67236 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 188 / Friday, September 29, 2023 / Notices 

1See Brass Rod from India, Israel, and the 

Republic of Korea: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 88 FR 33566 (May 24, 2023) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Brass Rod from India, Israel, and the 

Republic of Korea: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 88 FR 42300 (June 30, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Brass Rod from 

Israel,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 87 FR at 3971. 

6 Id. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

8See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

9See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Brass Rod from Israel 

and Republic of Korea: Petitioner’s Request for 

Alignment of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations with the Concurrent Antidumping 

Duty Investigations,’’ dated September 18, 2023. 

assigned to former Dongkuk Steel. 

Consequently, Commerce will instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

suspend liquidation of all shipments of 

subject merchandise produced and/or 

exported by Dongkuk Steel and entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date of this notice in the Federal 

Register at the AD cash deposit rate in 

effect for former Dongkuk Steel. This 

cash deposit requirement shall remain 

in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of 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 this determination and 

publishing these final results and notice 

in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) 

and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216 

and 351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: September 22, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–508–815] 

Brass Rod From Israel: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of brass rod 

from Israel. The period of investigation 

is January 1, 2022, through December 

31, 2022. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zachary Shaykin, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 2638. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). On May 24, 2023, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

notice of initiation of this investigation.1

On June 30, 2023, Commerce postponed 

the preliminary determination of this 

investigation until September 25, 2023.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 

(ACCEESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

accesss.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is brass rod from Israel. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 We received 

comments from several interested 

parties concerning the scope of the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigations as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice.6 For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this preliminary 

determination, and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.7

Commerce is preliminarily modifying 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice, see Appendix I. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found to be countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.8

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final CVD determination in this 

investigation with the final 

determination in the companion AD 

investigation of brass rod from Israel 

based on a request made by the 

American Brass Rod Fair Trade 

Coalition and its members, Mueller 

Brass Co. and Wieland Chase LLC 

(collectively, the petitioners).9

Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

February 7, 2024, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 


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10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 35.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

11See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for Finkelstein Metals Ltd. (Finkelstein), 

the only individually examined 

exporter/producer in this investigation. 

Because the only individually 

calculated rate is not zero, de minimis, 

or based entirely on facts otherwise 

available, the estimated weightedaverage rate calculated for Finkelstein is 

the rate assigned to all other producers 

and exporters, pursuant to section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Finkelstein Metals Ltd ........... 5.26 

All Others .............................. 5.26 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the deadline for the last 

verification questionnaire response in 

this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in case briefs, 

may be submitted no later than seven 

days after the deadline for case briefs.10

Note that Commerce has temporarily 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.11 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this investigation 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. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the 

publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after the final 

determination whether imports of brass 

rod from Israel are materially injuring, 

or threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are brass rod and bar (brass rod), which is 

defined as leaded, low-lead, and no-lead 

solid brass made from alloys such as, but not 

limited to the following alloys classified 

under the Unified Numbering System (UNS) 

as C27450, C27451, C27460, C34500, C35000, 

C35300, C35330, C36000, C36300, C37000, 

C37700, C48500, C67300, C67600, and 

C69300, and their international equivalents. 

The brass rod subject to this investigation 

has an actual cross-section or outside 

diameter greater than 0.25 inches but less 

than or equal to 12 inches. Brass rod crosssections may be round, hexagonal, square, or 

octagonal shapes as well as special profiles 

(e.g., angles, shapes), including hollow 

profiles. 

Standard leaded brass rod covered by the 

scope contains, by weight, 57.0–65.0 percent 

copper; 0.5–3.0 percent lead; no more than 

1.3 percent iron; and at least 15 percent zinc. 

No-lead or low-lead brass rod covered by the 

scope contains by weight 59.0–76.0 percent 

copper; 0–1.5 percent lead; no more than 

0.35 percent iron; and at least 15 percent 

zinc. Brass rod may also include other 

chemical elements (e.g., nickel, phosphorous, 

silicon, tin, etc.). 

Brass rod may be in straight lengths or 

coils. Brass rod covered by this investigation 

may be finished or unfinished, and may or 

may not be heated, extruded, pickled, or 

cold-drawn. Brass rod may be produced in 

accordance with ASTM B16, ASTM B124, 

ASTM B981, ASTM B371, ASTM B453, 

ASTM B21, ASTM B138, and ASTM B927, 

but such conformity to an ASTM standard is 

not required for the merchandise to be 

included within the scope. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is brass ingot, which is a casting 

of unwrought metal unsuitable for 

conversion into brass rod without remelting, 

that contains, by weight, at least 57.0 percent 

copper and 15.0 percent zinc. 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is currently classifiable under 

subheadings 7407.21.9000, 7407.21.7000, 

and 7407.21.1500 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Products subject to the scope may also enter 

under HTSUS subheadings 7403.21.0000, 

7407.21.3000, and 7407.21.5000. The HTSUS 

subheadings and UNS alloy designations are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. The written description of the 

scope of the investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Injury Test 

VI. Subsidies Valuation 


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1See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: 

Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 48280 (September 

24, 2018) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 

66275 (November 3, 2022). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated April 11, 2023. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Forged Steel Fittings from 

Taiwan; 2021–2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 

6See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

7See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

8See 19 CFR 351.303. 

9See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

VII. Benchmarks and Discount Rates 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–863] 

Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2021– 

2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that sales of forged steel 

fittings from Taiwan were not sold in 

the United States at less than normal 

value (NV) during the period of review 

(POR), September 1, 2021, through 

August 31, 2022. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis McClure, 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) 482–5973. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 24, 2018, Commerce 

published the antidumping duty order 

on forged steel fittings from Taiwan.1

On November 3, 2022, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 

published the initiation of an 

administrative review of the Order.2

This review covers one exporter of the 

subject merchandise, Both-Well Steel 

Fittings Co., Ltd (Bothwell). On April 

11, 2023, Commerce extended the 

deadline for the preliminary results of 

this review to September 29, 2023, in 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act).3

For a detailed description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of the 

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. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the scope of 

this Order are 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. The subject merchandise is 

currently classifiable under subheadings 

7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 

7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). Although the 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

is dispositive. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act. Export price is 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. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margin exists for Bothwell for the period 

September 1, 2021, through August 31, 

2022: 

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Both-Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd ....... 0.00 

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 in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs 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 date for filing 

case briefs.6 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 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. 

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 within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Hearing 

requests should contain: (1) the party’s 

name, address, and telephone number; 

(2) the number of participants; (3) 

whether any participant is a foreign 

national; and (4) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a date and 

time to be determined.7 Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

All submissions should be filed using 

ACCESS and must be served on 

interested parties.8 An electronically 

filed document must be received 

successfully in its entirety by ACCESS 

by 5 p.m. eastern standard tme by the 

due date specified above.9 Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 


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