[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16765-16766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8414]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-875]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe 
Filings From the People's Republic of China

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

ACTION: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Trentham or Sam 
Zengotitabengoa, AD/CVD Enforcement, Group II, Office 4, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-6320, and (202) 482-4195, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are finished and unfinished non-
malleable cast iron pipe fittings with an inside diameter ranging from 
\1/4\ inch to 6 inches, whether threaded or unthreaded, regardless of 
industry or proprietary specifications. The subject fittings include 
elbows, ells, tees, crosses, and reducers as well as flanged fittings. 
These pipe fittings are also known as ``cast iron pipe fittings'' or 
``gray iron pipe fittings.'' These cast iron pipe fittings are normally 
produced to ASTM A-126 and ASME B.16.4 specifications and are threaded 
to ASME B1.20.1 specifications. Most building codes require that these 
products are Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certified. The scope does 
not include cast iron soil pipe fittings or grooved fittings or grooved 
couplings.
    Fittings that are made out of ductile iron that have the same 
physical characteristics as the gray or cast iron fittings subject to 
the scope above or which have the same physical characteristics and are 
produced to ASME B.16.3, ASME B.16.4, or ASTM A-395 specifications, 
threaded to ASME B1.20.1 specifications and UL certified, regardless of 
metallurgical differences between gray and ductile iron, are also 
included in the scope of this petition. These ductile fittings do not 
include grooved fittings or grooved couplings. Ductile cast iron 
fittings with mechanical joint ends (MJ), or push on ends (PO), or 
flanged ends and produced to the American Water Works Association 
(AWWA) specifications AWWA C110 or AWWA C153 are not included.
    Imports of covered merchandise are classifiable in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers 
7307.11.00.30, 7307.11.00.60, 7307.19.30.60 and 7307.19.30.85. HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The 
written description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On March 24, 2003, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the International Trade 
Commission (the ITC) notified the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) of its final determination that the industry in the United 
States producing non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings is threatened 
with material injury by reason of import of the subject merchandise 
from the People's Republic of China (PRC).
    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) to assess, upon further 
advice by the administering authority, antidumping duties equal to the 
amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the U.S. 
price of the merchandise for all relevant entries of non-malleable cast 
iron pipe fittings form the PRC. In accordance with section 736(b)(2) 
of the Act, duties shall be assessed on subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of the ITC's notice of final determination if that 
determination is

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based on the threat of material injury and is not accompanied by a 
finding that injury would have resulted but for the imposition of 
suspension of liquidation of entries since the Department's preliminary 
determination. In addition, section 736(b)(2) of the act requires 
Customs to refund any cash deposits or bonds of estimated antidumping 
duties posted since the Department's preliminary antidumping 
determination if the ITC's final determination is based on a threat of 
material injury.
    Because the ITC's final determination in this case is based on the 
threat of material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that 
injury would have resulted but for the imposition of suspension of 
liquidation of entries since the Department's preliminary 
determination, section 736(b)(2) is applicable to this order. 
Therefore, the Department will direct Customs to assess, upon further 
advice, antidumping duties on all liquidated entries of non-malleable 
cast iron pipe fittings for the PRC entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
ITC's notice of final determination of threat of material injury in the 
Federal Register and terminate the suspension of liquidation for 
entries of non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the PRC entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to that date. The 
Department will also instruct Customs to refund any cash deposits made, 
or bonds posted, between the publication date of the Department's 
preliminary antidumping determination and the publication of the ITC's 
final determination.
    On or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register, Customs will require, at the 
same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties, cash 
deposits for the subject merchandise equal to the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins listed below. The ``PRC-wide rate'' rate 
applies to all exporters of subject merchandise not specifically listed 
below.

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                                                             Weighted-
                  Manufacturer/exporter                   average margin
                                                             (percent)
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Jinan Meide Casting Co., Ltd............................            7.08
Shanghai Foreign Trade Enterprises Co., Ltd.............            6.34
PRC-Wide Rate...........................................           75.50
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    Pursuant to section 735(a) of the Act, this notice constitutes the 
antidumping duty order with respect to non-malleable cast iron pipe 
fittings from the PRC. Interested parties may contact the Department's 
Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce building, for 
copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders currently in 
effect.
    This order is issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: April 1, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-8414 Filed 4-4-03; 8:45 am]
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