2024-04821. Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2021

AGENCY:

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

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsides are being provided to producers and exporters of stainless steel flanges from India during the period of review (POR) of January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

DATES:

Applicable March 7, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Eliza DeLong, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On November 6, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment.^[1] We received no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary Results, and we have otherwise made no changes from the Preliminary Results. Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register notice; the Preliminary Results and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum are hereby adopted in these final results. Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order ^[2]

The products covered by this Order are stainless steel flanges from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Results .^[3]

Final Results of Review

For the period January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, we determine that the following net countervailable subsidies exist:

Producer/exporter	Subsidy rate (percent ad valorem)
Chandan Steel Limited	2.60
Pradeep Metals Limited	4.04
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Company
BFN Forgings Private Limited	2.82

Disclosure

Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations of the final results of an administrative review within five days of a public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because we have made no changes to the Preliminary Results, there are no calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review. 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

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 companies listed above for 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 non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

This notice also serves as the only 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). Timely written notification of the return or 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 subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

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

Dated: February 29, 2024.

Ryan Majerus,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Footnotes

1.   See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Review; 2021,88 FR 76173 (November 6, 2023) ( Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).

2.   See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Countervailing Duty Order,83 FR 50336 (October 5, 2018) ( Order).

3.   See Preliminary Results PDM at 3.