[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44031-44033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17838]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-933]


Frontseating Service Valves From the People's Republic of China; 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

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

SUMMARY: On April 8, 2015, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty on frontseating service valves from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ The period of review is April 
1, 2013, through April 28, 2014. The review covers one exporter of the 
subject merchandise, Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd. (``Sanhua''). We find 
that Sanhua made no sales in the United States at prices below normal 
value. None of the interested parties submitted case or rebuttal 
briefs. Therefore, we made no changes to our margin calculations for 
Sanhua. The final weighted-average dumping margin for this review is 
listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of the Review.''
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    \1\ See Frontseating Service Valves from the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 18811 (April 8, 2015) (``Preliminary 
Results'').

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DATES: Effective date: July 24, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-4243.

Background

    On April 8, 2015, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the subject administrative review of the order.\2\ At that time, we 
invited interested parties to comment on our preliminary results.
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    \2\ Id.
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    Subsequent to the Preliminary Results, Sanhua placed comments on 
the record concerning the Preliminary Results \3\ in lieu of a case 
brief. No other party provided comments on our Preliminary Results.
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    \3\ See letter from Sanhua, ``Frontseating Service Valves from 
the People's Republic of China; A-570-933; Comments by Zhejiang 
Sanhua Co., Ltd. Regarding the Preliminary Results,'' dated May 8, 
2015 (``Sanhua's Comment Letter'').

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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is frontseating service 
valves, assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete, and certain 
parts thereof. Frontseating service valves contain a sealing surface on 
the front side of the valve stem that allows the indoor unit or outdoor 
unit to be isolated from the refrigerant stream when the air 
conditioning or refrigeration unit is being serviced. Frontseating 
service valves rely on an elastomer seal when the stem cap is removed 
for servicing and the stem cap metal to metal seat to create this seal 
to the atmosphere during normal operation.
    For purposes of the scope, the term ``unassembled'' frontseating 
service valve means a brazed subassembly requiring any one or more of 
the following processes: The insertion of a valve core pin, the 
insertion of a valve stem and/or O ring, the application or 
installation of a stem cap, charge port cap or tube dust cap. The term 
``complete'' frontseating service valve means a product sold ready for 
installation into an air conditioning or refrigeration unit. The term 
``incomplete'' frontseating service valve means a product that when 
sold is in multiple pieces, sections, subassemblies or components and 
is incapable of being installed into an air conditioning or 
refrigeration unit as a single, unified valve without further assembly.
    The major parts or components of frontseating service valves 
intended to be covered by the scope under the term ``certain parts 
thereof'' are any brazed subassembly consisting of any two or more of 
the following components: A valve body, field connection tube, factory 
connection tube or valve charge port. The valve body is a rectangular 
block, or brass forging, machined to be hollow in the interior, with a 
generally square shaped seat (bottom of body). The field connection 
tube and factory connection tube consist of copper or other metallic 
tubing, cut to length, shaped and brazed to the valve body in order to 
create two ports, the factory connection tube and the field connection 
tube, each on opposite sides of the valve assembly body. The valve 
charge port is a service port via which a hose connection can be used 
to charge or evacuate the refrigerant medium or to monitor the system 
pressure for diagnostic purposes.
    The scope includes frontseating service valves of any size, 
configuration, material composition or connection type. Frontseating 
service valves are classified under subheading 8481.80.1095, and also 
have been classified under subheading 8415.90.80.85, of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). It is possible for 
frontseating service valves to be manufactured out of primary materials 
other than copper and brass, in which case they would be classified 
under HTSUS subheadings 8481.80.3040, 8481.80.3090, or 8481.80.5090. In 
addition, if unassembled or incomplete frontseating service valves are 
imported, the various parts or components would be classified under 
HTSUS subheadings 8481.90.1000, 8481.90.3000, or 8481.90.5000. The 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
but the written description of the scope of this proceeding is 
dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    Sanhua noted that the draft liquidation instructions issued 
subsequent to the Preliminary Results incorrectly identified the 
importer of record,\4\ and requested that the Department correct its 
liquidation instructions accordingly.\5\ We agree, and we will revise 
the final liquidation instructions to include the correct importer 
name.
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    \4\ Id., at 2.
    \5\ Id., at 5.
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Final Results of the Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists for the period April 1, 2013, through April 28, 2014:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              margin
                                                               (percent)
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Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd....................................        0.00
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Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b).\6\ The final results of 
this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties 
on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review. 
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of these final results of review.
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    \6\ See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
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    We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review for each individual 
assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review that is 
above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.50 percent). Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to 
antidumping duties any entries for which the assessment rate is de 
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent).
    Consistent with its assessment practice in non-market economy 
(``NME'') antidumping cases,\7\ for entries that were not reported in 
the U.S. sales databases submitted by companies individually examined 
during this review, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such 
entries at the NME-wide rate. In addition, if the Department determines 
that an exporter under review had no shipments of subject merchandise, 
any suspended entries that entered under that exporter's case number 
(i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the NME-wide 
rate. For a full discussion of this practice, see NME Antidumping 
Proceedings.
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    \7\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) 
(``NME Antidumping Proceedings'').
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because the antidumping duty order on frontseating service valves 
from the PRC has been revoked,\8\ the Department will not issue cash 
deposit instructions at the conclusion of this administrative review.
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    \8\ See Frontseating Service Valves from the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results of Sunset Review and Revocation of 
Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 27573 (May 14, 2014).
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Notification to Importers

    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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), this notice serves as a 
reminder to parties subject to

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administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
the APO. 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 sanctionable violation.
    These final results of review and notice are published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 14, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-17838 Filed 7-23-15; 8:45 am]
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