Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2021

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-533-872] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Norma (India) Ltd. (Norma) and R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd. (RNG) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable August 17, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Hepburn or Preston N. Cox, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1882 or (202) 482-5041, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 24, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the countervailing duty order on finished carbon steel flanges from India. [ 1 ] On August 2, 2022, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order . [ 2 ] On August 31, 2022, Weldbend Corporation and Boltex Manufacturing Co., L.P. (collectively, the petitioners), requested a review of 41 producers and/or exporters of subject merchandise. [ 3 ] Further, between August 18 and 31, 2022, Commerce received multiple requests, from Indian producers or exporters of flanges for an administrative review of the Order wit…