[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68324-68325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28025]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-702, A-580-813, A-583-816]


Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Japan, South 
Korea and Taiwan; Final Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of 
Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: On September 1, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on 
certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Japan, South Korea 
and Taiwan. See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 75 FR 
53664 (September 1, 2010) (Initiation Notice). Because no interested 
domestic party responded to the sunset review notice of initiation by 
the applicable deadline, the Department is revoking the antidumping 
duty orders on certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from 
Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

DATES: Effective Date: October 20, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein, AD/CVD Office 6, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1391.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Orders

Japan

    The products covered by this order include certain stainless steel 
butt-weld pipe fittings. These fittings are used in piping systems for 
chemical plants, pharmaceutical plants, food processing facilities, 
waste-treatment facilities, semiconductor equipment applications, 
nuclear power plants and other areas. This merchandise is classifiable 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
subheading 7307.23.00. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and for customs purposes, the written product description 
remains dispositive as to the scope of the order.

South Korea

    The products subject to this order are certain welded stainless 
steel butt-weld pipe fittings, whether finished or unfinished, under 14 
inches in inside diameter. The pipe fittings are used to connect pipe 
sections in piping systems where conditions require welded connections. 
The subject merchandise can be used where one or more of the following 
conditions is a factor in designing the piping system: (1) Corrosion of 
the piping system will occur if material other than stainless steel is 
used; (2) contamination of the material in the system by the system 
itself must be prevented; (3) high temperatures are present; (4) 
extreme low temperatures are present; (5) high pressures are contained 
within the system.
    Stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings come in a variety of 
shapes, and the following five are the most basic: ``elbows,'' 
``tees,'' ``reducers,'' ``stub ends,'' and ``caps.'' The edges of 
finished fittings are beveled. Threaded, grooved, and bolted fittings 
are excluded from the order. The pipe fittings subject to this order 
are classifiable under the HTSUS subheading 7307.23.00. Although the 
HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, our 
written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Taiwan

    The products subject to the order are certain stainless steel butt-
weld pipe fittings, whether finished or unfinished, under 14 inches in 
inside diameter. The pipe fittings are used to connect pipe sections in 
piping systems where conditions require welded connections. The subject 
merchandise is used where one or more of the following conditions is a 
factor in designing the piping system: (1) Corrosion of the piping 
system will occur if material other than stainless steel is used; (2) 
contamination of the material in the system by the system itself must 
be prevented; (3) high temperatures are present; (4) extreme low 
temperatures are present; and (5) high pressures are contained within 
the system.
    Stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings come in a variety of 
shapes, with the following five shapes the most basic: ``elbows,'' 
``tees,'' ``reducers,'' ``stub ends,'' and ``caps.'' The edges of 
finished fittings are beveled. Threaded, grooved, and bolted fittings 
are excluded from the order. The pipe fittings subject to the order are 
currently classifiable under subheading 7307.23.00 of the HTSUS. 
Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.
    Stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings manufactured to the 
American Society of Testing and Materials specification A774 are 
included in the scope of this order.

Background

    The Department published its antidumping duty order on certain 
stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Japan on March 25, 1988. 
See Antidumping Duty Order of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Stainless 
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe and Tube Fittings From Japan, 53 FR 9787 (March 
25, 1988). The Department published its antidumping duty order on 
certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from South Korea on 
February 23, 1993. See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Welded Stainless 
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Korea, 58 FR 11029 (February 23, 
1993). The Department published its antidumping duty order on certain 
stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan on June 16, 1993. 
See Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 
Welded Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Taiwan, 58 FR 33250 
(June 16, 1993).
    The Department determined that a continuation of the orders was 
warranted in two earlier rounds of sunset reviews. See Certain 
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Japan, South Korea, and 
Taiwan; Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders, 70 FR 61119 (October 
20, 2005); Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews: Certain Stainless 
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe and Tube Fittings From Japan, South Korea, and 
Taiwan, 65 FR 5604 (February 4, 2000).
    On September 1, 2010, the Department initiated the current sunset 
reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the

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Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR part 351, in 
general. See Initiation Notice. We received no response from the 
domestic industry by the deadline date. See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). As 
a result, the Department has determined that no domestic party intends 
to participate in the sunset reviews. See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(A). 
On September 21, 2010, the Department notified the International Trade 
Commission in writing that we intended to issue a revocation of the 
antidumping duty orders. See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(2).

Revocation

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no domestic interested parties respond to 
a notice of initiation, the Department shall, within 90 days after the 
initiation of the review, revoke the order. Because no domestic 
interested party filed a notice of intent to participate in any of the 
reviews, the Department finds that no domestic interested party is 
participating in the reviews. Thus, we are revoking the orders on 
certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Japan, South Korea 
and Taiwan.

Effective Date of Revocation

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(3)(A) and 751(c)(6)(A)(iii) of the Act, 
and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the Department will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection to terminate the suspension of liquidation of the 
merchandise subject to these orders entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, on or after October 20, 2010, the fifth anniversary of the 
date of publication of the last continuation notice. Entries of subject 
merchandise prior to the effective date of revocation will continue to 
be subject to suspension of liquidation and antidumping and deposit 
requirements. The Department will complete any pending administrative 
reviews of these orders and will conduct administrative reviews of 
subject merchandise entered prior to the effective date of revocation 
in response to appropriately-filed requests for review.
    This five-year (``sunset'') review and this notice are in 
accordance with section 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 1, 2010.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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