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1See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the 

Federal Republic of Germany and Italy: Amended 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination for the 

Federal Republic of Germany and Antidumping 

Duty Orders, 86 FR 7528 (January 29, 2021) (Order). 

2See BGH’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated January 31, 2023; see also 

Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated January 31, 2023. The petitioners 

are: Ellwood City Forge Company, Ellwood Quality 

Steels Company, Ellwood National Steel Company, 

and A. Finkl & Sons. 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

15642 (March 14, 2023). 

4See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Withdrawal 

of Request for 2022 Administrative Review for 

Certain Entities,’’ dated April 28, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated September 28, 2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Rescission, in Part: 

Forged Steel Fluid End Block from Germany; 2022,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

7See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Withdrawal 

of Request for 2022 Administrative Review for 

Certain Entities,’’ dated April 28, 2023. 

8See 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). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

10We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–847] 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From 

Germany: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Rescission, in Part; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that forged steel fluid end 

blocks (FEBs) from Germany were sold 

in the United States at prices below 

normal value during the period of 

review (POR) January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable February 7, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3148. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 29, 2021, Commerce 

published the antidumping duty order 

on FEBs from Germany.1 On January 31, 

2023, Commerce received requests for 

an administrative review from BGH 

Edelstahl Siegen GmbH (BGH) and the 

petitioners.2 On March 14, 2023, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an 

administrative review of the Order, 

covering six companies, including 

BGH.3 On April 28, 2023, the petitioners 

withdrew their request for review for all 

companies except BGH.4 Thus, there are 

no outstanding review requests for any 

company other than BGH. Pursuant to 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), on 

September 18, 2023, Commerce 

extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results until January 31, 

2024.5

For a detailed description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.6 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is attached as an 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is available 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 products covered by this review 

are fluid end blocks from Germany, 

whether in finished or unfinished form, 

and which are typically used in the 

manufacture or service of hydraulic 

pumps. For a full description of the 

scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if a party who requested the review 

withdraws the request within 90 days of 

the date of publication of the notice of 

initiation. On April 28, 2023, we 

received a timely withdrawal request 

from the petitioners for their review 

requests for all companies except BGH.7

Because no other party requested a 

review of those companies, Commerce 

is rescinding this review with respect to 

the following five companies, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1): 

Buderus Edelstahl GmbH, Deutsche 

Edelstahlwerke GmbH, Saarschmiede 

GmbH Freiformschmiede, 

Schmiedewerke Gro ̈ditz GmbH, and 

voestalpine Bo ̈hler Group. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) 

and (2) of the Act. We calculated export 

price in accordance with section 772(a) 

of the Act. For a full description of the 

methodology underlying these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

We preliminarily determine the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin for the period January 

1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. 

Exporter or Producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH .... 19.96 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed for these 

preliminary results of review to 

interested parties within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

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 this notice. 

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in the case briefs, may be filed not later 

than seven days after the date for filing 

case briefs.8 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.9

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.10 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 


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11See APO and Final Service Rule. 

12See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

13See 19 CFR 351.303. 

14See 19 CFR 351.303(f). 

15See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

16See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also 

Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

17For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 18See Order, 86 FR at 7530. 

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).11

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. An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time within 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice. 

Requests should contain: (1) the party’s 

name, address, and telephone number; 

(2) the number of participants; (3) 

whether any participant is a foreign 

national; and (4) a list of issues the party 

intends to discuss. Issues raised in the 

hearing will be limited to those raised 

in the respective case and rebuttal 

briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, 

Commerce intends to hold the hearing 

at a date and time to be determined.12

All submissions should be filed using 

ACCESS,13 and must be served on 

interested parties.14

Unless otherwise extended, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

the issues raised in any written briefs, 

not later than 120 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

Assessment Rates 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

Commerce will determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise in accordance with the 

final results of this review. Commerce 

intends to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 

date of publication of the final results of 

this administrative 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). 

If BGH’s weighted-average dumping 

margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., 

less than 0.50 percent) in the final 

results of this review, Commerce 

intends to calculate importer-specific 

assessment rates on the basis of the ratio 

of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for each importer’s examined 

sales to the total entered value of those 

sales. Where we do not have entered 

values for all U.S. sales to a particular 

importer, we will calculate an importerspecific, per-unit assessment rate on the 

basis of the ratio of the total amount of 

dumping calculated for the importer’s 

examined sales to the total quantity of 

those sales.15 To determine whether an 

importer-specific, per-unit assessment 

rate is de minimis, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will 

calculate an importer-specific ad 

valorem ratio based on estimated 

entered values. If BGH’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de 

minimis or where an importer-specific 

ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de 

minimis, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate appropriate entries without 

regard to antidumping duties.16

In accordance with Commerce’s 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR produced by BGH for which it 

did not know that the merchandise was 

destined for the United States, we 

intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those 

entries at the all-others rate in the 

original less-than-fair-value 

investigation if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction.17

For the companies listed above for 

which the review is being rescinded, 

antidumping duties shall be assessed on 

entries at rates equal to the cash deposit 

of estimated antidumping duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends 

to issue assessment instructions to CBP 

for the rescinded companies no earlier 

than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the preliminary results of 

this administrative review in the 

Federal Register.’’ 

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 date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review, as provided for 

by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 

company-specific cash deposit rate for 

BGH will be equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in 

the final results of this review (except, 

if that rate is de minimis within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then 

the cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) 

for 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 recently-completed segment of this 

proceeding in which they were 

reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 

covered in this review or a prior 

segment of the proceeding but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established for the most 

recently completed segment of this 

proceeding for the producer of the 

merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers or exporters 

will continue to be 4.79 percent, the allothers rate established in the less-thanfair-value investigation.18 These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping and/or countervailing 

duties prior to liquidation of the 

relevant entries during this review 

period. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in Commerce’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping and/or countervailing 

duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties, and/or an increase in the amount 

of antidumping duties by the amount of 

the countervailing duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

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

and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 

351.221(b)(4). 


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1See Thermal Paper from the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021–2022, 88 FR 83384 

(November 29, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

(PDM). 

2See Thermal Paper from Germany, Japan, the 

Republic of Korea, and Spain: Antidumping Duty 

Order, 86 FR 66284 (November 22, 2021) (Order). 

3See Preliminary Results PDM at 2–3. 

4See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2023). 

5See Order, 86 FR 66286. 

Dated: January 31, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy 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. Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

V. Affiliations 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

VII. Currency Conversion 

VIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–02422 Filed 2–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–911] 

Thermal Paper From the Republic of 

Korea: 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 

the sole producer/exporter subject to 

this administrative review made sales of 

subject merchandise at less than normal 

value during the period of review (POR), 

May 12, 2021, through October 31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable February 7, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit 

Astvatsatrian, 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) 482–6412. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 29, 2023, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results and 

invited comments from interested 

parties.1 No interested party submitted 

comments on the Preliminary Results. 

Accordingly, the final results remain 

unchanged from the Preliminary 

Results, and thus, there is no decision 

memorandum accompanying this 

notice. Commerce conducted this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 2

The merchandise covered by this 

order is thermal paper. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Results.3

Final Results of Review 

For these final results, we determine 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margin exists for the 

period May 12, 2021, through October 

31, 2022: 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Hansol Paper Company ....... 2.09 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce will disclose to 

the parties in a proceeding the 

calculations performed in connection 

with the final results of review within 

five days of any public announcement 

or, if there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of the notice of final results 

in the Federal Register, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, 

because we have made no changes from 

the Preliminary Results, there are no 

new calculations to disclose. 

Assessment Rates 

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

Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

Commerce has determined, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1), because Hansol Paper 

Company (Hansol) reported the entered 

value for all of its U.S. sales, we 

calculated importer-specific ad valorem 

duty assessment rates based on the ratio 

of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for the examined sales to the 

total entered value of those same sales. 

Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’ 

will apply to entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR produced 

by Hansol for which the company did 

not know that the merchandise it sold 

to an intermediary (e.g., a reseller, 

trading company, or exporter) was 

destined for the United States. In such 

instances, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate such entries at the all-others 

rate if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction.4

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 upon 

publication in the Federal Register of 

these final results of administrative 

review for all shipments of the subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the publication date, as provided 

by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 

cash deposit rate for Hansol will be 

equal to the weighted-average dumping 

margin established in these final results 

of this administrative review; (2) for 

previously investigated or reviewed 

companies not covered in this review, 

the cash deposit rate will continue to be 

the company-specific rate published for 

the most recently completed segment of 

this proceeding in which the company 

participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 

firm covered in this review, or the lessthan-fair-value (LTV) investigation, but 

the producer is, then the cash deposit 

rate will be the cash deposit rate 

established for the most recently 

completed segment for the producer of 

the subject merchandise; and (4) the 

cash deposit rate for all other producers 

and exporters will continue to be 6.19 

percent, the all-others rate established 

in the LTFV investigation.5 These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

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 review period. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 


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