[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47474-47476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18281]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the sole 
mandatory respondent made sales of stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from 
India below normal value during the period of review (POR) February 1, 
2019, through January 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable August 25, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Konrad Ptaszynski, 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) 482-6187.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 24, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the Preliminary Results of the 2019-2020 administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on SS Bar from India.\1\ We invited interested 
parties to

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comment on the Preliminary Results and on March 26, 2021, Venus Wire 
Industries Pvt. Ltd., Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves 
Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. (collectively, the Venus Group) 
submitted a timely filed case brief.\2\ On April 2, 2021, the 
petitioners \3\ submitted a timely filed rebuttal brief.\4\
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020; 86 FR 11235 
(February 24, 2021), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Venus Group's Letter, ``Antidumping Duty Investigation 
of Stainless Steel Bar from India--Venus Group Case Brief,'' dated 
March 26, 2021.
    \3\ Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible Industries LLC, 
Electralloy, a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc., North American 
Stainless, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., and Valbruna 
Slater Stainless, Inc. (collectively, the petitioner).
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India 
Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief,'' dated April 2, 2021.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping duty Order \5\ are SS Bar. 
A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \5\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from 
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Order).
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Stainless Steel Bar from India; 2019-2020,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by 
interested parties in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues that parties raised, and to 
which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, follows as an 
appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public 
document and is made available to the public electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.

Rate for Non-Selected Respondent

    We preliminarily applied a rate based on the rate calculated for 
the only company not selected for individual examination, Ambica Steels 
Limited (Ambica), in the 2018-2019 administrative review (i.e., 0.00). 
No party commented on the Preliminary Results regarding the rate for 
the non-selected company. Therefore, for these final results, we 
continue to assign 0.00 percent to Ambica.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, and for the 
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we did not 
make changes to the Preliminary Results.

Use of Adverse Facts Available

    Pursuant to sections 776(a) and 776(b) of the Act, Commerce 
continues to base the Venus Group's dumping margin on total AFA because 
it failed to provide information requested by the applicable deadlines. 
For the reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we 
have continued to apply an AFA rate of 30.92 percent to the Venus 
Group.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    As a result of this administrative review, Commerce determines that 
the following dumping margin exists for the period February 1, 2019, 
through January 31, 2020:

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                                                              Dumping
                    Producer/exporter                         margin
                                                             (percent)
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Precision Metals, and its affiliated companies including           30.92
 Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves
 Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd.........................
Rate Applicable to the Following Non-Selected Company:
    Ambica Steels Limited...............................            0.00
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses the calculations performed in 
connection with final results of an administrative review 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 of final 
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
However, because Commerce applied total AFA to the only mandatory 
respondent under review in accordance with section 776 of the Act, 
there are no calculations to disclose to any interested party.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce has determined, 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 will instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 
30.92 percent to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR from 
the Venus Group. Because the rate assigned to Ambica is zero,\7\ 
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.\8\
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    \7\ In the Preliminary Results, Commerce inadvertently stated 
``. . . , we will instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment 
rate of 30.92 percent to all entries of subject merchandise during 
the POR from the Venus Group and Ambica.'' See Preliminary Results. 
We intended to state that we will instruct CBP to apply an ad 
valorem assessment of 30.92 percent to the Venus Group, and instruct 
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries for Ambica without regard 
to antidumping duties.
    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
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    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 this notice for all shipments of 
SS Bar entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication as provided by section

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751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for the companies 
subject to this review will be equal to the dumping margin established 
in the final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published in the completed 
segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation 
but the producer has been covered in a prior completed segment of this 
proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in 
the completed segment for the most recent period for the producer of 
the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 12.45 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation for this 
proceeding.\9\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \9\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December 
28, 1994).
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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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: August 19, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.

Appendix

Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. List of Issues
III. Background
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Continue to Apply Total 
Adverse Facts Available to the Venus Group
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Continue to Apply the Rate 
Applied to Mukand in the 2010-2011 the Administrative Review as the 
AFA Rate to the Venus Group
VII. Recommendation

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