[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5331-5332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2108]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-809, A-583-821]
Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India and Taiwan: Final
Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 1, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated the sunset review of the antidumping duty orders
on forged stainless steel flanges from India and Taiwan. Because the
domestic interested parties did not participate in these sunset
reviews, the Department is revoking these antidumping duty orders.
DATES: Effective Date: January 23, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert James or Deborah Scott, AD/CVD
Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0649 or (202) 482-2657,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 9, 1994, the Department issued antidumping duty orders
on certain forged stainless steel flanges from India and Taiwan. See
Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Forged
Stainless Steel Flanges From India, 59 FR 5994 (February 9, 1994) and
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From
Taiwan, 59 FR 5995 (February 9, 1994). On January 23, 2006, the
Department published its most recent continuation of the orders. See
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Forged Stainless Steel Flanges
from India and Taiwan, 71 FR 3457 (January 23, 2006) (Notice of
Continuation). On November 1, 2010, the Department initiated sunset
reviews of these orders. See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'')
Review, 75 FR 67082 (November 1, 2010).
We did not receive a notice of intent to participate from domestic
interested parties in these sunset reviews by the deadline date. As a
result, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(A), the Department
determined that no domestic interested party intends to participate in
these sunset reviews, and
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on November 22, 2010,\1\ we notified the International Trade
Commission, in writing, that we intended to issue a final determination
revoking these antidumping duty orders. See 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(2).
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\1\ The deadline for this notification fell on November 21,
2010, a Sunday. Accordingly, we notified the International Trade
Commission on the next business day.
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are 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 connections; 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 these orders are
cast stainless steel flanges. Cast stainless steel flanges generally
are manufactured to specification ASTM A-351. The flanges subject to
these orders are currently classifiable under subheadings 7307.21.1000
and 7307.21.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise
subject to these orders is dispositive of whether or not the
merchandise is covered by the scope of the orders.
Determination To Revoke and Effective Date of Revocation
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no domestic
interested party files a notice of intent to participate, the
Department shall, within 90 days after the initiation of the sunset
review, issue a final determination revoking the order. Because the
domestic interested parties did not file a notice of intent to
participate in these sunset reviews, the Department finds that no
domestic interested party is participating in these sunset reviews.
Therefore, consistent with 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1)(i) and section
751(c)(3)(A) of the Act, we are revoking the antidumping duty orders.
The effective date of revocation of these antidumping duty orders is
January 23, 2011, the fifth anniversary of the date of publication in
the Federal Register of the most recent notice of continuation of this
antidumping duty order. See Notice of Continuation.
Termination of Suspension of Liquidation
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.222(i)(2)(i), the Department intends to issue instructions to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, 15 days after publication of this
notice, to terminate the suspension of liquidation of the merchandise
subject to these orders entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or
after January 23, 2011. Entries of subject merchandise prior to the
effective date of revocation will continue to be subject to suspension
of liquidation and antidumping duty deposit requirements. The
Department will complete any pending administrative reviews of these
orders and will conduct administrative reviews of subject merchandise
entered prior to the effective date of revocation in response to
appropriately filed requests for review.
These five-year (sunset) reviews and notice are published in
accordance with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: January 25, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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