Notice2021-28070
Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
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Published
December 27, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Both- Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd (Bothwell) made sales of subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73241-73242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28070]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-863]
Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Both-
Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd (Bothwell) made sales of subject
merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during
the period of review (POR), September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020.
DATES: Applicable December 27, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Ayache or Samuel Glickstein,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2623
or (202) 482-5307, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 30, 2021, Commerce published the preliminary results of
the 2019-2020 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
forged steel fittings from Taiwan.\1\ This review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise, Bothwell. For the events that
occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Results, as well as a
full discussion of the issues raised by parties for these final
results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted
this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 86 FR 48401
(August 30, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2019-2020 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \3\
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\3\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
Order, 83 FR 48280 (September 24, 2018) (Order).
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The products covered by this Order are forged steel fittings from
Taiwan. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
In the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we address the sole issue
raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties
as reflected in the list of topics provided in the appendix to this
notice. 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>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on the comments received from interested parties and record
information, we made no changes to our preliminary weighted-average
dumping margin calculations for Bothwell.
Final Results of the Administrative Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin
exists for Bothwell for the period September 1, 2019, through August
31, 2020:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Both-Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd....................... 5.57
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection with the final results of review
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce made no
adjustments to the margin calculation methodology used in the
Preliminary Results, there are no calculations to disclose for the
final results of review.
Assessment Rates
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.\4\ 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
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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).
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because the respondent did not
report entered value, we calculated importer-specific per-unit duty
assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping
duties calculated for the examined sales to the total quantity of those
sales. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) within the meaning of
19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\5\ To determine whether an
importer-specific per-unit duty assessment rate is de minimis, we
calculated an estimated entered value.
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\5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012).
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The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.\6\
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\6\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Consistent with Commerce's clarification of its assessment
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
Bothwell for which it did not know the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\7\
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\7\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of forged steel fittings from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of
the final results as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for Bothwell will be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final results of this review; (2) for
merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this
review but covered in a prior completed segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate
published in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or the original less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, then the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed segment
for the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to
be 116.17 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\8\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\8\ See Order, 83 FR at 48281.
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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 prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this 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.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction 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 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 subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: December 20, 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: Whether Commerce Should Request Additional Information
From Bothwell
V. Recommendation
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