India Finished Steel Flanges: Final Results of CVD Admin Review
The Commerce Department published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on finished carbon steel flanges from India (C-533-872). It said it made no changes to its preliminary results, and set new CV duty cash deposit rates for 38 exporters. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.
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New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect Feb. 20
New CV duty cash deposit rates for the producers and exporters subject to his review take effect Feb. 20, the date these final results were published in the Federal Register. The new rates, which also will apply for importer assessment purposes, are as follows:
| Producer/Exporter | CV Rate |
|---|---|
| Norma (India) Ltd., USK Export Private Limited (USK), Uma Shanker Khandelwal and Co., (UMA) and Bansidhar Chiranjilal (BCL) | 2.98% |
| R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd. | 3.2% |
| Review Average Rate (Applicable to 36 companies) | 3.09% |
Review average rate. The review average CVD rate is applicable to the following 36 companies: Adinath International; Allena Group; Alloyed Steel; Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd.; Bebitz Flanges Works Private Ltd.; C.D. Industries; Cetus Engineering Private Limited; 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 (PSW); 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; and Umashanker Khandelwal Forging Limited.
Companies that didn't get a rate in this review will keep their most recently assigned cash deposit rate. If the exporter has never been assigned its own CV 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 applies.
(The review period is 01/01/21 - 12/31/21. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2308160016 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)