[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60397-60399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25703]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-839, A-570-067]


Forged Steel Fittings From Italy and the People's Republic of 
China: Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), 
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty orders on forged steel fittings 
from Italy and the People's Republic of China (China).

DATES: Applicable November 26, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Bowen at (202) 482-0768 
(Italy) or Kate Johnson at (202) 482-4929 (China), 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 October 5, 
2018, Commerce published its final determinations in the less-than-
fair-value (LTFV) investigations of forged steel fittings from Italy 
and China.\1\ On November 19, 2018, the ITC notified Commerce of its 
final determinations, pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act, 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 LTFV imports of 
forged steel fittings from Italy and China.\2\
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Italy: Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 50345 (October 5, 2018); and 
Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 50339 (October 
5, 2018).
    \2\ See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, referencing ITC 
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-589 and 731-TA-1394-95, dated November 19, 
2018 (ITC Notification).
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Scope of the Orders \3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Placing Carbon Steel Butt Weld Pipe 
Fitting Scope Ruling on the Record,'' dated September 19, 2018.
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    The products covered by these orders are forged steel fittings from 
Italy and China. For a complete description of the scope of these 
orders, see the Appendix to this notice.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    On November 19, 2018, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determinations in these 
investigations, in which it found that an industry in the United States 
is materially injured by reason of imports of forged steel fittings 
from Italy and China.\4\ Therefore, in accordance with section 
735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing these antidumping duty 
orders. Because the ITC determined that imports of forged steel 
fittings from Italy and China are materially injuring a U.S. industry, 
unliquidated entries of such merchandise from Italy and China, entered 
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the 
assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \4\ See ITC Notification; see also Forged Steel Fittings from 
China and Italy (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-589 and 731-TA-1394-1395 (Final), 
USITC Publication 4850, November 2018).
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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 Italy and China. With 
the exception of entries occurring after the expiration of the 
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final 
affirmative injury determinations, as further described below, 
antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of forged 
steel fittings from Italy and China entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse,

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for consumption on or after May 17, 2018, the date of publication of 
the preliminary determinations.\5\
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    \5\ See 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) (Italy Preliminary 
Determination); and 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) (China 
Preliminary Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries 
of forged steel fittings from Italy and China. These instructions 
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
    Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated in the tables 
below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in the Federal 
Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury 
determinations, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on subject merchandise, a cash 
deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins listed 
in the tables below.\6\ For forged steel fittings from Italy, the all-
others rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically 
listed. For forged steel fittings from China, the China-wide entity 
rate applies to all Chinese exporter-producer combinations 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 suspension of liquidation 
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 
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months. 
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion 
of forged steel fittings from Italy and China, Commerce extended the 
four-month period to six months in each of these investigations. 
Commerce published the preliminary determinations in these 
investigations on May 17, 2018.\7\ The extended provisional measures 
period, beginning on the date of publication of the preliminary 
determinations, ended on November 12, 2018. Therefore, in accordance 
with section 733(d) of the Act and our practice,\8\ Commerce will 
instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to 
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries 
of forged steel fittings from Italy and China entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption after November 12, 2018, the final day 
on which the provisional measures were in effect, until and through the 
day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative 
injury determinations in the Federal Register. Suspension of 
liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date 
of publication of the ITC's final determinations in the Federal 
Register.
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    \7\ See Italy Preliminary Determination and China Preliminary 
Determination.
    \8\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, 
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and 
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for 
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392 
(July 25, 2016).
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margin percentages 
are as follows:

Italy

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                                                               Estimated
                                                               weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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M.E.G.A. S.p.A..............................................       80.20
I.M.L. Industria Meccanica Ligure S.p.A.....................       80.20
All-Others..................................................       49.43
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China

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                                                               Estimated
                                                               weighted-
                                                                average
             Exporter                       Producer            dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel          Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel        8.00
 Fittings Co., Ltd.                 Fittings Co., Ltd.
Dalian Guangming Pipe Fittings     Yancheng Jiuwei Pipe             8.00
 Co., Ltd.                          Fittings Co., Ltd.
Dalian Guangming Pipe Fittings     Yancheng Manda Pipe              8.00
 Co., Ltd.                          Industry Co., Ltd.
Dalian Guangming Pipe Fittings     Yancheng Haohui Pipe             8.00
 Co., Ltd.                          Fittings Co., Ltd.
Dalian Guangming Pipe Fittings     Jiangsu Haida Pipe               8.00
 Co., Ltd.                          Fittings Group Co., Ltd.
Eaton Hydraulics (Ningbo) Co.,     Eaton Hydraulics (Ningbo)        8.00
 Ltd.                               Co., Ltd.
Eaton Hydraulics (Luzhou) Co.,     Eaton Hydraulics (Luzhou)        8.00
 Ltd.                               Co., Ltd.
Eaton Hydraulics (Luzhou) Co.,     Luzhou City Chengrun             8.00
 Ltd.                               Mechanics Co., Ltd.
Eaton Hydraulics (Luzhou) Co.,     Eaton Hydraulics (Ningbo)        8.00
 Ltd.                               Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Forged Pipe Fittings Co.,  Jiangsu Forged Pipe              8.00
 Ltd.                               Fittings Co., Ltd.
Jinan Mech Piping Technology Co.,  Jinan Mech Piping                8.00
 Ltd.                               Technology Co., Ltd.
Jining Dingguan Precision Parts    Jining Dingguan Precision        8.00
 Manufacturing Co., Ltd.            Parts Manufacturing Co.,
                                    Ltd.
Lianfa Stainless Steel Pipes &     Lianfa Stainless Steel           8.00
 Valves (Qingyun) Co., Ltd.         Pipes & Valves (Qingyun)
                                    Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Long Teng Metal             Ningbo Long Teng Metal           8.00
 Manufacturing Co., Ltd.            Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Save Technology Co., Ltd..  Ningbo Save Technology           8.00
                                    Co., Ltd.
Q.C. Witness International Co.,    Ningbo HongTe Industrial         8.00
 Ltd.                               Co., Ltd.
Q.C. Witness International Co.,    Cixi Baicheng Hardware           8.00
 Ltd.                               Tools, Ltd.
Qingdao Bestflow Industrial Co.,   Yancheng Boyue Tube Co.,         8.00
 Ltd.                               Ltd.
Xin Yi International Trade Co.,    Yancheng Jiuwei Pipe             8.00
 Limited.                           Fittings Co., Ltd.
Xin Yi International Trade Co.,    Yancheng Manda Pipe              8.00
 Limited.                           Industry Co., Ltd.
Xin Yi International Trade Co.,    Yancheng Haohui Pipe             8.00
 Limited.                           Fittings Co., Ltd.
Xin Yi International Trade Co.,    Jiangsu Haida Pipe               8.00
 Limited.                           Fittings Group Co., Ltd.
Xin Yi International Trade Co.,    Yingkou Guangming                8.00
 Limited.                           Pipeline Industry Co.,
                                    Ltd.
Xin Yi International Trade Co.,    Shanghai Lon Au Stainless        8.00
 Limited.                           Steel Materials Co., Ltd.

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Yingkou Guangming Pipeline         Yingkou Guangming                8.00
 Industry Co., Ltd.                 Pipeline Industry Co.,
                                    Ltd.
Yingkou Guangming Pipeline         Yancheng Jiuwei Pipe             8.00
 Industry Co., Ltd.                 Fittings Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Guangming Pipeline         Yancheng Manda Pipe              8.00
 Industry Co., Ltd.                 Industry Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Guangming Pipeline         Yancheng Haohui Pipe             8.00
 Industry Co., Ltd.                 Fittings Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Guangming Pipeline         Jiangsu Haida Pipe               8.00
 Industry Co., Ltd.                 Fittings Group Co., Ltd.
Yuyao Wanlei Pipe Fitting          Yuyao Wanlei Pipe Fitting        8.00
 Manufacturing Co., Ltd.            Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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    China-Wide Entity \9\........  .........................      142.72
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
forged steel fittings from Italy and China, 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/iastatsl.html.
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    \9\ The China-wide entity includes: (1) Beijing Better Products 
International Ltd.; (2) Dalian Newshow Pipeline Industry Co.; (3) 
G&T Industry Holding Ltd.; (4) Shanxi Baolongda Forging Company 
Ltd.; (5) Shaanxi Fenry Flanges and Fittings Co., Ltd.; (6) Shenzhen 
Front Valve Co., Ltd.; (7) Qingdao Eathu Casting and Forging Co., 
Ltd.; (8) Gaoyou Huaxing Petroleum Pipe Manufacture Co., Ltd.; and 
(9) the single entity comprising Jiangsu Haida Pipe Fittings Group 
Company Ltd., its affiliated producer Haida Pipe Co., Ltd., and its 
affiliated reseller Yancheng L&W International Co., Ltd.
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    These orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: November 20, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

 Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is 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) 5CT, API 5L, or API 11B
 Society of Automotive Engineering (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 be 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.

[FR Doc. 2018-25703 Filed 11-23-18; 8:45 am]
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