80018 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 

1See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the 

Federal Republic of Germany: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 

44513 (July 23, 2020) (Preliminary Determination) 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from 

the Federal Republic of Germany,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 3See Memorandum, ‘‘Forged Steel Fluid End 

Blocks from the Federal Republic of Germany, 

India, Italy, and the People’s Republic of China: 

Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated May 18, 2020 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 4See Memorandum, ‘‘Forged Steel Fluid End 

Blocks from the Federal Republic of Germany, 

India, Italy, and the People’s Republic of China: 

Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Final Determinations,’’ dated December 7, 2020 

(Final Scope Decision Memorandum). 

5See Commerce’s Letter to BGH, ‘‘Less-Than-FairValue Investigation of Forged Steel Fluid End 

Blocks from the Federal Republic of Germany,’’ 

dated October 20, 2020; see also BGH’s Letter, 

‘‘Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Germany: 

Response to Questionnaire in Lieu of Performing 

On-Site Verification,’’ dated October 28, 2020. 

6See Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

States (HTSUS) 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030, 

7307.92.9000, 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 

7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They may 

also be entered under HTSUS 7307.93.3010, 

7307.93.3040, 7307.93.6000, 7307.93.9010, 

7307.93.9040, 7307.93.9060, and 

7326.19.0010. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes; the written 

description of the scope is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–847] 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From 

the Federal Republic of Germany: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end 

blocks) from the Federal Republic of 

Germany (Germany) are being, or are 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV) for the 

period of investigation October 1, 2018 

through September 30, 2019. 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexis Cherry or Katherine Johnson, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0607 or 

(202) 482–4929, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 23, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the LTFV investigation of fluid end 

blocks from Germany, in which we also 

postponed the final determination until 

December 7, 2020.1 We invited 

interested parties to comment on the 

Preliminary Determination. A summary 

of the events that occurred since 

Commerce published the Preliminary 

Determination, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for this final determination, may be 

found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are fluid end blocks from 

Germany. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

During the course of this 

investigation, Commerce received scope 

comments from interested parties. 

Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum to address these 

comments.3 We received comments 

from interested parties on the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, which we address in the 

Final Scope Decision Memorandum, 

dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this final determination.4

Commerce is not modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. See 

Appendix I for the final scope of the 

investigation. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs that were submitted by 

parties in this investigation are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is attached to this notice 

at Appendix II. 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 

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

frn. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation as 

provided for in section 782(i) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Accordingly, we took additional steps in 

lieu of on-site verification and requested 

additional documentation and 

information.5

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received and our findings 

related to our request for information in 

lieu of verification, we made certain 

changes to the margin calculations. For 

a discussion of these changes, see the 

‘‘Margin Calculations’’ section of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Use of Adverse Facts Available 

The respondents Schmiedewerke 

Groditz GmbH (SWG) and voestalpine 

Bohler Group (voestalpine) failed to 

cooperate in this investigation. 

Therefore, in the Preliminary 

Determination, pursuant to sections 

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

assigned SWG and voestalpine a rate 

based on adverse facts available (AFA). 

There is no new information on the 

record that would cause us to revisit our 

determination to apply AFA to these 

companies. Accordingly, we continue to 

find that the application of AFA 

pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of 

the Act is warranted with respect to 

SWG and voestalpine. Commerce has 

assigned to SWG’s and voestalpine’s 

exports of the subject merchandise the 

rate of 70.84 percent, which is BGH’s 

highest transaction-specific margin.6

Because this rate is not secondary 

information, but rather is based on 

information obtained in the course of 

the investigation, Commerce need not 

corroborate this rate pursuant to section 

776(c) of the Act. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters not 

individually investigated shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

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7See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from 

the Republic of Germany: Final Determination 

Margin Calculation for BGH Edelstahl Siegen 

GmbH,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice. 

8See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the 

Federal Republic of Germany: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum, 

dated December 7, 2020. 

individually investigated excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. Commerce assigned a rate 

based entirely on facts available to SWG 

and voestalpine. Therefore, the only rate 

that is not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available is 

the rate calculated for BGH. 

Consequently, the rate calculated for 

BGH is also assigned as the rate for all 

other producers and exporters. 

Final Determination 

The final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH .... 7 3.82 

Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH .. ** 70.84 

voestalpine Bohler Group ........... ** 70.84 

All Others .................................... 3.82 

** Adverse Facts Available. 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in this final determination 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice to parties in 

this proceeding in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all appropriate entries of 

fluid end blocks from Germany, as 

described in Appendix I of this notice, 

which are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

July 23, 2020, the date of publication in 

the Federal Register of the affirmative 

Preliminary Determination. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), we will 

instruct CBP to require a cash deposit 

for such entries of merchandise equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin as follows: (1) The 

cash deposit rate for the respondents 

listed above will be equal to the 

respondent-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin determined in 

this final determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

respondent-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. These suspension-of-liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

While Commerce normally adjusts 

cash deposits for estimated antidumping 

(AD) duties by the amount of export 

subsidies countervailed in a companion 

CVD proceeding when CVD provisional 

measures are in effect, we have not 

adjusted the cash deposit rates listed 

above because Commerce found no 

countervailable export subsidies in the 

final determination of the companion 

CVD investigation.8

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of the final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. Because Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of fluid end blocks no later 

than 45 days after this final 

determination. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does not exist, this 

proceeding will be terminated, and all 

cash deposits posted will be refunded 

and suspension of liquidation will be 

lifted. If the ITC determines that such 

injury does exist, Commerce will issue 

an AD order directing CBP to assess, 

upon further instruction by Commerce, 

AD duties on all imports of the subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the effective date of the suspension 

of liquidation, as discussed above in the 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice will serve as a final 

reminder to the parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of 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 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published pursuant to 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end 

blocks), whether in finished or unfinished 

form, and which are typically used in the 

manufacture or service of hydraulic pumps. 

The term ‘‘forged’’ is an industry term used 

to describe the grain texture of steel resulting 

from the application of localized compressive 

force. Illustrative forging standards include, 

but are not limited to, American Society for 

Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications 

A668 and A788. 

For purposes of this investigation, the term 

‘‘steel’’ denotes metal containing the 

following chemical elements, by weight: (i) 

Iron greater than or equal to 60 percent; (ii) 

nickel less than or equal to 8.5 percent; (iii) 

copper less than or equal to 6 percent; (iv) 

chromium greater than or equal to 0.4 

percent, but less than or equal to 20 percent; 

and (v) molybdenum greater than or equal to 

0.15 percent, but less than or equal to 3 

percent. Illustrative steel standards include, 

but are not limited to, American Iron and 

Steel Institute (AISI) or Society of 

Automotive Engineers (SAE) grades 4130, 

4135, 4140, 4320, 4330, 4340, 8630, 15–5, 

17–4, F6NM, F22, F60, and XM25, as well as 

modified varieties of these grades. 

The products covered by this investigation 

are: (1) Cut-to-length fluid end blocks with an 

actual height (measured from its highest 

point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches 

(1,016.0 mm), an actual width (measured 

from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) 

to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual 

length (measured from its longest point) of 11 

inches (279.4 mm) to 75 inches (1,905.0 mm); 

and (2) strings of fluid end blocks with an 

actual height (measured from its highest 

point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches 

(1,016.0 mm), an actual width (measured 

from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) 

to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual 

length (measured from its longest point) up 

to 360 inches (9,144.0 mm). 

The products included in the scope of this 

investigation have a tensile strength of at 

least 70 KSI (measured in accordance with 

ASTM A370) and a hardness of at least 140 

HBW (measured in accordance with ASTM 

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80020 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 

1See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment 

of Final Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination, 85 FR 31457 (May 26, 2020) 

(Preliminary Determination). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from 

the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3See Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Forged Steel 

Fluid End Blocks from the Federal Republic of 

Germany, India, Italy, and the People’s Republic of 

China: Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated May 18, 

2020 (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Forged Steel Fluid End 

Blocks from the Federal Republic of Germany, 

India, Italy, and the People’s Republic of China: 

Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Final Determinations,’’ dated December 7, 2020 

(Final Scope Decision Memorandum). 

5See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

A fluid end block may be imported in 

finished condition (i.e., ready for 

incorporation into a pump fluid end 

assembly without further finishing 

operations) or unfinished condition (i.e., 

forged but still requiring one or more 

finishing operations before it is ready for 

incorporation into a pump fluid end 

assembly). Such finishing operations may 

include: (1) Heat treating; (2) milling one or 

more flat surfaces; (3) contour machining to 

custom shapes or dimensions; (4) drilling or 

boring holes; (5) threading holes; and/or (6) 

painting, varnishing, or coating. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are fluid end block assemblies 

which (1) include (a) plungers and related 

housings, adapters, gaskets, seals, and 

packing nuts, (b) valves and related seats, 

springs, seals, and cover nuts, and (c) a 

discharge flange and related seals, and (2) are 

otherwise ready to be mated with the ‘‘power 

end’’ of a hydraulic pump without the need 

for installation of any plunger, valve, or 

discharge flange components, or any other 

further manufacturing operations. 

The products included in the scope of this 

investigation may enter under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 7218.91.0030, 7218.99.0030, 

7224.90.0015, 7224.90.0045, 7326.19.0010, 

7326.90.8688, or 8413.91.9055. While these 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Changes from the Preliminary 

Determination 

IV. Discussion of the Issues 

V. Comment 1: Zeroing 

Comment 2: Differential Pricing Analysis 

Comment 3: Particular Market Situation 

Allegations 

1. Cost-Based Allegations 

a. Electricity Costs 

b. Ferrochrome Costs 

c. Natural Gas 

2. Price-Based Allegations 

a. Cartel Presence in Germany/Ongoing 

Price-Fixing Investigation 

b. Scrap and Alloy Surcharges 

c. Physical Differences in the Products 

Comment 4: Calculation of Constructed 

Value Profit 

Comment 5: Whether Adverse Facts 

Available (AFA) is Appropriate for BGH 

Edelstahl Siegen GmbH (BGH) 

Comment 6: Whether to Use BGH’s 

Submitted Sales and Cost Data 

Comment 7: Application of AFA to 

Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH (SWG) 

Comment 8: Selection of Appropriate AFA 

Rate for SWG 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–116] 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From 

the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end 

blocks) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China). 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaron Moore or Janae Martin, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3640 or (202) 482–0238, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 26, 2020, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination of this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation, which also 

aligned the final determination of this 

CVD investigation with the final 

determination of the concurrent 

antidumping duty (AD) investigation.1

A summary of the events that occurred 

since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, may 

be found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum which is hereby adopted 

by this notice.2 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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Final Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation is January 

1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are fluid end blocks from 

China. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

During the course of this 

investigation, Commerce received scope 

comments from interested parties. 

Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum to address these 

comments.3 We received comments 

from interested parties on the 

Preliminary Scope Memorandum, 

which we address in the Final Scope 

Decision Memorandum, dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted 

by, this final determination.4 Commerce 

is not modifying the scope language as 

it appeared in the Preliminary 

Determination. See Appendix I for the 

final scope of the investigation. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 

this investigation are discussed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the issues raised by parties is 

attached to this notice at Appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found 

countervailable, Commerce 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.5 For a 


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