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1See Certain Collated Steel Staples from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results and 

Partial Rescission of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021, 88 FR 43288 (July 7, 

2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2021 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 

Certain Collated Steel Staples from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

the Final Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021,’’ dated October 16, 

2023. 

4See Certain Collated Steel Staples from the 

People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 

Order, 85 FR 43813 (July 20, 2020) (Order). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Results Calculations 

for Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co., 

Ltd.,’’ dated concurrently with this notice; see also 

Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 43289. 

6The four non-selected companies under review 

are: Ningbo Pacrim Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 

Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware, Shaoxing Bohui 

Import Export Co., Ltd., and Youngwoo (Cangzhou) 

Fasteners Co., Ltd. See Preliminary Results, 88 FR 

at 43289. 

7See 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. 

Comment 3: Whether the Application of 

AFA to the Provision of Electricity for 

LTAR Is Appropriate 

Comment 4: Whether the Application of 

AFA to Other Subsidies Is Appropriate 

Comment 5: Whether Critical 

Circumstances Exist with Regard to JD 

Power 

Comment 6: Whether JD Power Used the 

Provision of Hot-Rolled Steel for LTAR 

Program 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–113] 

Certain Collated Steel Staples From 

the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies were provided 

to producers and exporters of certain 

collated steel staples (collated staples) 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) during the period of review 

(POR) from January 1, 2021, through 

December 31, 2021. 

DATES: Applicable December 22, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jinny Ahn or Shane Subler, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0339 or (202) 482–6241, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 7, 2023, Commerce published 

the Preliminary Results.1 For a complete 

description of the events that occurred 

subsequent to the Preliminary Results, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2 On October 16, 2023, in 

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

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), Commerce extended the deadline 

for issuing the final results until 

December 15, 2023.3

Scope of the Order 4

The merchandise subject to the Order 

is collated staples from China. A full 

description of the scope of the Order is 

contained in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised by interested parties 

in briefs are addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. A list of the 

issues addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is provided in 

the appendix to this notice. 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 directly 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our review of the record and 

comments received from interested 

parties regarding our Preliminary 

Results, we made certain revisions to 

the countervailable subsidy rate 

calculations for Tianjin Hweschun 

Fasteners Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 

(Tianjin Hweschun), the sole mandatory 

respondent in this review.5 As a result 

of the changes to Tianjin Hweschun’s 

program rates, the final rate for the four 

companies under review which were 

not selected for individual examination 

also changed.6 These changes are 

explained in the Issues and 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 

find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a 

government-provided financial 

contribution that gives rise to a benefit 

to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 

specific.7 The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum contains a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s conclusions, 

including any determination that relied 

upon the use of adverse facts available 

pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of 

the Act. 

Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Review 

The statute and Commerce’s 

regulations do not address the 

establishment of a rate to be applied to 

companies not selected for individual 

examination when Commerce limits its 

examination in an administrative review 

pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the 

Act. Generally, Commerce looks to 

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

provides instructions for determining 

the all-others rate in an investigation, 

for guidance when calculating the rate 

for companies which were not selected 

for individual examination in an 

administrative review. Under section 

705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others 

rate is normally an amount equal to the 

weighted average of the countervailable 

subsidy rates established for exporters 

and producers individually 

investigated, excluding any zero or de 

minimis countervailable subsidy rates, 

and any rates determined entirely on the 

basis of facts available. 

As stated above, there are four 

companies for which a review was 

requested and not rescinded, and which 

were not selected as mandatory 

respondents or found to be cross-owned 

with the mandatory respondent. 

Because the rate calculated for the only 

mandatory respondent in this review, 

Tianjin Hweschun, was above de 

minimis and not based entirely on facts 

available, we are applying Tianjin 

Hweschun’s subsidy rate to these nonselected companies,. This methodology 

used to establish the rate for the nonselected companies is consistent with 

our practice regarding the calculation of 

the all-others rate, pursuant to section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

This is the same methodology 

Commerce applied in the Preliminary 

Results for determining a rate for 

companies not selected for individual 

examination. However, due to changes 


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in the calculation for Tianjin Hweschun, 

we revised the non-selected rate 

accordingly. Consequently, for the four 

companies not selected for individual 

examination and for which the review 

was not rescinded, we are applying an 

ad valorem subsidy rate of 50.58 

percent. 

Final Results of Review 

We find the net countervailable 

subsidy rates for the mandatory and 

non-selected respondents under review 

for the period of January 1, 2021, 

through December 31, 2021, to be as 

follows: 

Producer/exporter Subsidy rate 

(percent ad valorem) 

Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................... 50.58 

Review-Specific Rate Applicable to Non-Selected Companies 

Ningbo Pacrim Manufacturing Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................... 50.58 

Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware ........................................................................................................................................ 50.58 

Shaoxing Bohui Import Export Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................... 50.58 

Youngwoo (Cangzhou) Fasteners Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................... 50.58 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

and analysis performed in connection 

with the final results of review to parties 

to the proceeding within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice 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 

has determined, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries of subject merchandise in 

accordance with the final results of this 

review for the above-listed companies at 

the applicable ad valorem assessment 

rates listed. 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 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct 

CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amounts shown for each of the 

respective 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. For all nonreviewed firms subject to the Order, we 

will instruct CBP to continue to collect 

cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties at the most recent 

company-specific or all-others rate 

applicable to the company, as 

appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, effective upon 

publication of the final results of 

review, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to an 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 terms of an APO is a 

violation which is subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results of administrative review 

and notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: December 15, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Diversification of China’s Economy 

V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Benchmarks 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to 

the Provision of Wire Rod and 

Galvanized Steel Wire for Less Than 

Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) 

Programs 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply AFA to the Provision of 

Electricity for LTAR Program 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply AFA to the Export Buyer’s Credit 

(EBC) Program 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply AFA to the Provision of Land-Use 

Rights to Favored Industries for LTAR 

Program for Financial Contribution and 

Specificity 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply AFA to ‘‘Other Subsidies’’ 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Remove Inland Freight and Value-Added 

Taxes (VAT) from the Wire Rod and 

Galvanized Steel Wire Benchmarks 

Comment 7: Whether Tianjin Hweschun 

Received a Benefit Under the Provision 

of Land-Use Rights to Favored Industries 

for LTAR Program 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–871] 

Finished Carbon Steel Flanges 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 

Norma (India) Limited, USK Exports 

Private Limited, Uma Shanker 

Khandelwal & Co., and Bansidhar 

Chiranjilal (collectively, the Norma 

Group), and R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd. 

(RNG), and made sales of subject 

merchandise below normal value. The 

period of review (POR) is August 1, 

2021, through July 31, 2022. 


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