Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-533-871]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable February 12, 2026. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Theodora Mattei, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; (202) 482-4834. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On August 24, 2017, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> the antidumping duty order on finished carbon steel flanges from India. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On August 1, 2024, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order.</E> <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On September 20, 2024, Commerce initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on finished carbon steel flanges from India, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> On November 15, 2024, Commerce selected Norma Group  <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> and R.N. Gupta & Co., Ltd. (RNG) as mandatory respondents in this administrative review. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India and Italy: Antidumping Duty Orders,</E> 82 FR 40136 (August 24, 2017) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,</E> 89 FR 62714 (August 1, 2024). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 89 FR 77079 (September 20, 2024). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>  In prior segments of this proceeding, we determined that Norma (India) Limited, USK Exports Private Limited, Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co., and Bansidhar Chiranjilal were affiliated and should be treated as a single entity (Norma Group). <E T="03">See, e.g., Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination,</E> 82 FR 9719 (February 8, 2017), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum, at 4-5, unchanged in <E T="03">Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,</E> 82 FR 29483 (June 29, 2017). In this review, Norma (India) Limited and its affiliated entities have affirmed that the factual basis on which Commerce made its prior determinations has not changed. <E T="03">See</E> Norma Group's Letter, “Response to Section A of Anti-Dumping duty Original Questionnaire.,” dated January 21, 2025; <E T="03">see also</E> Norma Group's Letter, “1st Supplemental Response Section A, C and D of Anti-Dumping duty Questionnaire,” dated August 11, 2025. Therefore, Commerce continues to treat these four companies as a single entity. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Respondent Selection,” dated November 15, 2024 (Respondent Selection Memorandum). </FTNT> On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 90 days. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> On July 17, 2025, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce extended the time period for issuing these preliminary results by 112 days, until no later than November 21, 2025 Additionally, due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days, <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> and due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21 days. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary results is now January 28, 2026. <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the Federal Government,” dated November 17, 2025. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of all Case Deadlines,” dated November 24, 2025. </FTNT> For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India; 2023-2024,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Order</HD> The merchandise covered by the <E T="03">Order</E> is finished carbon steel flanges. For a complete description of the scope of the <E T="03">Order, see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. Export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Rate for Non-Selected Companies</HD> The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of a 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 market economy 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 zero or <E T="03">de minimis</E> margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available}.” In this administrative review, we preliminarily calculated weighted-average dumping margins for Norma Group and RNG that are not zero, <E T="03">de minimis</E> ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> less than 0.5 percent), or determined entirely on the basis of facts available. Accordingly, consistent with guidance in section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, Commerce is preliminarily assigning to the companies not individually examined a margin of 2.35 percent, which is the weighted average of the dumping margins calculated for Norma Group and RNG based on publicly ranged U.S. sales values. <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> The companies not selected for individual examination are listed in Appendix II. <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Calculation of Margin for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,” dated concurrently with this notice. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of Review</HD> Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,nj,tp0,i1" CDEF="s150,15"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Producer/exporter</CHED> <ENT I="01">R.N. Gupta & Company Limited</ENT> <ENT>2.65</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Norma (India) Limited/USK Exports Private Limited/Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co./Bansidhar Chiranjilal</ENT> <ENT>1.88</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01"> Non-Selected Companies  <ENT>2.35</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1"> Appendix II for a list of companies not selected for individual examination. </FTNT> Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis performed to interested parties for these preliminary 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). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Public Comment </HD> Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we h ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 20k characters. 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