Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023, 20451-20453 [2025-08522]
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certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to an APO of their
responsibility concerning the
destruction or return of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3),
which continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the destruction or return
of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
final results of review and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 8, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issue
Comment 1: Whether to Apply Partial
Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to
Adisseo España’s U.S. Sales Rebates
VI. Recommendation
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Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
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Background
On January 29, 2021, Commerce
published the antidumping duty order
on FEBs from Germany.1 On January 31,
2024, Commerce received requests for
an administrative review from BGH
Edelstahl Siegen GmbH (BGH) and the
Ellwood City Forge Company, Ellwood
Quality Steels Company, Ellwood
National Steel Company, and A. Finkl &
Sons (the petitioners).2 On March 5,
2023, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an
administrative review of the Order,
covering BGH.3 On July 22, 2024,
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in
this administrative proceeding by seven
days.4 On September 30, 2024,
Commerce extended the time period for
issuing the preliminary results.5 On
December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the
deadline to issue the preliminary results
in this administrative review by 90
days. Accordingly, the deadline for the
preliminary results of this review is now
May 7, 2025.6
For a detailed description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the
Federal Republic of Germany and Italy: Amended
Final Antidumping Duty Determination for the
Federal Republic of Germany and Antidumping
Duty Orders, 86 FR 7528 (January 29, 2021) (Order).
2 See BGH’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative
Review,’’ dated January 31, 2024; see also
Petitioners’ Letter ‘‘Request for Administrative
Review of Antidumping Duty Order’’ dated January
31, 2024.
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 89 FR
15827 (March 5, 2024).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated September 30, 2024.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated December 9, 2024.
Decision Memorandum.7 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is available 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order
are fluid end blocks from Germany. For
a complete description of the scope of
the Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). We calculated
export price (EP) in accordance with
section 772(a) of the Act. NV is
calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act. For a full description of
the methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins for the period January
1, 2023, through December 31, 2023:
Producer or exporter
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH ....
8.90
1 See
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AGENCY:
determines that a producer/exporter
sold forged steel fluid end blocks (FEBs)
from Germany in the United States at
less than normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR) January 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 14, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gene Calvert, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations
and analyses performed to interested
parties for the preliminary results of
review within five days of public
announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Forged Steel Fluid End
Block from Germany; 2022,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the
deadline for interested parties to submit
case briefs to Commerce to no later than
21 days after the date of the publication
of this notice.8 Rebuttal briefs, limited
to issues raised in the case briefs, may
be filed not later than seven days after
the date for filing case briefs.9 Interested
parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) a table of contents listing
each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.10 All briefs must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety in
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
the established deadline.
As provided to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)
and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have
encouraged interested parties to provide
an executive summary of their brief that
should be limited to five pages total,
including footnotes. In this
administrative review, we instead
request that interested parties provide at
the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised
in their briefs.11 Further, we request that
interested parties limit their executive
summary of each issue to no more than
450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the public executive
summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and
decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this
administrative review. We request that
interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public
executive summary of each issue. All
submissions should be filed using
ACCESS,12 and must be served on
interested parties.13 Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).14
8 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 17006,
17007 (March 26, 2020).
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
11 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an
argument that Commerce would normally address
in a comment of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
12 See 19 CFR 351.303.
13 See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
14 See Administrative Protective Order, Service,
and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR
67069 (September 29, 2023).
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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, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.
Requests should contain: (1) the party’s
name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; (3)
whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (4) a list of issues the party
intends to discuss. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective case and rebuttal
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
parties will be notified of the date and
time for the hearing.15
Unless otherwise extended,
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of
the issues raised in any written briefs,
not later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results
of this administrative review, pursuant
to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act,
Commerce shall determine, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise covered by this review.16 If
an individually examined respondent’s
weighted-average dumping margin is
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than
0.50 percent) in the final results of this
review, we intend to calculate an
importer-specific assessment rate for
antidumping duties based on the ratio of
the total amount of dumping calculated
for each importer’s examined sales and
the total entered value of those same
sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).17 If the respondent’s
weighted-average dumping margin or an
importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis in the final results of this
review, we intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.18
If BGH’s weighted-average dumping
margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.50 percent) in the final
results of this review, Commerce
15 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
17 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103
(February 14, 2012).
18 Id. at 8102–03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
16 See
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intends to calculate importer-specific
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio
of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer’s examined
sales to the total entered value of those
sales. Where we do not have entered
values for all U.S. sales to a particular
importer, we will calculate an importerspecific, per-unit assessment rate on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the importer’s
examined sales to the total quantity of
those sales.19 To determine whether an
importer-specific, per-unit assessment
rate is de minimis, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will
calculate an importer-specific ad
valorem ratio based on estimated
entered values. If BGH’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de
minimis or where an importer-specific
ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.20
In accordance with Commerce’s
‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR produced by BGH for which it
did not know that the merchandise was
destined for the United States, we
intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those
entries at the all-others rate in the
original less-than-fair-value
investigation if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.21
The final results of this administrative
review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise covered by the
final results of this review and for future
deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable.22 Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions regarding the
individually examined respondents to
CBP no earlier than 35 days after the
date of publication of the final results of
this review in the Federal Register. If a
timely summons is filed at the U.S.
Court of International Trade, the
assessment instructions will direct CBP
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
time for parties to file a request for a
statutory injunction has expired, i.e.,
within 90 days of publication.
19 See
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also
Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103
(February 14, 2012).
21 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
22 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
20 See
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided for
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
company-specific cash deposit rate for
BGH will be equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in
the final results of this review (except,
if that rate is de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then
the cash deposit rate will be zero); (2)
for producers or exporters not covered
in this review but covered in a prior
segment of the proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recently-completed segment of this
proceeding in which they were
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review or a prior
segment of the proceeding but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be 4.79 percent, the allothers rate established in the less-thanfair-value investigation.23 These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties, and/or an increase in the amount
of antidumping duties by the amount of
the countervailing duties.
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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) and
351.221(b)(4).
23 See
Order, 86 FR at 7530.
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Dated: May 7, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Affiliations
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–844]
Certain Lined Paper Products From
India: Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain producers and exporters of
certain lined paper products (lined
paper) from India received
countervailable subsidies during the
period of review (POR) January 1, 2022,
through December 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable May 14, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Zukowski, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0189.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On October 10, 2024, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review in the
Federal Register and invited interested
parties to comment.1 On February 25,
2025, Commerce released a PostPreliminary Analysis Memorandum.2
On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled
1 See Certain Lined Paper Products from India:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR 82212 (October
10, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Post-Preliminary Analysis of the Administrative
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain
Lined Paper Products from India; 2022,’’ dated
February 27, 2025 (Post-Preliminary Analysis).
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the deadline to issue the final results in
this administrative review by 90 days.3
Accordingly, the deadline for these final
results is now May 8, 2025.
For a complete description of the
events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is included as an
appendix to this notice. The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order 5
The product covered by this Order is
lined paper. For a complete description
of the scope of this Order, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For
each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, we find that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to
a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.6 The subsidy
programs under review, and the issues
raised in case and rebuttal briefs
submitted by the interested parties, are
discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated December 9, 2024.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order: Certain Lined Paper Products from India;
2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
5 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Lined Paper
Products from the People’s Republic of China;
Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Lined
Paper Products from India, Indonesia and the
People’s Republic of China; and Notice of
Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Lined Paper
Products from India and Indonesia, 71 FR 56949
(September 28, 2006) (Order).
6 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-428-847]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks: Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that a producer/exporter sold forged steel fluid end blocks
(FEBs) from Germany in the United States at less than normal value (NV)
during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31,
2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 14, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Calvert, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 29, 2021, Commerce published the antidumping duty order
on FEBs from Germany.\1\ On January 31, 2024, Commerce received
requests for an administrative review from BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH
(BGH) and the Ellwood City Forge Company, Ellwood Quality Steels
Company, Ellwood National Steel Company, and A. Finkl & Sons (the
petitioners).\2\ On March 5, 2023, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the
Order, covering BGH.\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\4\ On
September 30, 2024, Commerce extended the time period for issuing the
preliminary results.\5\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the
deadline to issue the preliminary results in this administrative review
by 90 days. Accordingly, the deadline for the preliminary results of
this review is now May 7, 2025.\6\
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the Federal Republic
of Germany and Italy: Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination
for the Federal Republic of Germany and Antidumping Duty Orders, 86
FR 7528 (January 29, 2021) (Order).
\2\ See BGH's Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review,''
dated January 31, 2024; see also Petitioners' Letter ``Request for
Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order'' dated January 31,
2024.
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 89 FR 15827 (March 5, 2024).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September
30, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is available 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. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Forged Steel
Fluid End Block from Germany; 2022,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order are fluid end blocks from
Germany. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
We calculated export price (EP) in accordance with section 772(a) of
the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary
results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins for the period January 1, 2023, through December 31,
2023:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH.................................. 8.90
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations and analyses performed to
interested parties for the preliminary results of review within five
days of public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\8\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than seven
days after the date for filing case briefs.\9\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged
to submit with each argument: (1) a table of contents listing each
issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\10\ All briefs must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the established deadline.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Temporary Rule
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006,
17007 (March 26, 2020).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this administrative review, we instead
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\11\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. All
submissions should be filed using ACCESS,\12\ and must be served on
interested parties.\13\ Note that Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).\14\
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\11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
\14\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final
Rule, 88 FR 67069 (September 29, 2023).
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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, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain:
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; (3) whether any participant is a foreign national; and
(4) a list of issues the party intends to discuss. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be
notified of the date and time for the hearing.\15\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise covered by this review.\16\ If an individually
examined respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this
review, we intend to calculate an importer-specific assessment rate for
antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered
value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\17\
If the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of
this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\18\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\17\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\18\ Id. at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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If BGH's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review,
Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales.
Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular
importer, we will calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment
rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total quantity of
those sales.\19\ To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit
assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2),
we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on
estimated entered values. If BGH's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\20\
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\20\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by BGH for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value investigation if
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\21\
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\21\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\22\ Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions regarding the individually examined respondents
to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the
final results of this review in the Federal Register. If a timely
summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the
assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant
entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory
injunction has expired, i.e., within 90 days of publication.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the company-specific cash deposit rate for
BGH will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in
the final results of this review (except, if that rate is de minimis
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then the cash deposit rate
will be zero); (2) for producers or exporters not covered in this
review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published
for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which
they were reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review or a prior segment of the proceeding but the producer is, then
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 4.79 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\23\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\23\ See Order, 86 FR at 7530.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the
amount of the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 7, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Affiliations
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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