Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Pursuant to Settlement, 80880-80881 [2024-22972]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 80880 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 193 / Friday, October 4, 2024 / Notices after importation, including, but not limited to, modules, laminates, panels, buildingintegrated modules, building-integrated panels, or other finished goods kits. Such parts that otherwise meet the definition of merchandise under consideration are included in the scope of the investigations. Excluded from the scope of the investigation are thin film photovoltaic products produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe), or copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS). Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 10,000 mm2 in surface area, that are permanently integrated into a consumer good whose function is other than power generation and that consumes the electricity generated by the integrated crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell. Where more than one cell is permanently integrated into a consumer good, the surface area for purposes of this exclusion shall be the total combined surface area of all cells that are integrated into the consumer good. Additionally, excluded from the scope of the investigation are panels with surface area from 3,450 mm2 to 33,782 mm2 with one black wire and one red wire (each of type 22 AWG or 24 AWG not more than 206 mm in length when measured from panel extrusion), and not exceeding 2.9 volts, 1.1 amps, and 3.19 watts. For the purposes of this exclusion, no panel shall contain an internal battery or external computer peripheral ports. Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are: (1) Off grid CSPV panels in rigid form with a glass cover, with the following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 100 watts or less per panel; (B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 cm2 per panel; (C) do not include a built-in inverter; (D) must include a permanently connected wire that terminates in either an 8 mm male barrel connector, or a two-port rectangular connector with two pins in square housings of different colors; (E) must include visible parallel grid collector metallic wire lines every 1–4 millimeters across each solar cell; and (F) must be in individual retail packaging (for purposes of this provision, retail packaging typically includes graphics, the product name, its description and/or features, and foam for transport); and (2) Off grid CSPV panels without a glass cover, with the following characteristics: (A) a total power output of 100 watts or less per panel; (B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 cm2 per panel; (C) do not include a built-in inverter; (D) must include visible parallel grid collector metallic wire lines every 1–4 millimeters across each solar cell; and (E) each panel is (1) permanently integrated into a consumer good; (2) encased in a laminated material without stitching, or (3) has all of the following characteristics: (i) the panel is encased in sewn fabric with visible stitching, (ii) includes a mesh zippered storage pocket, and (iii) includes a permanently attached wire that terminates in a female USB–A connector. In addition, the following CSPV panels are excluded from the scope of the investigation: off-grid CSPV panels in rigid form with a VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Oct 03, 2024 Jkt 265001 glass cover, with each of the following physical characteristics, whether or not assembled into a fully completed off-grid hydropanel whose function is conversion of water vapor into liquid water: (A) a total power output of no more than 80 watts per panel; (B) a surface area of less than 5,000 square centimeters (cm2) per panel; (C) do not include a built-in inverter; (D) do not have a frame around the edges of the panel; (E) include a clear glass back panel; and (F) must include a permanently connected wire that terminates in a twoport rectangular connector. Additionally excluded from the scope of this investigation are off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels, with or without a glass cover, with the following characteristics: (1) a total power output of 200 watts or less per panel; (2) a maximum surface area of 16,000 cm2 per panel; (3) no built-in inverter; (4) an integrated handle or a handle attached to the package for ease of carry; (5) one or more integrated kickstands for easy installation or angle adjustment; and (6) a wire of not less than 3 meters either permanently connected or attached to the package that terminates in an 8 mm diameter male barrel connector. Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are off-grid crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels in rigid form with a glass cover, with each of the following physical characteristics, whether or not assembled into a fully completed off-grid hydropanel whose function is conversion of water vapor into liquid water: (A) a total power output of no more than 180 watts per panel at 155 degrees Celsius; (B) a surface area of less than 16,000 square centimeters (cm2) per panel; (C) include a keep-out area of approximately 1,200 cm2 around the edges of the panel that does not contain solar cells; (D) do not include a built-in inverter; (E) do not have a frame around the edges of the panel; (F) include a clear glass back panel; (G) must include a permanently connected wire that terminates in a two-port rounded rectangular, sealed connector; (H) include a thermistor installed into the permanently connected wire before the twoport connector; and (I) include exposed positive and negative terminals at opposite ends of the panel, not enclosed in a junction box. Modules, laminates, and panels produced in a third-country from cells produced in a subject country are covered by the investigation; however, modules, laminates, and panels produced in a subject country from cells produced in a third-country are not covered by the investigation. Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are all products covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the People’s Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018 (December 7, 2012); and Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 77 FR 73017 (December 7, 2012). Merchandise covered by the investigation is currently classified in the Harmonized PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 8541.42.0010 and 8541.43.0010. Imports of the subject merchandise may enter under HTSUS subheadings 8501.71.0000, 8501.72.1000, 8501.72.2000, 8501.72.3000, 8501.72.9000, 8501.80.1000, 8501.80.2000, 8501.80.3000, 8501.80.9000, 8507.20.8010, 8507.20.8031, 8507.20.8041, 8507.20.8061, and 8507.20.8091. These HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope of the investigations is dispositive. Appendix II List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope Comments IV. Injury Test V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences VI. Subsidies Valuation Information VII. Discount Rates VIII. Diversification of Cambodia’s Economy IX. Analysis of Programs X. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2024–22999 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–533–877] Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Pursuant to Settlement Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is issuing these amended final results pursuant to a settlement agreement with certain companies covered by the final results of the administrative review of stainless steel flanges from India for the period of review (POR) March 28, 2018, through September 30, 2019. DATES: Applicable October 4, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Maciuba, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0413. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On August 26, 2021, Commerce published the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless E:\FR\FM\04OCN1.SGM 04OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 193 / Friday, October 4, 2024 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES steel flanges from India.1 The administrative review covered 46 companies.2 The following companies were among the 45 companies which were not selected for individual examination: Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.; Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited; 3 Echjay Forgings Private Ltd; Goodluck India Ltd; Hilton Metal Forging Limited; Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.; Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited; Jay Jagdamba Limited; Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited; Kisaan Die Tech; 4 Pradeep Metals Limited; and Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Pvt. Ltd. (collectively, the non-selected companies). The nonselected companies are all producers/ exporters of stainless steel flanges from India. In the Final Results, Commerce assigned a margin of 145.25 percent to these companies for the POR because that was the margin assigned to the sole company which Commerce individually examined.5 Following the publication of the Final Results, the non-selected companies filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) challenging Commerce’s decision to assign a dumping margin which was determined using facts available with adverse inferences for the sole mandatory respondent to all non-selected companies.6 On September 30, 2024, the United States and the non-selected companies entered into an agreement to settle this dispute. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement and the stipulation for entry of judgment, the amended dumping 1 See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018–2019, 86 FR 47619 (August 26, 2021) (Final Results). 2 Id., 86 FR at 47619–21. 3 Bebitz Flange Works Private Limited is part of a collapsed entity with the following companies: Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd.; Flanschen werk Bebitz GmbH (AKA Flanschenwerk Bebitz GmbH); Viraj Alloys, Ltd.; Viraj Forgings, Ltd.; and Viraj Profiles Limited. See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstance Determination, 83 FR 40745 (August 16, 2018). In a subsequent administrative review, Commerce found BFN Forgings Private Limited to be a successor-in-interest to Bebitz Flange Works Private Limited. See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019–2020, 87 FR 27568, 27569 n.13 (May 9, 2022) (2019–2020 Final Results). 4 Commerce considers Kisaan Die Tech to be the same company as Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited. See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Successor-in-Interest Determination, and Partial Rescission; 2019–2020, 86 FR 60792, n.3 (November 4, 2021), unchanged in 2019–2020 Final Results. 5 See Final Results, 86 FR at 47620–21. 6 See Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited v. United States, Consol. Court No. 21–000512, Slip Op. No. 23–172 (Dec. 8, 2023) at 5. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Oct 03, 2024 Jkt 265001 margins for the non-selected companies are set forth below in the ‘‘Amended Final Results of Administrative Review’’ section of this notice. The CIT issued its order of judgment by stipulation on September 30, 2024.7 Amended Final Results of Administrative Review The non-selected companies’ final estimated weighted-average dumping margins are listed below for POR, March 28, 2018, through September 30, 2019. Exporter/producer Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited/Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd./ Flanschen werk Bebitz GmbH/ Viraj Alloys, Ltd./Viraj Forgings, Ltd./Viraj Profiles Limited * ........................................ Echjay Forgings Private Ltd ....... Goodluck India Ltd ..................... Hilton Metal Forging Limited ...... Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd ......................... Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited ..................................... Jay Jagdamba Limited ............... Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited ..................................... Kisaan Die Tech ** ...................... Pradeep Metals Limited .............. Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Pvt. Ltd .................................... Weighted average dumping margin (percent) 5.20 80881 Cash Deposit Requirements Because all of the non-selected companies have a superseding cash deposit rate, i.e., there have been final results published in a subsequent administrative review, we will not issue revised cash deposit instructions to CBP. This notice will not affect the current cash deposit rates for the nonselected companies. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing this determination and publishing these amended final results and notice in accordance with section 516a(e) of the Act. Dated: September 30, 2024. Steven Presing, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations. [FR Doc. 2024–22972 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 74.30 1.70 5.20 5.20 5.20 5.20 5.20 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Announcement of Approved International Trade Administration Trade Mission International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade 5.20 Administration (ITA), is announcing one upcoming trade mission that will be * AKA BFN Forgings Private Limited. recruited, organized, and implemented ** AKA Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited. by ITA. This mission is: Global Assessment Rates Diversity Export Initiative (GDEI) Trade Mission to India, Singapore, and Hong Consistent with the settlement Kong March 2–8, 2025. agreement and September 30, 2024, A summary of the mission is found order of judgment by stipulation, below. Application information and Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs more detailed mission information, and Border Protection (CBP) within 15 including the commercial setting and days following publication of these sector information, can be found at the amended final results to liquidate all trade mission website: https:// unliquidated entries of stainless steel www.trade.gov/trade-missions. flanges from India produced and/or For this mission, recruitment will be exported by the non-selected companies conducted in an open and public and entered, or withdrawn from manner, including publication in the consumption in the United States Federal Register, posting on the during the POR, at the assessment rates Commerce Department trade mission noted above. Pursuant to section calendar (https://www.trade.gov/trade751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as missions-schedule) and other internet amended (the Act), and 19 CFR websites, press releases to general and 351.212(b)(1), Commerce has trade media, direct mail, broadcast fax, determined, and CBP shall assess, notices by industry trade associations antidumping duties on all appropriate and other multiplier groups, and entries of subject merchandise in publicity at industry meetings, accordance with these amended final symposia, conferences, and trade shows. results of review. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirreef Loza, Trade Events Task Force, 7 See Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited v. United International Trade Administration, States, Consol. Court No. 21–000512, ECF No. 85 (September 30, 2024). U.S. Department of Commerce, PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 AGENCY: 5.20 4.13 5.20 E:\FR\FM\04OCN1.SGM 04OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80880-80881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-877]


Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Notice of Amended Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Pursuant to 
Settlement

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is issuing these 
amended final results pursuant to a settlement agreement with certain 
companies covered by the final results of the administrative review of 
stainless steel flanges from India for the period of review (POR) March 
28, 2018, through September 30, 2019.

DATES: Applicable October 4, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Maciuba, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 26, 2021, Commerce published the final results of its 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless

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steel flanges from India.\1\ The administrative review covered 46 
companies.\2\ The following companies were among the 45 companies which 
were not selected for individual examination: Balkrishna Steel Forge 
Pvt. Ltd.; Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited; \3\ Echjay Forgings 
Private Ltd; Goodluck India Ltd; Hilton Metal Forging Limited; Jai Auto 
Pvt. Ltd.; Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited; Jay Jagdamba Limited; 
Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited; Kisaan Die Tech; \4\ Pradeep 
Metals Limited; and Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Pvt. Ltd. (collectively, 
the non-selected companies). The non-selected companies are all 
producers/exporters of stainless steel flanges from India. In the Final 
Results, Commerce assigned a margin of 145.25 percent to these 
companies for the POR because that was the margin assigned to the sole 
company which Commerce individually examined.\5\
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 86 FR 47619 
(August 26, 2021) (Final Results).
    \2\ Id., 86 FR at 47619-21.
    \3\ Bebitz Flange Works Private Limited is part of a collapsed 
entity with the following companies: Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd.; Flanschen 
werk Bebitz GmbH (AKA Flanschenwerk Bebitz GmbH); Viraj Alloys, 
Ltd.; Viraj Forgings, Ltd.; and Viraj Profiles Limited. See 
Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Affirmative Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Critical 
Circumstance Determination, 83 FR 40745 (August 16, 2018). In a 
subsequent administrative review, Commerce found BFN Forgings 
Private Limited to be a successor-in-interest to Bebitz Flange Works 
Private Limited. See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 87 FR 
27568, 27569 n.13 (May 9, 2022) (2019-2020 Final Results).
    \4\ Commerce considers Kisaan Die Tech to be the same company as 
Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited. See Stainless Steel Flanges from 
India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, Preliminary Successor-in-Interest Determination, and Partial 
Rescission; 2019-2020, 86 FR 60792, n.3 (November 4, 2021), 
unchanged in 2019-2020 Final Results.
    \5\ See Final Results, 86 FR at 47620-21.
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    Following the publication of the Final Results, the non-selected 
companies filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of International Trade 
(CIT) challenging Commerce's decision to assign a dumping margin which 
was determined using facts available with adverse inferences for the 
sole mandatory respondent to all non-selected companies.\6\
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    \6\ See Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited v. United States, 
Consol. Court No. 21-000512, Slip Op. No. 23-172 (Dec. 8, 2023) at 
5.
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    On September 30, 2024, the United States and the non-selected 
companies entered into an agreement to settle this dispute. Pursuant to 
the terms of the settlement and the stipulation for entry of judgment, 
the amended dumping margins for the non-selected companies are set 
forth below in the ``Amended Final Results of Administrative Review'' 
section of this notice. The CIT issued its order of judgment by 
stipulation on September 30, 2024.\7\
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    \7\ See Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited v. United States, 
Consol. Court No. 21-000512, ECF No. 85 (September 30, 2024).
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Amended Final Results of Administrative Review

    The non-selected companies' final estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins are listed below for POR, March 28, 2018, through 
September 30, 2019.

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                                                               Weighted
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.............................        5.20
Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited/Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd./         74.30
 Flanschen werk Bebitz GmbH/Viraj Alloys, Ltd./Viraj
 Forgings, Ltd./Viraj Profiles Limited *....................
Echjay Forgings Private Ltd.................................        1.70
Goodluck India Ltd..........................................        5.20
Hilton Metal Forging Limited................................        5.20
Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd...........................................        5.20
Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited.......................        5.20
Jay Jagdamba Limited........................................        5.20
Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited........................        5.20
Kisaan Die Tech **..........................................        4.13
Pradeep Metals Limited......................................        5.20
Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Pvt. Ltd.........................        5.20
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* AKA BFN Forgings Private Limited.
** AKA Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with the settlement agreement and September 30, 2024, 
order of judgment by stipulation, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) within 15 days following publication of 
these amended final results to liquidate all unliquidated entries of 
stainless steel flanges from India produced and/or exported by the non-
selected companies and entered, or withdrawn from consumption in the 
United States during the POR, at the assessment rates noted above. 
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and CBP 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with these amended final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because all of the non-selected companies have a superseding cash 
deposit rate, i.e., there have been final results published in a 
subsequent administrative review, we will not issue revised cash 
deposit instructions to CBP. This notice will not affect the current 
cash deposit rates for the non-selected companies.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing this determination and publishing these amended 
final results and notice in accordance with section 516a(e) of the Act.

    Dated: September 30, 2024.
Steven Presing,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
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