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AGENCY:
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting a new shipper review (NSR) of Welspun Specialty Solutions Limited (Welspun) regarding the antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2023, through July 31, 2023. We have preliminarily determined that Welspun's sales were bona fide transactions and were not made below normal value (NV). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES:
Applicable August 13, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joshua Weiner, 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) 482-3902.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 21, 1995, Commerce published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on SS Bar from India. On August 31, 2023, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(c), Commerce received a timely NSR request from Welspun. Based on Welspun's NSR request and supplemental information, we published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of the NSR. On March 5, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline to issue the preliminary results of this NSR by 120 days, to July 25, 2024, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2). On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 1, 2024.
See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India and Japan,60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) ( Order).
See Welspun's Letter, “Request for New Shipper Review,” dated August 31, 2023.
See Commerce's Letter, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results,” dated March 5, 2024.
See Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024.
For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this NSR, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
See Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results in the New Shipper Review of Welspun” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is SS Bar from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying the preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Verification
As provided in 19 CFR 351.307(b)(iv), Commerce verified the information submitted by Welspun in advance of these preliminary results.
See Memorandum, “Verification of the Questionnaire Sales Responses,” dated July 16, 2024 (Verification Report).
Preliminary Results of NSR
As a result of this NSR, Commerce preliminarily determines the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period, February 1, 2023, through July 31, 2023.
| Exporter/producer | Weighted- average dumping margin (percent) |
|---|---|
| Welspun Specialty Solutions Limited | 0.00 |