[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86532-86534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28829]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the final 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order 
on stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India to correct a ministerial 
error.

DATES: Applicable December 30, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Allison Hollander, 
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) 482-3477 or (202) 482-
2805, respectively.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 24, 2020, Commerce published its Final Results of this 
administrative review.\1\ On November 30, 2020, Venus Wire Industries 
Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals, and 
Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. (collectively, the Venus Group), 
one of the mandatory respondents in this administrative review, timely 
submitted ministerial error comments regarding Commerce's Final 
Results.\2\ On December 1, 2020, the petitioners filed comments 
rebutting the Venus Group's assertion that Commerce committed a 
ministerial error.\3\ Commerce is amending its Final Results to correct 
the ministerial error raised by the Venus Group.
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 74985 (November 24, 
2020) (Final Results), and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum (IDM).
    \2\ See Venus Group's Letter, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India: 
Clerical Error Comment on Final Results of Administrative Review,'' 
dated November 30, 2020.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India--
Petitioners' Response To Venus Group's Clerical Error Comments 
Regarding Final Results of Administrative Review,'' dated December 
1, 2020. The petitioners are Carpenter Technology Corporation; 
Crucible Industries LLC; Electralloy, A Division of G.O. Carlson, 
Inc., North American Stainless, Universal Stainless & Alloy 
Products, Inc.; and Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. (collectively, 
the petitioners)
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Legal Framework

    A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), includes ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \4\ With respect to final results of administrative 
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any 
comments received and if appropriate, correct any ministerial error by 
amending . . .the final results of review. . . .''
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Error

    In the Final Results, Commerce indicated that it was adjusting the 
Venus Group's direct material cost or DIRMAT to take into account 
whether the producer is the Venus Group or its unaffiliated 
suppliers.\5\ We stated that we adjusted the Venus Group's direct 
material cost or DIRMAT where the producer is identified as the Venus 
Group.\6\ However, in the Final Results, we incorrectly adjusted the 
Venus Group's direct material cost or DIRMAT regardless of whether the 
producer was identified as the Venus Group or one of its unaffiliated 
suppliers. Accordingly, Commerce determines that, in accordance with 
section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), it made a ministerial 
error in the Final Results. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is 
amending the Final Results to reflect the correction of this 
ministerial error in the calculation of the final weighted-average 
dumping margin assigned to the Venus Group, which changes from 17.24 
percent to 16.48 percent.\7\ For a detailed discussion of this 
ministerial error, as well as Commerce's analysis, see Amended Final 
Analysis Memorandum.\8\
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    \5\ See IDM at Comment 4.
    \6\ Id.; see also Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final 
Analysis Memorandum for the Venus Group,'' dated November 18, 2020.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Ministerial Error Memorandum for the Final 
Results of the 2018-2019 Administerial Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Stainless Steel Bar from India,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice; see also Memorandum, 
``Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless 
Steel Bar from India: Amended Final Analysis Memorandum for the 
Venus Group,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Amended Final 
Analysis).
    \8\ Id.
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Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of correcting the ministerial error described above, 
Commerce determines that, for the period of review (POR) February 1, 
2018 through January 31, 2019, the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the Venus Group:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Producer/exporter                     dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates                16.48
 Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves
 Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd.........................
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these amended 
final results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Antidumping Duty Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protections (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the amended final 
results of this review. We will calculate importer-specific assessment 
rate on the basis of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated 
for each importer's examined sales and the total entered values of the 
sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212.(b)(1).
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the amended final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective 
retroactively for all shipments of subject merchandise that entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after November 24, 
2020, the date of publication of the Final Results of this 
administrative review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the Venus Group will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin established in these amended final 
results of this review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the original investigation but the producer is, the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent 
period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 12.45 
percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\9\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \9\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December 
28, 1994).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice serves as a reminder to 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

    We are issuing and publishing these amended final results of review 
in accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: December 22, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-28829 Filed 12-29-20; 8:45 am]
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