Notice2021-27849
Cast Iron Soil Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2020
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Published
December 23, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that an exporter of cast iron soil pipe from the People's Republic of China made sales at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) August 31, 2018, through April 30, 2020.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 244 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72929-72930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27849]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-079]
Cast Iron Soil Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that an
exporter of cast iron soil pipe from the People's Republic of China
made sales at prices below normal value during the period of review
(POR) August 31, 2018, through April 30, 2020.
DATES: Applicable December 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2243.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 9, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published
the Preliminary Results and invited interested parties to comment.\1\
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\1\ See Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-
2020, 86 FR 43523 (August 9, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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On October 8, 2021, Commerce received the petitioner's case
brief.\2\ On October 15, 2021, Commerce received a rebuttal brief from
the sole mandatory respondent in this review, Yuncheng Jiangxian
Economic Development Zone HengTong Casting Co., Ltd. (HengTong).\3\ On
December 1, 2021, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results
of this review until December 17, 2021.\4\ For a complete description
of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\
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\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the
People's Republic of China: Petitioner's Case Brief,'' dated October
8, 2021. The petitioner is the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute.
\3\ See HengTong's Letter, ``Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the
People's Republic of China A-570-079 (Review 8/31/18-4/30/20).
HengTong's Rebuttal Brief,'' dated October 15, 2021.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's
Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2018-2020,'' dated December
1, 2021.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's
Republic of China: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2020,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is cast iron soil pipe from
the People's Republic of China. For a complete description of the scope
of this order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\6\ Id.
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Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The appendix to this notice
identifies the sole issue which parties raised. 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). ACCESS is available to
registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties, and for the reasons explained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, we made changes to the Preliminary Results.\7\ For
these final results, Commerce is now applying facts available with an
adverse inference (AFA) to HengTong.\8\ Accordingly, we are applying
the highest rate from any segment of this proceeding, i.e., 235.93
percent, as AFA.\9\ For a discussion of this change, see the
``Discussion of the Issue'' section of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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\7\ Id.
\8\ Id.
\9\ See Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's Republic of China:
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 84
FR 6767, 6769 (February 28, 2019).
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Final Results of Administrative Review
We are assigning the following dumping margin to the firm listed
below for the POR, August 31, 2018, through April 30, 2020:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Yuncheng Jiangxian Economic Development Zone HengTong 235.93
Casting Co., Ltd (aka HengTong Casting Co., Ltd.).........
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the final results of a review within five
days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final
results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because
Commerce applied a rate based on total AFA to the mandatory respondent
in this review, in accordance with section 776 of Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), there are no calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by
this review. We intend to issue appropriate 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).
For the final results, we will instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem
assessment rate equal to the dumping margin shown above to all entries
of subject merchandise during the POR which were exported by HengTong.
We intend to instruct CBP to take into account the ``provisional
measures deposit cap,'' in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212 (d).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For HengTong, the cash deposit rate will
be equal to the dumping margin assigned in the final results of this
review; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed China and non-China
exporters not listed above that, at the time of entry are eligible for
a separate rate based on a prior completed segment of this proceeding,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-
specific cash deposit rate; (3) for all China exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate
at the time of entry, the cash deposit rate will be that for the China-
wide entity (i.e., 235.93 percent); \10\ and (4) for all non-China
exporters of subject merchandise which at the time of entry are not
eligible for a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the China exporter that supplied that non-China exporter.
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\10\ Id.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to APO of
their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: December 15, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, Performing the
Non-Exclusive Functions and Duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issue
Comment 1: Application of AFA to HengTong
V. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2021-27849 Filed 12-22-21; 8:45 am]
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