Notice2023-08230
Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021
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Published
April 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel Fittings Co., Ltd. (Both-Well) as well as four additional companies which are eligible for a separate rate, exporters of forged steel fittings from the People's Republic of China (China), sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2020, through October 31, 2021. Commerce further determines that Jiangsu Forged Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu) had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR, and 20 companies for which this review was initiated are not eligible for a separate rate and are thus part of the China-wide entity.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24167-24169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08230]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-067]
Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel Fittings Co., Ltd. (Both-Well) as well as
four additional companies which are eligible for a separate rate,
exporters of forged steel fittings from the People's Republic of China
(China), sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below
normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2020,
through October 31, 2021. Commerce further determines that Jiangsu
Forged Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu) had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR, and 20 companies for which this review was
initiated are not eligible for a separate rate and are thus part of the
China-wide entity.
DATES: Applicable April 19, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Palmer, 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) 482-0968.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results \1\ on December 7, 2022,
and invited interested parties to comment. For a complete description
of the events that occurred since the Preliminary
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Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021, 87 FR
75034 (December 7, 2022) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Forged Steel Fittings
from the People's Republic of China; 2020-2021,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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\3\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Italy and the People's
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 60397, dated
November 26, 2018 (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is forged steel fittings from
China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the parties' briefs are addressed in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed is
included as Appendix I 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 our review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, we made certain
revisions to the margin calculations for Both-Well.\4\ For a discussion
of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results Calculation Memorandum for Both-Well,'' dated concurrently
with this notice.
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Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, we preliminarily determined that
Jiangsu had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States
during the POR.\5\ No party filed comments with respect to this
preliminary determination and we received no information to contradict
the preliminary finding. Therefore, we continue to find that Jiangsu
had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR and will issue
appropriate liquidation instructions that are consistent with our
``automatic assessment'' clarification for these final results.\6\
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\5\ See Preliminary Results, 87 FR at 75035.
\6\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (Assessment
Practice Refinement).
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Separate Rate
In our Preliminary Results, we determined that the following
companies demonstrated their eligibility for separate rates: Both-Well;
Lianfa Stainless Steel Pipes & Valves (Qingyun) Co., Ltd.; Qingdao
Bestflow Industrial Co., Ltd.; Xin Yi International Trade Co., Limited;
and Yingkou Guangming Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd.\7\ We received no
arguments since the issuance of the Preliminary Results that provide a
basis for reconsideration of these determinations. Therefore, for these
final results, we continue to find that the five companies listed in
the table in the ``Final Results'' section of this notice are each
eligible for a separate rate.
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\7\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 6-7.
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The China-Wide Entity
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce found that 20 companies for
which a review was initiated did not establish their eligibility for a
separate rate.\8\ No parties contested this finding. As such, we
continue to determine these 20 companies identified in Appendix II are
part of the China-wide entity. Because no party requested a review of
the China-wide entity, and Commerce no longer considers the China-wide
entity as an exporter conditionally subject to administrative
reviews,\9\ we did not conduct a review of the China-wide entity. Thus,
the weighted-average dumping margin for the China-wide entity rate
(i.e., 142.72 percent) is not subject to change.\10\
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\8\ Id. at 8.
\9\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65969-70 (November
4, 2013).
\10\ See Order, 83 FR at 60397.
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Rate for Non-Examined Separate Rate Respondents
In the Preliminary Results,\11\ and consistent with Commerce's
practice,\12\ we assigned the non-examined, separate rate companies a
rate equal to the calculated weighted-average dumping margin for the
mandatory respondent whose rate was not zero, de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent), or based entirely on facts available (i.e., the
weighted-average dumping margin for Both-Well). No parties commented on
the methodology for calculating this separate rate. For the final
results, we continue to apply this approach, as it is consistent with
the intent of, and our use of, section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act).\13\
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\11\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 7-8.
\12\ See, e.g., Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks
from the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR 36656, 36660 (July 24, 2009).
\13\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Final Results and Final Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 56158, 56160
(September 12, 2011).
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Final Results of Review
For companies subject to this review, which established their
eligibility for a separate rate, Commerce determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period November 1, 2020,
through October 31, 2021:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel Fittings Co., Ltd................. 29.06
Review-Specific Rate Applicable to the Following Companies:
Lianfa Stainless Steel Pipes & Valves (Qingyun) Co., Ltd.. 29.06
Qingdao Bestflow Industrial Co., Ltd...................... 29.06
Xin Yi International Trade Co., Limited................... 29.06
Yingkou Guangming Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd.............. 29.06
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to interested
parties in this proceeding under an administrative protective order
(APO) within five days of the date of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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. 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 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 Both-Well, which has a final weighted-average dumping margin
that
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is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will
calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates by dividing the
total amount of dumping calculated for all reviewed U.S. sales to the
importer by the total entered value of the merchandise sold to the
importer by Both-Well, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where
Both-Well did not report entered value, we will calculate importer-
specific per-unit duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total
amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the importer to
the total sales quantity associated with those sales. To determine
whether an importer-specific per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
Where an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard
to antidumping duties.\14\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For the respondents which were not selected for individual
examination in this administrative review, and which qualified for a
separate rate, the assessment rate will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin assigned to them for the final results (i.e.,
29.06 percent). For the companies identified as part of the China-wide
entity, we will instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of
142.72 percent to all POR entries of subject merchandise which was
exported by those companies.
Pursuant to a refinement in our non-market economy practice, for
sales that were not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted by Both-
Well during this review, we will instruct CBP to liquidate entries
associated with those sales at the rate for the China-wide entity.\15\
Furthermore, where we found that an exporter under review had no
shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that
entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's
cash deposit rate) will be liquidated at the rate for the China-wide
entity.\16\
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\15\ See Assessment Practice Refinement, 76 FR at 65694 for a
full discussion of this practice.
\16\ Id.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for
shipments of the subject merchandise from China 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 Both-Well and the
non-examined separate rate respondents, the cash deposit rate will be
29.06 percent; (2) for previously examined Chinese and non-Chinese
exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) for all Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for
the China-wide entity (i.e., 142.72 percent); and (4) for all non-
Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their
own separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to
the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter.
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties occurred
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the
countervailing duties.
Notification Regarding APO
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 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
These final results and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: April 12, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Universe of U.S. Sales
Comment 2: Labor Surrogate Value (SV)
Comment 3: Adjustment of U.S. Price for Export Subsidies
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Not Eligible for a Separate Rate
1. Cixi Baicheng Hardware Tools, Ltd.
2. Dalian Guangming Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd.
3. Eaton Hydraulics (Luzhou) Co., Ltd.
4. Eaton Hydraulics (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
5. Jiangsu Haida Pipe Fittings Group Co.
6. Jinan Mech Piping Technology Co., Ltd.
7. Jining Dingguan Precision Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
8. Luzhou City Chengrun Mechanics Co., Ltd.
9. Ningbo HongTe Industrial Co., Ltd.
10. Ningbo Long Teng Metal Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
11. Ningbo Save Technology Co., Ltd.
12. Ningbo Zhongan Forging Co., Ltd.
13. Q.C. Witness International Co., Ltd.
14. Shanghai Lon Au Stainless Steel Materials Co., Ltd.
15. Witness International Co., Ltd.
16. Yancheng Boyue Tube Co., Ltd.
17. Yancheng Haohui Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd.
18. Yancheng Jiuwei Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd.
19. Yancheng Manda Pipe Industry Co., Ltd.
20. Yuyao Wanlei Pipe Fitting Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2023-08230 Filed 4-18-23; 8:45 am]
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