[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 165 (Monday, August 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48401-48403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18594]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-863]


Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that sales of forged steel fittings from Taiwan were made at less than 
normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2019, 
through August 31, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on 
these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable August 30, 2021.

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 September 24, 2018, Commerce published the antidumping duty 
order on forged steel fittings from Taiwan.\1\ On October 30, 2020, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the Order.\2\ This review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise, Both-Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd 
(Bothwell). On April 22, 2021, Commerce extended the deadline for the 
preliminary results of this review by 86 days, until August 27, 2021, 
in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\3\ For a detailed description of the events that 
followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\4\
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Antidumping Duty 
Order, 83 FR 48280 (September 24, 2018) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 68840 (October 30, 2020).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 22, 
2021.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Forged Steel 
Fittings from Taiwan; 2019-2020,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).

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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 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act. Export price is calculated in accordance with 
section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 
of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Enforcement 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. A list of the topics discussed in 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this 
notice.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for Bothwell for the 
period September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Both-Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd..........................        5.57
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days after the date of publication of this notice in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties may submit case briefs no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\6\ 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be 
filed no later than seven days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\7\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged 
to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS and must be served on 
interested parties.\8\ Note that Commerce has temporarily modified 
certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business 
proprietary information, until further notice.\9\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 
Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 
2020).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \9\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 
to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 
2020).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed document must 
be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern 
Standard Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\10\ Hearing requests should contain: (1) The party's name, 
address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) 
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be 
limited to those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If 
a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing 
at a date and time to be determined.\11\ Parties should confirm by 
telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before 
the scheduled date.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any 
written briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of publication of 
this notice, unless otherwise extended.\12\
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    \12\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 
no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review in the Federal Register. If a 
timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the 
assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant 
entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory 
injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
    For any individually examined respondent whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent), upon 
completion of the final results, Commerce will calculate importer-
specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount 
of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total 
entered value of sales. Where we do not have entered values for all 
U.S. sales to a particular importer/customer, we will calculate a per-
unit assessment rate by aggregating the antidumping duties due for all 
U.S. sales to that importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by 
the total quantity sold to that importer (or customer).\13\ To 
determine whether the duty assessment rates are de minimis, in 
accordance with the requirement set forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we 
calculate importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem ratios based on 
the estimated entered value. Where either a respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer- (or 
customer-) specific ad valorem rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\14\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 352.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding: 
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment 
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each 
individually examined respondent for which it did not know its 
merchandise was destined for the United States, we

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will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate if 
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction. The final results of this review shall be the basis for 
the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered 
by the final results of this review and for future deposits of 
estimated duties, where applicable.\15\
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    \15\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Bothwell will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final 
results of this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent, 
and therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), 
in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise 
exported by producers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which they were 
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or 
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation but the producer is, then 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recently-completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 116.17 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation.\16\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \16\ See Order, 83 FR at 48281.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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

    These preliminary results are being issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 24, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

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