Notice2024-28928
Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
December 10, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Yingkou Guangming Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd. (Yingkou Guangming), the sole mandatory respondent in this review, and Jiangsu Forged Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Forged), are not eligible for a separate rate in the above-referenced administrative review of the antidumping duty order on forged steel fittings from the People's Republic of China (China), and are to be considered part of the China-wide entity The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99221-99223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28928]
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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 the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Yingkou Guangming Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd. (Yingkou Guangming), the
sole mandatory respondent in this review, and Jiangsu Forged Pipe
Fittings Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Forged), are not eligible for a separate
rate in the above-referenced administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on forged steel fittings from the People's Republic of China
(China), and are to be considered part of the China-wide entity The
period of review (POR) is November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable December 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hannah Lee or Robert Palmer, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1216 and (202) 482-9068,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results on August 13, 2024, and
invited interested parties to comment.\1\ We received no comments on
the Preliminary Results and have made no changes to the Preliminary
Results. Accordingly, no decision memoranda accompany this notice, and
the final results are unchanged from the Preliminary Results. Commerce
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conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
and Rescission of Review, in Part; 2022-2023, 89 FR 65860 (August
13, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of the Order \2\
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\2\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Italy and the People's
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 60397 (November
26, 2018) (Order).
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The merchandise 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, and outlets. Forged
steel fittings are covered regardless of end finish, whether threaded,
socket-weld or other end connections.
While these fittings are generally manufactured to specifications
ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350 and
ASTM A182, the scope is not limited to fittings made to these
specifications.
The term forged is an industry term used to describe a class of
products included in applicable standards, and does not reference an
exclusive manufacturing process. Forged steel fittings are not
manufactured from casting. Pursuant to the applicable specifications,
subject fittings may also be machined from bar stock or machined from
seamless pipe and tube.
All types of fittings are included in the scope regardless of
nominal pipe size (which may or may not be expressed in inches of
nominal pipe size), pressure rating (usually, but not necessarily
expressed in pounds of pressure/PSI, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M;
6,000 or 6M; 9,000 or 9M), wall thickness, and whether or not heat
treated. Excluded from this scope are all fittings entirely made of
stainless steel. Also excluded are flanges, butt weld fittings, butt
weld outlets, nipples, and all fittings that have a maximum pressure
rating of 300 pounds of pressure/PSI or less. Also excluded are
fittings certified or made to the following standards, so long as the
fittings are not also manufactured to the specifications of ASME
B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350, and ASTM
A182:
<bullet> American Petroleum Institute (API) 5CT, API 5L, or API 11B
<bullet> Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) J476, SAE J514, SAE
J516, SAE J517, SAE J518, SAE J1026, SAE J1231, SAE J1453, SAE J1926,
J2044, or SAE AS 35411
<bullet> Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) certified electrical conduit
fittings
<bullet> ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865
<bullet> Casing Conductor Connectors 16-42 inches in diameter made to
proprietary specifications
<bullet> Military Specification (MIL) MIL-C-4109F and MIL-F-3541
<bullet> International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO6150-B
To be excluded from the scope, products must have the appropriate
standard or pressure markings and/or be accompanied by documentation
showing product compliance to the applicable standard or pressure,
e.g., ``API 5CT'' mark and/or a mill certification report. Subject
carbon and alloy forged steel fittings are normally entered under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings
7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They also
may be entered under HTSUS subheadings 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030,
7307.92.9000, and 7326.19.0010. The HTSUS subheadings and
specifications are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the
written description of the scope is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce preliminarily determined that
Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming had not established their
eligibility for a separate rate.\3\ As such, we preliminarily
determined that Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming were part of the
China-wide entity.\4\ Because we received no comments, we made no
changes from the Preliminary Results and we continue to find that
Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming are part of the China-wide entity.
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\3\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 6.
\4\ Id.
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Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative review.\5\ Under this policy, the
China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically
requests and Commerce initiates, or Commerce self-initiates, a review
of the China-wide entity.\6\ Because no party requested a review of the
China-wide entity and Commerce did not self-initiate a review of the
China-wide entity for this review period, the China-wide entity is not
under review and the China-wide entity's rate (i.e., 142.72 percent
\7\) is not subject to change.
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\5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\6\ Id.
\7\ See Order, 83 FR 60399.
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
of the final results of an administrative review within five days of a
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However,
because we made no changes from the Preliminary Results, 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. 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).
We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review, when the company-specific
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.50 percent), or when the importer-specific assessment rate
calculated in the final results of this review is not zero or de
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Because Commerce finds both companies are part of the China-wide
entity in the final results, Commerce will instruct CBP to apply an ad
valorem assessment rate of 142.72 percent to all entries of subject
merchandise during the POR which were exported by the China-wide
entity, which includes Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming.
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 previously
examined Chinese and non-Chinese exporters for which a review was not
requested and that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this
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proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing
exporter-specific rate; (2) 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 (3) 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
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.
Administrative Protective Order (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: December 4, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-28928 Filed 12-9-24; 8:45 am]
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