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10See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

11 Id. 

12See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

13See Order, 78 FR at 43144. 

amount of dumping calculated for all 

U.S. sales to the importer and dividing 

this amount by the total entered value 

of the merchandise sold to the 

importer.10 Where the respondent did 

not report entered values, Commerce 

will calculate importer-specific 

assessment rates by dividing the amount 

of dumping for reviewed sales to the 

importer by the total quantity of those 

sales. Commerce will calculate an 

estimated ad valorem importer-specific 

assessment rate to determine whether 

the per-unit assessment rate is de 

minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent or below); 

however, Commerce will use the perunit assessment rate where entered 

values were not reported.11 Where an 

importer-specific ad valorem 

assessment rate is not zero or de 

minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

collect the appropriate duties at the time 

of liquidation. Where either the 

respondent’s weighted average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis, or an 

importer-specific ad valorem 

assessment rate is zero or de minimis, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 

appropriate entries without regard to 

antidumping duties.12

For entries submitted by an exporter 

individually examined during this 

review that were not reported in the 

U.S. sales database, but that entered 

under the case number of that exporter 

(i.e., at the individually-examined 

exporter’s cash deposit rate), Commerce 

will instruct CBP to liquidate such 

entries at the China-wide entity rate 

(i.e., 154.07 percent).13

For respondents not individually 

examined in this administrative review 

that qualified for a separate rate (i.e., 

Jianlong, Deosen, and CP Kelco 

(Shandong)), the assessment rate will be 

the weighted average of the dumping 

margin assigned to the mandatory 

respondents (i.e., Fufeng and Meihua) in 

these final results of this review. 

For the respondents not eligible for a 

separate rate that are part of the Chinawide entity, we intend to instruct CBP 

to apply an ad valorem assessment rate 

of 154.07 percent (i.e., the China-wide 

entity rate) to all entries of subject 

merchandise exported by these 

companies during the POR. 

Additionally, if Commerce determines 

that an exporter under review had no 

shipments of the subject merchandise, 

any suspended entries that entered 

under that exporter’s case number will 

be liquidated at the China-wide entity 

rate. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act, the cash deposit requirements 

effective for shipments of the subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the publication date of the final 

results of review will be as follows: (1) 

for the exporters listed in the table 

above, the cash deposit rate will be the 

rate indicated; (2) for previously 

investigated or reviewed exporters of 

subject merchandise not listed in the 

table above that have separate rates, the 

cash deposit rate will continue to be the 

most recently published exporterspecific rate; (3) for all China exporters 

of subject merchandise that have not 

been found to be entitled to a separate 

rate, the cash deposit rate will be the 

rate previously established for the 

China-wide entity (154.07 percent); and 

(4) for all non-China exporters of subject 

merchandise which have not received 

their own rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to the China 

exporter that supplied that non-China 

exporter. The cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification of Importers 

This notice serves as a final 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 the POR. 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. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility to return or destroy 

proprietary information disclosed under 

an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.305(a)(3). 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 

violation subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Commerce is issuing and publishing 

the final results of this review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: January 30, 2024. 

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. Changes to the Preliminary Results 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Selected 

an Incorrect Surrogate Value (SV) for 

Valuing Bean Pulp 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Double 

Counted Energy 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Have Selected Other Financial 

Statements and Averaged Their Ratios 

Comment 4: The Cohen’s d Test 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Have Selected a Different Source for 

Water SVs 

Comment 6: Whether SAM HPRP 

Chemicals, Inc. d/b/a SAM Nutrition 

(SAM) Provided Sufficient Record 

Evidence to Support Commerce’s 

Finding that SAM Was a Wholesaler of 

Domestic Like Product during the POR 

Comment 7: Whether SAM Acted to the 

Best of Its Ability to Respond to 

Commerce’s Questionnaires 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should 

Exclude Deosen USA, Inc. from the 

Review 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Rescind the Review with Respect to 

Deosen Biochemical Ltd. 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce Correctly 

Calculated the Separate Rate 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–067; A–475–839; A–583–863; C– 

570–068] 

Forged Steel Fittings From the 

People’s Republic of China, Italy, and 

Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) orders on forged steel fittings (FSF) 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China), Italy, and Taiwan and the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on FSF 

from China would likely lead to the 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 


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8168 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 6, 2024 / Notices 

1See Forged Steel Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 83 

FR 60396 (November 26, 2018); Forged Steel 

Fittings from Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 83 

FR 48280 (September 24, 2018); Forged Steel 

Fittings from Italy and the People’s Republic of 

China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 60397 

(November 26, 2018) (collectively, the Orders). 

2See Forged Steel Fittings from China, Italy, and 

Taiwan; Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 88 FR 

50172 (August 1, 2023). 

3See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 

FR 50110 (August 1, 2023). 

4See Forged Steel Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited 

First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order, 88 FR 83903 (December 1, 2023), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum 

(IDM); see also Forged Steel Fittings from the 

People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Italy: Final 

Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 88 FR 83909 (December 

1, 2023), and accompanying IDM. 

5See Forged Steel Fittings from China, Italy, and 

Taiwan, 89 FR 6131 (January 31, 2024) (ITC Final 

Determination). 

6See Orders. 

7See ITC Final Determination. 

and countervailable subsidies, and 

material injury to an industry in the 

United States, Commerce is publishing 

a notice of continuation of these AD and 

CVD orders. 

DATES: Applicable January 31, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Palmer, 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) 482–9068. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 26, 2018, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

AD orders on FSF from China, Italy, and 

Taiwan and the CVD order on FSF from 

China.1 On August 1, 2023, the ITC 

instituted,2 and Commerce initiated,3

the first five-year (sunset) review of the 

Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the 

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

As a result of its reviews, Commerce 

determined that revocation of the 

Orders would likely lead to the 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and countervailable subsidies, and 

therefore, notified the ITC of the 

magnitude of the margins of dumping 

and subsidy rates likely to prevail 

should the Orders be revoked.4

On January 31, 2024, the ITC 

published its determination, pursuant to 

sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, 

that revocation of the Orders would 

likely lead to continuation or recurrence 

of material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time.5

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by the Orders 

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. 

While these fittings are generally 

manufactured to specifications ASME 

B16.11, MSS SP–79, MSS SP–83, MSS 

SP–97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350, and 

ASTM A182, the scope is not limited to 

fittings made to these specifications. 

The term forged is an industry term 

used to describe a class of products 

included in applicable standards, and 

does not reference an exclusive 

manufacturing process. Forged steel 

fittings are not manufactured from 

casting. Pursuant to the applicable 

specifications, subject fittings may also 

be machined from bar stock or 

machined from seamless pipe and tube. 

All types of fittings are included in 

the scope regardless of nominal pipe 

size (which may or may not be 

expressed in inches of nominal pipe 

size), pressure rating (usually, but not 

necessarily expressed in pounds of 

pressure/PSI, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 

3M; 6,000 or 6M; 9,000 or 9M), wall 

thickness, and whether or not heat 

treated. Excluded from this scope are all 

fittings entirely made of stainless steel. 

Also excluded are flanges, butt weld 

fittings, butt weld outlets, nipples, and 

all fittings that have a maximum 

pressure rating of 300 pounds of 

pressure/PSI or less. 

Also excluded are fittings certified or 

made to the following standards, so long 

as the fittings are not also manufactured 

to the specifications of ASME B16.11, 

MSS SP–79, MSS SP–83, MSS SP–97, 

ASTM A105, ASTM A350, and ASTM 

A182: 

• American Petroleum Institute 

(API)5CT, API5L, or API 11B 

• Society of Automotive Engineering 

(SAE) J476, SAE J514, SAE J516, SAE 

J517, SAE J518, SAE J1026, SAE 

J1231, SAE J1453, SAE J1926, J2044 or 

SAE AS 35411 

• Underwriter’s Laboratories 

(UL)certified electrical conduit 

fittings 

• ASTMA153, A536, A576, or A865 

• Casing Conductor Connectors 16–42 

inches in diameter made to 

proprietary specifications 

• Military Specification (MIL) MIL–C– 

4109F and MIL–F–3541 

• International Organization for 

Standardization (ISO) ISO 6150–B 

To be excluded from the scope, 

products must have the appropriate 

standard or pressure markings and/or be 

accompanied by documentation 

showing product compliance to the 

applicable standard or pressure, e.g., 

‘‘API 5CT’’ mark and/or a mill 

certification report. 

Subject carbon and alloy forged steel 

fittings are normally entered under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 

7307.99.5045, and7307.99.5060. They 

also may be entered under HTSUS 

subheadings 7307.92.3010, 

7307.92.3030, 7307.92.9000, and 

7326.19.0010. The HTSUS subheadings 

and specifications are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive.6

Continuation of the Orders 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Orders would likely lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping, 

countervailable subsidies, and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 

the Act, Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of the Orders. U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection will 

continue to collect AD and CVD cash 

deposits at the rates in effect at the time 

of entry for all imports of subject 

merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of the Orders will be January 31, 2024.7

Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce 

intends to initiate the next five-year 

reviews of the Orders not later than 30 

days prior to fifth anniversary of the 

date of the last determination by the 

ITC. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 

which continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. 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 

violation which is subject to sanction. 


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1See Certain Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review and Rescission of Review, in 

Part; 2020–2021, 88 FR 51269 (August 3, 2023) 

(Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See GOC’s Letter, ‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated September 

12, 2023; Ningbo Daye’s Letter, ‘‘Ningbo Daye’s 

Case Brief,’’ dated September 12, 2023. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2020–2021,’’ dated November 17, 2023. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 

Certain Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers and Parts 

Thereof from the People’s Republic of China; 2020– 

2021,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

5See Certain Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order and Amended Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 

FR 36702 (July 13, 2021) (Order). 

6See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 2–3. 

7See 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. 

8This rate applies to Ningbo Daye and its crossowned companies: Zhejiang Jindaye Holdings 

Limited and Ningbo Lingyue. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These five-year (sunset) reviews and 

this notice are in accordance with 

sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act 

and published in accordance with 

section 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: January 31, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02386 Filed 2–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–130] 

Certain Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers and 

Parts Thereof From the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2020–2021 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

Ningbo Daye Garden Machinery Co., 

Ltd. (Ningbo Daye), a producer/exporter 

of certain walk-behind lawn mowers 

and parts thereof (lawn mowers) from 

the People’s Republic of China (China), 

received countervailable subsidies 

during the period of review (POR), 

October 30, 2020, through December 31, 

2021. 

DATES: Applicable February 6, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Natasia Harrison or Harrison Tanchuck, 

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) 482–1240 or 

(202) 482–7421, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 3, 2023, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results of 

this administrative review in the 

Federal Register and invited interest 

parties to comment.1 We received 

timely-filed case briefs from the 

Government of China (GOC) and Ningbo 

Daye.2 On November 17, 2023, 

Commerce extended the deadline for 

issuing these final results to January 30, 

2024.3 For a complete description of the 

events that occurred since the 

publication of the Preliminary Results, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.4

Scope of the Order 5

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is lawn mowers from China. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the Order, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.6

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised by interested parties 

in their case briefs are addressed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the topics discussed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum is provided 

in the 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 Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://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. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received from interested 

parties and the evidence on the record, 

we revised the calculation of the net 

countervailable subsidy rate for Ningbo 

Daye. For a full description of these 

revisions, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff 

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

each of the subsidy programs found 

countervailable, we find that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 

financial contribution that gives rise to 

a benefit to the recipient, and that the 

subsidy is specific.7 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s conclusions, 

including any determination that relied 

upon the use of adverse facts available, 

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

the Act, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Final Results of Administrative Review 

We determine the following net 

countervailable subsidy rate exists for 

the period October 30, 2020, through 

December 31, 2021: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate for the 

period 

October 

30, 2020, 

through 

December 

31, 2020 

(percent 

ad 

valorem) 

Subsidy 

rate for the 

period 

January 1, 

2021, 

through 

December 

31, 2021 

(percent 

ad 

valorem) 

Ningbo Daye Garden Machinery 

Co., Ltd.8 ........... 9.12 8.57 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to the 

calculations performed in connection 

with the final results of review within 

five days of a public announcement or, 

if there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of the notice of final results 

in the Federal Register, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 

Commerce has determined, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise covered by this review. 

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 


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