[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31936-31938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13713]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-875]


Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: On January 31, 2011, the Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published the Preliminary Results of the 2009-2010 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on non-malleable 
cast iron pipe fittings (``pipe fittings'') from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC'').\1\ We gave interested parties an opportunity to 
comment on the Preliminary Results. We did not receive comments on the 
Preliminary Results. We find that the only participating mandatory 
respondent in this review, NEP (Tianjin) Machinery Company (``NEP 
Tianjin'') did not sell subject merchandise at less than normal value 
during the period of review (``POR''), April 1, 2009, through March 31, 
2010. The final dumping margin for this administrative review is listed 
in the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.
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    \1\ See Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 76 FR 5333 (January 31, 2011) (``Preliminary 
Results'').

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DATES: Effective Date: June 2, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    As noted above, on January 31, 2011, the Department published the 
Preliminary Results of pipe fittings from the PRC. The Department did 
not receive comments from interested parties on our Preliminary 
Results.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    We have not made any changes to our Preliminary Results.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the 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 the order. 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

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produced to the American Water Works Association (``AWWA'') 
specifications AWWA C110 or AWWA C153 are not included.
    Imports of subject merchandise are currently 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, 7307.19.30.85, 
7326.90.8588. HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes. The written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.\2\
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    \2\ On April 21, 2009, in consultation with CBP, the Department 
added the following HTSUS classification to the AD/CVD module for 
pipe fittings: 7326.90.8588. See Memorandum from Abdelali 
Elouaradia, Office Director, Import Administration, Office 4 to 
Stephen Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration 
regarding the Final Scope Ruling on Black Cast Iron Cast, Green 
Ductile Flange and Twin Tee, antidumping duty order on non-malleable 
iron cast pipe fittings from China, dated September 19, 2008. See 
also Memorandum to the file from Karine Gziryan, Financial Analyst, 
Office 4, regarding Module Update adding Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
Number for twin tin fitting included in the scope of antidumping 
order on non-malleable iron cast pipe fittings from China, dated 
April 22, 2009.
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Non-Market Economy Treatment

    The Department considers the PRC to be a non-market economy 
(``NME'') country.\3\ In accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), any determination that a 
foreign country is an NME country shall remain in effect until revoked 
by the administering authority. No party has challenged the designation 
of the PRC as an NME country in this review. Therefore, the Department 
continues to treat the PRC as an NME country for purposes of the final 
results.
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    \3\ See, e.g., Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: Coated Free 
Sheet Paper from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 30758, 30760 
(June 4, 2007), unchanged in Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Coated Free Sheet Paper from the People's Republic 
of China, 72 FR 60632 and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum at Comment 1 (October 25, 2007).
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Surrogate Country

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department stated that it selected 
India as the appropriate surrogate country to use in this 
administrative review for the following reasons: 1) it is a significant 
producer of comparable merchandise; 2) it is at a similar level of 
economic development pursuant to section 773(c)(4) of the Act; and 3) 
the Department has reliable data from India that it can use to value 
the factors of production.\4\ The Department received no comments on 
the surrogate country issue after the Preliminary Results. Therefore, 
the Department has not made changes to its findings with respect to the 
selection of a surrogate country for the final results.
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 76 FR at 5334.
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Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department holds a 
rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are 
subject to government control and, thus, should be assessed a single 
antidumping duty rate. It is the Department's policy to assign all 
exporters of subject merchandise in an NME country this single rate 
unless an exporter can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent 
so as to be entitled to a separate rate.
    In the Preliminary Results, the Department found it is not 
necessary to perform any further separate-rate analysis with respect to 
the lone mandatory respondent (i.e., NEP Tianjin) because it submitted 
information indicating that NEP Tianjin is a wholly foreign-owned 
enterprise under Chinese law.\5\ The Department did not receive 
comments on its separate rate analysis. Therefore, the Department has 
not made changes to its findings with respect to the separate rate 
analysis for the final results.
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    \5\ See NEP Tianjin's July 7, 2010 Section A Questionnaire 
Response.
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Final Results of Review

    The dumping margin for the POR is as follows:

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                                                           Antidumping
                        Company                            duty margin
                                                            (percent)
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NEP (Tianjin) Machinery Company........................           00.00
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Assessment

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department intends 
to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), we will calculate importer-specific (or customer) ad 
valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of 
the dumping margins calculated for the examined sales to the total 
entered value of those same sales. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate, without regard to 
antidumping duties, all entries of subject merchandise during the POR 
for which the importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the 
final results of review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, 
i.e., less than 0.5 percent, a zero cash deposit rate will be required 
for that company); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and 
non-PRC exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published 
for the most recent period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not been found to be entitled to a separate 
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 75.5 percent; 
\6\ and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have 
not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the PRC exporters that supplied that non-PRC exporter. 
The deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \6\ See Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's 
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 16765 (April 7, 
2003).
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Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations

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and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this administrative review and notice 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: May 25, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-13713 Filed 6-1-11; 8:45 am]
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