Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]

Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Results

of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty new shipper review.

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SUMMARY: On February 3, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary results of its new shipper review

of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel flanges (SSF)

from India (63 FR 5501). This review covers exports of this merchandise

to the United States by one manufacturer/exporter, Panchmahal Steel

Ltd.

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(Panchmahal), during the period February 1, 1996 through January 31,

1997.

We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our

preliminary results. We received no comments. There was no dumping

margin for Panchmahal for this review period.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Killiam or John Kugelman,

Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482-2704 or 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the

current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in

the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Background

The antidumping duty order on SSF from India was published February

9, 1994 (59 FR 5994). On February 3, 1998, the Department published in

the Federal Register the preliminary results of this new shipper review

of the antidumping duty order on SSF from India (63 FR 5501). The

Department has now completed this new shipper review in accordance with

section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

The products covered by this order are certain forged stainless

steel flanges, both finished and not finished, generally manufactured

to specification ASTM A-182, and made in alloys such as 304, 304L, 316,

and 316L. The scope includes five general types of flanges. They are

weld neck, used for butt-weld line connection; threaded, used for

threaded line connections; slip-on and lap joint, used with stub-ends/

butt-weld line connections; socket weld, used to fit pipe into a

machined recession; and blind, used to seal off a line. The sizes of

the flanges within the scope range generally from one to six inches;

however, all sizes of the above-described merchandise are included in

the scope. Specifically excluded from the scope of this order are cast

stainless steel flanges. Cast stainless steel flanges generally are

manufactured to specification ASTM A-351. The flanges subject to this

order are currently classifiable under subheadings 7307.21.1000 and

7307.21.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

(HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs

purposes. The written description of the scope of this order remains

dispositive.

The review covers one Indian manufacturer/exporter, Panchmahal, and

the period February 1, 1996 through January 31, 1997.

Comments From Interested Parties

We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our

preliminary results. We received no comments.

Final Results of Review

As a result of our analysis, which is unchanged from the

preliminary results of review, we have determined that the following

weighted-average dumping margin exists for Panchmahal:

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Margin

Manufacturer/Exporter Period (percent)

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Panchmahal............................ 2/1/96-1/31/97 0.00

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The Department shall instruct the Customs Service to liquidate all

appropriate entries, and to assess no antidumping duties on

Panchmahal's entries.

Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective

for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these

final results, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act:

(1) The rate for the reviewed firm will be as listed above;

(2) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed

above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific

rate published for the most recent period;

(3) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior

review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but

the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be that rate

established for the manufacturer of the merchandise in the earlier

review or the original investigation, whichever is the most recent; or

(4) If neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered

in this or any previous review conducted by the Department, the cash

deposit rate will be 162.14 percent, the ``all others'' rate

established in the LTFV investigation.

These deposit requirements will remain in effect until publication

of the final results of the next administrative review.

This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate regarding the

reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the

relevant entries during the review period. Failure to comply with this

requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that

reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent

assessment of double antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective order (APOs) of their responsibility

concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under

APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification of

the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the

regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to

sanction.

This administrative review and this notice are in accordance with

section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR

353.22(h).

Dated: May 1, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-12335 Filed 5-8-98; 8:45 am]

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