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15Concession Fee Ordinance 

(Konzessionsabgabenverordung or KAV) Relief. 

16Energy Tax Act or Energiesteuergesetz 

(EnergieStG). 

17Electricity Tax Act or Stromsteuergesetz 

(StromStG). 

1See Forged Steel Fittings from India: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, 85 FR 66306 (October 19, 2020); see also 

Forged Steel Fittings from the Republic of Korea: 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value, 85 FR 66302 (October 19, 2020). 

2See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final 

Determinations,’’ dated November 25, 2020. 

3See ITC Notification; see also Forged Steel 

Fittings from India and Korea (Inv. Nos. 701–TA– 

631 and 731–TA–1463–1464 (Final), USITC 

Publication 5137, November 2020). 

4See Forged Steel Fittings from India: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less-ThanFair-Value, Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 

32007 (May 28, 2020); see also Forged Steel Fittings 

from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value, 

Postponement of Final Determination, and 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 32010 

(May 28, 2020); (Preliminary Determinations). 

5Commerce has determined Shakti Forge 

Industries Pvt. Ltd and its affiliate Shakti Forge to 

constitute a single entity. See Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

7a: Whether the Offshore Surcharge Relief 

Program Constitutes a Financial 

Contribution 

7b: Whether the Offshore Surcharge Relief 

Program Is Specific 

7c: Whether the Offshore Surcharge Relief 

Program Confers a Benefit 

Comment 8: Whether the Concession Fee 

Ordinance 15 Relief Program Is 

Countervailable 

Comment 9: The Energy Tax Act 

(EnergieStG) 16 and Electricity Tax Act 

(StromStG) 17 Programs 

9a: Whether Section 9a of the StromStG 

and Section 51 of the EnergieStG Are 

Specific 

9b: Whether Section 9b and 10 of the 

StromStG Are Specific 

9c: Whether Section 37 of the EnergieStG 

Is Specific 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should 

Find European Union (EU) Emissions 

Trading System (ETS) Countervailable 

Comment 11: Whether the EU ETS— 

Compensation of Indirect CO2 Costs 

Program Is Countervailable 

Comment 12: Whether the EU Research 

Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) Program 

Is Countervailable 

Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should 

Include Sales of Services in Calculating 

SWG’s Subsidy Rate 

Comment 14: Whether Commerce Correctly 

Attributed BGH Siegen’s Benefit 

VII. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–891; A–580–904] 

Forged Steel Fittings From India and 

the Republic of Korea: Antidumping 

Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing antidumping duty 

orders on forged steel fittings from India 

and the Republic of Korea (Korea). 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caitlin Monks, 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) 482–2670. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 735(d) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.210(c), on October 19, 2020, 

Commerce published its final 

affirmative determinations in the lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of 

forged steel fittings from India and 

Korea.1 On November 25, 2020, the ITC 

notified Commerce of its final 

affirmative determinations that an 

industry in the United States is 

materially injured within the meaning 

of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by 

reason of LTFV imports of forged steel 

fittings from India and Korea.2

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by these orders 

are forged steel fittings from India and 

Korea. For a complete description of the 

scope of the orders, see the Appendix to 

this notice. 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

On November 25, 2020, in accordance 

with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) 

of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce 

of its final determinations in this 

investigation, in which it found that an 

industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of imports 

of forged steel fittings from India and 

Korea.3 Therefore, in accordance with 

section 735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce 

is issuing these antidumping duty 

orders. Because the ITC determined that 

imports of forged steel fittings from 

India and Korea are materially injuring 

a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of 

such merchandise from India and Korea, 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse 

for consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of antidumping duties. 

As a result of the ITC’s final 

affirmative determinations, in 

accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce will direct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, 

upon further instruction by Commerce, 

antidumping duties equal to the amount 

by which the normal value of the 

merchandise exceeds the export price or 

constructed export price of the 

merchandise, for all relevant entries of 

forged steel fittings from India. 

Antidumping duties will be assessed on 

unliquidated entries of forged steel 

fittings from India and Korea entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after May 28, 2020, 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determinations,4 but will 

not include entries occurring after the 

expiration of the provisional measures 

period and before publication of the 

ITC’s final injury determination, as 

further described below. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 736 of the 

Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

continue to suspend liquidation of all 

relevant entries of forged steel fittings 

from India and Korea, as described in 

the Appendix of this notice, which are 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the ITC’s notice of final 

determination in the Federal Register. 

These instructions suspending 

liquidation will remain in effect until 

further notice. Because the rate for 

Shakti Forge Industries Pvt. Ltd 

(Shakti) 5 is zero, we will not instruct 

CBP to suspend liquidation of entries of 

subject merchandise produced and 

exported by Shakti or to require cash 

deposits on such entries. Entries of 

subject merchandise exported to the 

United States by any other producer/ 

exporter combination, e.g., merchandise 

produced by a third party and exported 

by Shakti, or produced by Shakti and 

exported by a third party, are not 

entitled to this exclusion from 

suspension of liquidation and are 

subject to the applicable cash deposit 

rates noted below. 

Commerce will also instruct CBP to 

require cash deposits equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins included in the tables below. 

Accordingly, effective on the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

the notice of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determinations, CBP will require, 

at the same time as importers would 


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6See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Countervailing Duty 

Determination Calculations for Shakti Forge 

Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Shakti Forge,’’ dated 

October 13, 2020. 

7Commerce has determined Shakti Forge 

Industries Pvt. Ltd and its affiliate Shakti Forge to 

constitute a single entity. See Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

normally deposit estimated duties on 

subject merchandise, a cash deposit 

equal to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins listed in the tables 

below. The all-others rate for each 

country applies to all producers or 

exporters not specifically listed. 

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping 

Margins 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins for each antidumping 

duty order are as follows: 

INDIA

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for subsidy offset(s)) 

(percent) 6

Shakti Forge Industries Pvt. Ltd 7 .................................................................................................................... * 0.00 Not Applicable. 

Nikoo Forge Pvt. Ltd. ....................................................................................................................................... ** 293.40 290.88. 

Pan International .............................................................................................................................................. ** 293.40 290.88. 

Disha Auto Components Pvt. Ltd ..................................................................................................................... ** 293.40 290.88. 

Dynamic Flow Products ................................................................................................................................... ** 293.40 290.88. 

Kirtanlal Steel Pvt Ltd ....................................................................................................................................... ** 293.40 290.88. 

Metal Forgings Pvt Ltd ..................................................................................................................................... ** 293.40 290.88. 

Patton International Limited ............................................................................................................................. ** 293.40 290.88. 

Sage Metals Limited ......................................................................................................................................... ** 293.40 290.88. 

Technotrak Engineers ...................................................................................................................................... ** 293.40 290.88. 

All Others ......................................................................................................................................................... 195.60 193.08. 

* (de minimis). 

** (adverse facts available (AFA)). 

KOREA

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Samyoung Fitting Co., Ltd .......... 17.08 

Sandong Metal Industry Co., Ltd ** 198.38 

ZEOtech Co., Ltd ........................ ** 198.38 

Pusan Coupling Corporation ...... ** 198.38 

Shinchang Industries .................. ** 198.38 

Shinwoo Tech ............................. ** 198.38 

Titus Industrial Korea Co, Ltd .... ** 198.38 

All Others .................................... 17.08 

** AFA. 

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

suspension of liquidation pursuant to an 

affirmative preliminary determination 

may not remain in effect for more than 

four months, except that Commerce may 

extend the four-month period to no 

more than six months at the request of 

exporters representing a significant 

portion of exports of the subject 

merchandise. At the request of exporters 

that account for a significant proportion 

of forged steel fittings from India and 

Korea, Commerce extended the fourmonth period to six months in the 

Preliminary Determinations, published 

on May 28, 2020. Therefore, the 

extended provisional measures period, 

beginning on the date of publication of 

the Preliminary Determinations, ended 

on November 23, 2020. Pursuant to 

section 737(b) of the Act, the collection 

of cash deposits at the rates listed above 

will begin on the date of publication of 

the ITC’s final injury determination. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

733(d) of the Act and our practice, we 

will instruct CBP to terminate the 

suspension of liquidation and to 

liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of forged steel fittings from India 

and Korea entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

November 24, 2020, the first day 

provisional measures were no longer in 

effect, until and through the day 

preceding the date of publication of the 

ITC’s final injury determinations in the 

Federal Register. 

Notifications to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty orders with respect to 

forged steel fittings from India and 

Korea, pursuant to section 736(a) of the 

Act. Interested parties can find a list of 

antidumping duty orders currently in 

effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

stats/iastats1.html. 

These orders are issued and published 

in accordance with section 736(a) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: December 4, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by these orders 

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. The scope includes integrally 

reinforced forged branch outlet fittings, 

regardless of whether they have one or more 

ends that is a socket welding, threaded, butt 

welding end, 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 it does not 

reference an exclusive manufacturing 

process. Forged steel fittings are not 

manufactured from casings. Pursuant to the 

applicable standards, fittings may also be 

machined from bar stock or machined from 

seamless pipe and tube. 

All types of forged steel 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 class rating (expressed in pounds of 

pressure, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M; 


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1See Forged Steel Fittings from India: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 

FR 66535 (October 20, 2020). 

2See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final 

Determinations,’’ dated November 25, 2020. 

3See Forged Steel Fittings from India: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Determination with Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 85 FR 17536 (March 30, 2020) 

(Preliminary Determination). 

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, nipples, and all fittings 

that have a maximum pressure rating of 300 

pounds per square inch/PSI or less. 

Also excluded from the scope 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: 

• American Petroleum Institute (API) 5CT, 

API 5L, or API 11B; 

• American Society of Mechanical 

Engineers (ASME) B16.9; 

• Manufacturers Standardization Society 

(MSS) SP–75; 

• 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; 

• Hydraulic hose fittings (e.g., fittings used 

in high pressure water cleaning applications, 

in the manufacture of hydraulic engines, to 

connect rubber dispensing hoses to a 

dispensing nozzle or grease fitting) made to 

ISO 12151–1, 12151–2, 12151–3, 12151–4, 

12151–5, or 12151–6; 

• Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) certified 

electrical conduit fittings; 

• ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865; 

• Casing conductor connectors made to 

proprietary specifications; 

• Machined steel parts (e.g., couplers) that 

are not certified to any specifications in this 

scope description and that are not for 

connecting steel pipes for distributing gas 

and liquids; 

• Oil country tubular goods (OCTG) 

connectors (e.g., forged steel tubular 

connectors for API 5L pipes or OCTG for 

offshore oil and gas drilling and extraction); 

• Military Specification (MIL) MIL–C– 

4109F and MIL–F–3541; and 

• International Organization for 

Standardization (ISO) ISO6150–B. 

Also excluded from the scope are 

assembled or unassembled hammer unions 

that consist of a nut and two subs. To qualify 

for this exclusion, the hammer union must 

meet each of the following criteria: (1) The 

face of the nut of the hammer union is 

permanently marked with one of the 

following markings: ‘‘FIG 100,’’ ‘‘FIG 110,’’ 

‘‘FIG 100C,’’ ‘‘FIG 200,’’ ‘‘FIG 200C,’’ ‘‘FIG 

201,’’ ‘‘FIG 202,’’ ‘‘FIG 206,’’ ‘‘FIG 207,’’ ‘‘FIG 

211,’’ ‘‘FIG 300,’’ ‘‘FIG 301,’’ ‘‘FIG 400,’’ ‘‘FIG 

600,’’ ‘‘FIG 602,’’ ‘‘FIG 607,’’ ‘‘FIG 1002,’’ 

‘‘FIG 1003,’’ ‘‘FIG 1502,’’ ‘‘FIG 1505,’’ ‘‘FIG 

2002,’’ or ‘‘FIG 2202’’; (2) the hammer union 

does not bear any of the following markings: 

‘‘Class 3000,’’ ‘‘Class 3M,’’ ‘‘Class 6000,’’ 

‘‘Class 6M,’’ ‘‘Class 9000,’’ or ‘‘Class 9M’’; 

and (3) the nut and both subs of the hammer 

union are painted. 

Also excluded from the scope are subs or 

wingnuts made to ASTM A788, marked with 

‘‘FIG 1002,’’ ‘‘FIG 1502,’’ or ‘‘FIG 2002,’’ and 

with a pressure rating of 10,000 PSI or 

greater. These parts are made from AISI/SAE 

4130, 4140, or 4340 steel and are 100 percent 

magnetic particle inspected before shipment. 

Also excluded from the scope are tee, 

elbow, cross, adapter (or ‘‘crossover’’), blast 

joint (or ‘‘spacer’’), blind sub, swivel joint 

and pup joint which have wing nut or not. 

To qualify for this exclusion, these products 

must meet each of the following criteria: (1) 

Manufacturing and Inspection standard is 

API 6A or API 16C; and, (2) body or wing nut 

is permanently marked with one of the 

following markings: ‘‘FIG 2002,’’ ‘‘FIG 1502,’’ 

‘‘FIG 1002,’’ ‘‘FIG 602,’’ ‘‘FIG 206,’’ or ‘‘FIG 

any other number’’ or MTR (Material Test 

Report) shows these FIG numbers. 

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) 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030, 

7307.92.9000, 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 

7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They may 

also be entered under HTSUS 7307.93.3010, 

7307.93.3040, 7307.93.6000, 7307.93.9010, 

7307.93.9040, 7307.93.9060, and 

7326.19.0010. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes; the written 

description of the scope is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–892] 

Forged Steel Fittings from India: 

Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing a countervailing 

duty order on forged steel fittings from 

India. 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauren Caserta, 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) 482–4737. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), on October 20, 2020, Commerce 

published its affirmative final 

determination that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of forged steel 

fittings from India.1 On November 25, 

2020, the ITC notified Commerce of its 

affirmative determination that an 

industry in the United States is 

materially injured within the meaning 

of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by 

reason of subsidized imports of subject 

merchandise from India.2

Scope of the Order 

The scope of this order covers forged 

steel fittings from India. For a complete 

description of the scope, see the 

Appendix to this notice. 

Countervailing Duty Order 

On November 25, 2020, in accordance 

with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) 

of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce 

of its final determination in this 

investigation, in which it found that an 

industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of imports 

of forged steel fittings from India. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is 

issuing this countervailing duty order. 

Because the ITC determined that 

imports of forged steel fittings from 

India are materially injuring a U.S. 

industry, unliquidated entries of such 

merchandise from India, entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of countervailing duties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

706(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to assess, upon further instruction 

by Commerce, countervailing duties for 

all relevant entries of forged steel 

fittings from India. Countervailing 

duties will be assessed on unliquidated 

entries of forged steel fittings from India 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after March 30, 

2020, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination,3 but will 

not include entries occurring after the 

expiration of the provisional measures 

period and before publication of the 

ITC’s final injury determination, as 

further described below. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 706 of the 

Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to 


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