[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 184 (Monday, September 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65653-65654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

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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