Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India; Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]

Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India; Rescission of

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of rescission of antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is rescinding the February 1, 1998

through January 31, 1999 antidumping duty administrative review of

certain stainless steel flanges from India manufactured by Echjay

Forgings Ltd.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 5, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Killiam or Mike Heaney, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482-3019 and 482-4475, respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to

the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, all

references to the Department of Commerce's (``the Department's'')

regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (April 1998).

Scope of Review

The merchandise subject to this review is 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

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subject to this order are currently classifiable under subheadings

7307.21.1000 and 7307.21.5000 of the HTSUS.

Rescission of 1997/98 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

On March 29, 1999, in response to a request from Echjay Forgings,

Ltd. (Echjay), the Department published a Notice of Initiation of

Antidumping and Countervailing Administrative Reviews (64 FR 14860).

Echjay was the only party who requested a review. Subsequently, we

received information from respondent Echjay which indicated that the

company made no sales or consumption entries of subject merchandise in

the United States during the period of review. On May 25, 1999, the

Department forwarded a no-shipment inquiry to the U.S. Customs Service

(Customs) for circulation to all Customs ports. Customs did not

indicate to the Department that there was any record of consumption

entries of subject merchandise by Echjay during the POR. We are

therefore rescinding this review in its entirety in accordance with

section(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and section

351.213(d)(3) of our regulations.

This notice is published in accordance with section 777(i)(1) of

the Act.

Dated: September 27, 1999.

Edward Yang,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-25752 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]

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