India Carbon Steel Flanges: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on finished carbon steel flanges from India (A-533-871). Commerce found 41 companies under review did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning each of them a zero percent AD duty rate. Subject merchandise from these 41 companies entered Aug. 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020, will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties, and future entries of subject merchandise from the 41 companies will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. Changes to cash deposit rates from these final results take effect March 10, the date these final results are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
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The companies for which Commerce calculated a zero rate are R. N. Gupta & Co., Ltd. and the affiliated companies Norma (India) Ltd./USK Exports Private Ltd./Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co./Bansidhar Chiranjilal, as well as the following 36 companies not individually investigated but assigned a review-average zero rate: Adinath International; Aditya Forge Limited; Allena Group; Alloyed Steel; Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.; Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited; C. D. Industries; CHW Forge; CHW Forge Pvt. Ltd.; Citizen Metal Depot; Corum Flange; DN Forge Industries; Echjay Forgings Limited; Falcon Valves and Flanges Private Limited; Heubach International; Hindon Forge Pvt. Ltd.; Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.; Kinnari Steel Corporation; Mascot Metal Manufacturers; M F Rings and Bearing Races Ltd.; Munish Forge Private Limited; OM Exports; Punjab Steel Works; Raaj Sagar Steels; Ravi Ratan Metal Industries; R. D. Forge; Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd.; Rollwell Forge Engineering Components and Flanges; Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd.; SHM (ShinHeung Machinery); Siddhagiri Metal & Tubes; Sizer India; Steel Shape India; Sudhir Forgings Pvt. Ltd.; Tirupati Forge Pvt. Ltd.; and Umashanker Khandelwal Forging Limited.
For exporters of subject merchandise that were not under review (i.e., all except the 41 companies listed above), cash deposit rates remain at the level set in the most recent review of each respective company. If the exporter has never been assigned its own AD rate, but the manufacturer has, the rate assigned to the manufacturer applies. For merchandise manufactured and exported by companies that have never been assigned a cash deposit rate by Commerce, the all others rate of 8.91% applies.
(The review period is 08/01/19 - 07/31/20. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2109030032 for summary of the preliminary results of this review.)