[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9806-9808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04198]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-828]


Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Italy: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: For the preliminary results of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from 
Italy, the Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily 
determines that sales of subject merchandise by Filmag Italia Spa 
(Filmag) were made at less than normal value during the period of 
review.\1\ The period of review is February 1, 2014, through January 
31, 2015. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 18202 (April 3, 2015).

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DATES: Effective Date: February 26, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman or Brian Davis, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3931 or (202) 482-7924, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of the order, the product covered is certain stainless 
steel butt-weld pipe fittings. Stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings 
are under 14 inches in outside diameter (based on nominal pipe size), 
whether finished or unfinished. The product encompasses all grades of 
stainless steel and ``commodity'' and ``specialty'' fittings. 
Specifically excluded from the definition are threaded, grooved, and 
bolted fittings, and fittings made from any material other than 
stainless steel.
    The butt-weld fittings subject to the order is currently 
classifiable under subheading 7307.23.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of the order is dispositive. A full description of the 
scope of the order is contained in the memorandum from Christian Marsh, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, titled ``Decision 
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Italy; 2014-2015'' 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which is issued concurrent with and 
hereby adopted by this notice.
    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
Access to ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central Records 
Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of

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Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A list of topics discussed in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this 
notice. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic 
versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Tolling of Deadline

    As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its 
discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due to the recent 
closure of the Federal Government. All deadlines in this segment of the 
proceeding have been extended by four business days. The revised 
deadline for the preliminary results of this review is now February 22, 
2016.\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum to the file from Ron Lorentzen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, regarding 
``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government 
Closure During Snowstorm Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price 
has been calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal 
value has been calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. 
For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that, for the period February 1, 2014, 
through January 31, 2015, the following dumping margin exists:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Manufacturer/exporter                       margin
                                                               (percent)
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Filmag Italia Spa...........................................       35.86
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose to parties to the proceeding any 
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results of 
review within five days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\3\ Interested parties may submit case briefs to the Department 
in response to these preliminary results no later than 30 days after 
the publication of these preliminary results.\4\ Rebuttal briefs, the 
content of which is limited to the issues raised in the case briefs, 
must be filed within five days from the deadline date for the 
submission of case briefs.\5\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b)
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2).
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    Parties who submit arguments in this proceeding are requested to 
submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\6\ Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\7\ Case and rebuttal 
briefs must be served on interested parties.\8\ Executive summaries 
should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
    \7\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's 
name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and 
(3) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the 
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and 
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, the Department 
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a date and 
time to be determined.\9\ Parties should confirm the date, time, and 
location of the hearing by telephone two days before the scheduled 
date.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    The Department intends to publish the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
addressed in any case or rebuttal brief, no later than 120 days after 
publication of these preliminary results, unless extended.\10\
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    \10\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, the Department shall 
determine, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If the respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final 
results of this review, we will calculate importer- or customer-
specific ad valorem assessment rates for the merchandise based on the 
ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the 
examined sales made during the period of review to the total customs 
value of the sales used to calculate those duties in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment 
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). If the respondent's weighted-average dumping 
margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we will 
instruct CBP not to assess duties on any of its entries in accordance 
with the Final Modification for Reviews, i.e., ``{w{time} here the 
weighted-average margin of dumping for the exporter is determined to be 
zero or de minimis, no antidumping duties will be assessed.'' \11\
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    \11\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

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 of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Filmag will be 
that established in the final results of this administrative review; 
(2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or in the investigation but the manufacturer 
is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recent review period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be the all-others rate of 26.59 percent, the rate 
established in the investigation of this proceeding.\12\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \12\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Italy, 65 
FR 81830 (December 27, 2000).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility

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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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 19, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Background
2. Scope of the Order
3. Date of Sale
4. Comparisons to Normal Value
    A. Product Comparisons
    B. Determination of Comparison Method
    C. Export Price
    D. Normal Value
    1. Home Market Viability
    2. Level of Trade
    3. Cost of Production
    4. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
    5. Price-to-Constructed Value Comparison
    E. Currency Conversion
5. Recommendation

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