Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From the Federal Republic of Germany, India, Italy and the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-428-848, C-533-894, C-475-841, C-570-116] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable January 8, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Palmer at (202) 482-9068 (Germany), Ethan Talbot at (202) 482-1030 (India and Italy), and Janae Martin at (202) 482-0238 (China), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Petitions On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) received countervailing duty (CVD) petitions concerning imports of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), India, Italy and the People's Republic of China (China), filed in proper form on behalf of the FEB Fair Trade Coalition, Ellwood Group, [ 1 ] and Finkl Steel  [ 2 ] (collectively, the petitioners), domestic producers of fluid end blocks. [ 3 ] The Petitions were accompanied by antidumping duty (AD) petitions concerning imports of fluid end blocks from Germany, India and Italy. [ 4 ] On December 23, 2019 and January 2, 2020, Commerce requested supplemental information pertaining to certain aspects of the Petitions in separate supplemental questionnaires. [ 5 ] ( printed page 2386) The petitioners filed responses to the supplemental questionnaires on…