024) falls on a federal holiday, the
actual deadline for the preliminary determination is
September 3, 2024.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Ferrosilicon
from the Republic of Kazakhstan,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation is ferrosilicon from
Kazakhstan. For a complete description
of the scope of this investigation, see
Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the preamble to
Commerce’s regulations,6 the Initiation
Notice set aside a period of time for
parties to raise issues regarding product
coverage, (i.e., scope).7 As noted in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
Commerce corrected a minor clerical
error in the language of the scope.8
Alignment
As noted in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, in accordance with
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the
final countervailing duty (CVD)
determination in this investigation with
the final determination in the
companion antidumping duty (AD)
investigation of ferrosilicon from
Kazakhstan based on a request made by
the petitioners.10 Consequently, the
final CVD determination will be issued
on the same date as the final AD
determination, which is currently
scheduled to be issued no later than
January 14, 2025, unless postponed.
All-Others Rate
Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of
the Act provide that in the preliminary
6 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
7 See Initiation Notice.
8 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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 Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request for
Alignment of Final Determinations with Deadline
in Concurrent AD Investigations,’’ dated August 15,
2024.
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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; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers/exporters of stainless steel bar (SS bar) subject to this
review made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value
during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2022, through January
31, 2023. We further determine that a producer/exporter of SS bar from
India did not make sales of subject merchandise below normal value
during the POR.
DATES: Applicable September 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, 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) 482-3477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 5, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Results of the 2022-2023 administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on SS bar from India.\1\ We invited interested
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. On June 10, 2024, we
extended the deadline for issuing the final results of administrative
review to August 29, 2024.\2\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\3\ The
deadline for issuing the final results of administrative review is now
September 5, 2024. Commerce conducted this review in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 15812
(March 5, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results,''
dated June 10, 2024.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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\4\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from
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The product covered by the Order is SS bar from India. A full
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\5\
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\5\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties
in this review are listed in the appendix to this notice and addressed
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\ The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic 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 at
https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Bar
from India; 2022-2023,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain
cost related adjustments to Laxcon Steels Limited's, and its
affiliates', Ocean Steels Private Limited's, Metlax International
Private Limited's, Parvati Private Limited's, and Mega Steels Private
Limited's (collectively, Laxcon) information.\7\ In addition, we
recalculated Laxcon's reported indirect selling expense calculation \8\
and removed an adjustment to U.S. price reported under a certain
billing adjustment field (BILLADJ1U) for Aamor Inox Limited.\9\ For a
detailed discussion of the issues raised by parties, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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\7\ Id. at Comments 1, 3, 4, and 5.
\8\ Id. at Comment 6.
\9\ Id. at Comment 8.
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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
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 a market economy investigation, for
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guidance when calculating the rate 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. In this review, we have determined that the estimated
weighted-average margin for Aamor is de minimis. Therefore, the only
rate that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts
available, is the rate calculated for Laxcon. Accordingly, we assigned
a margin of 0.70 percent based on Laxcon's calculated weighted-average
dumping margin to the non-examined companies.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31,
2023:
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Laxcon Steels Limited, and its affiliates, Ocean 0.70
Steels Private Limited, Metlax International Private
Limited, Parvati Private Limited, and Mega Steels
Private Limited \10\................................
Aamor Inox Limited................................... 0.40 (de minimis)
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Companies Not Selected for Individual Review .................
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Astrabite LLP........................................ 0.70
Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates, 0.70
Precision Metals, Hindustan Inox Ltd., and Sieves
Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd.\11\.................
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Disclosure
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).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review. For any individually examined respondents whose weighted-
average dumping margin is above de minimis, we calculated importer-
specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to
the total entered value of the examined sales to that importer, and we
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this. Where either the respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), or an importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rate
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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\10\ Collectively, these companies are known as Laxcon.
\11\ Collectively, these companies are known as Venus Group.
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR for which the examined companies did
not know that the merchandise they sold to an intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate (12.45 percent \12\), if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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For the companies 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.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results
of this administrative review in the Federal Register, as provided for
by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for
companies subject to this review will be the rates established in these
final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment
of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the most recently completed segment
of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the producer
is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most 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,\13\ the all-others rate established in the
investigation. 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 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 antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary
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information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
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)(5).
Dated: September 4, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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 to Revise Laxcon's Reported Cost
Comment 2: Whether to Revise Mega Steels Private Limited's
Reported Costs
Comment 3: Whether to Revise Ocean Steels Private Limited's
Reported Costs
Comment 4: Whether to Revise Metlax International Private
Limited's Reported
Costs
Comment 5: Whether to Disallow Laxcon's Offset for an Affiliated
Party's
Interest Expenses
Comment 6: Whether to Revise Laxcon's Indirect Selling Expenses
Comment 7: Whether to Reject Aamor's Claimed Billing Adjustment
Comment 8: Whether to Deny Aamor's Request for the Addition of
An Export Tax Adjustment
VI. Recommendation
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