Notice2023-20722
Forged Steel Fittings From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
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Published
September 25, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 184 (Monday, September 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65653-65654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20722]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-904]
Forged Steel Fittings From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this
administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than
normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2021,
through November 30, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 25, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Alexander, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4313.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 11, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty order on forged steel fittings from the Republic
of Korea (Korea).\1\ On February 2, 2023, based on a timely request for
review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review of the Order.\2\ This review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise, Samyoung Fitting Co., Ltd.
(Samyoung). For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from India and the Republic of
Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 80014 (December 11, 2020)
(Order); see also Forged Steel Fittings from India and the Republic
of Korea: Notice of Correction to the Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Orders, 85 FR 81876 (December 17 2020).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 7060 (February 2, 2023) (Initiation
Notice).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022:
Forged Steel Fittings from the Republic of Korea,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is carbon and alloy forged steel
fittings, whether unfinished (commonly known as blanks or rough
forgings) or finished. Such fittings are made in a variety of shapes
including, but not limited to, elbows, tees, crosses, laterals,
couplings, reducers, caps, plugs, bushings, unions (including hammer
unions), and outlets. Forged steel fittings are covered regardless of
end finish, whether threaded, socket-weld or other end connections. For
a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Export price and constructed export price are 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 our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
following estimated weighted average dumping margin exists for Samyoung
for the POR:
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Weighted-
average dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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Samyoung Fitting Co., Ltd.............................. 2.67
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\4\ Case briefs
or other written comments may be submitted to Commerce no later than 30
days after the date of publication of this notice.\5\ Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than
seven days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\6\ Parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged
to submit with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\7\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\8\ Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary information, until further notice.\9\
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c); see also Temporary Rule Modifying AD/
CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective
Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\9\ See Temporary Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.\10\ Hearing requests should contain: (1)
the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at
a date and time to be determined.\11\ Parties should confirm by
telephone the date and time of the hearing two days before the
scheduled date. An electronically filed document must be received
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication
of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\12\
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\12\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\13\
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), if Samyoung's weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent)
in the final results of this review, we intend to calculate importer-
specific assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total
entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\14\ If Samyoung's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis 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 entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\15\ 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.\16\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\14\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012)
(Final Modification for Reviews).
\15\ Id., 77 FR at 8102; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\16\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
Samyoung for which it did not know that the merchandise it sold 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.\17\
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\17\ 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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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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the company
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is
less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of
19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero;
(2) for merchandise exported by a company not covered in this review
but covered in a prior 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 a previous segment, 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; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers
or exporters will continue to be 17.08 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\18\ These deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\18\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 review period. 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 to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 14, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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