[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]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22972]
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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.
[FR Doc. 2024-22972 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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