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1See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 40138 (August 

24, 2017) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 37834 

(August 2, 2019). 

3See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated September 3, 2019 (Petitioners’ 

Review Request). 

4We note that Norma requested a review of itself 

and its affiliates USK Export Private Limited (USK); 

Uma Shanker Khandelwal and Co. (UMA); and 

Bansidhar Chiranjilal (BCL). 

5See Norma’s Letter, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Request for an Administrative 

Review,’’ dated August 29, 2019; see also RNG’s 

Letter, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: 

Request for Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ August 30, 2019; Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.’s 

Letter, ‘‘Request for Review of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India,’’ dated August 30, 2019; and 

Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited’s Letter, 

‘‘Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: 

Requests for Administrative Review,’’ dated 

September 3, 2019. 

6See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

53411, 53421–53422 (October 7, 2019). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Respondent Selection,’’ dated 

November 4, 2019. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 1/1/2018–12/31/2018,’’ 

dated June 19, 2020. 

10See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

11See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

All filers should name their files 

using the name of the person or entity 

submitting the comments. 

Communications from agencies of the 

United States Government will not be 

made available for public inspection. 

Material submitted by members of the 

public that is properly marked as 

business confidential information with a 

valid statutory basis for confidentiality, 

and which is accepted as such by the 

Department will not be disclosed 

publicly. Guidance on submitting 

business confidential information is as 

follows: Anyone submitting business 

confidential information should clearly 

identify the business confidential 

portion at the time of submission, 

include a statement justifying 

nondisclosure and referring to the 

specific legal authority claimed with the 

submission, and provide a nonconfidential version of the submission 

which will be placed in the public file 

on http://www.regulations.gov. For 

comments submitted electronically 

containing business confidential 

information, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. Any 

page containing business confidential 

information must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the 

top of that page. The non-confidential 

version must be clearly marked 

‘‘PUBLIC’’. The file name of the nonconfidential version should begin with 

the character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ 

should be followed by the name of the 

person or entity submitting the 

comments or rebuttal comments. 

Matthew S. Borman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–872] 

Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From 

India: Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review and Intent To Rescind, in Part; 

2018 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that Norma (India) Ltd. (Norma) and 

R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd (RNG) received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

period of review (POR), January 1, 2018 

through December 31, 2018. In addition, 

we are announcing our intent to rescind 

this review with respect to two 

companies. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable December 10, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

McGowan or Tyler Weinhold, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3019 or (202) 482–1121, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 24, 2017, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

finished carbon steel flanges (steel 

flanges) from India.1 On August 2, 2019, 

Commerce published a notice of 

opportunity to request an administrative 

review of the Order.2 On September 3, 

2019, Weldbend Corporation and Boltex 

Mfg. Co., L.P., (the petitioners), 

requested a review of 37 producers and/ 

or exporters of subject merchandise.3

Further, from August 29, 2019 through 

September 3, 2019, Norma,4 RNG, Jai 

Auto Pvt. Ltd., and Bebitz Flanges 

Works Private Limited, foreign 

producers or exporters of subject 

merchandise, each requested a review of 

the Order with respect to themselves.5

On October 7, 2019, Commerce 

published a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of the Order.6

Based on our examination of the 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

data, on November 6, 2019, we selected 

Norma and RNG, the two largest 

producers and/or exporters, as 

mandatory respondents.7

On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled 

all deadlines in administrative reviews 

by 50 days, thereby extending the 

deadline for these preliminary results 

until June 22, 2020.8 Further, on June 

19, 2020, Commerce extended the time 

period for issuing these preliminary 

results by 109 days, in accordance with 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, to 

October 8, 2020.9 On July 21, 2020, 

Commerce again tolled all deadlines in 

administrative reviews by 60 days, 

thereby extending the deadline for these 

results until December 7, 2020.10 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this review, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.11 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included at Appendix 

I 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 http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is steel flanges. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 


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12See 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. 

13See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Results 

Calculation for the ‘All-Others’ Rate,’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice (All-Others Rate 

Calculation Memorandum). 

14See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of 

the Countervailing Duty Order on Finished Carbon 

Steel Flanges from India: Phone Call with Counsel 

to the Petitioners,’’ dated September 23, 2020. 

15See Silbo Industries, Inc.’s Letter, ‘‘Silbo’s 

Request to Rescind the Review: 2nd Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on 

Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India (C–533– 

872),’’ dated January 16, 2020. 

16See Memorandum, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Release of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection Import Data,’’ dated October 18, 

2019. 

17 In the investigation, Commerce found the 

following companies to be cross-owned with Norma 

(India) Ltd.: USK Export Private Limited (USK); 

Uma Shanker Khandelwal and Co. (UMA); and 

Bansidhar Chiranjilal (BCL). See Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum at 7; this finding is 

unchanged in these preliminary results. This rate 

applies to all cross-owned companies. 

18See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

19See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) 

(Temporary Rule). 

20See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); 

see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

21See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2). 

22See Temporary Rule. 

23See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(l)(A) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, we 

preliminarily determine that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 

financial contribution that gives rise to 

a benefit to the recipient, and that the 

subsidy is specific.12 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Review 

There are 31 companies for which a 

review was requested and not 

rescinded, and which were not selected 

as mandatory respondents. The statute 

and Commerce’s regulations do not 

directly address the establishment of 

rates to be applied to companies not 

selected for individual examination 

where Commerce limits its examination 

in an administrative review pursuant to 

section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, 

Commerce normally determines the 

rates for non-selected companies in 

reviews in a manner that is consistent 

with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which 

provides the basis for calculating the allothers rate in an investigation. 

Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act 

instructs Commerce, as a general rule, to 

calculate an all-others rate equal to the 

weighted average of the countervailable 

subsidy rates established for exporters 

and/or producers individually 

examined, excluding any zero, de 

minimis, or rates based entirely on facts 

available. In this review, none of the 

rates for respondents were zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

available. For the companies for which 

a review was requested that were not 

selected as mandatory company 

respondents, and for which Commerce 

did not receive a timely request for 

withdrawal of review, and for which 

Commerce is not finding to be crossowned with the mandatory company 

respondents, Commerce based the 

subsidy rate on a weighted-average of 

the subsidy rates calculated for the two 

mandatory respondents, Norma and 

RNG, using their publicly-ranged sales 

data for exports of subject merchandise 

to the United States during the POR. For 

further discussion, please see the AllOthers Rate Calculation 

Memorandum.13

Intent To Rescind Administrative 

Review, in Part 

On September 21, 2020, the 

petitioners stated that they had 

inadvertently included in their request 

for review Bebitz U.S.A., Inc., a United 

States importer.14 Additionally, 

information on the record demonstrates 

that Silbo Industries, Inc. is a U.S. 

importer.15 Because Commerce does not 

conduct reviews of U.S. importers, and 

because the CBP demonstrate that 

neither company exported subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POR,16 we intend to rescind this 

review with respect to Bebitz U.S.A., 

Inc. and Silbo Industries, Inc. For 

further details, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated 

individual subsidy rates for Norma and 

RNG. For the period January 1, 2018 

through December 31, 2018, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

following net countervailable subsidy 

rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Norma (India) Ltd 17 .............. 5.61 

R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd ........... 5.42 

Companies Not Selected for 

Individual Examination 

(see Appendix II) ............... 5.51 

Assessment Rate 

Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of 

the Act, upon issuance of the final 

results, Commerce shall determine, and 

CBP shall assess, CVDs on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review. We intend to issue instructions 

to CBP 15 days after publication of the 

final results of this review. 

Cash Deposit Rate 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP 

to collect cash deposits of estimated 

CVDs in the amount indicated above 

with regard to shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this review. For all nonreviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to 

continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated CVDs at the most recent 

company-specific or all-others rate 

applicable to the company, as 

appropriate. These cash deposit 

instructions, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose to parties to this 

proceeding the calculations performed 

in reaching the preliminary results 

within five days of the date of 

publication of these preliminary 

results.18 Interested parties may submit 

written comments (case briefs) within 

30 days of publication of the 

preliminary results and rebuttal 

comments (rebuttal briefs) within seven 

days 19 after the time limit for filing case 

briefs.20 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs. Parties who submit arguments are 

requested to submit with the argument: 

(1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities.21 Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.22

Interested parties who wish to request 

a hearing must submit a written request 

to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance using 

Enforcement and Compliance’s ACCESS 

system within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice.23 Requests 

should contain: (1) The party’s name, 

address, and telephone number; (2) the 


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24See 19 CFR 351.310. 

25See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

1See Twist Ties from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 85 FR 45161 (July 27, 2020) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Twist Ties from People’s 

Republic of China (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum), dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice; see also Appendix 

I. 

3See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

4See Initiation Notice. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Twist Ties 

from the People’s Republic of China: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated November 23, 

2020 (Preliminary Scope Determination 

Memorandum). 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national; and (3) 

a list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined.24 Issues 

addressed during the hearing will be 

limited to those raised in the briefs.25

Parties should confirm by telephone the 

date and time of the hearing two days 

before the scheduled date. 

Parties are reminded that all briefs 

and hearing requests must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS and 

received successfully in their entirety by 

5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Unless the deadline is extended 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of our analysis of 

the issues raised by the parties in their 

comments, within 120 days after 

publication of these preliminary results. 

This administrative review and notice 

are in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213. 

Dated: December 3, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Intent to Rescind, in Part 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Period of Review 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Benchmark Interest Rates and Discount 

Rates 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Conclusion 

Appendix II 

Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Examination 

1. Adinath International 

2. Allena Group 

3. Alloyed Steel 

4. Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited 

5. C.D. Industries 

6. CHW Forge 

7. CHW Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

8. Citizen Metal Depot 

9. Corum Flange 

10. DN Forge Industries 

11. Echjay Forgings Limited 

12. Falcon Valves and Flanges Private 

Limited 

13. Heubach International 

14. Hindon Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

15. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd. 

16. Kinnari Steel Corporation 

17. Mascot Metal Manufacturers 

18. M F Rings and Bearing Races Ltd. 

19. OM Exports 

20. Punjab Steel Works (PSW) 

21. Raaj Sagar Steel 

22. Ravi Ratan Metal Industries 

23. R. D. Forge 

24. Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd. 

25. Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

26. SHM (ShinHeung Machinery) 

27. Siddhagiri Metal & Tubes 

28. Sizer India 

29. Steel Shape India 

30. Sudhir Forgings Pvt. Ltd. 

31. Tirupati Forge 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–131] 

Twist Ties From the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that twist ties from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation is 

October 1, 2019 through March 31, 

2020. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 10, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex 

Wood or Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office II, Enforcement & 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1959 or (202) 482–3860, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on July 27, 2020.1 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.2 A list of topics included 

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 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and the electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are twist ties from China. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I to 

this notice. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,3 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (scope).4 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this investigation, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Determination 

Memorandum.5 Commerce is 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the revised scope in 

Appendix I to this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce 

preliminarily has relied upon facts 

otherwise available, with adverse 


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