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1For a complete description of the Scope of the 

Order, see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum 

for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks 

from the People’s Republic of China,’’ issued 

concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

2See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011) (NME AD 

Assessment) and the ‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section, 

below. 

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 

and/or countervailing duties has 

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 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 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: December 20, 2018. 

P. Lee Smith, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

• Summary 

• Background 

• Scope of the Order 

• Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

• Selection of Respondents 

• Single Entity Treatment 

• Discussion of the Methodology 

Æ Non-Market Economy Country 

Æ Separate Rates 

Æ Application of Partial Facts Available 

(FA) and Adverse Facts Available (AFA) 

Æ Surrogate Country Selection 

Æ Date of Sale 

Æ Fair Value Comparisons 

Æ U.S. Price 

Æ Normal Value 

Æ Adjustments for Countervailable 

Subsidies 

Æ Export Subsidy Adjustment 

Æ Separate Rate Companies 

Æ Currency Conversion 

• Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–983] 

Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Preliminary Determination 

of No Shipments; 2017–2018 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily finds that 

certain companies made sales of subject 

merchandise at less than normal value 

during the period of review (POR), April 

1, 2017, through March 31, 2018. We 

invite interested parties to comment on 

these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 28, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Janz or Joshua Tucker, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office II, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–2972 or (202) 482–2044, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order 

include drawn stainless steel sinks. 

Imports of subject merchandise are 

currently classified under the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

7324.10.0000 and 7324.10.0010. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive.1

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs 

and Border Production (CBP) 

information and information provided 

by the companies, we preliminarily 

determine that Zhuhai KOHLER Kitchen 

& Bathroom Products Co., Ltd. (Zhuhai 

KOHLER) and Yuyao Afa Kitchenware 

Co., Ltd. (Yuyao Afa) did not have any 

reviewable transactions during the POR. 

In addition, Commerce finds that, 

consistent with its assessment practice 

in non-market economy (NME) cases, it 

is appropriate not to rescind the review 

in part in these circumstances, but to 

complete the review with respect to 

these three companies and issue 

appropriate instructions to CBP based 

on the final results.2 For additional 

information regarding this 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

With respect to Zhongshan Superte 

Kitchenware Co., Ltd. (Superte), we 

obtained information from CBP 

indicating that Superte had shipments 

during the POR, contradicting its no 

shipments certification. Thus, we 

preliminarily determine that Superte is 

part of the China-wide entity, and we 

will complete the review with respect to 

this company. For a full discussion of 

this determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Because Feidong Import and 

Export Co., Ltd. (Feidong); Xinhe 

Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd. 

(Xinhe); Jiangmen New Star Hi-Tech 

Enterprise Ltd. (New Star); and Ningbo 

Afa Kitchen and Bath Co., Ltd. (Ningbo 

Afa) did not participate in this segment 

of the proceeding, we preliminarily 

determine that they are ineligible for a 

separate rate and are part of the People’s 

Republic of China (China)-wide entity, 

subject to the China-wide entity rate of 

76.45 percent. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 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 https://access.trade.gov, and to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and the electronic 

versions of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

A list of topics included in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

provided as an appendix to this notice. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Commerce finds that the four 

mandatory respondents have not 

established eligibility for a separate rate 

and are considered to be part of Chinawide entity for these preliminary 

results. Additionally, because 

Guangdong G–Top Import & Export Co., 

Ltd. (Guangdong G–Top) and Jiangmen 

Pioneer Import & Export Co., Ltd. 

(Jiangmen Pioneer) did not submit 

separate rate applications or 

certifications by the deadline 

established in the Initiation Notice or 

make a claim that they had no 

shipments of subject merchandise 

during the POR, we find that these 

companies failed to establish their 

entitlement to a separate rate and, 

therefore, remain part of the China-wide 


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3See 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 (November 4, 2013). 

4See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 

from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2015–2016, 81 FR 62717 (September 12, 

2016), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum at 10–11, unchanged in Certain 

Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2015–2016, 82 FR 

11431 (February 23, 2017). 

5See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016– 

2017, 83 FR 23424, 23426 (June 23, 2017) (Sinks 

4AR Final). 

6See Sinks 4AR Final. 

7See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the 

People’s Republic of China: Investigation, Final 

Determination, 78 FR 13019 (February 26, 2013). 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(c). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

10See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

11See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

12See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

13For a full discussion of this practice, see NME 

AD Assessment. 

entity. Commerce’s policy regarding 

conditional review of China-wide entity 

applies to this administrative review.3

Under this policy, the China-wide rate 

will not be under review unless a party 

requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a 

review of the entity. Because no party 

requested a review of China-wide entity, 

and Commerce did not self-initiate, the 

entity is not under review, and the 

entity’s rate is not subject to change. 

The statute and Commerce’s 

regulations do not address what rate to 

apply to respondents who are not 

selected for individual examination 

when Commerce limits its examination 

in an administrative review pursuant to 

section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, 

Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of 

the Act, which provides instructions for 

calculating the all-others rate in an 

investigation, for guidance when 

calculating the rate for non-selected 

respondents that are not examined 

individually in an administrative 

review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

states that the all-others rate should be 

calculated by averaging the weightedaverage dumping margins for 

individually-examined respondents, 

excluding rates that are zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

available. Section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act 

provides that where all rates are zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

available, Commerce may use ‘‘any 

reasonable method’’ for assigning a rate 

to non-examined respondents. 

However, for these preliminary 

results, we have not calculated any 

individual rates or assigned a rate based 

on facts available. Therefore, consistent 

with our recent practice,4 we 

preliminary assigned to the four nonindividually examined companies that 

demonstrated their eligibility for a 

separate rate the most recently assigned 

separate rate in this proceeding (i.e., 

1.78 percent).5

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for the period 

April 1, 2017, through March 31, 2018: 

Exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

KaiPing Dawn Plumbing 

Products, Inc ..................... 1.78 

Guangdong New Shichu Import & Export Company 

Limited ............................... 1.78 

Elkay (China) Kitchen Solutions Co., Ltd ..................... 1.78 

B&R Industries Limited ......... 1.78 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Normally, Commerce will disclose the 

calculations used in our analysis to 

parties in this review within five days 

of the date of publication of the notice 

of preliminary results in the Federal 

Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). However, here Commerce 

preliminary applied a separate rate 6 and 

China-wide rate 7 that were established 

in prior segments of the proceeding. 

Thus, there are no calculations on this 

record to disclose. 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs no later than 30 days after the 

date of publication of these preliminary 

results of review.8 Rebuttals to case 

briefs may be filed no later than five 

days after the written comments are 

filed, and all rebuttal comments must be 

limited to comments raised in the case 

briefs.9

Any interested party may request a 

hearing within 30 days of publication of 

this notice.10 Hearing requests should 

contain the following information: (1) 

The party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of the issues 

to be discussed. Oral presentations will 

be limited to issues raised in the briefs. 

If a request for a hearing is made, parties 

will be notified of the time and date for 

the hearing to be held at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230.11

Unless otherwise extended, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

which will include the results of its 

analysis of issues raised in the case 

briefs, within 120 days of publication of 

these preliminary results, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results, 

Commerce will determine, and CBP 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review.12 Commerce intends to issue 

appropriate assessment instructions to 

CBP 15 days after the publication of the 

final results of this review. For the 

companies receiving a separate rate, we 

intend to assign an assessment rate of 

1.78 percent, consistent with the 

methodology described above. For the 

final results, if we continue to treat 

Guangdong G-Top, Jiangmen Pioneer, 

Superte, and the mandatory respondents 

as part of China-wide entity, we will 

instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem 

assessment rate of 76.45 percent to all 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR that were produced and/or 

exported by those companies. In 

addition, if we continue to find that 

Yuyao Afa and Zhuhai KOHLER had no 

shipments of the subject merchandise, 

any suspended entries of subject 

merchandise from these companies will 

be liquidated at China-wide rate.13

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review for all shipments 

of the subject merchandise from China 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date, as provided for by 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 

the companies listed above that have a 

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be that rate established in the final 

results of this review (except, if the rate 

is zero or de minimis, then a cash 

deposit rate of zero will be established 

for that company); (2) for previously 

investigated or reviewed Chinese and 

non-Chinese exporters that received a 

separate rate in a prior segment of this 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the existing exporterspecific rate; (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 China-wide entity, which 

is 76.45 percent; and (4) for all nonChinese exporters of subject 

merchandise that have not received 

their own rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to Chinese 

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1See Antidumping Duty Order and Amendment 

to the Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value; Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe 

Fittings from the People’s Republic of China, 57 FR 

29702 (July 6, 1992) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 

45596, 45601–02 (September 10, 2018). 

3See Jinan Mech’s Letter, ‘‘Administrative Review 

of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon Steel 

Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic 

of China: Withdrawal of Request for Review,’’ dated 

October 11, 2018. 

Chinese exporter. These deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 

the reimbursement of antidumping and/ 

or countervailing duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this review period. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in the Secretary’s presumption 

that reimbursement of antidumping 

and/or countervailing duties occurred 

and the subsequent assessment of 

double antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.213. 

Dated: December 20, 2018. 

James Maeder, 

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations performing the duties of Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of Methodology 

A. Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

B. Non-Market Economy Country Status 

C. Separate Rates Determination 

1. Absence of De Jure Control 

2. Absence of De Facto Control 

3. Companies Not Eligible for a Separate 

Rate 

4. Separate Rate for Eligible, Non-Selected 

Companies 

V. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–814] 

Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 

From the People’s Republic of China; 

Rescission of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, In Part; 2017– 

2018 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On September 10, 2018, the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

published a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on carbon steel 

butt-weld pipe fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). Based on 

Jinan Mech Piping Technology Co., Ltd 

(Jinan Mech)’s timely withdrawal of its 

request for review, we are now 

rescinding this administrative review 

with respect to Jinan Mech. 

DATES: Applicable December 28, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hannah Falvey, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–4889. 

Background 

On July 6, 1992, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register the antidumping 

duty order on carbon steel butt-weld 

pipe fittings from China.1 In July 2018, 

Commerce received multiple timely 

requests to conduct an administrative 

review of the Order. Based upon these 

requests, on September 10, 2018, in 

accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review covering the 

period July 1, 2017, through June 30, 

2018, with respect to two companies: 

Jinan Mech Piping Technology Co., Ltd. 

and Pantech Steel Industries SDN BHD.2

On October 11, 2018, Jinan Mech timely 

withdrew its request for an 

administrative review.3 No other party 

requested an administrative review of 

Jinan Mech. 

Rescission 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the party who requested the 

review withdraws the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of notice 

of initiation of the requested review, 

and no other party requested a review 

of the company. Jinan Mech timely 

withdrew its request for an 

administrative review, and no other 

party requested a review of Jinan Mech. 

Accordingly, we are rescinding this 

review of the Order for the period July 

1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, with 

respect to Jinan Mech, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). This 

administrative review will continue 

with respect to Pantech Steel Industries 

SDN BHD. 

Assessment 

Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to assess 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. For the company for which this 

review is rescinded, antidumping duties 

shall be assessed on its entries of subject 

merchandise during the period of 

review at rates equal to the cash deposit 

of estimated antidumping duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends 

to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions directly to CBP 15 days 

after publication of this notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a 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 the 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of doubled 

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, 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 

which is subject to sanction. This notice 

is issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a) and 777(i)(l) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: December 20, 2018. 

James Maeder, 

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations performing the duties of Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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