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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99221-99223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28928]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-067]

Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Yingkou Guangming Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd. (Yingkou Guangming), the 
sole mandatory respondent in this review, and Jiangsu Forged Pipe 
Fittings Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Forged), are not eligible for a separate 
rate in the above-referenced administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on forged steel fittings from the People's Republic of China 
(China), and are to be considered part of the China-wide entity The 
period of review (POR) is November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable December 10, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hannah Lee or Robert Palmer, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1216 and (202) 482-9068, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results on August 13, 2024, and 
invited interested parties to comment.\1\ We received no comments on 
the Preliminary Results and have made no changes to the Preliminary 
Results. Accordingly, no decision memoranda accompany this notice, and 
the final results are unchanged from the Preliminary Results. Commerce

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conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Rescission of Review, in Part; 2022-2023, 89 FR 65860 (August 
13, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of the Order \2\
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    \2\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Italy and the People's 
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 60397 (November 
26, 2018) (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is 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, API 5L, 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
 ASTM A153, 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) ISO6150-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, and 7307.99.5060. 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.

Final Results of Review

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce preliminarily determined that 
Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming had not established their 
eligibility for a separate rate.\3\ As such, we preliminarily 
determined that Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming were part of the 
China-wide entity.\4\ Because we received no comments, we made no 
changes from the Preliminary Results and we continue to find that 
Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming are part of the China-wide entity.
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 6.
    \4\ Id.
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    Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide 
entity applies to this administrative review.\5\ Under this policy, the 
China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically 
requests and Commerce initiates, or Commerce self-initiates, a review 
of the China-wide entity.\6\ Because no party requested a review of the 
China-wide entity and Commerce did not self-initiate a review of the 
China-wide entity for this review period, the China-wide entity is not 
under review and the China-wide entity's rate (i.e., 142.72 percent 
\7\) is not subject to change.
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    \5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ See Order, 83 FR 60399.
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
of the final results of an administrative 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). However, 
because we made no changes from the Preliminary Results, there are no 
calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 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 
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
    We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review, when the company-specific 
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less 
than 0.50 percent), or when the importer-specific assessment rate 
calculated in the final results of this review is not zero or de 
minimis. \8\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    Because Commerce finds both companies are part of the China-wide 
entity in the final results, Commerce will instruct CBP to apply an ad 
valorem assessment rate of 142.72 percent to all entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR which were exported by the China-wide 
entity, which includes Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for previously 
examined Chinese and non-Chinese exporters for which a review was not 
requested and that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this

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proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing 
exporter-specific rate; (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 
142.72 percent); and (3) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not received their own separate rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that 
supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption 
that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred 
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an 
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the 
countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a 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 
subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These final results and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 4, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-28928 Filed 12-9-24; 8:45 am]
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