[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35504-35506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12474]


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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 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel Fittings Co., Ltd. (Both-Well), an exporter 
of forged steel fittings from the People's Republic of China (China), 
did not sell subject merchandise in the United States at prices below 
normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2019, 
through October 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable June 10, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jinny Ahn, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results \1\ on December 7, 2021, 
and invited interested parties to comment. On March 7, 2022, Commerce 
extended the deadline of the final
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Partial Rescission; 2019-2020, 86 FR 69222 (December 7, 2021) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    results of this administrative review by 58 days, until June 3, 
2022.\2\ For a complete description of the events that occurred since 
the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Forged Steel Fittings from the People's 
Republic of China (China): Extension of Deadline for Final Results 
of Second Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 7, 
2022.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Forged Steel Fittings 
from the People's Republic of China; 2019-2020,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \4\
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    \4\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Italy and the People's 
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 60397, dated 
November 26, 2018 (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is forged steel fittings from 
China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the parties' briefs are addressed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed is 
attached as 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 review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made a 
revision to the

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margin calculations for Both-Well.\5\ For a discussion of this change, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results Calculation Memorandum for Both-Well,'' dated concurrently 
with this notice.
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Separate Rate

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that Both-Well 
demonstrated its eligibility for a separate rate.\6\ We received no 
comments or arguments since the issuance of the Preliminary Results 
that provide a basis for reconsideration of this separate rate 
determination. Therefore, for these final results, we continue to find 
that Both-Well is eligible for a separate rate.
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    \6\ See Preliminary Results, 86 FR at 69222.
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The China-Wide Entity

    Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide 
entity applies to this administrative review.\7\ Under this policy, the 
China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically 
requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the China-wide 
entity.\8\ Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity 
in this review, the China-wide entity is not under review and the 
China-wide entity's rate (i.e., 142.72 percent) is not subject to 
change as a result of this review.\9\
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    \7\ 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).
    \8\ Id.
    \9\ See Order, 83 FR at 60397.
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Final Results of the Review

    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the POR:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel Fittings Co., Ltd.................        0.00
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to interested 
parties in this proceeding under an Administrative Protective Order 
(APO) within five days of the date of publication of this notice in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (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).
    Because the weighted-average dumping margin for Both-Well, the only 
respondent in this administrative review, is zero, Commerce will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\10\
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    \10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
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    For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted 
by Both-Well during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to 
liquidate such entries at the rate for the China-wide entity.\11\
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    \11\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR at 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full 
discussion of this practice.
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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 Both-Well, the 
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for a previously examined Chinese 
and non-Chinese exporter not listed above that received a separate rate 
in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the existing exporter-specific cash deposit rate; 
(3) 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 (4) 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 Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    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 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 duties has occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding APO

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 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: June 3, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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 Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether To Adjust Both-Well's Reported Per-Unit 
Consumption of Steel Bar
    Comment 2: Whether To Adjust Both-Well's Reported Per-Unit 
Consumption of Labor
    Comment 3: Whether To Adjust Both-Well's Reported Per-Unit 
Consumption of Energy
    Comment 4: Whether Commerce Made a Ministerial Error in the 
Preliminary Results

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VI. Recommendation

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