[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73241-73242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28070]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-863]


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

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) made sales of subject 
merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during 
the period of review (POR), September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable December 27, 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 August 30, 2021, Commerce published the preliminary results of 
the 2019-2020 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
forged steel fittings from Taiwan.\1\ This review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise, Bothwell. For the events that 
occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Results, as well as a 
full discussion of the issues raised by parties for these final 
results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted 
this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 86 FR 48401 
(August 30, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2019-2020 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \3\
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    \3\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Antidumping Duty 
Order, 83 FR 48280 (September 24, 2018) (Order).
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    The products covered by this Order are forged steel fittings from 
Taiwan. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    In the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we address the sole issue 
raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties 
as reflected in the list of topics provided in the appendix to this 
notice. The Issues and 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 https://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from interested parties and record 
information, we made no changes to our preliminary weighted-average 
dumping margin calculations for Bothwell.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We 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

    Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the 
calculations performed in connection with the final results of review 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce made no 
adjustments to the margin calculation methodology used in the 
Preliminary Results, there are no calculations to disclose for the 
final results of review.

Assessment Rates

    Commerce has determined, 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.\4\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no 
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results 
of this review in the Federal Register. If a

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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).
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because the respondent did not 
report entered value, we calculated importer-specific per-unit duty 
assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping 
duties calculated for the examined sales to the total quantity of those 
sales. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) within the meaning of 
19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero 
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.\5\ To determine whether an 
importer-specific per-unit duty assessment rate is de minimis, we 
calculated an estimated entered value.
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    \5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012).
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    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.\6\
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    \6\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    Consistent with Commerce's clarification of its assessment 
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Bothwell for which it did not know the merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\7\
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    \7\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of forged steel fittings from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of 
the final results as provided by section 751(a)(2) 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; (2) for 
merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this 
review but covered in a prior completed segment of the proceeding, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or the original less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, then the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed segment 
for the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; (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.\8\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ See Order, 83 FR at 48281.
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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 POR. 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    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(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment 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 violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 20, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, Performing the 
Non-Exclusive Functions and Duties of the 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 Request Additional Information 
From Bothwell
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2021-28070 Filed 12-23-21; 8:45 am]
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