Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 143 / Wednesday, July 25, 2018 / Notices 35205 

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 Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 

from the People’s Republic of China; Affirmative 

Final Determination of Circumvention of 

Antidumping Duty Order, 59 FR 15155 (March 31, 

1994). 

3 Id., at 15158–59. 

4See Letter from the domestic parties to the 

Secretary of Commerce, ‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld 

Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of China, 

A–570–814; Request for Circumvention Ruling 

Pursuant to Section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 

1930,’’ dated May 22, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Vaccaro, Acting Director, Office 

of Technology Evaluation, Bureau of 

Industry and Security, U.S. Department 

of Commerce (202) 482–4060, 

Uranium232@bis.doc.gov. For more 

information about the section 232 

program, including the regulations and 

the text of previous investigations, see 

www.bis.doc.gov/232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 18, 2018, the Secretary of 

Commerce (‘‘Secretary’’) initiated an 

investigation under section 232 of the 

Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to determine 

the effects on the national security of 

imports of uranium. 

Written Comments 

This investigation is being undertaken 

in accordance with part 705 of the 

National Security Industrial Base 

Regulations (15 CFR parts 700 to 709) 

(‘‘NSIBR’’). Interested parties are invited 

to submit written comments, data, 

analyses, or information pertinent to 

this investigation to the Office of 

Technology Evaluation, U.S. 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’), no later than September 

10, 2018. 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments and information 

directed to the criteria listed in § 705.4 

of the regulations as they affect national 

security, including the following: (a) 

Quantity of or other circumstances 

related to the importation of uranium; 

(b) Domestic production and productive 

capacity needed for uranium to meet 

projected national defense 

requirements; (c) Existing and 

anticipated availability of human 

resources, products, raw materials, 

production equipment, and facilities to 

produce uranium; (d) Growth 

requirements of the uranium industry to 

meet national defense requirements 

and/or requirements to assure such 

growth; (e) The impact of foreign 

competition on the economic welfare of 

the uranium industry; (f) The 

displacement of any domestic uranium 

production causing substantial 

unemployment, decrease in the 

revenues of government, loss of 

investment or specialized skills and 

productive capacity, or other serious 

effects; (g) Relevant factors that are 

causing or will cause a weakening of our 

national economy; and (h) Any other 

relevant factors. 

Material submitted by members of the 

public that is business confidential 

information will be exempted from 

public disclosure as provided for by 

§ 705.6 of the regulations. Anyone 

submitting business confidential 

information should clearly identify the 

business confidential portion of the 

submission, file a statement justifying 

nondisclosure and referring to the 

specific legal authority claimed, and 

provide a non-confidential submission 

which can be placed in the public file. 

Communications from agencies of the 

United States Government will not be 

made available for public inspection. If 

public hearings are held in support of 

this investigation, a separate Federal 

Register notice will be published. 

The Bureau of Industry and Security 

does not maintain a separate public 

inspection facility. Requesters should 

first view the Bureau’s web page, which 

can be found at https://

efoia.bis.doc.gov/ (see ‘‘Electronic 

FOIA’’ heading). If requesters cannot 

access the website, they may call 202– 

482–0795 for assistance. The records 

related to this assessment are made 

accessible in accordance with the 

regulations published in part 4 of title 

15 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(15 CFR 4.1 et seq.). 

Dated: July 19, 2018. 

Wilbur Ross, 

Secretary of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15891 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–814] 

Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Circumvention of the Antidumping 

Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings 

(butt-weld pipe fittings) exported from 

Malaysia, which were completed in 

Malaysia using finished or unfinished 

butt-weld pipe fittings sourced from the 

People’s Republic of China (China), are 

circumventing the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on butt-weld pipe fittings 

from China. 

DATES: Applicable July 25, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

Huang or Susan Pulongbarit, 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) 482–4047 or (202) 482–4031, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 6, 1992, Commerce issued the 

AD order on imports of butt-weld pipe 

fittings from China.1 Additionally, on 

March 31, 1994, Commerce issued an 

affirmative final anti-circumvention 

determination finding that imports into 

the United States of pipe fittings that 

were finished in Thailand from 

unfinished pipe fittings produced in 

China constituted circumvention of the 

Order within the meaning of section 

781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act).2 Commerce applied 

this finding of circumvention to all 

imports of butt-weld pipe fittings from 

Thailand, regardless of manufacturer/ 

producer, unless accompanied by a 

certification stating that such pipe 

fittings have not been produced from 

unfinished pipe fittings sourced from 

China.3

On May 22, 2017, Tube Forgings of 

America, Inc., Mills Iron Works, Inc., 

and Hackney Ladish, Inc., (collectively, 

the domestic parties), alleged that 

imports of butt-weld pipe fittings which 

were completed in Malaysia using 

finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe 

fittings sourced from China are 

circumventing the Order.4 In their 

allegation, the domestic parties 

requested that Commerce initiate an 

anti-circumvention inquiry pursuant to 

section 781(b) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.225(h), to determine whether 

imports of butt-weld pipe fittings 

sourced from unfinished or finished 

butt-weld pipe fittings from the PRC 

have undergone minor finishing 

processes, or were simply marked with 

‘‘Malaysia’’ as the country of origin, in 

Malaysia, before export to the United 

States constitutes circumvention of the 

Order. The domestic parties also 

requested that Commerce reach an 

affirmative determination of 

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5See Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from 

the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of AntiCircumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping Duty 

Order, 82 FR 40556 (August 25, 2017). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum for the Anti-Circumvention Inquiry 

on the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Carbon 

Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

7 Id. 

8See, e.g., Glycine from the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Partial Affirmative 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping Duty Order and Initiation of Scope 

Inquiry, 77 FR 21532, 21535 (April 10, 2012), 

unchanged in Glycine from the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Partial Affirmative Determination of 

Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order, 77 

FR 73426 (December 10, 2012). 

9 In light of our preliminary determination that 

Arah Dagang, Solidbend, and Sumitomo have not 

exported butt-weld pipe fittings which were 

completed or marked in Malaysia using finished or 

unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings from China, we 

will not instruct CBP to suspend liquidation of any 

unliquidated entries of non-Chinese origin buttweld pipe fittings, subject to their meeting the 

certification requirements. 

weld pipe fittings from Malaysia, 

regardless of producer or exporter. 

On August 25, 2017, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

notice of initiation of this anticircumvention inquiry.5 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this inquiry, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.6 A 

list of topics included in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

included as Appendix I 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, 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. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of the Order, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.7

Scope of the Anti-Circumvention 

Inquiry 

This anti-circumvention inquiry 

covers butt-weld pipe fittings exported 

from Malaysia to the United States, 

which were completed in Malaysia 

using finished or unfinished butt-weld 

pipe fittings sourced from China 

(inquiry merchandise). This preliminary 

ruling applies to all shipments of 

inquiry merchandise on or after the date 

of the initiation of this inquiry. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this anticircumvention inquiry in accordance 

with section 781(b) of the Act. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Finding 

As detailed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, we 

preliminarily determine that butt-weld 

pipe fittings exported from Malaysia, 

which were completed in Malaysia 

using finished or unfinished butt-weld 

pipe fittings from China, or were simply 

marked with ‘‘Malaysia’’ as the country 

of origin are circumventing the Order. 

As such, we preliminarily determine 

that it is appropriate to include this 

merchandise within the Order and to 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend any entries 

of butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia, 

which were completed in Malaysia 

using finished or unfinished butt-weld 

pipe fittings from China, or were simply 

marked with ‘‘Malaysia’’ as the country 

of origin. We also preliminarily 

determine that Arah Dagang Sdn. Bhd. 

(Arah Dagang), Solidbend Fittings & 

Flanges Sdn. Bhd. (Solidbend), and 

Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania 

Pte. Ltd. (Sumitomo) have not exported 

butt-weld pipe fittings which were 

completed in Malaysia using finished or 

unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings from 

China. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.225(l)(2), Commerce will direct CBP 

to suspend liquidation and to require a 

cash deposit of estimated duties on 

unliquidated entries of butt-weld pipe 

fittings completed or simply marked in 

Malaysia from Chinese-origin finished 

or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings 

that were entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

August 21, 2017, the date of initiation 

of the anti-circumvention inquiry. 

The suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require AD cash deposits equal 

to the China-wide rate of 182.90 

percent, unless the importer/exporter 

can certify to CBP that the Chineseorigin finished or unfinished butt-weld 

pipe fittings completed in Malaysia 

were supplied by a Chinese 

manufacturer with a company-specific 

separate rate. In that instance, the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate of the 

Chinese butt-weld pipe fittings 

manufacturer that has its own rate.8

Butt-weld pipe fittings completed in 

Malaysia from finished and unfinished 

butt-weld pipe fittings that are not of 

Chinese-origin are not subject to this 

inquiry. Therefore, cash deposits are not 

required for such merchandise, subject 

to the following certification 

requirements.9 An importer of butt-weld 

pipe fittings from Malaysia claiming 

that its butt-weld pipe fittings were not 

completed from finished and unfinished 

Chinese butt-weld pipe fittings must 

meet the certification and 

documentation requirements described 

in Appendix II. Appendix II requires the 

importer to prepare and retain 

certifications and documents not only 

on its own behalf, but also get a 

certification from the exporter of this 

merchandise. Specifically, importers of 

such butt-weld pipe fittings must 

prepare and maintain an Importer 

Certification (see Appendix III) as well 

as documentation supporting the 

Importer Certification. Besides the 

Importer Certification, the importer 

must also maintain a copy of the 

appropriate Exporter Certification (see 

Appendix IV) and relevant supporting 

documentation from its exporter of buttweld pipe fittings that were not 

completed using Chinese-origin finished 

and unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings. 

Importers must ensure that their 

exporters of butt-weld pipe fittings 

completed from finished and unfinished 

butt-weld pipe fittings of non-Chinese 

origin must prepare and maintain an 

Exporter Certification and 

documentation supporting the Exporter 

Certification (see Appendix IV). 

Verification 

As provided in 19 CFR 351.307, 

Commerce intends to verify 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 date on which the last final 

verification report is issued in this anticircumvention inquiry, unless the 

Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in case 

briefs, may be submitted no later than 

five days after the deadline date for case 


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10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

briefs.10 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

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

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this anti-circumvention inquiry 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 date 

of 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 the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, 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. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

Commerce, consistent with section 

781(e) of the Act, has notified the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

this preliminary determination to 

include the merchandise subject to this 

anti-circumvention inquiry within the 

Order. Pursuant to section 781(e) of the 

Act, the ITC may request consultations 

concerning Commerce’s proposed 

inclusion of the inquiry merchandise. If, 

after consultations, the ITC believes that 

a significant injury issue is presented by 

the proposed inclusion, it will have 60 

days from the date of notification by 

Commerce to provide written advice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with section 

781(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.225(f). 

Dated: July 18, 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 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Scope of the Anti-Circumvention Inquiry 

V. Period of Inquiry 

VI. Statutory Framework 

VII. Use of Facts Available With an Adverse 

Inference 

VIII. Anti-circumvention Determination 

IX. Country-Wide Determination 

X. Certification for Not Using Chinese-Origin 

Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 

XI. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Certification Requirements 

If an importer imports carbon steel buttweld pipe fittings (butt-weld pipe fittings) 

from Malaysia and claims that the butt-weld 

pipe fittings were completed in Malaysia 

using finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe 

fittings manufactured of non-Chinese origin, 

the importer is required to complete and 

maintain the importer certification, attached 

as Appendix III. The importer is further 

required to maintain a copy of the exporter 

certification, discussed below and attached 

as Appendix IV. The importer certification 

must be completed, signed, and dated by the 

time of filing of the entry summary for the 

relevant importation. Where the importer 

uses a broker to facilitate the entry process, 

it should obtain the entry number from the 

broker. Agents of the importer, such as 

brokers, however, are not permitted to make 

this certification on behalf of the importer. 

The exporter is required to complete and 

maintain the exporter certification, attached 

as Appendix IV, and is further required to 

provide the importer a copy of that 

certification and all supporting 

documentation. The exporter certification 

must be completed, signed, and dated by the 

time of shipment of the relevant entries. The 

exporter certification should be completed by 

the party selling the merchandise 

manufactured in Malaysia to the United 

States, which is not necessarily the producer 

of the product. 

The importer will not be required to 

submit the certifications or supporting 

documentation to CBP as part of the entry 

process. However, the importer and the 

exporter will be required to present the 

certifications and supporting documentation, 

to Commerce and/or U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP), as applicable, upon 

request by the respective agency. 

Additionally, the claims made in the 

certifications and any supporting 

documentation are subject to verification by 

Commerce and/or CBP. The importer and 

exporter are required to maintain the 

certifications and supporting documentation 

for the later of (1) a period of five years from 

the date of entry or (2) a period of three years 

after the conclusion of any litigation in 

United States courts regarding such entries. 

If it is determined that the certification and/ 

or documentation requirements in a 

certification have not been met, Commerce 

intends to instruct CBP to suspend, under the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on butt-weld 

pipe fittings from the People’s Republic of 

China, A–570–814, all unliquidated entries 

for which these requirements were not met 

and require the importer to post applicable 

AD cash deposits equal to the rates as 

determined by Commerce. Entries suspended 

under A–570–814 will be liquidated 

pursuant to applicable administrative 

reviews of the China AD order or through the 

automatic liquidation process. 

For butt-weld pipe fittings completed in 

Malaysia from finished or unfinished buttweld pipe fittings manufactured in China, 

Commerce has established the following 

third-country case number in the Automated 

Commercial Environment (ACE): A–557–994. 

For entries suspended pursuant to the 

preliminary determination of this anticircumvention inquiry that were shipped 

and/or entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption during the 

period, August 21, 2017 (the date of initiation 

of this anti-circumvention inquiry) through 

the date of publication of the preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, for 

which certifications are required, the 

importer and exporter certifications should 

be completed within 45 days of publication 

of the preliminary determination in the 

Federal Register. Accordingly, the relevant 

bullet in the certification should be edited to 

reflect that the certification was completed 

within this time frame. For example, the 

bullet in the importer certification that reads: 

‘‘This certification was completed by the 

time of filing the entry summary,’’ could be 

edited as follows: ‘‘The shipments/products 

referenced herein entered before the mm/dd/ 

yyyy publication of the Preliminary 

Determination Federal Register notice. 

This certification was completed on mm/dd/ 

yyyy, within 45 days of the Federal Register 

notice publication.’’ Similarly, the bullet in 

the exporter certification that reads, ‘‘This 

certification was completed by the time of 

shipment,’’ could be edited as follows: ‘‘The 

shipments/products referenced herein 

shipped before the mm/dd/yyyy publication 

of the Preliminary Determination Federal 

Register notice. This certification was 

completed on mm/dd/yyyy, within 45 days 

of the Federal Register notice publication.’’ 

For such entries, importers and exporters 

each have the option to complete a blanket 

certification covering multiple entries, 

individual certifications for each entry, or a 

combination thereof. The importer 

certifications, and copies of the exporter 

certifications, should be maintained by the 

importer and provided to CBP or Commerce 

only upon request by the respective agency. 

The exporter must provide the importer a 

copy of the exporter certification within 45 

days of the publication of the preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register. 

For unliquidated entries (and entries for 

which liquidation has not become final) of 

merchandise entered as type 01 entries that 

were shipped and/or entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption during the 

period, August 21, 2017 (the date of initiation 

of this anti-circumvention inquiry) through 

the date of publication of the preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, for 

which certifications are required, importers 

should file a Post Summary Correction with 

CBP, in accordance with CBP’s regulations, 

regarding conversion of such entries from 

type 01 to type 03 entries and report those 

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number, A–557–994. Similarly, the importer 

should pay cash deposits on those entries 

consistent with the regulations governing 

post summary corrections that require 

payment of additional duties. 

Appendix III 

Importer Certification 

I hereby certify that: 

• My name is {COMPANY OFFICIAL’S 

NAME} and I am an official of {IMPORTING 

COMPANY}; 

• I have direct personal knowledge of the 

facts regarding the importation into the 

Customs territory of the United States of the 

carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings 

completed in Malaysia that entered under 

entry number(s) {INSERT ENTRY 

NUMBER(S)} and are covered by this 

certification. ‘‘Direct personal knowledge’’ 

refers to facts the certifying party is expected 

to have in its own records. For example, the 

importer should have ‘‘direct personal 

knowledge’’ of the importation of the product 

(e.g., the name of the exporter) in its records; 

• I have personal knowledge of the facts 

regarding the production of the imported 

products covered by this certification. 

‘‘Personal knowledge’’ includes facts 

obtained from another party, (e.g., 

correspondence received by the importer (or 

exporter) from the producer regarding the 

source of the substrate used to produce the 

imported products); 

• The carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings 

completed in Malaysia do not contain 

finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings 

manufactured in the People’s Republic of 

China; 

• I understand that {IMPORTING 

COMPANY} is required to maintain a copy 

of this certification and sufficient 

documentation supporting this certification 

(i.e., documents maintained in the normal 

course of business, or documents obtained by 

the certifying party, for example, mill 

certificates, productions records, invoices, 

etc.) for the later of (1) a period of five years 

from the date of entry or (2) a period of three 

years after the conclusion of any litigation in 

the United States courts regarding such 

entries; 

• I understand that {IMPORTING 

COMPANY}is required to provide this 

certification and supporting records, upon 

request, to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) and/or the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce); 

• I understand that {IMPORTING 

COMPANY} is required to maintain a copy 

of the exporter’s certification, (attesting to the 

production and/or export of the imported 

merchandise identified above), for the later of 

(1) a period of five years from the date of 

entry or (2) a period of three years after the 

conclusion of any litigation in United States 

courts regarding such entries; 

• I understand that {IMPORTING 

COMPANY}is required to maintain and 

provide a copy of the exporter’s certification 

and supporting records, upon request, to CBP 

and/or Commerce; 

• I understand that the claims made 

herein, and the substantiating 

documentation, are subject to verification by 

CBP and/or Commerce; 

• I understand that failure to maintain the 

required certification and/or failure to 

substantiate the claims made herein will 

result in: 

Æ suspension of liquidation of all 

unliquidated entries (and entries for which 

liquidation has not become final) for which 

these requirements were not met; and 

Æ the requirement that the importer post 

applicable antidumping duty (AD) and/or 

countervailing duty (CVD) cash deposits (as 

appropriate) equal to the rates determined by 

Commerce; 

• I understand that agents of the importer, 

such as brokers, are not permitted to make 

this certification; 

• This certification was completed by the 

time of filing the entry summary; and 

• I am aware that U.S. law (including, but 

not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes 

criminal sanctions on individuals who 

knowingly and willfully make material false 

statements to the U.S. government. 

Signature llllllllllllllll

NAME OF COMPANY OFFICIAL 

lllllllllllllllllllll

TITLE 

lllllllllllllllllllll

Appendix IV 

Exporter Certification 

I hereby certify that: 

• My name is {COMPANY OFFICIAL’S 

NAME HERE} and I am an official of {NAME 

OF EXPORTING COMPANY}; 

• I have direct personal knowledge of the 

facts regarding the production and 

exportation of the carbon steel butt-weld pipe 

fittings identified below. ‘‘Direct personal 

knowledge’’ refers to facts the certifying party 

is expected to have in its own books and 

records. For example, an exporter should 

have ‘‘direct personal knowledge’’ of the 

producer’s identity and location; 

• These carbon steel butt-weld pipe 

fittings completed in Malaysia do not contain 

finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings 

manufactured in the People’s Republic of 

China; 

• I understand that {NAME OF 

EXPORTING COMPANY} is required to 

maintain a copy of this certification and 

sufficient documentation supporting this 

certification (i.e., documents maintained in 

the normal course of business, or documents 

obtained by the certifying party, for example, 

mill certificates, productions records, 

invoices, etc.) for the later of (1) a period of 

five years from the date of entry or (2) a 

period of three years after the conclusion of 

any litigation in the United States courts 

regarding such entries; 

• I understand that {NAME OF 

EXPORTING COMPANY} must provide this 

Exporter Certification to the U.S. importer by 

the time of shipment. The shipments/ 

products referenced herein shipped before 

the mm/dd/yyyy publication of the 

Preliminary Determination Federal Register 

notice. This certification was completed on 

DD/MM/YY, within 45 days of the Federal 

Register notice publication; 

• I understand that {NAME OF 

EXPORTING COMPANY} is required to 

provide a copy of this certification and 

supporting records, upon request, to U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and/or 

the Department of Commerce (Commerce); 

• I understand that the claims made 

herein, and the substantiating 

documentation, are subject to verification by 

CBP and/or Commerce; 

• I understand that failure to maintain the 

required certification and/or failure to 

substantiate the claims made herein will 

result in: 

Æ suspension of all unliquidated entries 

(and entries for which liquidation has not 

become final) for which these requirements 

were not met; and 

Æ the requirement that the importer post 

applicable antidumping duty (AD) and/or 

countervailing duty (CVD) cash deposits (as 

appropriate) equal to the rates as determined 

by Commerce; 

• This certification was completed at or 

prior to the time of shipment; and 

• I am aware that U.S. law (including, but 

not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes 

criminal sanctions on individuals who 

knowingly and willfully make material false 

statements to the U.S. government. 

Signature llllllllllllllll

NAME OF COMPANY OFFICIAL 

lllllllllllllllllllll

TITLE 

lllllllllllllllllllll

DATE 

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People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that Liaoning 

Zhongwang Group Co. Ltd. (Liaoning) 

and Liaoyang Zhongwang Aluminum 

Profile Co. Ltd. (Liaoyang), exporters/ 

producers of aluminum extrusions from 

the People’s Republic of China (China), 

received countervailable subsidies 

during the period of review (POR) 

January 1, 2016, through December 31, 

2016. 

DATES: Applicable July 25, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Davina Friedmann AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0698. 

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