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1The petitioner is the FEB Fair Trade Coalition, 

which is comprised of the Ellwood City Forge 

Company, Ellwood Quality Steels Company, 

Ellwood National Steel Company, and A. Finkl & 

Sons. 

2See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty 

Order,’’ dated January 31, 2023; see also BGH’s 

Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated 

January 31, 2023. 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

15642 (March 14, 2023); see also 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). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated April 20, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated September 27, 2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 

the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 

2022: Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the 

Federal Republic of Germany,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

7See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Withdrawal 

of Request for 2022 Administrative Review for 

Certain Entities,’’ dated April 28, 2023. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Suspension of 

Questionnaire Response Deadline,’’ dated May 3, 

2023. 

9See 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. 

Reduction Act of 1995 unless the 

information collection has a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. The 

approved OMB Control Number for this 

information collection is 0690–0038. 

Without this approval, we could not 

conduct this information collection. 

Public reporting for this information 

collection is estimated to be 

approximately 2 hours per response, 

including the time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the information collection. 

All responses to this information 

collection are voluntary. Send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing this burden to 

the International Trade Administration 

Paperwork Reduction Act Program: 

pra@trade.gov or to Katelynn Byers, ITA 

PRA Process Administrator: 

Katelynn.Byers@trade.gov. 

Jasjit Kalra, 

Executive Director, SelectUSA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–428–848] 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From 

the Federal Republic of Germany: 

Preliminary Results and Partial 

Recission of the 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 BGH 

Edelstahl Siegen GmbH (BGH), a 

producer and exporter of forged steel 

fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from 

the Federal Republic of Germany 

(Germany). The period of review (POR) 

is January 1, 2022, through December 

31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable February 7, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shane Subler or Rachel Accorsi, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6241 or 

(202) 482–3149, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 31, 2023, we received a 

timely request for an administrative 

review from the petitioner 1 and BGH.2

On March 14, 2023, Commerce 

published a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

fluid end blocks from Germany.3 On 

April 20, 2023, we selected BGH and 

Schmiedewerke Gro ̈ditz GmbH (SWG) 

as mandatory respondents in this 

administrative review.4 On September 

27, 2023, Commerce extended the 

deadline for the preliminary results of 

this review until January 31, 2024.5

For a complete 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 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 products covered by the Order 

are fluid end blocks from Germany. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

On April 28, 2023, the petitioner 

timely withdrew its requests for an 

administrative review with respect to 

Schmiedewerke Gro ̈ditz GmbH (SWG), 

voestalpine Bohler Welding Group 

GmbH (VBG), Buderus Edelstahl GmbH 

(Buderus), Deutsche Edelstahlwerke 

GmbH (Edelstahlwerke), and 

Saarschmiede GmbH FreiformSchmiede 

(SSF).7 On May 3, 2023, Commerce 

notified interested parties that it had 

suspended the questionnaire response 

deadlines for SWG based on the 

petitioners’ timely withdrawal of its 

requests for an administrative review 

with respect to all companies except for 

BGH.8 As no other party requested a 

review of the above-referenced five 

companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this 

administrative review with respect to 

SWG, VBG, Buderus, Edelstahlwerke, 

and SSF. For additional information 

regarding this determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this CVD 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a)(1)(A) 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.9 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the following 

net countervailable subsidy rate for the 

POR January 1, 2022, through December 

31, 2022: 


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10As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with BGH Edelstahl 

Siegen GmbH: Boschgotthardshu ̈tte O. Breyer 

GmbH, BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH, RPS 

Rohstoff-, Press- und Schneidbetrieb Siegen GmbH, 

and SRG Schrott und Recycling GmbH. 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 

351.303 for general filing requirements. 

12See 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 

Service Final Rule). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

14We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 15See APO and Service Final Rule. 16See Order, 86 FR at 7536. 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH10 2.54 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations performed to interested 

parties for these preliminary results 

within five days of any public 

announcement or, if there is no public 

announcement, within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance.11 A timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments will be notified to interested 

parties at a later date. 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.12 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.13

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.14 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).15

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. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Final Results 

Unless the deadline is extended 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

the issues raised by the parties in any 

written briefs, no later than 120 days 

after the date of publication of these 

preliminary results. 

Assessment Rate 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

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

assigned a subsidy rate in the amount 

shown above for BGH. Upon completion 

of the administrative review, consistent 

with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall 

determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. 

For the companies in which this 

review is rescinded, 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). We intend to 

issue assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

For BGH, 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. 

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, upon 

publication of the final results, to 

instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amount shown for BGH (and its crossowned affiliates) 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, we will instruct CBP to 

continue to collect cash deposits at the 

most recent company-specific, or all 

others rate (i.e., 6.29 percent),16

applicable to the company. These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results are issued 

and published pursuant to sections 

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

CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

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. Partial Recission of Review 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Interest Rate Benchmarks 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

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