[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 881-882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00049]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-062, C-570-063]


Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews

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

SUMMARY: Commerce finds that Wor-Biz Industrial Product Co., Ltd. 
(Anhui) (Wor-Biz Industrial) is the successor-in-interest to Wor-Biz 
Trading Co., Ltd. (Anhui) (Wor-Biz Trading), and therefore is entitled 
to Wor-Biz Trading's antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty 
(CVD) cash deposit rates with respect to entries of subject 
merchandise.

DATES: Applicable January 8, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Bowen at (202) 482-0768 (AD) 
or Dennis McClure at (202) 482-5973 (CVD), Office VIII, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 31, 2018, Commerce published the AD and CVD orders on 
imports of cast iron soil pipe fittings from China.\1\ On November 21, 
2019, Commerce initiated changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) and made 
preliminary findings that Wor-Biz Industrial is the successor-in-
interest to Wor-Biz Trading and is entitled to Wor-Biz Trading's AD and 
CVD cash deposit rates with respect to entries of subject 
merchandise.\2\ We provided interested parties the opportunity to 
comment on the Preliminary Results. No interested parties submitted 
case briefs or written comments.
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    \1\ See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic 
of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 44570 and Cast Iron Soil 
Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing 
Duty Order, 83 FR 44566, both dated August 31, 2018 (collectively, 
the Orders).
    \2\ See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic 
of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed 
Circumstances Reviews, 84 FR 64263 (November 21, 2019) (Preliminary 
Results).
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by the scope of these orders is cast iron 
soil pipe fittings, finished and unfinished, regardless of industry or 
proprietary specifications, and regardless of size. Cast iron soil pipe 
fittings are nonmalleable iron castings of various designs and sizes, 
including, but not limited to, bends, tees, wyes, traps, drains (other 
than drain bodies), and other common or special fittings, with or 
without side inlets.
    Cast iron soil pipe fittings are classified into two major types--
hubless and hub and spigot. Hubless cast iron soil pipe fittings are 
manufactured without a hub, generally in compliance with Cast Iron Soil 
Pipe Institute (CISPI) specification 301 and/or American Society for 
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specification A888. Hub and spigot pipe 
fittings have hubs into which the spigot (plain end) of the pipe or 
fitting is inserted. Cast iron soil pipe fittings are generally 
distinguished from other types of nonmalleable cast iron fittings by 
the manner in which they are connected to cast iron soil pipe and other 
fittings.
    Excluded from the scope are all drain bodies. Drain bodies are 
normally classified in subheading 7326.90.86.88 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
    The cast iron soil pipe fittings subject to the scope of these 
orders are normally classified in subheading 7307.11.0045 of the HTSUS: 
Cast fittings of nonmalleable cast iron for cast iron soil

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pipe. They may also be entered under HTSUS 7324.29.0000 and 
7307.92.3010. The HTSUS subheadings and specifications are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes only; the written description of the 
scope of these orders is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews

    Because the record contains no information or evidence that calls 
into question the Preliminary Results, for the reasons stated in the 
Preliminary Results, Commerce continues to find that Wor-Biz Industrial 
is the successor-in-interest to Wor-Biz Trading, and thus is entitled 
to Wor-Biz Trading's AD and CVD cash deposit rates with respect to 
entries of subject merchandise.\3\
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    \3\ See the Orders.
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Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    Based on these final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to collect estimated AD and CVD duties for all 
shipments of subject merchandise exported by Wor-Biz Industrial and 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of this notice in the Federal Register, at the current 
AD and CVD cash deposit rates for Wor-Biz Trading (i.e., 33.44% \4\ and 
7.37%, respectively). These cash deposit requirements shall remain in 
effect until further notice.
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    \4\ We intend to update the name of the exporter listed for this 
combination cash deposit rate to reflect these final results.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply 
with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results notice in 
accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: December 31, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-00049 Filed 1-7-20; 8:45 am]
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