50032 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 7, 2021 / Notices 

1See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 40138 (August 

24, 2017) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 85 FR 47167 

(August 4, 2020). 

3See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated August 31, 2020. 

4We note that Norma requested a review of itself 

and its affiliates USK Export Private Limited; Uma 

Shanker Khandelwal and Co.; and Bansidhar 

Chiranjilal. 

5See Norma’s Letter, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Request for entry of appearance 

in the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review 

for Norma (India) Limited, USK Export Private 

Limited, Umashanker Khandelwal and Co. and 

Bansidhar Chiranjilal.,’’ dated August 27, 2020; see 

also RNG’s Letter, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel Flanges 

from India: Request for Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ August 28, 2020; Bebitz 

Flanges Works Private Limited’s Letter, ‘‘Finished 

Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Requests for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated August 28, 2020; 

Munish Forge Private Limited’s Letter, ‘‘Finished 

Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Request for 

Counter Vailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ 

dated August 27, 2020; Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. 

Ltd.’s Letter, ‘‘Carbon Steel Flanges from India, 

Antidumping & Countervailing Duty,’’ dated August 

31, 2020; Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

review of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from 

India,’’ dated August 31, 2020; and Aditya Forge 

Limited’s Letter, ‘‘Request for review of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 

Finished Carbon steel Flanges from India,’’ dated 

August 31, 2020. 

6See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

63081, 63092–63093 (October 6, 2020). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Respondent Selection,’’ dated 

November 20, 2020. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2019,’’ dated April 19, 

2021. 

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 of the final results of this 

administrative review for all shipments 

of the subject merchandise from China 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date, as provided for by 

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

the companies listed above that have a 

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be that rate established in the final 

results of this review (except, if the rate 

is zero or de minimis, then a cash 

deposit rate of zero will be established 

for that company); (2) for previously 

investigated or reviewed Chinese and 

non-Chinese exporters not listed above 

that have separate rates, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be equal to 

the exporter-specific weighted-average 

dumping margin published of the most 

recently-completed segment of this 

proceeding; (3) for all Chinese exporters 

of subject merchandise that have not 

been found to be entitled to a separate 

rate, the cash deposit rate will be the 

rate for China-wide entity, 76.46 

percent; and (4) for all exporters of 

subject merchandise which are not 

located in China and which are not 

eligible for a separate rate, the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate applicable 

to Chinese exporter(s) that supplied that 

non-Chinese exporter. These deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 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 POR. 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 

results in accordance with sections 

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

CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: August 31, 2021. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

V. Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

VII. Currency Conversion 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–872] 

Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From 

India: Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that Norma (India) Ltd. (Norma) and 

R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd. (RNG) received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

period of review (POR), January 1, 2019, 

through December 31, 2019. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 7, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moses Song or Natasia Harrison, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–7885 or (202) 482–1240, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 24, 2017, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

finished carbon steel flanges (steel 

flanges) from India.1 On August 4, 2020, 

Commerce published a notice of 

opportunity to request an administrative 

review of the Order.2 On August 31, 

2020, Weldbend Corporation and Boltex 

Mfg. Co., L.P. (the petitioners), 

requested a review of 38 producers and/ 

or exporters of subject merchandise.3

Further, between August 27, 2020, and 

August 31, 2020, Norma,4 RNG, Bebitz 

Flanges Works Private Limited, Munish 

Forge Private Limited, Balkrishna Steel 

Forge Pvt. Ltd., Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd., and 

Aditya Forge Limited, foreign producers 

or exporters of subject merchandise, 

each requested a review of the Order 

with respect to themselves.5 On October 

6, 2020, Commerce published a notice 

of initiation of an administrative review 

of the Order.6 Based on our examination 

of the Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) data, on November 20, 2020, we 

selected Norma and RNG, the two 

largest producers and/or exporters, as 

mandatory respondents.7

On April 19, 2021, 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), to August 31, 2021.8 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this review, 


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9See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India; 2019,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

10See 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. 

11See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

12See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Results 

Calculation of Subsidy Rate for Non-Selected 

Companies Under Review,’’ dated August 31, 2021. 

13 In the investigation, Commerce found the 

following companies to be cross-owned with Norma 

(India) Ltd.: USK Export Private Limited; Uma 

Shanker Khandelwal and Co.; and Bansidhar 

Chiranjilal. See Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

at 6; this finding is unchanged in these preliminary 

results. This rate applies to all cross-owned 

companies. 

14See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

15See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) 

(Temporary Rule). 

16See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); 

see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

17See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2). 

18See Temporary Rule. 

19See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

20See 19 CFR 351.310. 

21See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.9 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included at Appendix 

I 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 http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is steel flanges. 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)(l)(A) 

of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, we 

preliminarily determine that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 

financial contribution that gives rise to 

a benefit to the recipient, and that the 

subsidy is specific.10

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that a 

respondent did not act to the best of its 

ability to respond to Commerce’s 

requests for information, Commerce 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.11 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Review 

For the companies not selected for 

individual review, because the rates 

calculated for Norma and RNG were 

above de minimis and not based entirely 

on facts available, we applied a subsidy 

rate based on a weighted-average of the 

subsidy rates calculated for Norma and 

RNG using publicly ranged sales data 

submitted by the respondents.12

Preliminary Results of Review 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

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

individual subsidy rates for Norma and 

RNG. For the period January 1, 2019, 

through December 31, 2019, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

following net countervailable subsidy 

rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent 

ad 

valorem) 

Norma (India) Ltd.13 ................... 5.25 

R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd ................. 5.51 

Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination (see Appendix II) ................................. 5.41 

Assessment Rate 

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

the Act, upon issuance of the final 

results, Commerce shall determine, and 

CBP shall assess, CVDs on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review. 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 Rate 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP 

to collect cash deposits of estimated 

CVDs in the amount indicated above 

with regard to shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this review. For all nonreviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to 

continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated CVDs 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. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose to parties to this 

proceeding the calculations performed 

in reaching the preliminary results 

within five days of the date of 

publication of these preliminary 

results.14 Interested parties may submit 

written comments (case briefs) within 

30 days of publication of the 

preliminary results and rebuttal 

comments (rebuttal briefs) within seven 

days 15 after the time limit for filing case 

briefs.16 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs. Parties who submit arguments are 

requested to submit with the argument: 

(1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities.17 Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.18

Interested parties who wish to request 

a hearing must submit a written request 

to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance using 

Enforcement and Compliance’s ACCESS 

system within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice.19 Requests 

should contain: (1) The party’s name, 

address, and telephone number; (2) the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national; and (3) 

a list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined.20 Issues 

addressed during the hearing will be 

limited to those raised in the respective 

case and rebuttal briefs.21 Parties should 

confirm by telephone 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 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Unless the deadline is extended 

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

Act, Commerce intends to issue the final 


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1See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011). 

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 in accordance with sections 

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

CFR 351.213. 

Dated: August 31, 2021. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Period of Review 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Benchmark Interest Rates and Discount 

Rates 

VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Rate for Non-Examined Companies 

X. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Examination 

1. Adinath International 

2. Aditya Forge Limited 

3. Allena Group 

4. Alloyed Steel 

5. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

6. Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited 

7. C.D. Industries 

8. CHW Forge 

9. CHW Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

10. Citizen Metal Depot 

11. Corum Flange 

12. DN Forge Industries 

13. Echjay Forgings Limited 

14. Falcon Valves and Flanges Private 

Limited 

15. Heubach International 

16. Hindon Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

17. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd. 

18. Kinnari Steel Corporation 

19. Mascot Metal Manufacturers 

20. M F Rings and Bearing Races Ltd. 

21. Munish Forge Private Limited 

22. OM Exports 

23. Punjab Steel Works 

24. Raaj Sagar Steels 

25. Ravi Ratan Metal Industries 

26. R. D. Forge 

27. Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd. 

28. Rollwell Forge Engineering Components 

and Flanges 

29. Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

30. SHM (ShinHeung Machinery) 

31. Siddhagiri Metal & Tubes 

32. Sizer India 

33. Steel Shape India 

34. Sudhir Forgings Pvt. Ltd. 

35. Tirupati Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

36. Umashanker Khandelwal Forging Limited 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) has received requests to 

conduct administrative reviews of 

various antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders and 

findings with July anniversary dates. In 

accordance with Commerce’s 

regulations, we are initiating those 

administrative reviews. 

DATES: Applicable September 7, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations, 

Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 

(202) 482–4735. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce has received timely 

requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(b), for administrative reviews of 

various AD and CVD orders and 

findings with July anniversary dates. 

All deadlines for the submission of 

various types of information, 

certifications, or comments or actions by 

Commerce discussed below refer to the 

number of calendar days from the 

applicable starting time. 

Notice of No Sales 

If a producer or exporter named in 

this notice of initiation had no exports, 

sales, or entries during the period of 

review (POR), it must notify Commerce 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. All 

submissions must be filed electronically 

at https://access.trade.gov, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.1 Such 

submissions are subject to verification, 

in accordance with section 782(i) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Further, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served 

on every party on Commerce’s service 

list. 

Respondent Selection 

In the event Commerce limits the 

number of respondents for individual 

examination for administrative reviews 

initiated pursuant to requests made for 

the orders identified below, Commerce 

intends to select respondents based on 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) data for U.S. imports during the 

POR. We intend to place the CBP data 

on the record within five days of 

publication of the initiation notice and 

to make our decision regarding 

respondent selection within 35 days of 

publication of the initiation Federal 

Register notice. Comments regarding the 

CBP data and respondent selection 

should be submitted within seven days 

after the placement of the CBP data on 

the record of this review. Parties 

wishing to submit rebuttal comments 

should submit those comments within 

five days after the deadline for the 

initial comments. 

In the event Commerce decides it is 

necessary to limit individual 

examination of respondents and 

conduct respondent selection under 

section 777A(c)(2) of the Act, the 

following guidelines regarding 

collapsing of companies for purposes of 

respondent selection will apply. In 

general, Commerce has found that 

determinations concerning whether 

particular companies should be 

‘‘collapsed’’ (e.g., treated as a single 

entity for purposes of calculating 

antidumping duty rates) require a 

substantial amount of detailed 

information and analysis, which often 

require follow-up questions and 

analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will 

not conduct collapsing analyses at the 

respondent selection phase of this 

review and will not collapse companies 

at the respondent selection phase unless 

there has been a determination to 

collapse certain companies in a 

previous segment of this AD proceeding 

(e.g., investigation, administrative 

review, new shipper review, or changed 

circumstances review). For any 

company subject to this review, if 

Commerce determined, or continued to 

treat, that company as collapsed with 

others, Commerce will assume that such 

companies continue to operate in the 

same manner and will collapse them for 

respondent selection purposes. 

Otherwise, Commerce will not collapse 

companies for purposes of respondent 

selection. Parties are requested to (a) 

identify which companies subject to 

review previously were collapsed, and 

(b) provide a citation to the proceeding 

in which they were collapsed. Further, 


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