Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 13, 2024 / Notices 89601 

1See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 50336 (October 

5, 2018) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

84784 (December 6, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated May 30, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Flanges 

from India; 2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

6See 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. 

7See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the 

section titled ‘‘Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review.’’ 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1). 

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 

[C–533–878] 

Stainless Steel Flanges From India: 

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 

finds that countervailable subsidies are 

being provided to a producer and 

exporter of stainless steel flanges from 

India during the period of review (POR), 

January 1, 2022, through December 31, 

2022. Additionally, Commerce is 

rescinding this review with respect to 

five companies. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sun 

Cho, 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) 482–6458. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 5, 2018, Commerce 

published the countervailing duty order 

on stainless steel flanges from India.1

On December 6, 2023, Commerce 

published a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of the Order.2 On 

May 30, 2024, Commerce extended the 

time period for issuing these 

preliminary results by 120 days, in 

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

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act).3 On July 22, 2024, Commerce 

tolled certain deadlines in this 

administrative review by seven days.4

The deadline for these preliminary 

results is now November 6, 2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.5 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 merchandise covered by the 

Order is stainless steel flanges from 

India. For a complete description of the 

scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 

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 

preliminarily find that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution 

that gives rise to a benefit to the 

recipient, and the subsidy is specific.6

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Commerce’s practice is to rescind an 

administrative review of a 

countervailing duty order, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), when the 

interested party that requested a review 

withdraws the request within 90 days of 

publication of notice of initiation of the 

requested review. Commerce received 

timely-filed withdrawal requests with 

respect to five companies, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.213(d)(1): (1) BFN Forgings 

Private Limited; (2) Chandan Steel 

Limited; (3) Fivebros Forgings Private 

Limited; (4) Hilton Metal Forging 

Limited; and (5) Kisaan Die Tech Pvt 

Ltd.7 Because the withdrawal requests 

were timely-filed, and no other party 

requested a review of these companies, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding 

this review of the Order with respect to 

these five companies. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

For the period January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022, we 

preliminarily find that the following net 

countervailable subsidy rate exists: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Pradeep Metals Limited ........ 1.75 

Disclosure 

We will disclose to parties to this 

proceeding the calculations performed 

for these preliminary results within five 

days of the date of publication of these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Public Comment 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

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 

five 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 briefs 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 

public executive summary of each issue 

to no more than 450 words, not 

including citations. We intend to use 

the public 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 public executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 


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11See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

12See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

13See 19 CFR 351.310. 

1See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from 

Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the 

Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the 

United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative 

Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962 (October 3, 

2016) (Order). 2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

84784 (December 6, 2023). 3See JFE’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Review 

Request,’’ dated March 4, 2024 (JFE Letter of 

Withdrawal). 4See Petitioner Letter, ‘‘Partial Withdrawal of 

Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated March 

5, 2024 (Petitioner Letter of Withdrawal). 

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 do so within 30 days of 

publication of these preliminary results 

by submitting a written request to the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance using Enforcement and 

Compliance’s ACCESS system.12

Requests should contain the party’s 

name, address, and telephone number, 

the number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case and 

rebuttal briefs.13 If a request for a 

hearing is made, Commerce intends to 

hold the hearing at a time and date to 

be determined. Parties should confirm 

the date and time of the hearing two 

days before the scheduled date. Parties 

are reminded that all briefs and hearing 

requests must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS and received 

successfully in their entirety by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Assessment Rates 

Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of 

the Act, upon issuance of the final 

results, Commerce shall determine, and 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties 

on all appropriate entries in accordance 

with the final results of this review. If 

the assessment rate calculated for 

Pradeep Metals Limited in the final 

results is zero or de minimis, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate all appropriate 

entries without regard to countervailing 

duties. 

For the companies for which this 

review is rescinded, Commerce 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). 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the preliminary results of 

this review in the Federal Register for 

those companies for which Commerce is 

rescinding the review and no earlier 

than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register for 

Pradeep. 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 

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

Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP 

to collect cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties in the amounts 

shown for the company 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, except where the 

rate calculated in the final results is zero 

or de minimis, no cash deposit will be 

required. For all non-reviewed firms or 

companies for which we rescinded the 

review, 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 

instructions, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless the deadline is extended 

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

Act, Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of our analysis of 

the issues raised by the parties in their 

comments, within 120 days after 

publication of these preliminary results. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This administrative review and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

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

the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b)(4). 

Dated: November 5, 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, In 

Part 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–874] 

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 

From Japan: Preliminary Results and 

Partial Rescission of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2022– 

2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that one of the two 

producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel 

flat products (hot-rolled steel) from 

Japan, sold subject merchandise in the 

United States at prices below normal 

value during the period of review (POR) 

October 1, 2022, through September 30, 

2023. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack 

Zhao or Myrna Lobo, 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) 482–1396 and (202) 482–2371, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on hot-rolled 

steel from Japan in accordance with 

section 751(a)(1)(B) of Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act).1 Commerce 

initiated this administrative review of 

the Order on December 6, 2023, 

covering ten producers and/or 

exporters.2 On March 4, 2024, JFE Shoji 

Corporation and JFE Shoji America, LLC 

withdrew its request for review, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).3 On 

March 5, 2024, the petitioner withdrew 

its request for review with respect to JFE 

Steel Corporation and its affiliated 

companies.4 As all parties that 


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