Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 6, 2024 / Notices 8145 

1See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the 

People’s Republic of China, the Federal Republic of 

Germany, India, and Italy: Countervailing Duty 

Orders, and Amended Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination for the People’s 

Republic of China, 86 FR 7535 (January 29, 2021) 

(Order); see also Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from 

the People’s Republic of China, the Federal 

Republic of Germany, India, and Italy: Correction 

to Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 10244 

(February 19, 2021). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

15642, (March 14, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated June 23, 2023. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022,’’ dated September 12, 

2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Forged 

Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy; 2022,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

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Dated: January 31, 2024. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–475–841] 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From 

Italy: Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review and Rescission of 

Administrative Review, in Part; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that countervailable subsidies 

were provided to producers and 

exporters of forged steel fluid end 

blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy, 

during the period of review (POR) 

January 1, 2022 through, December 31, 

2022. In addition, Commerce is 

rescinding this review, in part, with 

respect to 19 companies. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: February 6, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicholas Czajkowski or Claudia Cott, 

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) 482–1395 or 

(202) 482–4270, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 29, 2021, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

countervailing duty order on fluid end 

blocks from Italy.1 On January 3, 2023, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register the notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of the Order.2 On 

June 23, 2023, Commerce selected 

Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A. (Lucchini), 

and Metalcam S.p.A. (Metalcam) for 

individual examination as the 

mandatory respondents in this review.3

On September 12, 2023, Commerce 

extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review until 

January 31, 2024.4

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this administrative review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5 A 

list of topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

included in Appendix I of 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 subject to the Order 

is fluid end blocks from Italy. For a 

complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Rescission of Administrative Review, In 

Part 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review when there are no 

reviewable suspended entries. Based on 

our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) information, we 

preliminarily determine that 19 

companies had no entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR. On 

January 9, 2024, we notified parties of 

our intent to rescind this administrative 

review, in part, with respect to the 19 

companies that have no reviewable 


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6See Memorandum, ‘‘Intent to Rescind Review, 

in Part,’’ dated January 16, 2024. 

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. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation of Non-Selected 

Companies Rate,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice; see also Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

9Commerce preliminary finds the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Lucchini: 

Lucchini RS S.p.A.; Lucchini Industries Srl; and 

Bicomet S.p.A. 

10Commerce has found the following companies 

to be cross-owned with Metalcam: Adamello 

Meccanica S.r.l.; and B.S. S.r.l. 

11See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Final Service Rule). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

15We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 16See APO and Final Service Rule. 

suspended entries.6 No parties 

commented on our intent to rescind the 

review, in part. Therefore, we are 

rescinding the administrative review, in 

part, with respect to these 19 companies 

listed in Appendix II of this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

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

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act). For each of the subsidy programs 

found to be countervailable, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that there is a 

subsidy, i.e. , a financial contribution by 

an ‘‘authority’’ that gives rise to a 

benefit to the recipient, and that the 

subsidy is specific.7 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, including 

our reliance, in part, on facts otherwise 

available pursuant to sections 776(a) 

and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Rate For Non-Selected Companies 

Under Review 

There are two companies, Officine 

Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l. (Roselli) and 

Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A. (Cogne) for 

which a review was requested, which 

had reviewable entries, and which were 

not selected as mandatory respondents 

or found to be cross-owned with a 

mandatory respondent. For these 

companies, because the rates calculated 

for the mandatory respondents, 

Lucchini and Metalcam, were above de 

minimis and not based entirely on facts 

available, and because neither 

mandatory respondent provided 

publicly ranged sales data, we are 

applying to the non-selected companies 

a rate using the simple average of the 

individual subsidy rates calculated for 

Lucchini and Metalcam. This 

methodology is consistent with our 

practice for establishing an all-others 

rate pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act.8

Preliminary Results of Review 

Commerce preliminary determines 

that the following net countervailable 

subsidy rates exist for the period 

January 1, 2022, through December 31, 

2022: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Lucchini Mame Forge 

S.p.A.9 ............................... 5.87 

Metalcam S.p.A.10 ................ 3.41 

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable 

to the Following Companies: 

Officine Meccaniche Roselli 

S.r.l .................................... 4.64 

Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A 4.64 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose our calculations 

performed for these preliminary results 

to interested parties within five days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice.11 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

to Commerce no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of these 

preliminary results of review.12 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.13 Interested parties who submit 

case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.14

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this review, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.15 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the executive 

summaries as the basis of the comment 

summaries included in the issues and 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the final results in this 

administrative review. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).16

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. An electronically 

filed hearing request must be received 

successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless otherwise extended, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in written briefs, no later 

than 120 days after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

Assessment Rates 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily 

determined subsidy rates in the 

amounts shown above for the producer/ 

exporters shown above. Upon issuance 

of the final results of the administrative 

review, consistent with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 

Commerce shall determine, and CBP 

shall assess, countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review. 

For the companies for which this 

review is rescinded with these 

preliminary results, we 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, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). For the 

companies remaining in the review, we 

intend 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. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 6, 2024 / Notices 8147 

1See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 

83 FR 347 (January 3, 2018) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

15642 (March 14, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated April 19, 2023. 

4See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Voluntary 

Respondents,’’ dated September 22, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022,’’ dated September 22, 

2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of 

the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood 

Lumber Products from Canada; 2022,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

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)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 

intends upon publication of the final 

results, to instruct CBP to collect cash 

deposits of the estimated countervailing 

duties in the amounts calculated in the 

final results of this review for the 

respective companies listed above with 

regard to shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this review. If the rate 

calculated in the final results is zero or 

de minimis, no cash deposit will be 

required on shipments of the subject 

merchandise entered or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of the final 

results of this review. 

For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will 

continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties at the 

all-others rate or the most recent 

company-specific rate applicable to the 

company, as appropriate. These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results of review 

are issued and published pursuant to 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: January 31, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope the Order 

IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

V. Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VII. Subsidies Valuation 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Companies Rescinded From This 

Administrative Review 

1. Acciaierie Bertoli Safau S.p.A. 

2. ASFO S.p.A. 

3. Ellena S.p.A. 

4. Fomas S.p.A. 

5. Forge Monchieri S.p.A. 

6. Forgiatura Morandini S.r.l. 

7. Forgital Italy S.p.A. 

8. Galperti Group 

9. IMER International S.p.A. 

10. Industria Meccanica e Stampaggio S.p.A. 

11. Mimest S.p.A. 

12. Ofar S.p.A. 

13. Officine Galperti S.p.A. 

14. P. Technologies S.r.l. 

15. Poclain Hydraulics Indistriale S.r.l. 

16. Poppi Ugo Euroforge S.p.A. 

17. Riganti S.p.A. 

18. Ringmill S.p.A. 

19. Siderforgerossi Group S.p.A. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–122–858] 

Certain Softwood Lumber Products 

From Canada: Preliminary Results and 

Partial Rescission of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of certain 

softwood lumber products (softwood 

lumber) from Canada during the period 

of review (POR), January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. With 

respect to four companies, we are 

rescinding this administrative review 

because the companies are excluded 

from the countervailing duty (CVD) 

order on softwood lumber from Canada. 

Additionally, with respect to 70 

companies, we are rescinding this 

administrative review because either the 

request for review of the company was 

timely withdrawn or the company did 

not have any reviewable entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable February 6, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samuel Brummitt, Laura Griffith, and 

Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–7851, 

(202) 482–6430, and (202) 482–4793, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 3, 2018, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

CVD order on softwood lumber from 

Canada.1 Several interested parties 

requested that Commerce conduct an 

administrative review of the Order and, 

on March 14, 2023, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of initiation of the fifth 

administrative review.2 On April 19, 

2023, Commerce selected Canfor 

Corporation and West Fraser Mills Ltd. 

as the mandatory respondents in the 

administrative review.3 On September 

22, 2023, Commerce selected J.D. Irving, 

Limited and Tolko Marketing and Sales 

Ltd. and Tolko Industries Ltd. 

(collectively, Tolko) as voluntary 

respondents in the administrative 

review.4

On September 22, 2023, Commerce 

extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this 

administrative review to January 31, 

2024, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(2).5 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.6

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 product covered by this order is 

certain softwood lumber products from 

Canada. For a complete description of 

the scope of the Order, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 


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