Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Stainless Steel Flanges from India

Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

DATES:

Applicable August 20, 2026.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On December 19, 2024, Commerce selected the following companies as the mandatory respondents in this administrative review: BFN/Viraj  ⁽¹⁾ and Chandan Steel Limited (Chandan). ⁽²⁾ On February 18, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment. ⁽³⁾ On May 29, July 21, and August 3, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of this review, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2). ⁽⁴⁾ The deadline for the final results is now August 17, 2026. For a complete description of the events that have occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. ⁽⁵⁾ Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Order  ⁽⁶⁾

The merchandise covered by the Order is flanges from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

The issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. ⁽⁷⁾ A list of the issues raised is attached to this notice in Appendix I. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), which is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/frnotices.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

We made no changes to the Preliminary Results based on comments from interested parties.

Review-Specific Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual Review

The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a less-than-fair value (LTFV) investigation for guidance when calculating the rate for companies which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any margins that are zero, de minimis, or determined entirely on the basis of facts available.

In this administrative review, Commerce preliminarily assigned a margin based entirely on adverse facts available to BFN/Viraj. Therefore, the only rate that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available is the rate calculated for Chandan. Accordingly, we continue to assign Chandan's rate of 0.60 percent to the companies not selected for individual examination in this review, in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act. The companies not selected for individual examination are listed in Appendix II.

Final Results of Review

As a result of this review, we determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024:

Disclosure

Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis performed to interested parties for these final results within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), for Chandan, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of the sales. For the companies identified in Appendix II that were not selected for individual examination, we assigned an assessment rate based on the methodology described in the "Review-Specific Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual Review" section, above. For BFN/Viraj, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries based on the dumping margin listed in the "Final Results of Review" section, above.

In accordance with Commerce's "automatic assessment" practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Chandan for which the company did not know that the merchandise it sold to the intermediary ( i.e., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate ( i.e., 7.00 percent), ⁽⁹⁾ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. ⁽¹⁰⁾

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered by this review but covered in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered by this review, a previous review, or the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the case deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 7.00 percent, ⁽¹¹⁾ the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Order

IV. Discussion of the Issues

Comment 1: Differential Pricing Analysis

Comment 2: Application of Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to BFN/Viraj

V. Recommendation

Appendix II

List of Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination

1. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.

2. CD Industries (Prop. Kisaan Engineering Works Pvt. Ltd.)

3. Cetus Engineering Private Limited

4. Fivebros Forgings Private Limited

5. Hilton Metal Forging Limited

6. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.

7. Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited

8. Pradeep Metals Limited

9. R.N. Gupta & Company Limited

⁽¹⁾  BFN/Viraj is a collective entity consisting of BFN Forgings Private Limited; Flanschen werk Bebitz GmbH; Viraj Alloys, Ltd.; Viraj Forgings, Ltd.; Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd.; and Viraj Profiles Private Limited (collectively, BFN/Viraj). See, e.g., Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstance Determination, 83 FR 40745 (August 16, 2018), where Commerce collapsed these entities.

⁽²⁾ See Memorandum, " Respondent Selection," dated December 19, 2024.

⁽³⁾ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 91 FR 7433 (February 18, 2026) ( Preliminary Results ), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

⁽⁴⁾ See Memoranda, "Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review," dated May 29, 2026; "Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review," dated July 21, 2026; and " Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review," dated August 3, 2026.

⁽⁵⁾ See Memorandum, "Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Flanges from India; 2023-2024," dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).

⁽⁶⁾ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 50639 (October 9, 2018) ( Order ).

⁽⁷⁾ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.

⁽⁸⁾  The exporters/producers not selected for individual examination are listed in Appendix II.

⁽⁹⁾ See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony with the Final Determination of Antidumping Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination, 86 FR 50325, 50326 (September 8, 2021) ( Amended Final ).

⁽¹⁰⁾  For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

⁽¹¹⁾ See Amended Final, 86 FR at 50326.