Notice2023-26467
Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
December 1, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on forged steel fittings from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Review" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 230 (Friday, December 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26467]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-068]
Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on forged steel
fittings from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the
levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this
notice.
DATES: Applicable December 1, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Horn, 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) 482-4868.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 26, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the CVD order on forged steel fittings from China.\1\ On August 1,
2023, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the first sunset
review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).\2\
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 60396 (November 26, 2018)
(Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 50110
(August 1, 2023).
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On August 16, 2023, Commerce received notices of intent to
participate in this review from Bonney Forge Corporation (Bonney
Forge), Phoenix Forge Group d/b/a Capitol Manufacturing Company, LLC
(Capitol Manufacturing Company), and the United Steel, Paper and
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service
Workers International Union (USW) (collectively, the domestic
interested parties), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ Bonney Forge and Capitol Manufacturing Company
claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as
producers of the domestic like product in the United States. The USW is
a certified labor union whose members include workers at the facilities
in which the domestic like product is produced and is, therefore, an
interested party within the meaning of section 771(9)(D) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.102(b)(17). On August 31, 2023, Commerce received an
adequate substantive response to the notice of initiation from the
domestic interested parties, within the 30-day deadline specified in 19
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ We received no substantive responses from any
respondent interested parties, including the Government of China, nor
was a hearing requested.
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\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter ``Notice of Intent
to Participate in the Five-Year Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Forged Steel Fittings from China,'' dated August 16, 2023.
\4\ See Domestic Interest Parties' Letter, ``Substantive
Response,'' dated August 31, 2023.
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On September 20, 2023, Commerce notified the U.S. International
Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive
response from respondent interested parties.\5\ As a result, pursuant
to 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and
(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the
Order.
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\5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for August 2023,''
dated September 20, 2023.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are forged steel fittings. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Forged Steel Fittings from China,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review
are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\ A list of
topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as
an 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
Services System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
<a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://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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\7\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the rates
below:
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Subsidy rate
Producers/exporters (percent)
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Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel Fittings, Co., Ltd............ 13.88
All Others.............................................. 13.88
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
APO of their responsibility concerning the destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
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 sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.218.
Dated: November 27, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Countervailable
Subsidies
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely To Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2023-26467 Filed 11-30-23; 8:45 am]
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