[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1590-1591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-637]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-820]


Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings and Glands From 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of first antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On October 14, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on Certain Compact Ductile Iron 
Waterworks Fittings and Glands (``CDIW'') from the People's Republic of 
China (64 FR 55697). The review covers shipments to the United States 
by one exporter of the subject merchandise, Beijing Metals and Minerals 
Import and Export Corporation, (``BMMIEC''), during the period 
September 1, 1997, through August 31, 1998.
    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our 
preliminary results and received no comments. The final results remain 
unchanged from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average 
dumping margin for the reviewed firm is listed below in the section 
entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyman Armstrong or Paige Rivas, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Group II, Office IV, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3601 or (202) 482-0651 respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (1999).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 14, 1999, the Department published the preliminary 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings and Glands (``CDIW'') 
from the People's Republic of China (64 FR 55697). We invited 
interested parties to comment and received no comments. The Department 
has now completed this review in accordance with section 751 of the Act 
and section 351.213 of its regulations.

Scope of Review

    The products subject to this antidumping duty order are: (1) 
Certain compact ductile iron waterworks (CDIW) fittings of 3 to 16 
inches nominal diameter regardless of shape, including bends, tees, 
crosses, wyes, reducers, adapters, and other shapes, whether or not 
cement line, and whether or not covered with bitumen or similar 
substance, conforming to American Water Works Association/American 
National Standards Institute (AWWA/ANSI) specification C153/A21.53, and 
rated for water working pressure of 350 PSI; and (2) certain CDIW 
standard ductile iron glands for fittings in sizes 3 to 16 inches, 
conforming to AWWA/ANSI specification C111/A21.11 and rated for water 
working pressure of 350 PSI. All accessory packs (including accessory 
packs containing glands), are excluded from the scope of this order.

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    The types of CDIW fittings covered by this order are compact 
ductile iron mechanical joint waterworks fittings and compact ductile 
iron push-on joint waterwork fittings, both of which are used for the 
same application. CDIW fittings are used to join water main pressure 
pipes, valves, or hydrants in straight lines, and change, divert, 
divide, or direct the flow of raw and/or treated water in piping 
systems. CDIW fittings attach to the pipe, valve, or hydrant at a joint 
and are used principally for municipal water distribution systems. CDIW 
glands are used to join mechanical joint CDIW fittings to pipes.
    CDIW fittings with nominal diameters greater than 16 inches, are 
specifically excluded from the scope of the order. Nonmalleable cast 
iron fittings (also called gray iron fittings) and full-bodied ductile 
fittings are also specifically excluded from the scope of this order. 
Nonmalleable cast iron fittings have little ductility and are generally 
rated only 150 to 250 PSI. Full-bodied ductile fittings have a longer 
body design than a compact fitting because in the compact design the 
straight section of the body is omitted to provide a more compact and 
less heavy fitting without reducing strength or flow characteristics. 
In addition, the full-bodied ductile fittings are thicker walled than 
the compact fittings.
    Full-bodied fittings are made of either gray iron or ductile iron, 
in sizes of 3 to 48 inches, conform to AWWA/ANSI specification C110/
C21.10, and are rated to a maximum of only 250 PSI. In addition, 
compact ductile iron flanged fittings are excluded from the scope of 
this order, as they have significantly different characteristics and 
uses than CDIW fittings.
    CDIW fittings are classifiable under subheading 7307.19.30.00 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Standard 
ductile iron glands are classifiable under HTSUS subheading 
7325.99.10.00. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of this order is dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    The final results remain unchanged from the preliminary results as 
the Department used the same methodology described in the preliminary 
results. As a result of our comparison of export price to normal value, 
we determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin exists:

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           Manufacturer/Exporter                       Margin
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Beijing Metals and Minerals Import and      .09 percent (de minimis).
 Export Corporation.
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    The Department shall determine, and Customs shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), we have calculated an importer-specific duty assessment 
rate by dividing the total amount of dumping margins calculated for 
sales to each importer by the total number of units of those same sales 
sold to that importer. The unit dollar amount will be assessed 
uniformly against each unit of merchandise of that specific importer's 
entries during the POR. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we 
also will instruct Customs to liquidate without regard to antidumping 
duties any entries for which the importer-specific antidumping duty 
assessment rate is de minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 percent. The 
Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to Customs.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
upon publication of the final results of this antidumping duty 
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) For 
BMMIEC, which has a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be zero; 
(2) for any previously reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporter with a 
separate rate (including those companies for which we terminated the 
review), the cash deposit rate will be the company-specific rate 
established for the most recent period; (3) the cash deposit rate for 
all other PRC exporters will continue to be 127.38 percent, the PRC-
wide rate established in the LTFV investigation; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise from the PRC 
will be the rate applicable to the PRC supplier of that exporter. These 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until publication of 
the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This administrative review is issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 5, 2000.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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