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AD: India Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges

The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain forged stainless steel flanges from India for the period of February 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006.

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AD Cash Deposit Instructions for a Time of Entry on or after 08/13/07:

Company
(a)
48.68%
(b),(c),(d)

(a) The ITA has determined a 0.00% AD duty cash deposit rate for Echjay, therefore, no cash deposit will be required, but it remains subject to the order;

(b) For previously investigated companies not listed above, the AD duty cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period;

(c) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or in the AD investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the AD duty cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and

(d) The AD duty cash deposit rate for all other manufacturer or exporters will continue to be 162.14%, the "all others" rate established in the AD investigation.

Assessment Instructions for the Review Period (02/01/05 - 01/31/06)

The ITA states that it intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after August 13, 2007.

The ITA states that it calculated importer-specific duty assessment rates for subject merchandise, which trade sources note may differ significantly from the AD cash deposit rate listed above (which is a weighted average).

The ITA adds that for entries of subject merchandise during the review period produced by companies included in these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know the merchandise was destined for the U.S., the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the "all-others" rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/03 news, 03060245, for BP summary of the ITA's May 2003 "automatic assessment" regulation.)

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, the rescission of the review for Shree Ganesh Forgings, Ltd., etc.

See ITT's Online Archives or 03/20/07 news, 07032030, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this AD duty administrative review.)

ITA contact - Fred Baker (202) 482-2924

ITA notice (FR Pub 08/13/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-15810.pdf