[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5331-5332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2108]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809, A-583-821]


Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India and Taiwan: Final 
Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 1, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated the sunset review of the antidumping duty orders 
on forged stainless steel flanges from India and Taiwan. Because the 
domestic interested parties did not participate in these sunset 
reviews, the Department is revoking these antidumping duty orders.

DATES: Effective Date: January 23, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert James or Deborah Scott, AD/CVD 
Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0649 or (202) 482-2657, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 9, 1994, the Department issued antidumping duty orders 
on certain forged stainless steel flanges from India and Taiwan. See 
Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Forged 
Stainless Steel Flanges From India, 59 FR 5994 (February 9, 1994) and 
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From 
Taiwan, 59 FR 5995 (February 9, 1994). On January 23, 2006, the 
Department published its most recent continuation of the orders. See 
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Forged Stainless Steel Flanges 
from India and Taiwan, 71 FR 3457 (January 23, 2006) (Notice of 
Continuation). On November 1, 2010, the Department initiated sunset 
reviews of these orders. See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') 
Review, 75 FR 67082 (November 1, 2010).
    We did not receive a notice of intent to participate from domestic 
interested parties in these sunset reviews by the deadline date. As a 
result, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(A), the Department 
determined that no domestic interested party intends to participate in 
these sunset reviews, and

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on November 22, 2010,\1\ we notified the International Trade 
Commission, in writing, that we intended to issue a final determination 
revoking these antidumping duty orders. See 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(2).
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    \1\ The deadline for this notification fell on November 21, 
2010, a Sunday. Accordingly, we notified the International Trade 
Commission on the next business day.
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by these orders are certain forged stainless 
steel flanges, both finished and not finished, generally manufactured 
to specification ASTM A-182, and made in alloys such as 304, 304L, 316, 
and 316L. The scope includes five general types of flanges. They are 
weld-neck, used for butt-weld line connections; threaded, used for 
threaded line connections; slip-on and lap joint, used with stub-ends/
butt-weld line connections; socket weld, used to fit pipe into a 
machined recession; and blind, used to seal off a line. The sizes of 
the flanges within the scope range generally from one to six inches; 
however, all sizes of the above-described merchandise are included in 
the scope. Specifically excluded from the scope of these orders are 
cast stainless steel flanges. Cast stainless steel flanges generally 
are manufactured to specification ASTM A-351. The flanges subject to 
these orders are currently classifiable under subheadings 7307.21.1000 
and 7307.21.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise 
subject to these orders is dispositive of whether or not the 
merchandise is covered by the scope of the orders.

Determination To Revoke and Effective Date of Revocation

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no domestic 
interested party files a notice of intent to participate, the 
Department shall, within 90 days after the initiation of the sunset 
review, issue a final determination revoking the order. Because the 
domestic interested parties did not file a notice of intent to 
participate in these sunset reviews, the Department finds that no 
domestic interested party is participating in these sunset reviews. 
Therefore, consistent with 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1)(i) and section 
751(c)(3)(A) of the Act, we are revoking the antidumping duty orders. 
The effective date of revocation of these antidumping duty orders is 
January 23, 2011, the fifth anniversary of the date of publication in 
the Federal Register of the most recent notice of continuation of this 
antidumping duty order. See Notice of Continuation.

Termination of Suspension of Liquidation

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.222(i)(2)(i), the Department intends to issue instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, 15 days after publication of this 
notice, to terminate the suspension of liquidation of the merchandise 
subject to these orders entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or 
after January 23, 2011. Entries of subject merchandise prior to the 
effective date of revocation will continue to be subject to suspension 
of liquidation and antidumping duty deposit requirements. The 
Department will complete any pending administrative reviews of these 
orders and will conduct administrative reviews of subject merchandise 
entered prior to the effective date of revocation in response to 
appropriately filed requests for review.
    These five-year (sunset) reviews and notice are published in 
accordance with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 25, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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