Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 230 / Friday, December 1, 2023 / Notices 83903 

1See Forged Steel Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 83 

FR 60396 (November 26, 2018) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 

FR 50110 (August 1, 2023). 

3See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter ‘‘Notice 

of Intent to Participate in the Five-Year Review of 

the Countervailing Duty Order on Forged Steel 

Fittings from China,’’ dated August 16, 2023. 

4See Domestic Interest Parties’ Letter, 

‘‘Substantive Response,’’ dated August 31, 2023. 

5See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews for 

August 2023,’’ dated September 20, 2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited 

First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Forged Steel Fittings from China,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

7 Id. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–068] 

Forged Steel Fittings From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results of the Expedited First Sunset 

Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) finds that 

revocation of the countervailing duty 

(CVD) order on forged steel fittings from 

the People’s Republic of China (China) 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of countervailable 

subsidies at the levels indicated in the 

‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Horn, 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) 482–4868. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 26, 2018, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

CVD order on forged steel fittings from 

China.1 On August 1, 2023, Commerce 

published the notice of initiation of the 

first sunset review of the Order, 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).2

On August 16, 2023, Commerce 

received notices of intent to participate 

in this review from Bonney Forge 

Corporation (Bonney Forge), Phoenix 

Forge Group d/b/a Capitol 

Manufacturing Company, LLC (Capitol 

Manufacturing Company), and the 

United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 

Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union (USW) (collectively, 

the domestic interested parties), within 

the deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i).3 Bonney Forge and 

Capitol Manufacturing Company 

claimed interested party status under 

section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers 

of the domestic like product in the 

United States. The USW is a certified 

labor union whose members include 

workers at the facilities in which the 

domestic like product is produced and 

is, therefore, an interested party within 

the meaning of section 771(9)(D) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(17). On 

August 31, 2023, Commerce received an 

adequate substantive response to the 

notice of initiation from the domestic 

interested parties, within the 30-day 

deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(3)(i).4 We received no 

substantive responses from any 

respondent interested parties, including 

the Government of China, nor was a 

hearing requested. 

On September 20, 2023, Commerce 

notified the U.S. International Trade 

Commission that it did not receive an 

adequate substantive response from 

respondent interested parties.5 As a 

result, pursuant to 751(c)(3)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) 

and (C)(2), Commerce conducted an 

expedited (120-day) sunset review of the 

Order. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are forged steel fittings. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.6

Analysis of Comments Received 

A complete discussion of all issues 

raised in this sunset review are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.7 A list of topics 

discussed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix to this notice. 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 Services System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Final Results of Sunset Review 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines 

that revocation of the Order would 

likely lead to continuation or recurrence 

of countervailable subsidies at the rates 

below: 

Producers/exporters Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel 

Fittings, Co., Ltd ................ 13.88 

All Others .............................. 13.88 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice serves 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. Timely written 

notification of the 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 and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.218. 

Dated: November 27, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. History of the Order 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of Countervailable Subsidies 

2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates 

Likely To Prevail 

3. Nature of the Subsidies 

VII. Final Results of Sunset Review 

VIII. Recommendation 

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