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AGENCY:
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that producers/exporters of stainless steel bar (SS bar) subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2023. We further determine that a producer/exporter of SS bar from India did not make sales of subject merchandise below normal value during the POR.
DATES:
Applicable September 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hermes Pinilla, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 5, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the 2022-2023 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on SS bar from India. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. On June 10, 2024, we extended the deadline for issuing the final results of administrative review to August 29, 2024. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. The deadline for issuing the final results of administrative review is now September 5, 2024. Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,89 FR 15812 (March 5, 2024) ( Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
See Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Final Results,” dated June 10, 2024.
See Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024.
Scope of the Order
See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India and Japan,60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) ( Order).
The product covered by the Order is SS bar from India. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties in this review are listed in the appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
See Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Bar from India; 2022-2023,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain cost related adjustments to Laxcon Steels Limited's, and its affiliates', Ocean Steels Private Limited's, Metlax International Private Limited's, Parvati Private Limited's, and Mega Steels Private Limited's (collectively, Laxcon) information. In addition, we recalculated Laxcon's reported indirect selling expense calculation and removed an adjustment to U.S. price reported under a certain billing adjustment field (BILLADJ1U) for Aamor Inox Limited. For a detailed discussion of the issues raised by parties, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Id. at Comments 1, 3, 4, and 5.
Id. at Comment 6.
Id. at Comment 8.
Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a market economy investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for companies which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative review.
Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely on the basis of facts available. In this review, we have determined that the estimated weighted-average margin for Aamor is de minimis. Therefore, the only rate that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, is the rate calculated for Laxcon. Accordingly, we assigned a margin of 0.70 percent based on Laxcon's calculated weighted-average dumping margin to the non-examined companies.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2023:
Collectively, these companies are known as Laxcon.
Collectively, these companies are known as Venus Group.