82_FR_9736 82 FR 9711 - Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Italy: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination

82 FR 9711 - Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Italy: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 25 (February 8, 2017)

Page Range9711-9714
FR Document2017-02605

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that finished carbon steel flanges from Italy are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-835]


Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Italy: Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of 
Final Determination

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily 
determines that finished carbon steel flanges from Italy are being, or 
are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value 
(LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2015, through 
March 31, 2016. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins of sales 
at LTFV are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this 
notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary 
determination.

DATES: Effective February 8, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman or Moses Song, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of

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Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-3931 or (202) 482-5041, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department initiated this investigation on July 20, 2016.\1\ We 
selected two mandatory respondents in this investigation, Metalfar 
Prodotti Industriali S.p.A. (Metalfar) and Officine Ambrogio Melesi & 
C. S.r.l. (Melesi). For a complete description of the events that 
followed the initiation of this investigation, see the memorandum that 
is dated concurrently with this determination and hereby adopted by 
this notice.\2\ A list of topics in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
is included as Appendix II to this notice.
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    \1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India, Italy, and 
Spain: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair Value Investigations, 81 FR 
49619 (July 28, 2016) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, entitled ``Decision Memorandum for the 
Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation 
of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Italy'' (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice.
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    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 
made available to the public via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Department's 
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is finished carbon steel 
flanges from Italy. For a complete description of the scope of the 
investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation'' in Appendix I of 
this notice.

Scope Comments

    We received no comments from interested parties regarding the scope 
of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. The scope 
published in the Initiation Notice contained several typographical 
errors, which have been corrected in Appendix I.

Methodology

    The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with 
section 731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Pursuant 
to section 776(a) of the Act, the Department is preliminarily relying 
upon facts otherwise available to assign an estimated weighted-average 
dumping margin to the mandatory respondents in this investigation 
because both respondents failed to timely provide necessary information 
requested by the Department, withheld requested information, and 
significantly impeded the investigation. Further, the Department is 
preliminarily determining that these mandatory respondents failed to 
cooperate by not acting to the best of their abilities to comply with 
requests for information and, thus, the Department is applying adverse 
facts available (AFA) to the respondents, in accordance with section 
776(b) of Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
preliminary determination, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

All-Others Rate

    Section 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act provides that, in the 
preliminary determination, the Department shall determine an estimated 
``all-others'' rate for all exporters and producers not individually 
investigated, in accordance with section 735(c)(5) of the Act. Section 
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that, generally, the estimated rate for 
all-others shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters 
and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de 
minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776 
of the Act. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins in this 
preliminary determination were calculated entirely under section 776 of 
the Act. In cases where no weighted-average dumping margins other than 
that of zero, that of de minimis, or those determined entirely under 
section 776 of the Act have been established for individually examined 
entities, in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the 
Department has previously used the simple average of the margins 
calculated in the petition and applied the result to ``all-other'' 
entities not individually examined.\3\
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    \3\ See Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative 
Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances, 78 FR 79670, 
79671 (December 31, 2013), unchanged in Steel Threaded Rod from 
Thailand: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Affirmative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 
14476, 14477 (March 14, 2014); see also Notice of Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from 
the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 21909 (April 23, 2008); 
unchanged in Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 
FR 38986 (July 8, 2008).
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    In the petition, Weldbend Corporation and Boltex Manufacturing Co., 
L.P. (collectively, Petitioners) calculated three dumping margins for 
subject merchandise from Italy.\4\ Consistent with our practice, we 
preliminarily assigned the simple average of these margins, which 
results in 79.17 percent, as the ``all-others'' rate in this 
investigation.\5\
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    \4\ See Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on 
Imports of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India, Italy and Spain 
and Countervailing Duties on Imports from India, dated June 30, 2016 
(the Petition) at Volume III; see also Letter from Petitioners to 
the Department, regarding ``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from 
Italy: Second Supplemental Questionnaire Response,'' dated July 13, 
2016.
    \5\ See Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components From 
Canada: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, 81 FR 75039 (October 28, 2016), and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 2; see also Certain Oil Country 
Tubular Goods From Thailand: Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, and Postponement of Final Determination, 79 FR 
10487 (February 25, 2014), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum, unchanged in Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From 
India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; and 
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, 79 FR 53691 (September 10, 2014).
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Preliminary Determination

    The Department preliminarily determines that finished carbon steel 
flanges from Italy are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United 
States at LTFV, pursuant to section 733 of the Act, and that the 
following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Exporter/manufacturer                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Metalfar Prodotti Industriali S.p.A.........................      204.53
Officine Ambrogio Melesi & C. S.r.l./ASFO S.p.A.............      204.53
All Others..................................................       79.17
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, we will direct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of all 
entries of finished

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carbon steel flanges from Italy, as described in the ``Scope of the 
Investigation'' in Appendix I, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register.
    Pursuant to section 733(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), we 
will instruct CBP to require cash deposits \6\ equal to the weighted-
average amount by which the normal value exceeds U.S. price, as 
indicated in the chart above, as follows: (1) The rate for the 
mandatory respondents listed above will be the respondent-specific 
rates we determined in this preliminary determination; (2) if the 
exporter is not a mandatory respondent identified above, but the 
producer is, the rate will be the specific rate established for the 
producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the rate for all other 
producers or exporters will be the all-others rate. The suspension of 
liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See Modification of Regulations Regarding the Practice of 
Accepting Bonds During the Provisional Measures Period in 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 
(October 3, 2011).
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Disclosure

    Normally, the Department discloses the calculations performed in 
connection with a preliminary determination to interested parties 
within five days of the date of publication of this notice in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Because the Department preliminarily 
applied total AFA to each of the mandatory respondents in this 
investigation, in accordance with section 776 of the Act, there are no 
calculations to disclose.

Verification

    Because the mandatory respondents in this investigation did not 
provide information requested by the Department, the Department will 
not conduct verifications of company responses.

Public Comment

    Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary 
determination no later than 30 days after the date of publication of 
the preliminary determination.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 
raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after 
the deadline date for case briefs.\8\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) 
and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements). The Department has exercised its 
discretion under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i) to alter the time limit for 
submission of case briefs.
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests 
should contain the party's name, address, and telephone number, the 
number of participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a 
request for a hearing is made, the Department intends to hold the 
hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be determined. Parties 
should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing 
two days before the scheduled date.
    All documents must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An 
electronically-filed request must be received successfully in its 
entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides that a final determination 
may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement 
is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of 
exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative 
preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by 
the petitioner. 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that requests by 
respondents for postponement of a final determination be accompanied by 
a request for extension of provisional measures from a four-month 
period to a period not more than six months in duration.
    Respondent Melesi has requested that, in the event of an 
affirmative preliminary determination in this investigation, the 
Department postpone its final determination until no later than 135 
days after the publication of the preliminary determination in the 
Federal Register, in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act. 
Melesi also requested the extension of the application of the 
provisional measures prescribed under section 733(d) of the Act from a 
four-month period to a period not to exceed six months, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2).\9\
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    \9\ See Letter from Melesi, regarding ``Antidumping Duty 
Investigation of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Italy: Request 
to Extend Antidumping Duty Final Determination in the Event of an 
Affirmative Preliminary Determination,'' dated January 18, 2017.
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    In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) our preliminary determination is 
affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter accounts for a significant 
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise; and (3) no compelling 
reasons for denial exist, we are postponing the final determination 
until no later than 135 days after the publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register and extending the provisional measures from a 
four-month period to a period not greater than six months. Accordingly, 
we will issue our final determination no later than 135 days after the 
date of publication of this preliminary determination, pursuant to 
section 735(a)(2) of the Act.\10\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) and (e).
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International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we are notifying the 
International Trade Commission (ITC) of our affirmative preliminary 
determination of sales at LTFV. If our final determination is 
affirmative, the ITC will determine before the later of 120 days after 
the date of this preliminary determination or 45 days after our final 
determination whether these imports are materially injuring, or 
threaten material injury to, the U.S. industry.This determination is 
issued and published in accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: January 26, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The scope of this investigation 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-

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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 this investigation. 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 investigation.
    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, 1500, 2500, 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.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Period of Investigation
4. Scope of the Investigation
5. Scope Comments
6. Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures
7. Affiliations and Collapsing of Affiliates
8. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
9. Calculation of All-Others Rate
10. Verification
11. Conclusion

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                                                    Suspension Agreements                                      The Department no longer considers                  day of February 2017, a request for
                                                       None.                                                the non-market economy (NME) entity                    review of entries covered by an order,
                                                       In accordance with 19 CFR                            as an exporter conditionally subject to                finding, or suspended investigation
                                                    351.213(b), an interested party as                      an antidumping duty administrative                     listed in this notice and for the period
                                                    defined by section 771(9) of the Act may                reviews.3 Accordingly, the NME entity                  identified above, the Department will
                                                    request in writing that the Secretary                   will not be under review unless the                    instruct CBP to assess antidumping or
                                                    conduct an administrative review. For                   Department specifically receives a                     countervailing duties on those entries at
                                                    both antidumping and countervailing                     request for, or self-initiates, a review of            a rate equal to the cash deposit of (or
                                                    duty reviews, the interested party must                 the NME entity.4 In administrative                     bond for) estimated antidumping or
                                                    specify the individual producers or                     reviews of antidumping duty orders on                  countervailing duties required on those
                                                    exporters covered by an antidumping                     merchandise from NME countries where                   entries at the time of entry, or
                                                    finding or an antidumping or                            a review of the NME entity has not been                withdrawal from warehouse, for
                                                    countervailing duty order or suspension                 initiated, but where an individual                     consumption and to continue to collect
                                                    agreement for which it is requesting a                  exporter for which a review was                        the cash deposit previously ordered.
                                                    review. In addition, a domestic                         initiated does not qualify for a separate                 For the first administrative review of
                                                    interested party or an interested party                 rate, the Department will issue a final                any order, there will be no assessment
                                                    described in section 771(9)(B) of the Act               decision indicating that the company in                of antidumping or countervailing duties
                                                    must state why it desires the Secretary                 question is part of the NME entity.                    on entries of subject merchandise
                                                    to review those particular producers or                 However, in that situation, because no                 entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
                                                    exporters. If the interested party intends              review of the NME entity was                           for consumption during the relevant
                                                    for the Secretary to review sales of                    conducted, the NME entity’s entries                    provisional-measures ‘‘gap’’ period of
                                                    merchandise by an exporter (or a                        were not subject to the review and the                 the order, if such a gap period is
                                                    producer if that producer also exports                  rate for the NME entity is not subject to              applicable to the period of review.
                                                    merchandise from other suppliers)                       change as a result of that review                         This notice is not required by statute
                                                    which was produced in more than one                     (although the rate for the individual                  but is published as a service to the
                                                    country of origin and each country of                   exporter may change as a function of the               international trading community.
                                                    origin is subject to a separate order, then             finding that the exporter is part of the                 Dated: February 2, 2017.
                                                    the interested party must state                         NME entity). Following initiation of an                Gary Taverman,
                                                    specifically, on an order-by-order basis,               antidumping administrative review                      Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                                    which exporter(s) the request is                        when there is no review requested of the               Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                                    intended to cover.                                      NME entity, the Department will                        Operations.
                                                       Note that, for any party the                         instruct CBP to liquidate entries for all              [FR Doc. 2017–02522 Filed 2–7–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    Department was unable to locate in                      exporters not named in the initiation                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                    prior segments, the Department will not                 notice, including those that were
                                                    accept a request for an administrative                  suspended at the NME entity rate.
                                                    review of that party absent new                            All requests must be filed                          DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                    information as to the party’s location.                 electronically in Enforcement and
                                                    Moreover, if the interested party who                   Compliance’s Antidumping and                           International Trade Administration
                                                    files a request for review is unable to                 Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                                    locate the producer or exporter for                                                                            [A–475–835]
                                                                                                            Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’)
                                                    which it requested the review, the                      on Enforcement and Compliance’s                        Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From
                                                    interested party must provide an                        ACCESS Web site at http://                             Italy: Preliminary Determination of
                                                    explanation of the attempts it made to                  access.trade.gov.5 Further, in                         Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
                                                    locate the producer or exporter at the                  accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i),               Postponement of Final Determination
                                                    same time it files its request for review,              a copy of each request must be served
                                                    in order for the Secretary to determine                 on the petitioner and each exporter or                 AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                    if the interested party’s attempts were                 producer specified in the request.                     International Trade Administration,
                                                    reasonable, pursuant to 19 CFR                             The Department will publish in the                  Department of Commerce.
                                                    351.303(f)(3)(ii).                                      Federal Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation              SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                       As explained in Antidumping and                      of Administrative Review of                            (the Department) preliminarily
                                                    Countervailing Duty Proceedings:                        Antidumping or Countervailing Duty                     determines that finished carbon steel
                                                    Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68                    Order, Finding, or Suspended                           flanges from Italy are being, or are likely
                                                    FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), and Non-                        Investigation’’ for requests received by               to be, sold in the United States at less
                                                    Market Economy Antidumping                              the last day of February 2017. If the                  than fair value (LTFV). The period of
                                                    Proceedings: Assessment of                              Department does not receive, by the last               investigation (POI) is April 1, 2015,
                                                    Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694                                                                                through March 31, 2016. The estimated
                                                    (October 24, 2011), the Department                        3 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement          weighted-average dumping margins of
                                                    clarified its practice with respect to the              of Change in Department Practice for Respondent        sales at LTFV are shown in the
                                                    collection of final antidumping duties                  Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and          ‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section of
                                                    on imports of merchandise where                         Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
                                                                                                            Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78         this notice. Interested parties are invited
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                                                    intermediate firms are involved. The                    FR 65963 (November 4, 2013)                            to comment on this preliminary
                                                    public should be aware of this                            4 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), parties   determination.
                                                    clarification in determining whether to                 should specify that they are requesting a review of
                                                                                                            entries from exporters comprising the entity, and to   DATES: Effective February 8, 2017.
                                                    request an administrative review of
                                                    merchandise subject to antidumping                      the extent possible, include the names of such         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                            exporters in their request.                            Edythe Artman or Moses Song, AD/CVD
                                                    findings and orders.2                                     5 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

                                                                                                            Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
                                                                                                                                                                   Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
                                                       2 See also the Enforcement and Compliance Web        Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR      Compliance, International Trade
                                                    site at http://trade.gov/enforcement/.                  39263 (July 6, 2011).                                  Administration, U.S. Department of


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                                                    Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                      in the Initiation Notice contained                      In the petition, Weldbend Corporation
                                                    NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                   several typographical errors, which have              and Boltex Manufacturing Co., L.P.
                                                    (202) 482–3931 or (202) 482–5041,                       been corrected in Appendix I.                         (collectively, Petitioners) calculated
                                                    respectively.                                                                                                 three dumping margins for subject
                                                                                                            Methodology
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                                                                    merchandise from Italy.4 Consistent
                                                                                                              The Department is conducting this                   with our practice, we preliminarily
                                                    Background                                              investigation in accordance with section              assigned the simple average of these
                                                       The Department initiated this                        731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                     margins, which results in 79.17 percent,
                                                    investigation on July 20, 2016.1 We                     amended (the Act). Pursuant to section                as the ‘‘all-others’’ rate in this
                                                    selected two mandatory respondents in                   776(a) of the Act, the Department is                  investigation.5
                                                    this investigation, Metalfar Prodotti                   preliminarily relying upon facts
                                                                                                            otherwise available to assign an                      Preliminary Determination
                                                    Industriali S.p.A. (Metalfar) and
                                                                                                            estimated weighted-average dumping                       The Department preliminarily
                                                    Officine Ambrogio Melesi & C. S.r.l.
                                                                                                            margin to the mandatory respondents in                determines that finished carbon steel
                                                    (Melesi). For a complete description of
                                                                                                            this investigation because both                       flanges from Italy are being, or are likely
                                                    the events that followed the initiation of
                                                                                                            respondents failed to timely provide                  to be, sold in the United States at LTFV,
                                                    this investigation, see the memorandum
                                                                                                            necessary information requested by the                pursuant to section 733 of the Act, and
                                                    that is dated concurrently with this
                                                                                                            Department, withheld requested                        that the following estimated weighted-
                                                    determination and hereby adopted by
                                                                                                            information, and significantly impeded                average dumping margins exist:
                                                    this notice.2 A list of topics in the
                                                                                                            the investigation. Further, the
                                                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum is                                                                                                                              Weighted-
                                                                                                            Department is preliminarily
                                                    included as Appendix II to this notice.                                                                                                                          average
                                                       The Preliminary Decision                             determining that these mandatory                               Exporter/manufacturer                    dumping
                                                    Memorandum is a public document and                     respondents failed to cooperate by not                                                                    margin
                                                    is made available to the public via                     acting to the best of their abilities to                                                                (percent)
                                                    Enforcement and Compliance’s                            comply with requests for information
                                                                                                            and, thus, the Department is applying                 Metalfar Prodotti Industriali S.p.A                  204.53
                                                    Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                                                                           Officine Ambrogio Melesi & C.
                                                    Centralized Electronic Service System                   adverse facts available (AFA) to the
                                                                                                                                                                    S.r.l./ASFO S.p.A ....................             204.53
                                                    (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to                        respondents, in accordance with section               All Others ....................................       79.17
                                                    registered users at https://                            776(b) of Act. For a full description of
                                                    access.trade.gov, and is available to all               the methodology underlying our                        Suspension of Liquidation
                                                    parties in the Department’s Central                     preliminary determination, see
                                                                                                            Preliminary Decision Memorandum.                         In accordance with section 733(d)(2)
                                                    Records Unit, room B8024 of the main                                                                          of the Act, we will direct U.S. Customs
                                                    Department of Commerce building. In                     All-Others Rate                                       and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend
                                                    addition, a complete version of the                       Section 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act                 liquidation of all entries of finished
                                                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum can                     provides that, in the preliminary
                                                    be accessed directly on the internet at                 determination, the Department shall                   Fair Value and Affirmative Preliminary
                                                    http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The                  determine an estimated ‘‘all-others’’ rate            Determination of Critical Circumstances, 78 FR
                                                    signed Preliminary Decision                             for all exporters and producers not
                                                                                                                                                                  79670, 79671 (December 31, 2013), unchanged in
                                                    Memorandum and the electronic                                                                                 Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: Final
                                                                                                            individually investigated, in accordance              Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
                                                    version of the Preliminary Decision                     with section 735(c)(5) of the Act.                    Affirmative Final Determination of Critical
                                                    Memorandum are identical in content.                    Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act states                Circumstances, 79 FR 14476, 14477 (March 14,
                                                                                                                                                                  2014); see also Notice of Preliminary Determination
                                                    Scope of the Investigation                              that, generally, the estimated rate for all-          of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite
                                                       The product covered by this                          others shall be an amount equal to the                from the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 21909
                                                                                                            weighted average of the estimated                     (April 23, 2008); unchanged in Notice of Final
                                                    investigation is finished carbon steel                                                                        Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:
                                                    flanges from Italy. For a complete                      weighted-average dumping margins                      Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of
                                                    description of the scope of the                         established for exporters and producers               Germany, 73 FR 38986 (July 8, 2008).
                                                    investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the                   individually investigated, excluding any                 4 See Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping

                                                                                                            zero and de minimis margins, and any                  Duties on Imports of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges
                                                    Investigation’’ in Appendix I of this                                                                         from India, Italy and Spain and Countervailing
                                                    notice.                                                 margins determined entirely under                     Duties on Imports from India, dated June 30, 2016
                                                                                                            section 776 of the Act. The estimated                 (the Petition) at Volume III; see also Letter from
                                                    Scope Comments                                          weighted-average dumping margins in                   Petitioners to the Department, regarding ‘‘Finished
                                                                                                            this preliminary determination were                   Carbon Steel Flanges from Italy: Second
                                                      We received no comments from                                                                                Supplemental Questionnaire Response,’’ dated July
                                                    interested parties regarding the scope of               calculated entirely under section 776 of              13, 2016.
                                                    the investigation as it appeared in the                 the Act. In cases where no weighted-                     5 See Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive

                                                    Initiation Notice. The scope published                  average dumping margins other than                    Components From Canada: Final Affirmative
                                                                                                            that of zero, that of de minimis, or those            Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 81
                                                                                                                                                                  FR 75039 (October 28, 2016), and accompanying
                                                       1 See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India,      determined entirely under section 776                 Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2;
                                                    Italy, and Spain: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair Value    of the Act have been established for                  see also Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From
                                                    Investigations, 81 FR 49619 (July 28, 2016)             individually examined entities, in                    Thailand: Preliminary Determination of Sales at
                                                    (Initiation Notice).
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                                                                                                            accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of               Less Than Fair Value, and Postponement of Final
                                                       2 See Memorandum from Gary Taverman,
                                                                                                                                                                  Determination, 79 FR 10487 (February 25, 2014),
                                                    Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for                the Act, the Department has previously                and accompanying Preliminary Decision
                                                    Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,         used the simple average of the margins                Memorandum, unchanged in Certain Oil Country
                                                    to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary      calculated in the petition and applied                Tubular Goods From India, the Republic of Korea,
                                                    for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled                the result to ‘‘all-other’’ entities not              Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist
                                                    ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary                                                                     Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders;
                                                    Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value               individually examined.3                               and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the
                                                    Investigation of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from                                                           Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Final
                                                    Italy’’ (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated          3 See Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand:             Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79
                                                    concurrently with this notice.                          Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than       FR 53691 (September 10, 2014).



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                                                    carbon steel flanges from Italy, as                     briefs.8 Pursuant to 19 CFR                           also requested the extension of the
                                                    described in the ‘‘Scope of the                         351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who                 application of the provisional measures
                                                    Investigation’’ in Appendix I, entered,                 submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in              prescribed under section 733(d) of the
                                                    or withdrawn from warehouse, for                        this proceeding are encouraged to                     Act from a four-month period to a
                                                    consumption on or after the date of                     submit with each argument: (1) A                      period not to exceed six months, in
                                                    publication of this notice in the Federal               statement of the issue; (2) a brief                   accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2).9
                                                    Register.                                               summary of the argument; and (3) a                       In accordance with section
                                                       Pursuant to section 733(d) of the Act                table of authorities.                                 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
                                                    and 19 CFR 351.205(d), we will instruct                    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                     351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) our
                                                    CBP to require cash deposits 6 equal to                 interested parties who wish to request a              preliminary determination is
                                                                                                            hearing must submit a written request to              affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter
                                                    the weighted-average amount by which
                                                                                                            the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement               accounts for a significant proportion of
                                                    the normal value exceeds U.S. price, as
                                                                                                            and Compliance, U.S. Department of                    exports of the subject merchandise; and
                                                    indicated in the chart above, as follows:
                                                                                                            Commerce, within 30 days after the date               (3) no compelling reasons for denial
                                                    (1) The rate for the mandatory
                                                                                                            of publication of this notice. Requests               exist, we are postponing the final
                                                    respondents listed above will be the
                                                                                                            should contain the party’s name,                      determination until no later than 135
                                                    respondent-specific rates we determined
                                                                                                            address, and telephone number, the                    days after the publication of this notice
                                                    in this preliminary determination; (2) if
                                                                                                            number of participants, and a list of the             in the Federal Register and extending
                                                    the exporter is not a mandatory
                                                                                                            issues to be discussed. If a request for              the provisional measures from a four-
                                                    respondent identified above, but the
                                                                                                            a hearing is made, the Department                     month period to a period not greater
                                                    producer is, the rate will be the specific
                                                                                                            intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.               than six months. Accordingly, we will
                                                    rate established for the producer of the
                                                                                                            Department of Commerce, 1401                          issue our final determination no later
                                                    subject merchandise; and (3) the rate for
                                                                                                            Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,                  than 135 days after the date of
                                                    all other producers or exporters will be
                                                                                                            DC 20230, at a time and date to be                    publication of this preliminary
                                                    the all-others rate. The suspension of
                                                                                                            determined. Parties should confirm by                 determination, pursuant to section
                                                    liquidation instructions will remain in
                                                                                                            telephone the date, time, and location of             735(a)(2) of the Act.10
                                                    effect until further notice.
                                                                                                            the hearing two days before the
                                                    Disclosure                                              scheduled date.                                       International Trade Commission
                                                                                                               All documents must be filed                        Notification
                                                      Normally, the Department discloses                    electronically using ACCESS. An                          In accordance with section 733(f) of
                                                    the calculations performed in                           electronically-filed request must be                  the Act, we are notifying the
                                                    connection with a preliminary                           received successfully in its entirety by              International Trade Commission (ITC) of
                                                    determination to interested parties                     ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard                  our affirmative preliminary
                                                    within five days of the date of                         Time.                                                 determination of sales at LTFV. If our
                                                    publication of this notice in accordance                                                                      final determination is affirmative, the
                                                    with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Because the                     Postponement of Final Determination
                                                                                                                                                                  ITC will determine before the later of
                                                    Department preliminarily applied total                  and Extension of Provisional Measures
                                                                                                                                                                  120 days after the date of this
                                                    AFA to each of the mandatory                               Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides              preliminary determination or 45 days
                                                    respondents in this investigation, in                   that a final determination may be                     after our final determination whether
                                                    accordance with section 776 of the Act,                 postponed until not later than 135 days               these imports are materially injuring, or
                                                    there are no calculations to disclose.                  after the date of the publication of the              threaten material injury to, the U.S.
                                                    Verification                                            preliminary determination if, in the                  industry.This determination is issued
                                                                                                            event of an affirmative preliminary                   and published in accordance with
                                                      Because the mandatory respondents                     determination, a request for such                     sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act
                                                    in this investigation did not provide                   postponement is made by exporters who                 and 19 CFR 351.205(c).
                                                    information requested by the                            account for a significant proportion of
                                                                                                                                                                    Dated: January 26, 2017.
                                                    Department, the Department will not                     exports of the subject merchandise, or in
                                                                                                            the event of a negative preliminary                   Ronald K. Lorentzen,
                                                    conduct verifications of company
                                                    responses.                                              determination, a request for such                     Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
                                                                                                            postponement is made by the petitioner.               and Compliance.
                                                    Public Comment                                          19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that                    Appendix I
                                                       Interested parties are invited to                    requests by respondents for
                                                                                                                                                                  Scope of the Investigation
                                                    comment on this preliminary                             postponement of a final determination
                                                                                                            be accompanied by a request for                          The scope of this investigation covers
                                                    determination no later than 30 days                                                                           finished carbon steel flanges. Finished
                                                    after the date of publication of the                    extension of provisional measures from
                                                                                                                                                                  carbon steel flanges differ from unfinished
                                                    preliminary determination.7 Rebuttal                    a four-month period to a period not                   carbon steel flanges (also known as carbon
                                                    briefs, limited to issues raised in case                more than six months in duration.                     steel flange forgings) in that they have
                                                    briefs, may be submitted no later than                     Respondent Melesi has requested that,              undergone further processing after forging,
                                                    five days after the deadline date for case              in the event of an affirmative                        including, but not limited to, beveling, bore
                                                                                                            preliminary determination in this                     threading, center or step boring, face
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                                                      6 See Modification of Regulations Regarding the
                                                                                                            investigation, the Department postpone                machining, taper boring, machining ends or
                                                    Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional      its final determination until no later                surfaces, drilling bolt holes, and/or de-
                                                    Measures Period in Antidumping and                      than 135 days after the publication of
                                                    Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042         the preliminary determination in the                     9 See Letter from Melesi, regarding ‘‘Antidumping

                                                    (October 3, 2011).                                                                                            Duty Investigation of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges
                                                      7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR
                                                                                                            Federal Register, in accordance with                  from Italy: Request to Extend Antidumping Duty
                                                    351.303 (for general filing requirements). The          section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act. Melesi               Final Determination in the Event of an Affirmative
                                                    Department has exercised its discretion under 19                                                              Preliminary Determination,’’ dated January 18,
                                                    CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i) to alter the time limit for          8 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also 19 CFR         2017.
                                                    submission of case briefs.                              351.303 (for general filing requirements).               10 See 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) and (e).




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                                                    burring or shot blasting. Any one of these              4. Scope of the Investigation                         discussion of the issues raised by parties
                                                    post-forging processes suffices to render the           5. Scope Comments                                     for this final determination, may be
                                                    forging into a finished carbon steel flange for         6. Postponement of Final Determination and            found in the Final Decision
                                                    purposes of this investigation. However,                     Extension of Provisional Measures                Memorandum.2 The Final Decision
                                                    mere heat treatment of a carbon steel flange            7. Affiliations and Collapsing of Affiliates
                                                    forging (without any other further processing           8. Application of Facts Available and Use of
                                                                                                                                                                  Memorandum is a public document and
                                                    after forging) does not render the forging into              Adverse Inference                                is on file electronically via Enforcement
                                                    a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of          9. Calculation of All-Others Rate                     and Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                                    this investigation.                                     10. Verification                                      Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                                       While these finished carbon steel flanges            11. Conclusion                                        Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                                    are generally manufactured to specification                                                                   ACCESS is available to registered users
                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2017–02605 Filed 2–7–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    ASME B16.5 or ASME B16.47 series A or                                                                         at http://access.trade.gov, and is
                                                    series B, the scope is not limited to flanges           BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                                                                                  available to all parties in the Central
                                                    produced under those specifications. All
                                                    types of finished carbon steel flanges are                                                                    Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
                                                    included in the scope regardless of pipe size           DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                Department of Commerce building. In
                                                    (which may or may not be expressed in                                                                         addition, a complete version of the Final
                                                    inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class            International Trade Administration                    Decision Memorandum can be accessed
                                                    (usually, but not necessarily, expressed in                                                                   directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/
                                                                                                            [C–570–043]
                                                    pounds of pressure, e.g., 150, 300, 400, 600,                                                                 frn/. The signed Final Decision
                                                    900, 1500, 2500, etc.), type of face (e.g., flat                                                              Memorandum and the electronic
                                                    face, full face, raised face, etc.), configuration
                                                                                                            Countervailing Duty Investigation of
                                                                                                            Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From                  version are identical in content.
                                                    (e.g., weld neck, slip on, socket weld, lap
                                                    joint, threaded, etc.), wall thickness (usually,        the People’s Republic of China: Final                 Period of Investigation
                                                    but not necessarily, expressed in inches),              Affirmative Determination, and Final
                                                    normalization, or whether or not heat treated.          Affirmative Critical Circumstances                      The period of investigation (POI) for
                                                    These carbon steel flanges either meet or               Determination, in Part                                which we are measuring subsidies is
                                                    exceed the requirements of the ASTM A105,                                                                     January 1, 2015, through December 31,
                                                    ASTM A694, ASTM A181, ASTM A350 and                     AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                  2015.
                                                    ASTM A707 standards (or comparable                      International Trade Administration,
                                                    foreign specifications). The scope includes             Department of Commerce.                               Scope Comments
                                                    any flanges produced to the above-referenced
                                                                                                            SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                      In accordance with the Preliminary
                                                    ASTM standards as currently stated or as
                                                    may be amended. The term ‘‘carbon steel’’               (the Department) determines that                      Scope Determination, the Department
                                                    under this scope is steel in which:                     countervailable subsidies are being                   set aside a period of time for parties to
                                                       (a) iron predominates, by weight, over each          provided to producers and exporters of                address scope issues in case briefs or
                                                    of the other contained elements:                        stainless steel sheet and strip (stainless            other written comments on scope
                                                       (b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less,         sheet and strip) from the People’s                    issues.3 No interested parties submitted
                                                    by weight; and                                          Republic of China (PRC) as provided in                scope comments in case or rebuttal
                                                       (c) none of the elements listed below                section 705 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                                    exceeds the quantity, by weight, as indicated:                                                                briefs; therefore, the scope of this
                                                       (i) 0.87 percent of aluminum;
                                                                                                            amended (the Act). For information on                 investigation remains unchanged for
                                                       (ii) 0.0105 percent of boron;                        the estimated subsidy rates, see the                  this final determination.
                                                       (iii) 10.10 percent of chromium;                     ‘‘Final Determination’’ section of this
                                                       (iv) 1.55 percent of columbium;                      notice. The period of investigation is                Scope of the Investigation
                                                       (v) 3.10 percent of copper;                          January 1, 2015, through December 31,                    The product covered by this
                                                       (vi) 0.38 percent of lead;                           2015.                                                 investigation is stainless sheet and strip
                                                       (vii) 3.04 percent of manganese;
                                                                                                            DATES: Effective February 8, 2017.                    from the PRC. For a complete
                                                       (viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum;
                                                       (ix) 20.15 percent of nickel;                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      description of the scope of this
                                                       (x) 1.55 percent of niobium;                         Spencer Toubia or David Lindgren, AD/                 investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the
                                                       (xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen;                       CVD Operations, Office VII,                           Investigation,’’ in Appendix II of this
                                                       (xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus;                    Enforcement and Compliance,                           notice.
                                                       (xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon;                      International Trade Administration,
                                                       (xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur;                                                                              Analysis of Subsidy Programs and
                                                                                                            U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401                     Comments Received
                                                       (xv) 1.05 percent of titanium;
                                                       (xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten;                      Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
                                                       (xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or                  DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0123 or                   The subsidy programs under
                                                       (xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium.                  (202) 482–3870, respectively.                         investigation and the issues raised in
                                                       Finished carbon steel flanges are currently          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in
                                                    classified under subheadings 7307.91.5010                                                                     this investigation are discussed in the
                                                    and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff               Background                                            Final Decision Memorandum. A list of
                                                    Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They               The Department published the                        the issues that parties raised, and to
                                                    may also be entered under HTSUS                                                                               which we responded in the Final
                                                    subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070.              Preliminary Determination on July 18,
                                                    The HTSUS subheadings are provided for                  2016.1 A summary of the events that
                                                                                                                                                                    2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
                                                    convenience and customs purposes; the                   occurred since the Department
                                                                                                                                                                  Memorandum for the Final Determination in the
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                                                    written description of the scope is                     published the Preliminary                             Countervailing Duty Investigation of Stainless Steel
                                                    dispositive.                                            Determination, as well as a full                      Sheet and Strip from the People’s Republic of
                                                                                                                                                                  China,’’ (Final Decision Memorandum), dated
                                                    Appendix II                                               1 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of          concurrently with this determination and hereby
                                                    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary             Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the People’s     adopted by this notice.
                                                    Decision Memorandum                                     Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative              3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Stainless Steel Sheet and

                                                                                                            Determination and Alignment of Final                  Strip from the People’s Republic of China:
                                                    1. Summary                                              Determination with Final Antidumping Duty             Preliminary Scope Memorandum for the
                                                    2. Background                                           Determination, 81 FR 46643 (July 18, 2016)            Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                                    3. Period of Investigation                              (Preliminary Determination).                          Investigations,’’ September 9, 2016.



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesEffective February 8, 2017.
ContactEdythe Artman or Moses Song, 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) 482-3931 or (202) 482-5041, respectively.
FR Citation82 FR 9711 

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