[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47640-47641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20441]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 731-TA-1396 (Final)]


Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan

Determination

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigation, the United States International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the 
Act''), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by 
reason of imports of forged steel fittings from Taiwan that have been 
found by the U.S. Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') to be sold in 
the United States at less than fair value (``LTFV'').\2\
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    \1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 36519, July 30, 2018.
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Background

    The Commission instituted this investigation effective October 5, 
2017, following receipt of a petition filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by Bonney Forge Corporation, Mount Union, Pennsylvania, and 
the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, 
Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania. The Commission established a general schedule for the 
final phase of its investigations on forged steel fittings from China, 
India, and Taiwan \3\ following notifications of preliminary 
determinations by Commerce that imports of forged steel fittings from 
China, Italy, and Taiwan were being sold at LTFV within the meaning of 
section 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)).\4\ Notice of the 
scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigation and of 
a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register of June 4, 2018, (83 FR 25715, June 4, 
2018). The hearing was held in Washington, DC, on August 2, 2018, and 
all persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in 
person or by counsel.
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    \3\ Forged Steel Fittings From China, India, and Taiwan: 
Scheduling of the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Antidumping 
Duty Investigations, 83 FR 25715, June 4, 2018.
    \4\ Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China: 
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of 
Provisional Measures, 83 FR 22948, May 17, 2018; Forged Steel 
Fittings From Italy: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination and 
Extension of Provisional Measures, 83 FR 22954, May 17, 2018; and 
Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: Affirmative Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 22957, May 17, 
2018; see also Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 
Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 
Determination, 83 FR 11170, March 14, 2018.
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    The Commission made this determination pursuant to section 735(b) 
of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)). It completed and filed its 
determination in this investigation on September 14, 2018. The views of 
the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 4823 (September 
2018), entitled Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Investigation No. 
731-TA-1396 (Final).

    By order of the Commission.


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    Issued: September 14, 2018.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-20441 Filed 9-19-18; 8:45 am]
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