82_FR_40299 82 FR 40136 - Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India and Italy: Antidumping Duty Orders

82 FR 40136 - Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India and Italy: Antidumping Duty Orders

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 163 (August 24, 2017)

Page Range40136-40138
FR Document2017-18056

Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on finished carbon steel flanges from India and Italy.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-871, A-475-835]


Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India and Italy: Antidumping 
Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the 
ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on finished 
carbon steel flanges from India and Italy.

DATES: Applicable August 24, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker at (202) 482-2924 (India), 
Edythe Artman at (202) 482-3931 or Moses Song at (202) 482-5041 
(Italy), AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR

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351.210(c), on June 29, 2017, the Department published its affirmative 
final determinations in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations 
of finished carbon steel flanges from India and Italy.\1\ On August 14, 
2017, the ITC notified the Department of its final affirmative 
determination that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by 
reason of the LTFV imports of finished carbon steel flanges from India 
and Italy.\2\ On August 17, 2017, the ITC published its final 
determination in the Federal Register.\3\
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    \1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 29483 (June 
29, 2017) (India Final Determination); see also Finished Carbon 
Steel Flanges from Italy: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value, 82 FR 29481 (June 29, 2017) (Italy Final Determination).
    \2\ See section 735(d) of the Act (requiring notification); see 
also Letter from the ITC regarding ``Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Investigations of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India, and 
Antidumping Investigation of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from 
Italy,'' dated August 14, 2017 (ITC Letter). See also Finished 
Carbon Steel Flanges from India and Italy: Investigation Nos. 701-
TA-563 and 731-TA-1331-1332 (Final), USITC Publication 4717 (August 
2017) (ITC Report).
    \3\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India and Italy; 
Determinations, 82 FR 39133 (August 17, 2017).
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is finished carbon steel 
flanges from India and Italy. For a complete description of the scope 
of these orders, see Appendix of this notice.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    As stated above, on August 14, 2017, in accordance with section 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determinations that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured by reason of imports of finished carbon steel flanges from 
India and Italy.\4\ Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of 
the Act, we are issuing these antidumping duty orders. Because the ITC 
determined that imports of finished carbon steel flanges from India and 
Italy are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of 
such merchandise from India and Italy, entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping 
duties.
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    \4\ See ITC Letter and ITC Report.
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    As a result of the ITC's final affirmative determination, in 
accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will 
direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 
instruction by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount 
by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price 
(or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all relevant 
entries of finished carbon steel flanges from India and Italy. 
Antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of finished 
carbon steel flanges from India and Italy entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after February 8, 2017, the date of 
publication of the preliminary determinations,\5\ but will not include 
entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures 
period and before publication in the Federal Register of the ITC's 
injury determination, as further described below.
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    \5\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of 
Final Determination, 82 FR 9719 (February 8, 2017) (Italy 
Preliminary Determination); Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from 
Italy: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Postponement of Final Determination, 82 FR 9711 (February 8, 
2017) (India Preliminary Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries 
of finished carbon steel flanges from India and Italy. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits for estimated 
antidumping duties equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping 
margins indicated below. Accordingly, applicable August 17, 2017, the 
date of publication in the Federal Register of the ITC's final 
affirmative injury determinations, CBP will require, at the same time 
as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this subject 
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins listed below.\6\ The relevant ``all-others'' rates 
apply to all producers or exporters not specifically listed, as 
appropriate.
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    \6\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in 
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six 
months. At the request of exporters that account for a significant 
proportion of finished carbon steel flanges from India and Italy, the 
Department extended the four-month period to six months in each 
case.\7\ In the underlying investigations, the Department published the 
preliminary determinations on February 8, 2017. Therefore, the extended 
period, beginning on the date of publication of the preliminary 
determinations, ended on August 6, 2017. Furthermore, section 737(b) of 
the Act states that the collection of final cash deposits will begin on 
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
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    \7\ See India Preliminary Determination, 82 FR at 9721 and Italy 
Preliminary Determination, 82 FR at 9713.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of finished carbon steel flanges from India and 
Italy entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after 
August 6, 2017, until and through August 16, 2017, the day preceding 
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the 
Federal Register.

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The estimated weighted-average dumping margins for each antidumping 
order are as follows:

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                                                 Estimated weighted-
               Exporter/producer                   average dumping     Cash deposit rate (adjusted for subsidy
                                                  margin (percent)                offsets) (percent)
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                                                      India
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Norma (India) Limited \8\......................               11.32  8.56.\9\

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R. N. Gupta & Co., Ltd.........................               12.58  9.27.\10\
All-Others.....................................               11.95  8.91.\11\
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                                                      Italy
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Metalfar Prodotti Industriali S.p.A............              204.53  Not Applicable.
Officine Ambrogio Melesi & C. S.r.l \12\.......              204.53  Not Applicable.
All-Others.....................................               79.17  Not Applicable.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
finished carbon steel flanges from India and Italy pursuant to section 
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping 
duty orders currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
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    \8\ The Department has determined that Norma (India) Limited and 
USK Exports Private Limited and Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co. and 
Bansidhar Chiranjilal are a single entity. See Memorandum, ``Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from 
India: Preliminary Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum for Norma 
(India) Limited,'' dated January 26, 2017, at 8-9, unchanged in 
India Final Determination.
    \9\ See India Final Determination, 82 FR at 29484.
    \10\ Id.
    \11\ Id.
    \12\ The Department has determined that Officine Ambrogio Melesi 
& C. S.r.l and ASFO S.p.A. are a single entity. See Memorandum, 
``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Finished Carbon Steel 
Flanges from Italy: Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum for 
Officine Ambrogio Melesi & C. S.r.l.,'' dated January 26, 2017, at 
7, unchanged in Italy Final Determination.
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    These orders are published in accordance with section and 736(a) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: August 21, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Orders

    The scope of these orders covers finished carbon steel flanges. 
Finished carbon steel flanges differ from unfinished carbon steel 
flanges (also known as carbon steel flange forgings) in that they 
have undergone further processing after forging, including, but not 
limited to, beveling, bore threading, center or step boring, face 
machining, taper boring, machining ends or surfaces, drilling bolt 
holes, and/or de-burring or shot blasting. Any one of these post-
forging processes suffices to render the forging into a finished 
carbon steel flange for purposes of these orders. However, mere heat 
treatment of a carbon steel flange forging (without any other 
further processing after forging) does not render the forging into a 
finished carbon steel flange for purposes of this order.
    While these finished carbon steel flanges are generally 
manufactured to specification ASME B16.5 or ASME B16.47 series A or 
series B, the scope is not limited to flanges produced under those 
specifications. All types of finished carbon steel flanges are 
included in the scope regardless of pipe size (which may or may not 
be expressed in inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class 
(usually, but not necessarily, expressed in pounds of pressure, 
e.g., 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, 1,500, 2,500, etc.), type of face 
(e.g., flat face, full face, raised face, etc.), configuration 
(e.g., weld neck, slip on, socket weld, lap joint, threaded, etc.), 
wall thickness (usually, but not necessarily, expressed in inches), 
normalization, or whether or not heat treated. These carbon steel 
flanges either meet or exceed the requirements of the ASTM A105, 
ASTM A694, ASTM A181, ASTM A350 and ASTM A707 standards (or 
comparable foreign specifications). The scope includes any flanges 
produced to the above-referenced ASTM standards as currently stated 
or as may be amended. The term ``carbon steel'' under this scope is 
steel in which:
    (a) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other 
contained elements:
    (b) The carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and
    (c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by 
weight, as indicated:
    (i) 0.87 percent of aluminum;
    (ii) 0.0105 percent of boron;
    (iii) 10.10 percent of chromium;
    (iv) 1.55 percent of columbium;
    (v) 3.10 percent of copper;
    (vi) 0.38 percent of lead;
    (vii) 3.04 percent of manganese;
    (viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum;
    (ix) 20.15 percent of nickel;
    (x) 1.55 percent of niobium;
    (xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen;
    (xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus;
    (xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon;
    (xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur;
    (xv) 1.05 percent of titanium;
    (xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten;
    (xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or
    (xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium.
    Finished carbon steel flanges are currently classified under 
subheadings 7307.91.5010 and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They may also be entered 
under HTSUS subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070. The HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the 
written description of the scope is dispositive.

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                                               351.210(c), on June 29, 2017, the                                      Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to                                   Provisional Measures
                                               Department published its affirmative                                   assess, upon further instruction by the
                                               final determinations in the less-than-                                 Department, antidumping duties equal                                        Section 733(d) of the Act states that
                                               fair-value (LTFV) investigations of                                    to the amount by which the normal                                        the suspension of liquidation pursuant
                                               finished carbon steel flanges from India                               value of the merchandise exceeds the                                     to an affirmative preliminary
                                               and Italy.1 On August 14, 2017, the ITC                                export price (or constructed export                                      determination may not remain in effect
                                               notified the Department of its final                                   price) of the merchandise, for all                                       for more than four months, except
                                               affirmative determination that an                                      relevant entries of finished carbon steel                                where exporters representing a
                                               industry in the United States is                                       flanges from India and Italy.                                            significant proportion of exports of the
                                               materially injured within the meaning                                  Antidumping duties will be assessed on                                   subject merchandise request the
                                               of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by                              unliquidated entries of finished carbon                                  Department to extend that four-month
                                               reason of the LTFV imports of finished                                 steel flanges from India and Italy                                       period to no more than six months. At
                                               carbon steel flanges from India and                                    entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                                    the request of exporters that account for
                                               Italy.2 On August 17, 2017, the ITC                                    for consumption on or after February 8,                                  a significant proportion of finished
                                               published its final determination in the                               2017, the date of publication of the                                     carbon steel flanges from India and
                                               Federal Register.3                                                     preliminary determinations,5 but will                                    Italy, the Department extended the four-
                                                                                                                      not include entries occurring after the                                  month period to six months in each
                                               Scope of the Orders                                                                                                                             case.7 In the underlying investigations,
                                                                                                                      expiration of the provisional measures
                                                  The merchandise covered by these                                    period and before publication in the                                     the Department published the
                                               orders is finished carbon steel flanges                                Federal Register of the ITC’s injury                                     preliminary determinations on February
                                               from India and Italy. For a complete                                   determination, as further described                                      8, 2017. Therefore, the extended period,
                                               description of the scope of these orders,                              below.                                                                   beginning on the date of publication of
                                               see Appendix of this notice.                                                                                                                    the preliminary determinations, ended
                                                                                                                      Suspension of Liquidation                                                on August 6, 2017. Furthermore, section
                                               Antidumping Duty Orders                                                                                                                         737(b) of the Act states that the
                                                                                                                         In accordance with section
                                                  As stated above, on August 14, 2017,                                735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct                                collection of final cash deposits will
                                               in accordance with section 735(d) of the                               CBP to continue to suspend liquidation                                   begin on the date of publication of the
                                               Act, the ITC notified the Department of                                on all relevant entries of finished carbon                               ITC’s final injury determination.
                                               its final determinations that an industry                              steel flanges from India and Italy. These                                   Therefore, in accordance with section
                                               in the United States is materially                                     instructions suspending liquidation will                                 733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
                                               injured by reason of imports of finished                               remain in effect until further notice.                                   will instruct CBP to terminate the
                                               carbon steel flanges from India and                                       We will also instruct CBP to require                                  suspension of liquidation and to
                                               Italy.4 Therefore, in accordance with                                  cash deposits for estimated antidumping                                  liquidate, without regard to
                                               section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are                                   duties equal to the estimated weighted-                                  antidumping duties, unliquidated
                                               issuing these antidumping duty orders.                                 average dumping margins indicated                                        entries of finished carbon steel flanges
                                               Because the ITC determined that                                        below. Accordingly, applicable August                                    from India and Italy entered, or
                                               imports of finished carbon steel flanges                               17, 2017, the date of publication in the                                 withdrawn from warehouse, for
                                               from India and Italy are materially                                    Federal Register of the ITC’s final                                      consumption after August 6, 2017, until
                                               injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated                                 affirmative injury determinations, CBP                                   and through August 16, 2017, the day
                                               entries of such merchandise from India                                 will require, at the same time as                                        preceding the date of publication of the
                                               and Italy, entered or withdrawn from                                   importers would normally deposit                                         ITC’s final injury determination in the
                                               warehouse for consumption, are subject                                 estimated duties on this subject                                         Federal Register.
                                               to the assessment of antidumping                                       merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the                                 Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
                                               duties.                                                                estimated weighted-average dumping                                       Margins
                                                  As a result of the ITC’s final                                      margins listed below.6 The relevant ‘‘all-
                                               affirmative determination, in                                          others’’ rates apply to all producers or                                   The estimated weighted-average
                                               accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the                               exporters not specifically listed, as                                    dumping margins for each antidumping
                                               Act, the Department will direct U.S.                                   appropriate.                                                             order are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cash deposit
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Estimated                    rate
                                                                                                                                                                                                     weighted-average             (adjusted
                                                                                                           Exporter/producer                                                                          dumping margin             for subsidy
                                                                                                                                                                                                         (percent)                 offsets)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (percent)

                                                                                                                                                     India

                                               Norma (India) Limited 8 ...........................................................................................................................                 11.32    8.56.9

                                                  1 See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India:                     Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Italy,’’ dated                        Fair Value and Postponement of Final
                                               Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair                         August 14, 2017 (ITC Letter). See also Finished                          Determination, 82 FR 9719 (February 8, 2017) (Italy
                                               Value, 82 FR 29483 (June 29, 2017) (India Final                        Carbon Steel Flanges from India and Italy:                               Preliminary Determination); Finished Carbon Steel
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                                               Determination); see also Finished Carbon Steel                         Investigation Nos. 701–TA–563 and 731–TA–1331–                           Flanges from Italy: Preliminary Determination of
                                               Flanges from Italy: Final Determination of Sales at                    1332 (Final), USITC Publication 4717 (August 2017)
                                                                                                                                                                                               Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement
                                               Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 29481 (June 29, 2017)                      (ITC Report).
                                                                                                                         3 See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India
                                                                                                                                                                                               of Final Determination, 82 FR 9711 (February 8,
                                               (Italy Final Determination).
                                                  2 See section 735(d) of the Act (requiring                          and Italy; Determinations, 82 FR 39133 (August 17,                       2017) (India Preliminary Determination).
                                                                                                                                                                                                 6 See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
                                               notification); see also Letter from the ITC regarding                  2017).
                                                                                                                         4 See ITC Letter and ITC Report.                                        7 See India Preliminary Determination, 82 FR at
                                               ‘‘Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                               Investigations of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges                           5 See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India:                       9721 and Italy Preliminary Determination, 82 FR at
                                               from India, and Antidumping Investigation of                           Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than                          9713.



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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Cash deposit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Estimated                  rate
                                                                                                                                                                                                              weighted-average           (adjusted
                                                                                                               Exporter/producer                                                                               dumping margin           for subsidy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (percent)               offsets)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (percent)

                                               R. N. Gupta & Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................                         12.58   9.27.10
                                               All-Others .................................................................................................................................................                11.95   8.91.11

                                                                                                                                                            Italy

                                               Metalfar Prodotti Industriali S.p.A ...........................................................................................................                            204.53   Not Applicable.
                                               Officine Ambrogio Melesi & C. S.r.l 12 .....................................................................................................                               204.53   Not Applicable.
                                               All-Others .................................................................................................................................................                79.17   Not Applicable.



                                               Notification to Interested Parties                                          forging (without any other further processing                               subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070.
                                                                                                                           after forging) does not render the forging into                             The HTSUS subheadings are provided for
                                                  This notice constitutes the                                              a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of                              convenience and customs purposes; the
                                               antidumping duty orders with respect to                                     this order.                                                                 written description of the scope is
                                               finished carbon steel flanges from India                                       While these finished carbon steel flanges                                dispositive.
                                               and Italy pursuant to section 736(a) of                                     are generally manufactured to specification                                 [FR Doc. 2017–18056 Filed 8–23–17; 8:45 am]
                                               the Act. Interested parties can find a list                                 ASME B16.5 or ASME B16.47 series A or
                                                                                                                                                                                                       BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                               of antidumping duty orders currently in                                     series B, the scope is not limited to flanges
                                               effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/                                     produced under those specifications. All
                                                                                                                           types of finished carbon steel flanges are
                                               stats/iastats1.html.                                                        included in the scope regardless of pipe size                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  These orders are published in                                            (which may or may not be expressed in
                                               accordance with section and 736(a) of                                       inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class                                International Trade Administration
                                               the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).                                              (usually, but not necessarily, expressed in                                 [C–533–872]
                                                 Dated: August 21, 2017.                                                   pounds of pressure, e.g., 150, 300, 400, 600,
                                                                                                                           900, 1,500, 2,500, etc.), type of face (e.g., flat                          Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From
                                               Gary Taverman,
                                                                                                                           face, full face, raised face, etc.), configuration
                                               Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping                                  (e.g., weld neck, slip on, socket weld, lap
                                                                                                                                                                                                       India: Countervailing Duty Order
                                               and Countervailing Duty Operations                                          joint, threaded, etc.), wall thickness (usually,                            AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                               performing the non-exclusive functions and                                  but not necessarily, expressed in inches),
                                               duties of the Assistant Secretary for
                                                                                                                                                                                                       International Trade Administration,
                                                                                                                           normalization, or whether or not heat treated.
                                               Enforcement and Compliance.                                                                                                                             Department of Commerce.
                                                                                                                           These carbon steel flanges either meet or
                                                                                                                           exceed the requirements of the ASTM A105,                                   SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
                                               Appendix                                                                    ASTM A694, ASTM A181, ASTM A350 and                                         determinations by the Department of
                                               Scope of the Orders                                                         ASTM A707 standards (or comparable                                          Commerce (the Department) and the
                                                  The scope of these orders covers finished                                foreign specifications). The scope includes                                 International Trade Commission (the
                                               carbon steel flanges. Finished carbon steel                                 any flanges produced to the above-referenced                                ITC), the Department is issuing a
                                                                                                                           ASTM standards as currently stated or as                                    countervailing duty order on finished
                                               flanges differ from unfinished carbon steel
                                                                                                                           may be amended. The term ‘‘carbon steel’’
                                               flanges (also known as carbon steel flange                                                                                                              carbon steel flanges from India.
                                                                                                                           under this scope is steel in which:
                                               forgings) in that they have undergone further                                                                                                           DATES: Applicable August 24, 2017.
                                                                                                                              (a) Iron predominates, by weight, over each
                                               processing after forging, including, but not
                                                                                                                           of the other contained elements:                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               limited to, beveling, bore threading, center or
                                                                                                                              (b) The carbon content is 2 percent or less,                             Davina Friedmann at (202) 482–0698 or
                                               step boring, face machining, taper boring,
                                                                                                                           by weight; and                                                              Erin Kearney at (202) 482–0167, AD/
                                               machining ends or surfaces, drilling bolt
                                                                                                                              (c) none of the elements listed below                                    CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement
                                               holes, and/or de-burring or shot blasting. Any
                                                                                                                           exceeds the quantity, by weight, as indicated:
                                               one of these post-forging processes suffices to                                                                                                         and Compliance, International Trade
                                                                                                                              (i) 0.87 percent of aluminum;
                                               render the forging into a finished carbon steel
                                                                                                                              (ii) 0.0105 percent of boron;                                            Administration, U.S. Department of
                                               flange for purposes of these orders. However,                                                                                                           Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
                                                                                                                              (iii) 10.10 percent of chromium;
                                               mere heat treatment of a carbon steel flange                                                                                                            NW., Washington, DC 20230.
                                                                                                                              (iv) 1.55 percent of columbium;
                                                                                                                              (v) 3.10 percent of copper;                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  8 The Department has determined that Norma
                                                                                                                              (vi) 0.38 percent of lead;
                                               (India) Limited and USK Exports Private Limited
                                                                                                                              (vii) 3.04 percent of manganese;                                         Background
                                               and Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co. and Bansidhar
                                               Chiranjilal are a single entity. See Memorandum,                               (viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum;                                          In accordance with section 705(d) of
                                               ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Finished                               (ix) 20.15 percent of nickel;                                            the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
                                               Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary                                   (x) 1.55 percent of niobium;                                             Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on June 29,
                                               Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum for Norma                                (xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen;
                                               (India) Limited,’’ dated January 26, 2017, at 8–9,                             (xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus;
                                                                                                                                                                                                       2017, the Department published its
                                               unchanged in India Final Determination.                                        (xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon;                                          affirmative final determination in the
                                                  9 See India Final Determination, 82 FR at 29484.
                                                                                                                              (xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur;                                            countervailing duty investigation of
                                                  10 Id.
                                                                                                                              (xv) 1.05 percent of titanium;                                           finished carbon steel flanges from
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                                                  11 Id.
                                                                                                                              (xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten;                                          India.1 On August 14, 2017, the ITC
                                                  12 The Department has determined that Officine
                                                                                                                              (xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or                                      notified the Department of its final
                                               Ambrogio Melesi & C. S.r.l and ASFO S.p.A. are a                               (xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium.
                                               single entity. See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-                                                                                                        affirmative determination, pursuant to
                                                                                                                              Finished carbon steel flanges are currently
                                               Value Investigation of Finished Carbon Steel
                                               Flanges from Italy: Affiliation and Collapsing                              classified under subheadings 7307.91.5010                                     1 See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India:

                                               Memorandum for Officine Ambrogio Melesi & C.                                and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff                                   Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
                                               S.r.l.,’’ dated January 26, 2017, at 7, unchanged in                        Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They                                 Determination, 82 FR 29479 (June 29, 2017) (Final
                                               Italy Final Determination.                                                  may also be entered under HTSUS                                             Determination).



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Document Created: 2018-10-24 12:36:08
Document Modified: 2018-10-24 12:36:08
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesApplicable August 24, 2017.
ContactFred Baker at (202) 482-2924 (India), Edythe Artman at (202) 482-3931 or Moses Song at (202) 482-5041 (Italy), AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
FR Citation82 FR 40136 

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