[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 185 (Monday, September 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48280-48281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20797]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-863]


Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: Based on an affirmative final determination by the Department 
of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (the 
ITC), Commerce is issuing the antidumping duty order on forged steel 
fittings from Taiwan.

DATES: Applicable September 24, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Palmer (202) 482-9068 or 
Suzanne Lam at (202) 482-0783, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on July 30, 2018, 
Commerce published its affirmative Final Determination in the less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of forged steel fittings from 
Taiwan.\1\ On September 14, 2018, the ITC notified Commerce of its 
affirmative determination that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the 
Act, by reason of the LTFV imports of forged steel fittings from 
Taiwan.\2\
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 36519 (July 30, 2018) (Final 
Determination).
    \2\ See Letter from the U.S. International Trade Commission, 
regarding Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan, dated September 14, 
2018 (ITC Notification).
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Scope of the Order 3
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    \3\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Placing Carbon Steel Butt Weld 
Pipe Fitting Scope Information Ruling on the Record,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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    The products covered by this scope are carbon and alloy forged 
steel fittings, whether unfinished (commonly known as blanks or rough 
forgings) or finished. Such fittings are made in a variety of shapes 
including, but not limited to, elbows, tees, crosses, laterals, 
couplings, reducers, caps, plugs, bushings, unions, and outlets. Forged 
steel fittings are covered regardless of end finish, whether threaded, 
socket-weld or other end connections.
    While these fittings are generally manufactured to specifications 
ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350, and 
ASTM A182, the scope is not limited to fittings made to these 
specifications.
    The term forged is an industry term used to describe a class of 
products included in applicable standards, and does not reference an 
exclusive manufacturing process. Forged steel fittings are not 
manufactured from casting. Pursuant to the applicable specifications, 
subject fittings may also be machined from bar stock or machined from 
seamless pipe and tube.
    All types of fittings are included in the scope regardless of 
nominal pipe size (which may or may not be expressed in inches of 
nominal pipe size), pressure rating (usually, but not necessarily 
expressed in pounds of pressure/PSI, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M; 
6,000 or 6M; 9,000 or 9M), wall thickness, and whether or not heat 
treated.
    Excluded from this scope are all fittings entirely made of 
stainless steel. Also excluded are flanges, butt weld fittings, butt 
weld outlets, nipples, and all fittings that have a maximum pressure 
rating of 300 pounds of pressure/PSI or less.
    Also excluded are fittings certified or made to the following 
standards, so long as the fittings are not also manufactured to the 
specifications of ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM 
A105, ASTM A350, and ASTM A182:

 American Petroleum Institute (API) API 5CT, API 5L, or API 11B
 Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) SAE J476, SAE J514, 
SAE J516, SAE J517, SAE J518, SAE J1026, SAE J1231, SAE J1453, SAE 
J1926, J2044 or SAE AS 35411
 Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) certified electrical conduit 
fittings
 ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865
 Casing Conductor Connectors 16-42 inches in diameter made to 
proprietary specifications
 Military Specification (MIL) MIL-C-4109F and MIL-F-3541
 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO6150-B

    To be excluded from the scope, products must have the appropriate 
standard or pressure markings and/or accompanied by documentation 
showing product compliance to the applicable standard or pressure, 
e.g., ``API 5CT'' mark and/or a mill certification report.
    Subject carbon and alloy forged steel fittings are normally entered 
under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They also 
may be entered under HTSUS 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030, 7307.92.9000, 
and 7326.19.0010. The HTSUS subheadings and specifications are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the 
scope is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    As stated above, on September 14, 2018, in accordance with section 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination 
in this investigation, in which it found material injury with respect 
to forged steel

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fittings from Taiwan.\4\ Therefore, in accordance with section 
735(c)(2) of the Act, we are issuing this antidumping duty order. 
Because the ITC determined that imports of forged steel fittings from 
Taiwan are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of 
such merchandise from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \4\ See ITC Notification.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal 
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the 
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all 
relevant entries of forged steel fittings from Taiwan. Antidumping 
duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of forged steel 
fittings from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after May 17, 2018, the date of publication of the 
Preliminary Determination.\5\
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    \5\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Affirmative 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 
22957 (May 17, 2018) (Preliminary Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries 
of forged steel fittings from Taiwan. These instructions suspending 
liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
    We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the 
amounts as indicated below. Accordingly, effective on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP 
will require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit 
estimated duties on this subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins listed below.\6\ The 
relevant all-others rate applies to all producers or exporters not 
specifically listed.
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    \6\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant 
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect 
for more than four months except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
Commerce to extend that four-month period to no more than six months. 
However, Commerce did not extend the four-month period in the 
underlying investigation. In the underlying investigation, Commerce 
published the Preliminary Determination on May 17, 2018. Thus, the 
four-month period beginning on the date of the publication of the 
Preliminary Determination ended on September 13, 2018. Furthermore, 
section 737(b) of the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on 
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of forged steel fittings from Taiwan entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after September 14, 
2018, the date the provisional measures expired, and through the day 
preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury 
determination in the Federal Register.

Estimated Dumping Margins

    Commerce determines that the estimated final weighted-average 
dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margins
                                                               (percent)
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Both Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd...........................      116.17
Luchu Shin Yee Works Co., Ltd...............................      116.17
All-Others..................................................      116.17
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
forged steel fittings from Taiwan pursuant to section 736(a) of the 
Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders 
currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: September 19, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-20797 Filed 9-21-18; 8:45 am]
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