[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25824-25825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12335]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-809]
Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty new shipper review.
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SUMMARY: On February 3, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary results of its new shipper review
of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel flanges (SSF)
from India (63 FR 5501). This review covers exports of this merchandise
to the United States by one manufacturer/exporter, Panchmahal Steel
Ltd.
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(Panchmahal), during the period February 1, 1996 through January 31,
1997.
We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our
preliminary results. We received no comments. There was no dumping
margin for Panchmahal for this review period.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Killiam or John Kugelman,
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;
telephone: (202) 482-2704 or 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective
date of the amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the
current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in
the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).
Background
The antidumping duty order on SSF from India was published February
9, 1994 (59 FR 5994). On February 3, 1998, the Department published in
the Federal Register the preliminary results of this new shipper review
of the antidumping duty order on SSF from India (63 FR 5501). The
Department has now completed this new shipper review in accordance with
section 751 of the Act.
Scope of the Review
The products covered by this order are certain forged stainless
steel flanges, both finished and not finished, generally manufactured
to specification ASTM A-182, and made in alloys such as 304, 304L, 316,
and 316L. The scope includes five general types of flanges. They are
weld neck, used for butt-weld line connection; threaded, used for
threaded line connections; slip-on and lap joint, used with stub-ends/
butt-weld line connections; socket weld, used to fit pipe into a
machined recession; and blind, used to seal off a line. The sizes of
the flanges within the scope range generally from one to six inches;
however, all sizes of the above-described merchandise are included in
the scope. Specifically excluded from the scope of this order are cast
stainless steel flanges. Cast stainless steel flanges generally are
manufactured to specification ASTM A-351. The flanges subject to this
order are currently classifiable under subheadings 7307.21.1000 and
7307.21.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes. The written description of the scope of this order remains
dispositive.
The review covers one Indian manufacturer/exporter, Panchmahal, and
the period February 1, 1996 through January 31, 1997.
Comments From Interested Parties
We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our
preliminary results. We received no comments.
Final Results of Review
As a result of our analysis, which is unchanged from the
preliminary results of review, we have determined that the following
weighted-average dumping margin exists for Panchmahal:
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Margin
Manufacturer/Exporter Period (percent)
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Panchmahal............................ 2/1/96-1/31/97 0.00
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The Department shall instruct the Customs Service to liquidate all
appropriate entries, and to assess no antidumping duties on
Panchmahal's entries.
Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective
for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these
final results, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act:
(1) The rate for the reviewed firm will be as listed above;
(2) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed
above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific
rate published for the most recent period;
(3) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but
the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be that rate
established for the manufacturer of the merchandise in the earlier
review or the original investigation, whichever is the most recent; or
(4) If neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered
in this or any previous review conducted by the Department, the cash
deposit rate will be 162.14 percent, the ``all others'' rate
established in the LTFV investigation.
These deposit requirements will remain in effect until publication
of the final results of the next administrative review.
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate regarding the
reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during the review period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APOs) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). 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.
This administrative review and this notice are in accordance with
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR
353.22(h).
Dated: May 1, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-12335 Filed 5-8-98; 8:45 am]
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