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1See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final 

Determination and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 83 FR 7145 (February 20, 2018) 

(Preliminary Determination) and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum for The Record from 

Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Continued 

not limited to, rails, skid channels, skid rails, 

drum/coil beds, fork clearance bars, pallet 

supports, column and post protectors, end 

row and end aisle protectors, corner guards, 

row spacers, and wall ties). Subject steel 

racks and parts thereof are made of steel, 

including, but not limited to, cold and/or 

hot-formed steel, regardless of the type of 

steel used to produce the components and 

may, or may not, include locking tabs, slots, 

or bolted, clamped, or welded connections. 

Steel rack components can be assembled 

into structures of various dimensions and 

configurations by welding, bolting, clipping, 

or with the use of devices such as clips, end 

plates, and beam connectors, including, but 

not limited to the following configurations: 

(1) Racks with upright frames perpendicular 

to the aisles that are independently 

adjustable, with positive locking beams 

parallel to the aisle spanning the upright 

frames with braces; and (2) cantilever racks 

with vertical components parallel to the aisle 

and cantilever beams or arms connected to 

the vertical components perpendicular to the 

aisle. Steel racks may be referred to as pallet 

racks, storage racks, stacker racks, retail 

racks, pick modules, selective racks, or 

cantilever racks and may incorporate moving 

components and be referred to as pallet-flow 

racks, carton-flow racks, push-back racks, 

movable-shelf racks, drive-in racks, and 

drive-through racks. While steel racks may be 

made to ANSI MH16.l or ANSI MH16.3 

standards, all steel racks and parts thereof 

meeting the description set out herein are 

covered by the scope of this investigation, 

whether or not produced according to a 

particular standard. 

The scope includes all steel racks and parts 

thereof meeting the description above, 

regardless of 

(1) Dimensions, weight, strength, gauge, or 

load rating; 

(2) vertical components or frame type 

(including structural, roll-form, or other); 

(3) horizontal support or beam/brace type 

(including but not limited to structural, rollform, slotted, unslotted, Z-beam, C-beam, 

L-beam, step beam, and cantilever beam); 

(4) number of supports; 

(5) number of levels; 

(6) surface coating, if any (including but 

not limited to paint, epoxy, powder coating, 

zinc, or other metallic coatings); 

(7) shape (including but not limited to 

rectangular, square, corner, and cantilever); 

(8) the method by which the vertical and 

horizontal supports connect (including but 

not limited to locking tabs or slots, bolting, 

clamping, and welding); and 

(9) whether or not the steel rack has 

moving components (including but not 

limited to rails, wheels, rollers, tracks, 

channels, carts, and conveyors). 

Subject merchandise includes merchandise 

matching the above description that has been 

finished or packaged in a third country. 

Finishing includes, but is not limited to, 

coating, painting, or assembly, including 

attaching the merchandise to another 

product, or any other finishing or assembly 

operation that would not remove the 

merchandise from the scope of the 

investigation if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the steel racks and parts 

thereof. Packaging includes packaging the 

merchandise with or without another 

product or any other packaging operation 

that would not remove the merchandise from 

the scope of the investigation if performed in 

the country of manufacture of the steel racks 

and parts thereof. 

Steel racks and parts thereof are included 

in the scope of this investigation whether or 

not imported attached to, or included with, 

other parts or accessories such as wire 

decking, nuts, and bolts. If steel racks and 

parts thereof are imported attached to, or 

included with, such non-subject 

merchandise, only the steel racks and parts 

thereof are included in the scope. 

The scope of this investigation does not 

cover: (1) Decks, i.e., shelving that sits on or 

fits into the horizontal supports to provide 

the horizontal storage surface of the steel 

racks; (2) wire shelving units, i.e., shelves 

made from wire that incorporate both a wire 

deck and wire horizontal supports (taking the 

place of the horizontal beams and braces) 

into a single piece with tubular collars that 

slide over the posts and onto plastic sleeves 

snapped on the posts to create a finished 

unit; (3) pins, nuts, bolts, washers, and clips 

used as connecting devices; and (4) non-steel 

components. 

Specifically excluded from the scope of 

this investigation are any products covered 

by Commerce’s existing antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders on boltless steel 

shelving units prepackaged for sale from the 

People’s Republic of China. See Boltless Steel 

Shelving Units Prepackaged for Sale From 

the People’s Republic of China: Antidumping 

Duty Order, 80 FR 63,741 (October 21, 2017); 

Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for 

Sale From the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty 

Order, 80 FR 63,745 (October 21, 2017). Also 

excluded from the scope of this investigation 

are bulk-packed parts or components of 

boltless steel shelving units that were 

specifically excluded from the scope of the 

Boltless Steel Shelving Orders because such 

bulk-packed parts or components do not 

contain the steel vertical supports (i.e., 

uprights and posts) and steel horizontal 

supports (i.e., beams, braces) packaged 

together for assembly into a completed 

boltless steel shelving unit. 

Merchandise covered by this investigation 

is currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under the following subheadings: 

7326.90.8688, 9403.20.0080, and 

9403.90.8041. Subject merchandise may also 

enter under subheadings 7308.90.3000, 

7308.90.6000, 7308.90.9590, and 

9403.20.0090. The HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and U.S. Customs 

purposes only. The written description of the 

scope is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–062] 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Final 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that cast iron 

soil pipe fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) are being, or 

are likely to be, sold in the United States 

at less than fair value (LTFV). The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2017, through June 30, 2017. 

DATES: Applicable July 17, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sergio Balbontin or Denisa Ursu, 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) 482–6478 

and (202) 482–2285 respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 20, 2018, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

Preliminary Determination in the LTFV 

investigation of cast iron soil pipe 

fittings from China.1 The mandatory 

respondents in this investigation are 

Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial Group Co. 

Ltd. (Xuanshi), Wor-Biz International 

Trading Co., Ltd. (Anhui) (Wor-Biz), 

Sibo International Limited (Sibo), and 

Kingway Pipe Co., Ltd. (Kingway). 

Commerce exercised its discretion to 

toll all deadlines affected by the closure 

of the Federal Government from January 

20 through 22, 2018. If the new deadline 

falls on a non-business day, in 

accordance with Commerce’s practice, 

the deadline will become the next 

business day. The revised deadline for 

the final determination of this 

investigation is now July 5, 2018.2


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Enforcement and Compliance, performing the nonexclusive functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 

‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 

Federal Government’’ (Tolling Memorandum), 

dated January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this 

segment of the proceeding have been extended by 

3 days. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the 

People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty and 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of Cast Iron 

Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Scope Memorandum’’ (Final Scope 

Memorandum), dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice. 

5See Preliminary Determination at 33–34. 

6See the Issues and Decision Memorandum for 

further details. 

7 Id. 

8See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement 

of Final Determination: Purified Carboxymethyl 

cellulose from Finland, 69 FR 77216 (December 27, 

2004), unchanged in Notice of Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Purified 

Carboxymethyl cellulose from Finland, 70 FR 28279 

(May 17, 2005). 

9See, e.g., Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening 

Agents from the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 77 

FR 17436, 17438 (March 26, 2012); Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 

Certain Cold-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality 

Steel Products from the People’s Republic of China, 

65 FR 34660 (May 31, 2000), and accompanying 

IDM. 

10See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 1 for a full discussion of this issue. 

11See Memorandum, ‘‘Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings 

from the People’s Republic of China: Calculation of 

the Final Margin for Separate Rate Companies,’’ 

dated concurrently with this notice. 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

interested parties for this final 

determination may be found in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum 

issued concurrently with this notice.3

The Issues and 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 http://access.trade.gov, and is 

available to all parties in the Central 

Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum can 

be accessed directly at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 

Issues and Decision Memorandum and 

the electronic version are identical in 

content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are cast iron soil pipe 

fittings from China. For a full 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigation’’ in Appendix I of this 

notice. For this final determination, 

Commerce has issued a scope 

memorandum addressing interested 

parties’ comments regarding scope 

issues presented in the case briefs and 

in subsequent scope comments.4

Commerce has determined to modify 

the scope of the investigation to include 

two additional subheadings of the U.S. 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule under 

which subject merchandise may enter. 

Commerce has also provided a 

clarification in the Final Scope 

Memorandum. For further discussion, 

see Commerce’s Final Scope 

Memorandum. The scope in Appendix 

I reflects the final scope language. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

The issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by parties in 

this investigation are addressed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the issues that parties raised, and 

to which we responded in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum is attached 

to this notice at Appendix II. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

In accordance with section 733(e)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, we 

preliminarily found that critical 

circumstances exist with respect to 

imports of cast iron soil pipe fittings 

from the China-wide entity, the nonselected separate rate respondents, and 

Sibo, but do not exist with respect to 

Xuanshi and Wor-Biz.5 Commerce 

received no comments regarding its 

preliminary critical circumstances 

findings. For the final determination, we 

continue to find that, in accordance 

with section 735(a)(3) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.206, critical circumstances 

exist with respect to imports of the 

subject merchandise from the Chinawide entity. Based on updated shipment 

and import data, we find that critical 

circumstances do not exist with respect 

to Xuanshi, Wor-Biz, and the nonselected separate rate respondents.6 As 

discussed below, we have determined 

that Sibo is no longer eligible for a 

separate rate, and is now considered to 

be part of the China-wide entity. 

China-Wide Entity and Use of Adverse 

Facts Available 

After the Preliminary Determination 

and prior to verification, Sibo notified 

Commerce that it was withdrawing from 

participation in this investigation. By 

withdrawing from participation in this 

investigation, Sibo prevented us from 

conducting verification of its 

questionnaire responses, including its 

claim that it is a wholly foreign-owned 

company. Therefore, we find that Sibo 

has failed to demonstrate its eligibility 

for a separate rate, and is considered to 

be part of the China-wide entity.7 For 

the reasons explained in the Preliminary 

Determination, we continue to find that 

the use of adverse facts available (AFA), 

pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of 

the Act, is warranted in determining the 

rate for the China-wide entity, which 

includes Sibo, Kingway, and other 

uncooperative respondents. 

China-Wide Rate 

In selecting the AFA rate for the 

China-wide entity, Commerce’s practice 

is to select a rate that is sufficiently 

adverse to ensure that the uncooperative 

party does not obtain a more favorable 

result by failing to cooperate than if it 

had fully cooperated.8 Specifically, it is 

Commerce’s practice to select, as an 

AFA rate, the higher of: (a) The highest 

dumping margin alleged in the petition; 

or, (b) the highest calculated dumping 

margin of any respondent in the 

investigation.9 For the final 

determination and for the reasons 

explained in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, we are relying on the 

highest non-aberrational controlnumber-specific dumping margin 

calculated for Sibo in the Preliminary 

Determination to determine the rate for 

the China-wide entity.10

Separate Rates 

For the final determination, we 

continue to find that Xuanshi and WorBiz are eligible to separate rates, as 

noted below. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 

Act provides that the estimated ‘‘allothers’’ rate shall be an amount equal to 

the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding 

zero or de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of Act. Consistent with our 

practice, we calculated a dumping 

margin for the companies determined to 

be eligible for separate rates, but which 

were not individually examined, based 

on the final dumping margins calculated 

for Xuanshi and Wor-Biz.11 With two 

respondents, we would normally 

calculate (A) a weighted-average of the 

dumping margins calculated for the 


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12See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 

France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 

Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order 

in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010). 

13See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Less-ThanFair Value Investigation, 82 FR 37053, 37056 

(August 8, 2017). 

14See Modification of Regulations Regarding the 

Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional 

Measures Period in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 

(October 3, 2011). 

mandatory respondents; (B) a simple 

average of the dumping margins 

calculated for the mandatory 

respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the dumping margins calculated for 

the mandatory respondents using each 

company’s publicly-ranged values for 

the merchandise under consideration. 

We would compare (B) and (C) to (A) 

and select the rate closest to (A) as the 

most appropriate rate for the separate 

rate companies.12 In this case, as 

complete publicly-ranged sales data was 

unavailable, we based the separate rate 

on a simple average of the two 

calculated margins. 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice,13 Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. 

Accordingly, we have assigned 

combination rates to certain companies 

as provided in the ‘‘Final 

Determination’’ section below. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the comments received from interested 

parties and our findings at verification, 

we made certain changes to the 

calculation of the antidumping duty 

margin applicable to Xuanshi and WorBiz. For a discussion of these changes, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that cast iron 

soil pipe fittings from China are being, 

or are likely to be, sold in the United 

States at LTFV, and that the following 

dumping margins exist: 

Producer Exporter 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit 

rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy 

offsets) 

(percent) 

Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial Group Co., Ltd .................... Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial Group Co., Ltd .................... 27.18 27.09 

Guang Zhou Premier & Pinan Foundry Co., Ltd/Botou 

Chenyuan Foundry Co., Ltd/Wuhu Best Machines 

Co., Ltd.

Wor-Biz Trading Co., Ltd (Anhui) ................................. 22.11 21.88 

Shijiazhuang Asia Casting Co., Ltd .............................. Shijiazhuang Asia Casting Co., Ltd .............................. 24.65 24.49 

Qinshui Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd/Xinle Xinye Metal 

Products Co., Ltd.

Shanxi Zhongrui Tianyue Trading Co., Ltd .................. 24.65 24.49 

Qinshui Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd/Xinle Rishuo 

Casting Factory/Shijiazhuang Shunjinguangao 

Trade Co., Ltd/Xinle Tang Rong Fa Lan Pan Co., 

Ltd.

Dalian Lino F.T.Z. Co., Ltd ........................................... 24.65 24.49 

Xinle City Zhile Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd/Qinshui 

Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd/Foshan City Deying 

Metal Products Co., Ltd.

Dinggin Hardware (Dalian) Co., Ltd ............................. 24.65 24.49 

Xinle Rishuo Casting Factory/Qinshui Shunshida 

Casting Co., Ltd.

Dalian Metal I/E Co., Ltd .............................................. 24.65 24.49 

Qinshui County Xinwei Precision Co., Ltd ................... Qinshui Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd ............................ 24.65 24.49 

Shanxi Guruiwei Casting Co., Ltd ................................ Richang Qiaoshan Trade Co., Ltd ............................... 24.65 24.49 

Shijiazhuang Jingruisheng Metal Products Co., Ltd/ 

Qinshui Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd/Xinle City Zhile 

Pipe Co., Ltd.

Hebei Metals & Engineering Products Trading Co., 

Ltd.

24.65 24.49 

China-Wide Entity ......................................................... ....................................................................................... 360.39 360.30 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this final 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of the notice 

of final determination in the Federal 

Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all entries of cast iron soil 

pipe fittings from China, as described in 

the ‘‘Scope of the Investigation’’ section, 

exported by Xuanshi and Wor-Biz, 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after February 20, 

2018, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Furthermore, we continue to find that 

critical circumstances exist pursuant to 

section 735(c)(4)(A) of the Act with 

respect to the China-wide entity. 

Therefore, for this entity, we will 

instruct CBP to continue to suspend 

liquidation for all appropriate entries of 

cast iron soil pipe fittings entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after November 22, 

2017, which is 90 days prior to the date 

of publication of the Preliminary 

Determination. 

To determine the cash deposit rate,14

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of domestic 

subsidy pass-through and export 

subsidies determined in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding 

where appropriate. Accordingly, 

because Commerce has made a final 

affirmative determination for export 

subsidies, we offset the calculated 


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15See the Issues and Decision Memorandum for 

further discussion. 

16 Id. 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins by the appropriate rates as 

indicated in the above chart.15 We made 

no adjustment for domestic subsidy 

pass-through in this case because we 

found no basis upon which to make 

such an adjustment.16

In addition, pursuant to section 

735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act, Commerce 

will instruct CBP to require a cash 

deposit equal to the weighted-average 

amount by which NV exceeds U.S. price 

as follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for 

the exporter/producer combination 

listed in the table above will be the rate 

identified for that combination in the 

table; (2) for all combinations of 

exporters/producers of merchandise 

under consideration that have not 

received their own separate rate above, 

the cash-deposit rate will be the cash 

deposit rate established for the Chinawide entity; and (3) for all non-Chinese 

exporters of the merchandise under 

consideration which have not received 

their own separate rate above, the cash 

deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate 

applicable to the Chinese exporter/ 

producer combination that supplied that 

non-Chinese exporter. These suspension 

of liquidation instructions will remain 

in effect until further notice. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of the final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. 

As Commerce’s final determination is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will 

determine, within 45 days, whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

cast iron soil pipe fittings from China, 

or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation, of cast iron soil pipe 

fittings from China. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does not 

exist, this proceeding will be terminated 

and all securities posted will be 

refunded or canceled. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does exist, 

Commerce intends to issue an 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, antidumping duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to an APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

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

written notification of the return/ 

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 determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 735(d) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: July 5, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is cast iron soil pipe fittings, 

finished and unfinished, regardless of 

industry or proprietary specifications, and 

regardless of size. Cast iron soil pipe fittings 

are nonmalleable iron castings of various 

designs and sizes, including, but not limited 

to, bends, tees, wyes, traps, drains, and other 

common or special fittings, with or without 

side inlets. 

Cast iron soil pipe fittings are classified 

into two major types—hubless and hub and 

spigot. Hubless cast iron soil pipe fittings are 

manufactured without a hub, generally in 

compliance with Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute 

(CISPI) specification 301 and/or American 

Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

specification A888. Hub and spigot pipe 

fittings have hubs into which the spigot 

(plain end) of the pipe or fitting is inserted. 

Cast iron soil pipe fittings are generally 

distinguished from other types of 

nonmalleable cast iron fittings by the manner 

in which they are connected to cast iron soil 

pipe and other fittings. 

The subject imports are normally classified 

in subheading 7307.11.0045 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS): Cast fittings of nonmalleable 

cast iron for cast iron soil pipe. They may 

also be entered under HTSUS 7324.29.0000 

and 7307.92.3010. The HTSUS subheadings 

and specifications are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes only; the 

written description of the scope of this 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Final Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

IV. China-Wide Rate 

V. Separate Rates 

VI. Adjustments for Countervailable Export 

Subsidies 

VII. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

VIII. Discussion of the Issues 

General Issues 

Comment 1: What Rate to Assign as 

Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to Sibo 

and the China-Wide Entity 

Comment 2: Surrogate Country Selection 

Comment 3: Adjusting the Global Trade 

Atlas (GTA) Import Data for Movement 

Expenses 

Comment 4: Treatment of Certain Inputs as 

Materials or Overhead 

Comment 5: Reintroduced Materials 

Comment 6: Surrogate Value for Coated 

Sand 

Comment 7: Calculating the Margins on a 

Consistent Basis 

Comment 8: Calculation of Movement 

Expenses 

Comment 9: Non-Refundable Value Added 

Tax (VAT) 

Comment 10: Record-Keeping Deficiencies 

Wor-Biz Issues 

Comment 11: Surrogate Value for Asphalt 

Paint 

Comment 12: Surrogate Value for Paint 

Thinner 

Comment 13: Calculation of Freight 

Revenue 

Xuanshi Issues 

Comment 14: Surrogate Value for Pig Iron 

Comment 15: Surrogate Values for Iron 

Ore, Coal, and Coke 

Comment 16: Calculation of the Slag Iron 

By-Product Offset 

Comment 17: Calculation of the Packing 

Material Consumption Rates 

Comment 18: Surrogate Values for Inland 

and Ocean Freight 

IX. Recommendation 

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Economic 

Expenditure Survey of Golden Crab 

Fishermen in the U.S. South Atlantic 

Region 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 


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