[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 173 (Friday, September 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62058-62060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19390]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
producers/exporters of stainless steel bar (SS Bar) did not make sales 
at prices

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below normal value during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2021, 
through January 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable September 8, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, 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) 482-1785.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 7, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of the 2021-2022 administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on SS Bar from India.\1\ We invited interested 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. For a complete 
description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this 
review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 14118 
(March 7, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Stainless Steel Bar from India; 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \3\
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    \3\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from 
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Orders).
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    The products covered by the Order are SS Bar. A full description of 
the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
in this review are listed in Appendix I to this notice and addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we removed certain 
price deductions made after the time of sale when calculating net 
normal value for Laxcon Steels Limited, and its affiliates, Ocean 
Steels Private Limited, Metlax International Private Limited, Parvati 
Private Limited, and Mega Steels Private Limited (collectively, 
Laxcon).\5\
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    \5\ Id. at Comment 8.
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Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins 
exists for the period February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Laxcon Steels Limited, and its affiliates, Ocean Steels             0.00
 Private Limited, Metlax International Private Limited,
 Parvati Private Limited, and Mega Steels Private Limited
 \6\.......................................................
Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd \7\..........................         0.00
Bhansali Inc...............................................         0.00
Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates,                0.00
 Precision Metals, Hindustan Inox Ltd., and Sieves
 Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd \8\........................
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Disclosure
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    \6\ Collectively, these companies are known as Laxcon.
    \7\ See Preliminary Results at 14119 for discussion on the rate 
for companies not individually examined. In accordance with section 
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, we are assigning the zero percent rate 
calculated for the mandatory respondent, Laxcon.
    \8\ Collectively, these companies are known as Venus Group.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final 
results of review to the parties within five days after public 
announcement, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the 
final results of this review. For any individually examined respondents 
whose weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis, we 
calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on 
the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the 
examined sales to the total entered value of the examined sales to that 
importer, and we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this. Where either the respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the 
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific assessment 
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results 
of this administrative review in the Federal Register, as provided for 
by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for 
companies subject to this review will be the rates established in these 
final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers 
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment 
of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original investigation but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 12.45 percent,\9\ the all-
others rate established in the investigation. These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \9\ See Order at 66921.
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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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties

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has occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping 
duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the 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 this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: August 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes From the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Laxcon Correctly Reported the Grade Code of 
Individual Control Numbers (CONNUMs) or Withheld Information
    Comment 2: Whether Laxcon Correctly Reported the Heat Treatment 
Codes of Individual CONNUMS or Withheld Information
    Comment 3: Whether Laxcon Failed to Respond to Commerce's 
Request for Reconciliation of U.S. Entry Data and Incorrectly 
Reported Sales in the Home Market Database
    Comment 4: Whether Laxcon Withheld Documentation for the U.S. 
Sample Sale
    Comment 5: Whether Laxcon Withheld the Identities of Affiliated 
Parties
    Comment 6: Whether Laxcon Withheld Information Regarding 
Services Provided by Its Affiliate.
    Comment 7: Whether Laxcon Withheld the Requested Revised U.S. 
and Home Market Sales Files
    Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Allow Adjustments Reported by 
Laxcon in Its Home Market Sales Database
    Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Apply Total Adverse Facts 
Available to Laxcon
VI. Recommendation

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