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1See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: 

Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 48280 (September 

24, 2018) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

68840 (October 30, 2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated April 22, 2021. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Forged Steel Fittings from 

Taiwan; 2019–2020,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

terms of clean technologies broadly, or 

in terms of specific technologies therein. 

To the extent commenters choose to 

respond to the specific questions asked, 

responses may be formatted as the 

commenter prefers. 

Questions 

Scope 

1. Is there an established methodology 

for designating particular technologies 

as clean technologies or additional 

factors that the Government should 

consider for purposes of scoping this 

strategy? 

2. What clean technologies offer the 

most significant immediate 

opportunities for U.S. exports of 

associated goods and services? 

3. What clean technologies do not 

currently offer significant immediate 

opportunities for U.S. exports of 

associated goods and services but may 

offer such opportunities within the next 

five to ten years? 

4. What types of services offer the 

most significant immediate or future 

opportunities for U.S. clean 

technologies exports? How do the needs 

of clean technologies services exporters 

differ from exporters of manufactured 

products? 

Challenges 

5. For sectors or technologies in 

which the United States currently has a 

competitive domestic industry, what are 

the main factors (i.e., economic, 

technical, regulatory, etc.) that could 

pose a significant risk to the U.S. 

industry’s competitive position? 

6. For sectors or technologies in 

which the United States does not 

currently have a competitive domestic 

industry, what are the main factors (i.e., 

economic, technical, regulatory, etc.) 

inhibiting U.S. industry 

competitiveness? 

7. What issues related to intellectual 

property, standards, or measurement 

science pose a challenge to U.S. clean 

technologies export competitiveness? 

8. When pursuing opportunities in 

foreign markets, what are the main risks 

or barriers (i.e., economic, financial, 

regulatory, technical, trade policy, etc.) 

facing U.S. businesses seeking to export 

clean technologies goods and services, 

whether generally or in specific foreign 

markets? 

Solutions 

9. What are the most impactful 

existing tools or resources offered by the 

Government to reduce or remove 

challenges, risks, and barriers in order 

to help position U.S. clean technologies 

industries for competitiveness in the 

global market? 

10. How can existing tools or 

resources offered by the Government to 

reduce or remove challenges, risks, and 

barriers be improved to increase their 

effectiveness or make them more 

accessible to U.S. clean technologies 

companies? 

11. What are the most impactful new 

actions the Government could take 

domestically to reduce or remove 

challenges, risks, and barriers in order 

to help position U.S. clean technologies 

industries for competitiveness in the 

global market? 

12. What are the most impactful new 

actions the Government could take 

through engagement with foreign 

countries to reduce or remove 

challenges, risks, and barriers in order 

to help position U.S. clean technologies 

industries for competitiveness in the 

global market? 

13. Which foreign countries or regions 

present the greatest market 

opportunities for U.S. exports of clean 

technologies and/or should be 

prioritized for engagement by the 

Government? 

14. What objectives should the 

Government set for a U.S. Clean 

Technologies Export Competitiveness 

Strategy in the first 6-months, 12- 

months, 2-years, and 5-years, and what 

metrics should the Government use to 

measure these objectives? 

Trade Policy 

15. How do U.S. trade policies impact 

the development and deployment of 

clean technologies in the United States 

and abroad? 

Other 

16. Are there additional relevant 

issues impacting U.S. clean technologies 

export competitiveness not addressed 

by these questions, and what are the 

most impactful actions the Government 

could take to address these issues? 

Dated: August 25, 2021. 

Man Cho, 

Deputy Director, Office of Energy and 

Environmental Industries. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–863] 

Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2019– 

2020 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that sales of forged steel fittings from 

Taiwan were made at less than normal 

value (NV) during the period of review 

(POR), September 1, 2019, through 

August 31, 2020. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable August 30, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Ayache or Samuel Glickstein, 

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) 482–2623 or 

(202) 482–5307, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 24, 2018, Commerce 

published the antidumping duty order 

on forged steel fittings from Taiwan.1

On October 30, 2020, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 

initiated an administrative review of the 

Order.2 This review covers one 

producer/exporter of the subject 

merchandise, Both-Well Steel Fittings 

Co., Ltd (Bothwell). On April 22, 2021, 

Commerce extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review by 86 

days, until August 27, 2021, in 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act).3 For a detailed description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4


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5For a complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

6See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 

7See 19 CFR 351.309(d); Temporary Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020). 

8See 19 CFR 351.303. 

9See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of 

Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

10See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

11See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

12See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

13See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

14See 19 CFR 352.106(c)(2); see also 

Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the scope of 

this Order 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. The subject merchandise is 

currently classifiable under item 

numbers 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 

7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). Although the 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

is dispositive.5

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act. Export price is calculated in 

accordance with section 772 of the Act. 

NV is calculated in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. A list of the topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

attached as an appendix to this notice. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margin exists for Bothwell for the period 

September 1, 2019, through August 31, 

2020: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Both-Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd 5.57 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with these preliminary results to 

interested parties within five days after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Interested parties may submit case briefs 

no later than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.6 Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 

seven days after the date for filing case 

briefs.7 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

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

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this proceeding 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. Case and rebuttal 

briefs should be filed using ACCESS 

and must be served on interested 

parties.8 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.9

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time within 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice.10 Hearing requests should 

contain: (1) The party’s name, address, 

and telephone number; (2) the number 

of participants; and (3) a list of issues to 

be discussed. Issues raised in the 

hearing will be limited to those raised 

in the respective case and rebuttal 

briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, 

Commerce intends to hold the hearing 

at a date and time to be determined.11

Parties should confirm by telephone the 

date, time, and location of the hearing 

two days before the scheduled date. 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any written briefs, no 

later than 120 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, unless 

otherwise extended.12

Assessment Rates 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

Commerce will determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise in accordance with the 

final results of 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 administrative 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). 

For any individually examined 

respondent whose weighted-average 

dumping margin is above de minimis 

(i.e., 0.50 percent), upon completion of 

the final results, Commerce will 

calculate importer-specific assessment 

rates on the basis of the ratio of the total 

amount of dumping calculated for the 

importer’s examined sales and the total 

entered value of sales. Where we do not 

have entered values for all U.S. sales to 

a particular importer/customer, we will 

calculate a per-unit assessment rate by 

aggregating the antidumping duties due 

for all U.S. sales to that importer (or 

customer) and dividing this amount by 

the total quantity sold to that importer 

(or customer).13 To determine whether 

the duty assessment rates are de 

minimis, in accordance with the 

requirement set forth in 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(2), we calculate importer- (or 

customer-) specific ad valorem ratios 

based on the estimated entered value. 

Where either a respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de 

minimis, or an importer- (or customer- 

) specific ad valorem rate is zero or de 

minimis, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate appropriate entries without 

regard to antidumping duties.14

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by each 

individually examined respondent for 

which it did not know its merchandise 

was destined for the United States, we 


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15See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

16See Order, 83 FR at 48281. 

will instruct CBP to liquidate such 

entries at the all-others rate if there is no 

rate for the intermediate company(ies) 

involved in the transaction. The final 

results of this review shall be the basis 

for the assessment of antidumping 

duties on entries of merchandise 

covered by the final results of this 

review and for future deposits of 

estimated duties, where applicable.15

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective for all 

shipments of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review, as provided by 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The 

cash deposit rate for Bothwell will be 

equal to the weighted-average dumping 

margin established in the final results of 

this review, except if the rate is less 

than 0.50 percent, and therefore, de 

minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash 

deposit rate will be zero; (2) for 

merchandise exported by producers or 

exporters not covered in this review but 

covered in a prior segment of the 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recentlycompleted segment of this proceeding in 

which they were reviewed; (3) if the 

exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review or the less-than-fair-value 

(LTFV) investigation but the producer 

is, then the cash deposit rate will be the 

rate established for the most recentlycompleted segment of this proceeding 

for the producer of the merchandise; 

and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers or exporters will continue to 

be 116.17 percent, the all-others rate 

established in the LTFV investigation.16

These cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

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 this 

review period. 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results are being 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: August 24, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Currency Conversion 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Board of Overseers of the Malcolm 

Baldrige National Quality Award 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Overseers of the 

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award (Board) will meet in open 

session on Thursday, December 9, 2021. 

The purpose of this meeting is to review 

and discuss the work of the private 

sector contractor, which assists the 

Director of the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) in 

administering the Malcolm Baldrige 

National Quality Award (Award), and 

information received from NIST and 

from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the 

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award in order to make such 

suggestions for the improvement of the 

Award process as the Board deems 

necessary. Details on the agenda are 

noted in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, December 9, 2021, from 11:00 

a.m. Eastern time until 4:00 p.m. Eastern 

time. The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually using Microsoft Teams. Please 

note admittance instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige 

Performance Excellence Program, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–1020, telephone number (301) 

975–2361, or by email at 

robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(2)(B) 

and the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. app. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

app., notice is hereby given that the 

Board will meet in open session on 

Thursday, December 9, 2020, from 11:00 

a.m. Eastern time until 4:00 p.m. Eastern 

time. The Board is currently composed 

of eleven members selected for their 

preeminence in the field of 

organizational performance excellence 

and appointed by the Secretary of 

Commerce. The Board consists of a 

balanced representation from U.S. 

service, manufacturing, small business, 

nonprofit, education, and health care 

industries. The Board includes members 

familiar with the quality, performance 

improvement operations, and 

competitiveness issues of manufacturing 

companies, service companies, small 

businesses, nonprofits, health care 

providers, and educational institutions. 

The purpose of this meeting is to review 

and discuss the work of the private 

sector contractor, which assists the 

NIST Director in administering the 

Award, and information received from 

NIST and from the Chair of the Judges 

Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National 

Quality Award in order to make such 

suggestions for the improvement of the 

Award process as the Board deems 

necessary. The Board shall make an 

annual report on the results of Award 

activities to the Director of NIST, along 

with its recommendations for the 

improvement of the Award process. The 

agenda will include: Report from the 

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 

National Quality Award, Baldrige 

Program Business Plan Status Report, 

Baldrige Foundation Fundraising 

Update, Products and Services Update, 

and Recommendations for the NIST 

Director. The agenda may change to 

accommodate Board business. The final 

agenda will be posted on the NIST 

Baldrige Performance Excellence 

website at http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/ 

community/overseers.cfm. The meeting 

will be open to the public. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Board’s affairs are invited to request a 

place on the agenda. On December 9, 

2021, approximately one-half hour will 

be reserved in the afternoon for public 


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