[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28335-28336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12791]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1161]


Certain Food Processing Equipment and Packaging Materials 
Thereof; Institution of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S. International Trade Commission on March 12, 2019, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of 3-A Sanitary 
Standards, Inc. of McLean, Virginia. A first amended complaint was 
filed on May 14, 2019, and a second amended complaint was filed on June 
3, 2019. The complaint, as amended, alleges violations of section 337 
based upon the importation or sale of certain food processing equipment 
and packaging materials thereof by reason of false advertising and 
unfair competition, the threat or effect of which is to destroy or 
substantially injure an industry in the United States.
    The complainant requests that the Commission institute an 
investigation and, after the investigation, issue a general, or in the 
alternative a limited exclusion order, and cease and desist orders.

ADDRESSES: The amended complaint, except for any confidential 
information contained therein, is available for inspection during 
official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the 
Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Room 
112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2000. Hearing impaired 
individuals are advised that information on this matter can be obtained 
by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on (202) 205-1810. Persons 
with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining 
access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 
(202) 205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also 
be obtained by accessing its internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. 
The public record for this investigation may be viewed on the 
Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations or U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone (202) 205-2560.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation 
is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
19 U.S.C. 1337, and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2019).

Scope of Investigation: Having considered the amended complaint, the 
U.S. International Trade Commission, on June 11, 2019, Ordered that--
    (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether 
there is a violation of subsections (a)(1)(A) of section 337 in the 
importation or sale of certain products identified in paragraph (2) by 
reason of false advertising and unfair competition under Section 43(a) 
of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1125(a), the threat or effect of which is 
to destroy or substantially injure an industry in the United States;
    (2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the plain language 
description of the accused products or category of accused products, 
which defines the scope of the investigation, is ``certain food 
processing equipment and packaging materials thereof, namely, valves 
(including clamped cleaning balls), clamps (including hygienic fittings 
clamps), and fittings (including sanitary elbow, sanitary clamp elbows, 
and pipe fittings), and packaging materials thereof'';
    (3) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the 
following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of 
investigation shall be served:
    (a) The complainant is:

3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc., 6888 Elm Street, Suite 2D, McLean, VA 
22101

    (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the amended 
complaint is to be served:

Wenzhou QiMing Stainless Co., Ltd., No. 659 Dingxiang Road, Binhai 
Industry Zone, Wenxhou, Zhejiang, China 325025
High MPa Valve Manufacturing Co., Ltd., No. 97, Road 15, Avenue 4, 
Economic and Technological Zone, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China 325024
Wenzhou Sinco Steel Co, Ltd., 167 Ningcheng West Road, Ningcheng 
Industry Zone, Yongzhong, Longwan District, Wenzhou, China 325024
Wenzhou Kasin Valve Pipe Fitting Co., Ltd., Binhai Industry Zone, 
Wenzhou Economy & Technology Development Zone, E, Wenzhou, China 325000
Wenzhou Fuchuang Machinery Co., Ltd., Binhai Industrial Park, Shacheng 
Town, Longwan District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China 325024

    (c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International 
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and
    (4) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative 
Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the 
presiding Administrative Law Judge.
    Responses to the amended complaint and the notice of investigation 
must be submitted by the named respondents in accordance with section 
210.13 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 
210.13. Pursuant to 19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), such responses will 
be considered by the Commission if received not later than 20 days 
after the date of service by the Commission of the amended complaint 
and the notice of investigation. Extensions of time for submitting 
responses to the amended complaint and the notice of investigation will 
not be granted unless good cause therefor is shown.
    Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each 
allegation in the amended complaint and in this notice may be deemed to 
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations 
of the amended complaint and this notice, and to authorize the 
administrative law judge and the Commission, without further notice to

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the respondent, to find the facts to be as alleged in the amended 
complaint and this notice and to enter an initial determination and a 
final determination containing such findings, and may result in the 
issuance of an exclusion order or a cease and desist order or both 
directed against the respondent.

    By order of the Commission.
    Issued: June 12, 2019.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-12791 Filed 6-17-19; 8:45 am]
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