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1See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 50336 (October 

5, 2018) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 

74404 (December 5, 2022), as corrected by Initiation 

of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 7060 (February 2, 

2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated May 30, 2023. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Flanges 

from India; 2021,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

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, e.g., Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results 

of the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review, 75 FR 37386, 37387 (June 

29, 2010). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation of Subsidy Rate 

for Non-Selected Companies Under Review,’’ dated 

concurrently with this memorandum. 

8See Hilton’s Letter, ‘‘AD/CVD Review Request,’’ 

dated March 3, 2023. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–878] 

Stainless Steel Flanges From India: 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review and Partial 

Rescission of Review; 2021 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that countervailable subsidies are 

being provided to producers and 

exporters of stainless steel flanges from 

India during the period of review, 

January 1, 2021, through December 31, 

2021. Additionally, Commerce is 

rescinding the review with respect to 

one company. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable November 6, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eliza DeLong, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3878. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 5, 2018, Commerce 

published the countervailing duty order 

on stainless steel flanges from India.1

On December 5, 2022, Commerce 

published a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of the Order.2 On 

May 30, 2023, Commerce extended the 

time period for issuing these 

preliminary results by 120 days, in 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), to no later than October 31, 2023.3

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

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 Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is stainless steel flanges from 

India. For a complete description of the 

scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) 

of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, we 

preliminarily find that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution 

that gives rise to a benefit to the 

recipient, and the subsidy is specific.5

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Company Not Selected for Individual 

Review 

The Act and Commerce’s regulations 

do not directly address the subsidy rate 

to be applied to companies not selected 

for individual examination where 

Commerce limits its examination in an 

administrative review pursuant to 

section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, 

Commerce normally determines the 

rates for non-selected companies in 

reviews in a manner that is consistent 

with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which 

provides instructions for calculating the 

all-others rate in an investigation. 

Section 777A(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that ‘‘the individual countervailable 

subsidy rates determined under 

subparagraph (A) shall be used to 

determine the all-others rate under 

section 705(c)(5) {of the Act}.’’ Section 

705(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that for 

companies not investigated, in general, 

we will determine an all-others rate by 

weight-averaging the countervailable 

subsidy rates established for each of the 

companies individually investigated, 

excluding zero and de minimis rates or 

any rates based solely on the facts 

available. 

Accordingly, to determine the rate for 

companies not selected for individual 

examination, Commerce’s practice is to 

weight average the net subsidy rates for 

the selected mandatory respondents, 

excluding rates that are zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

available.6 We preliminarily determine 

that Chandan Steel Limited (Chandan) 

and Pradeep Metals Limited (Pradeep) 

received countervailable subsidies that 

are above de minimis and are not based 

entirely on facts available. Therefore, we 

preliminarily determine to apply the 

weighted average of the net subsidy 

rates calculated for Chandan and 

Pradeep using publicly-ranged sales 

data submitted by those respondents to 

the non-selected company.7 The 

company for which a review was 

requested, and which was not selected 

as a mandatory respondents or found to 

be cross-owned with a mandatory 

respondent, is BFN Forgings Private 

Limited. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Commerce’s practice is to rescind an 

administrative review of a 

countervailing duty order, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), when the 

interested party that requested a review 

withdraws the request within 90 days of 

publication of notice of initiation of the 

requested review. On March 3, 2023, we 

received a withdrawal request for Hilton 

Metal Forging Limited (Hilton).8

Because no other party besides Hilton 

requested a review, we are rescinding 

this review pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1) with respect to Hilton. For 

this company, Commerce intends to 

assess duties at rates equal to the cash 

deposits of estimated countervailing 

duties required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the POR, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2). 

Preliminary Results of Review 

For the period January 1, 2021, 

through December 31, 2021, we 

preliminarily find that the following net 

subsidy rates exist: 


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9See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

12See generally 19 CFR 351.303. 

13See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023) 

14See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

15See 19 CFR 351.310. 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Chandan Steel Limited ........................ 2.60 

Pradeep Metals Limited ...................... 4.04 

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the 

Following 

BFN Forgings Private Limited ............. 2.82 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose to parties to this 

proceeding the calculations performed 

for these preliminary results within five 

days of the date of publication of these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.224(b).9

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

no later than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed not later than 

five days after the date for filing case 

briefs.10 Parties who submit case briefs 

or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) a statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities.11 Case and 

rebuttal briefs should be filed using 

ACCESS 12 and must be served on 

interested parties. Executive summaries 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).13

Interested parties who wish to request 

a hearing must do so within 30 days of 

publication of these preliminary results 

by submitting a written request to the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance using Enforcement and 

Compliance’s ACCESS system.14

Requests should contain the party’s 

name, address, and telephone number, 

the number of participants, and a list of 

the issues to be discussed. Issues raised 

in the hearing will be limited to those 

raised in the respective case and 

rebuttal briefs.15 If a request for a 

hearing is made, Commerce intends to 

hold the hearing at a time and date to 

be determined. Parties should confirm 

the date and time of the hearing two 

days before the scheduled date. Parties 

are reminded that all briefs and hearing 

requests must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS and received 

successfully in their entirety by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Assessment Rates 

Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of 

the Act, upon issuance of the final 

results, Commerce shall determine, and 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties 

on all appropriate entries in accordance 

with the final results of this review. If 

the assessment rate calculated in the 

final results is zero or de minimis, we 

will instruct CBP to liquidate all 

appropriate entries without regard to 

countervailing duties. For the company 

for which this review is rescinded (i.e., 

Hilton), Commerce will instruct CBP to 

assess countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries at a rate equal to the 

cash deposit of estimated countervailing 

duties required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the period January 

1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). 

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 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP 

to collect cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties in the amounts 

shown for each of the companies listed 

above on shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this administrative review, 

except where the rate calculated in the 

final results is zero or de minimis, no 

cash deposit will be required. For all 

non-reviewed firms, we will instruct 

CBP to continue to collect cash deposits 

of estimated countervailing duties at the 

most recent company-specific or allothers rate applicable to the company, 

as appropriate. These cash deposit 

instructions, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless the deadline is extended 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of our analysis of 

the issues raised by the parties in their 

comments, within 120 days after 

publication of these preliminary results. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This administrative review and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.213. 

Dated: October 31, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Period of Review 

V. Rate for Non-Examined Companies 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–983] 

Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks From the 

People’s Republic of China: 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 

Guangdong Dongyuan Kitchenware 

Industrial Co., Ltd. (Dongyuan) made 

sales of subject merchandise at prices 

below normal value during the period of 

review (POR) April 1, 2021, through 

March 31, 2022. Additionally, we find 

that Guangdong Yingao Kitchen 

Utensils Co., Ltd. (Yingao) and 

Shenzhen Kehuaxing Industrial Ltd. 

(Shenzhen Kehuaxing) have not 

established their eligibility for a 

separate rate. 

DATES: Applicable November 6, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay 

Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0208. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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