[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80880-80881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22972]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-877]


Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Notice of Amended Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Pursuant to 
Settlement

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is issuing these 
amended final results pursuant to a settlement agreement with certain 
companies covered by the final results of the administrative review of 
stainless steel flanges from India for the period of review (POR) March 
28, 2018, through September 30, 2019.

DATES: Applicable October 4, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Maciuba, 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) 482-0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 26, 2021, Commerce published the final results of its 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless

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steel flanges from India.\1\ The administrative review covered 46 
companies.\2\ The following companies were among the 45 companies which 
were not selected for individual examination: Balkrishna Steel Forge 
Pvt. Ltd.; Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited; \3\ Echjay Forgings 
Private Ltd; Goodluck India Ltd; Hilton Metal Forging Limited; Jai Auto 
Pvt. Ltd.; Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited; Jay Jagdamba Limited; 
Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited; Kisaan Die Tech; \4\ Pradeep 
Metals Limited; and Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Pvt. Ltd. (collectively, 
the non-selected companies). The non-selected companies are all 
producers/exporters of stainless steel flanges from India. In the Final 
Results, Commerce assigned a margin of 145.25 percent to these 
companies for the POR because that was the margin assigned to the sole 
company which Commerce individually examined.\5\
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 86 FR 47619 
(August 26, 2021) (Final Results).
    \2\ Id., 86 FR at 47619-21.
    \3\ Bebitz Flange Works Private Limited is part of a collapsed 
entity with the following companies: Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd.; Flanschen 
werk Bebitz GmbH (AKA Flanschenwerk Bebitz GmbH); Viraj Alloys, 
Ltd.; Viraj Forgings, Ltd.; and Viraj Profiles Limited. See 
Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Affirmative Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Critical 
Circumstance Determination, 83 FR 40745 (August 16, 2018). In a 
subsequent administrative review, Commerce found BFN Forgings 
Private Limited to be a successor-in-interest to Bebitz Flange Works 
Private Limited. See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 87 FR 
27568, 27569 n.13 (May 9, 2022) (2019-2020 Final Results).
    \4\ Commerce considers Kisaan Die Tech to be the same company as 
Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited. See Stainless Steel Flanges from 
India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, Preliminary Successor-in-Interest Determination, and Partial 
Rescission; 2019-2020, 86 FR 60792, n.3 (November 4, 2021), 
unchanged in 2019-2020 Final Results.
    \5\ See Final Results, 86 FR at 47620-21.
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    Following the publication of the Final Results, the non-selected 
companies filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of International Trade 
(CIT) challenging Commerce's decision to assign a dumping margin which 
was determined using facts available with adverse inferences for the 
sole mandatory respondent to all non-selected companies.\6\
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    \6\ See Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited v. United States, 
Consol. Court No. 21-000512, Slip Op. No. 23-172 (Dec. 8, 2023) at 
5.
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    On September 30, 2024, the United States and the non-selected 
companies entered into an agreement to settle this dispute. Pursuant to 
the terms of the settlement and the stipulation for entry of judgment, 
the amended dumping margins for the non-selected companies are set 
forth below in the ``Amended Final Results of Administrative Review'' 
section of this notice. The CIT issued its order of judgment by 
stipulation on September 30, 2024.\7\
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    \7\ See Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited v. United States, 
Consol. Court No. 21-000512, ECF No. 85 (September 30, 2024).
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Amended Final Results of Administrative Review

    The non-selected companies' final estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins are listed below for POR, March 28, 2018, through 
September 30, 2019.

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                                                               Weighted
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.............................        5.20
Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited/Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd./         74.30
 Flanschen werk Bebitz GmbH/Viraj Alloys, Ltd./Viraj
 Forgings, Ltd./Viraj Profiles Limited *....................
Echjay Forgings Private Ltd.................................        1.70
Goodluck India Ltd..........................................        5.20
Hilton Metal Forging Limited................................        5.20
Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd...........................................        5.20
Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited.......................        5.20
Jay Jagdamba Limited........................................        5.20
Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited........................        5.20
Kisaan Die Tech **..........................................        4.13
Pradeep Metals Limited......................................        5.20
Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Pvt. Ltd.........................        5.20
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* AKA BFN Forgings Private Limited.
** AKA Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with the settlement agreement and September 30, 2024, 
order of judgment by stipulation, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) within 15 days following publication of 
these amended final results to liquidate all unliquidated entries of 
stainless steel flanges from India produced and/or exported by the non-
selected companies and entered, or withdrawn from consumption in the 
United States during the POR, at the assessment rates noted above. 
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and CBP 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with these amended final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because all of the non-selected companies have a superseding cash 
deposit rate, i.e., there have been final results published in a 
subsequent administrative review, we will not issue revised cash 
deposit instructions to CBP. This notice will not affect the current 
cash deposit rates for the non-selected companies.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing this determination and publishing these amended 
final results and notice in accordance with section 516a(e) of the Act.

    Dated: September 30, 2024.
Steven Presing,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
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