U.S. Department of Commerce Finds Dumping of Stainless Steel Flanges from India
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Date: 2026-08-20
The U.S. Department of Commerce has found that some producers and exporters of stainless steel flanges from India sold their products in the U.S. at prices below normal value. This finding is part of an antidumping duty administrative review for the period from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024.
The review determined that Chandan Steel Limited made sales at a dumping margin of 0.60 percent. Another group of companies, known together as BFN/Viraj, had a weighted-average dumping margin of 50.72 percent.
Several other companies were also reviewed but not individually examined. These companies, which include Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd., CD Industries, and others, were assigned a dumping margin of 0.60 percent.
The Department of Commerce used adverse facts available for BFN/Viraj due to issues found during the review. This led to the higher dumping margin for these companies.
For companies not individually reviewed, the dumping margin applied is the rate determined for Chandan, which is 0.60 percent.
These results lead to certain requirements for U.S. importers. Importers of these flanges will need to pay cash deposits based on these margins. For BFN/Viraj, the rate is 50.72 percent. For others, it’s 0.60 percent. If a seller does not know the final destination of its sales, duties might be based on a higher rate.
For importers, this means they might owe more duties on stainless steel flanges coming from India. This is to make sure Indian producers sell at fair prices in the U.S.
The Department will not change the cash deposit requirements from before, aside from the adjustments made in this review. These rules will stay until they are updated again in a future review.
The Department of Commerce will follow up by issuing instructions for assessing these duties. This will happen no earlier than 35 days after this announcement. Rates for unreviewed producers will depend on past decisions if those are available.
This decision plays a crucial role in protecting fair trade practices in the United States by ensuring imported products do not harm American businesses by being priced unfairly low.
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