Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 79999 

1See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from India: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Determination with Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 85 FR 31452 (May 26, 2020) 

(Preliminary Determination). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Fluid End 

Blocks from India,’’ 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). 

4Memorandum, ‘‘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) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Forged Steel Fittings from India: 

Cancellation of Verification and Setting of Briefing 

Schedule,’’ dated August 31, 2020. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from 

India: Post-Preliminary Analysis,’’ dated August 10, 

2020 (Post-Preliminary Analysis). 

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 

Comment 1: Whether Application of 

Adverse Facts Available (AFA) is 

Warranted for Metalcam 

Comment 2: Constructed Value Profit and 

Constructed Value Selling Expenses 

Comment 3: Date of Sale for Metalcam 

Comment 4: Lucchini’s Direct Material 

Costs 

Comment 5: Major Input/Transactions 

Disregarded Adjustment 

Comment 6: Constructed Export Price 

Profit Calculation for Lucchini 

Comment 7: Commission Rate for Lucchini 

Comment 8: Inventory Carrying Costs for 

Lucchini 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–894] 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from 

India: 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 India. 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Langley or Nicholas 

Czajkowski, 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) 482–3861 or 

(202) 482–1395, 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 in the companion 

antidumping duty investigation of fluid 

end blocks from India.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 April 1, 

2018 through March 31, 2019. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are forged steel fluid end 

blocks from India. 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 this 

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 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Verification 

Commerce normally verifies 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination, pursuant to section 

782(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). However, during the 

course of this investigation, we were 

unable to conduct on-site verification 

due to travel restrictions.6 Consistent 

with section 776(a)(2)(D) of the Act, 

Commerce relied on the information 

submitted on the record, which we used 

in making our Preliminary 

Determination and Post-Preliminary 

Analysis,7 as facts available in making 

our final determination. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination and Post-Preliminary 

Analysis 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the comments received from parties, we 

made certain changes to the subsidy rate 

calculations for Bharat Forge Limited 

(Bharat Forge). For a discussion of these 

changes, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 


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8See Preliminary Determination, 85 FR at 31453. 

All-Others Rate 

We continue to calculate the allothers rate using the rate of the only 

mandatory respondent, Bharat Forge.8

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

ad valorem 

(percent) 

Bharat Forge Limited ............ 5.20 

All Others .............................. 5.20 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties its calculations and 

analysis performed in this final 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination and pursuant to sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce instructed U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after May 26, 2020, 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. In accordance with 

section 703(d) of the Act, effective 

September 23, 2020, we instructed CBP 

to discontinue the suspension of 

liquidation of all entries at that time, but 

to continue the suspension of 

liquidation of all entries between May 

26, 2020 and September 22, 2020. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a CVD order and require a 

cash deposit of estimated countervailing 

duties for such entries of subject 

merchandise in the amounts indicated 

above, in accordance with section 706(a) 

of the Act. If the ITC determines that 

material injury, or threat of material 

injury, does not exist, this proceeding 

will be terminated, and all estimated 

duties deposited or securities posted as 

a result of the suspension of liquidation 

will be refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 

of its final affirmative determination 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

fluid end blocks from India. As 

Commerce’s final determination is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

705(b) of the Act, the ITC will 

determine, within 45 days, whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured or threatened with 

material injury. In addition, we are 

making available to the ITC all nonprivileged and nonproprietary 

information related to this investigation. 

We will allow the ITC access to all 

privileged and business proprietary 

information in our files, provided the 

ITC confirms that it will not disclose 

such information, either publicly or 

under an administrative protective order 

(APO), without the written consent of 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to the APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

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

written notification of the return/ 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 771(i) 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 

E10). 

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. 


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1See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from 

Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi 

Arabia, the Republic of Turkey, and the United 

Arab Emirates: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determinations of Sales at Less than Fair Value and 

Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determinations, in Part, 85 FR 61722 (September 

30, 2020) (Seven Countries Preliminary 

Determinations). 

2See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from 

Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Negative 

Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 85 FR 61726 (September 30, 2020) 

(Taiwan Preliminary Determination) (collectively, 

Preliminary Determinations). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of PC Strand from Turkey,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Turkey Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

APPENDIX II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Final 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Subsidies Valuation 

IV. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

V. Use of Facts Available 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether the Duty Drawback 

Scheme Is Countervailable 

Comment 2: Whether the Income Tax 

Reduction for Research and 

Development (R&D) Scheme Is 

Countervailable 

Comment 3: Whether the Package Scheme 

of Incentives (PSI) Is Countervailable 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should 

Use the International Monetary Fund 

(IMF) Lending Benchmark for 2014–2016 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Treat EPCGS Licenses Fulfilled during 

the POI as an Interest-Free Loan 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise Its Calculation for the Benefit of 

the Duty Drawback Program 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise Its Calculation for the Benefit of 

the Package Scheme of Incentives 

Provided by the State Government of 

Maharashtra 

Comment 8: Whether Renewable Energy 

Certificates Are Countervailable 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Exclude Goods and Services Tax from Its 

Calculations of the Renewable Energy 

Certificate Program 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should 

Exclude CENVAT from its Calculations 

of the EPCGS Program 

Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise Its Calculations of the Focus 

Product Scheme 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–357–822, A–301–804, A–729–804, A–421– 

814, A–517–806, A–583–868, A–489–842, A– 

520–809] 

Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 

Strand From Argentina, Colombia, 

Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, 

Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and 

the United Arab Emirates: Final 

Affirmative Determinations of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Final 

Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determinations, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

prestressed concrete steel wire strand 

(PC strand) from Argentina, Colombia, 

Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, 

Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey 

(Turkey), and the United Arab Emirates 

(UAE) are being, or are likely to be, sold 

in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV). 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kabir Archuletta at (202) 482–2593 

(Argentina), Hermes Pinilla at (202) 

482–3477 (Colombia), David Crespo at 

(202) 482–3693 (Egypt), Bryan Hansen 

at (202) 482–3683 (the Netherlands), 

Drew Jackson at (202) 482–4406 (Saudi 

Arabia), Joy Zhang at (202) 482–1168 

(Taiwan), David Goldberger at (202) 

482–4136 (Turkey), and Charles Doss at 

(202) 482–4474 (UAE); AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 30, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

Preliminary Determinations of sales at 

LTFV of PC strand from: (1) Argentina, 

Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi 

Arabia, Turkey, and the UAE; 1 and (2) 

Taiwan.2 We invited interested parties 

to comment on the Preliminary 

Determinations. Except for PC strand 

from Turkey, we received no comments 

from interested parties on the 

Preliminary Determinations. For PC 

strand from Turkey, a summary of the 

events that occurred since Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determinations, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for the final determination, may be 

found in the Turkey Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.3

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation is April 1, 

2019 through March 31, 2020. 

Scope of the Investigations 

The product covered by these 

investigations is PC strand. For a full 

description of the scope of these 

investigations, see Appendix I of this 

notice. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determinations 

Because we received no comments, 

we have made no changes to our 

calculations with regards to Argentina, 

Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi 

Arabia, UAE, and Taiwan. We have 

considered the comments received in 

the PC strand from Turkey investigation, 

but have made no changes to our 

calculations for the final determination. 

In addition, for the final determination 

we have revised our critical 

circumstances determination with 

respect to Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. 

(Celik Halat). See ‘‘Final Affirmative 

Determinations of Critical 

Circumstances,’’ below. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by parties in 

the PC strand from Turkey investigation 

are addressed in the Turkey Issues and 

Decision Memorandum accompanying 

this notice. A list of the issues 

addressed in the Turkey Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is attached to 

this notice as Appendix II. The Turkey 

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 Turkey Issues 

and Decision Memorandum can be 

accessed directly at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 

and electronic versions of the Turkey 

Issues and Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. 

Final Affirmative Determinations of 

Critical Circumstances 

For the Preliminary Determinations, 

in accordance with section 733(e)(1) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act) and 19 CFR 351.206(c)(1), 

Commerce found that critical 

circumstances exist with respect to 

imports of PC strand exported by: (1) 

Knight S.A.S. from Colombia; (2) United 

Wires Company Elsewedy (United 

Wires) and all other producers/exporters 

from Egypt; (3) Nedri Spanstaal BV from 

the Netherlands; and (4) Celik Halat, 

Gu ̈ney C ̧elik Hasir ve Demir (Gu ̈ney 


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