[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 217 (Monday, November 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71317-71318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24832]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-863]


Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Both-
Well Steel Fittings, Co., Ltd. (Bothwell), the sole company under 
review, did not have any entries during the period of review (POR) May 
17, 2018 through August 31, 2019 that are subject to review. Therefore, 
we are rescinding this administrative review.

DATES: Applicable November 9, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Ayache or Samuel Glickstein, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2623 
or (202) 482-5307, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 23, 2020, Commerce published its Preliminary Results 
stating its intent to preliminarily rescind this administrative review 
in the Federal Register and invited parties to comment.\1\ For a 
discussion of events subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled 
all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days.\3\ On July 21, 
2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews by an 
additional 60 days.\4\ The deadline for the final results of this 
review is now January 19, 2021.
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Preliminary Intent to 
Rescind the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 
44503 (July 23, 2020) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Rescission of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Forged Steel Fittings 
from Taiwan; 2018-2019,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the scope of this order 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. The subject 
merchandise is currently classifiable under item numbers 7307.99.1000, 
7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the merchandise is dispositive.\5\
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    \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of the Comments Received

    The sole issue raised in the case and rebuttal brief submitted in 
this review is addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list 
of the topics raised is attached as an appendix to this notice. The 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Enforcement

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and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered 
users at http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and electronic 
versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Rescission of Administrative Review

    It is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) when there are no reviewable entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR subject to the antidumping duty 
order and for which liquidation is suspended.\6\ At the end of the 
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the 
assessment rate computed for the review period.\7\ Therefore, for an 
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, 
suspended entry to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment 
rate. As discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we find that, 
because all of the entries associated with Bothwell's reported sales of 
subject merchandise during the POR were liquidated by U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP), Bothwell had no reviewable entries during this 
POR.\8\ Accordingly, we are rescinding this review pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3).
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    \6\ See, e.g., Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the 
Russian Federation: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 77 FR 65532 (October 29, 2012).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(l).
    \8\ To the extent that record evidence suggests that additional 
Bothwell-produced merchandise imported into the United States from 
unaffiliated parties in third countries might have been sold during 
the POR, Bothwell's statements on the record indicate that it had no 
knowledge of those sales. Commerce therefore will not review those 
sales.
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Assessment

    Because Commerce is rescinding this administrative review, we have 
not calculated a company-specific dumping margin for Bothwell.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    As noted above, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review. 
Thus, we have not calculated a company-specific dumping margin for 
Bothwell. Therefore, entries of Bothwell's subject merchandise continue 
to be subject to its company-specific cash deposit rate of 116.17 
percent. This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
Administrative Protective Order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in these segments of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 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.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 3, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issue
    Comment: Whether Commerce Should Rescind the Administrative 
Review
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2020-24832 Filed 11-6-20; 8:45 am]
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