[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67238-67239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21376]


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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; 2021-2022

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that sales of forged steel fittings from Taiwan were not 
sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the 
period of review (POR), September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure, 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) 482-5973.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 24, 2018, Commerce published the antidumping duty 
order on forged steel fittings from Taiwan.\1\ On November 3, 2022, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published the 
initiation of an administrative review of the Order.\2\ This review 
covers one exporter of the subject merchandise, Both-Well Steel 
Fittings Co., Ltd (Bothwell). On April 11, 2023, Commerce extended the 
deadline for the preliminary results of this review to September 29, 
2023, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).\3\
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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, 87 FR 66275 (November 3, 2022).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 11, 
2023.
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    For a detailed description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\ 
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
is attached as an appendix to this notice. 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Forged Steel 
Fittings from Taiwan; 2021-2022,'' 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 subheadings 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. For a complete 
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

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.

Preliminary Results of 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, 2021, through August 31, 2022:

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                                                    Weighted- average
              Exporter or producer                    dumping margin
                                                        (percent)
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Both-Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd..............                    0.00
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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.\5\ 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.\6\ 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.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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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 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Hearing 
requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; (3) whether any participant is 
a foreign national; and (4) 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.\7\ 
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the 
hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions should be filed using ACCESS and must be served on 
interested parties.\8\ An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. eastern 
standard tme by the due date specified above.\9\ Note that Commerce has 
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents 
containing business

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proprietary information, until further notice.\10\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \10\ 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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Final Results of Review

    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 this deadline is otherwise extended.\11\ 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 cash deposits of estimated 
antidumping duties, where applicable.\12\
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    \11\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
    \12\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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 an individually examined respondent whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is not zero or 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 those sales. Where we do not have entered values for 
all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will calculate a per-unit 
assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total 
quantity of those sales.\13\ To determine whether the duty assessment 
rate is de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set forth in 19 
CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will calculate an estimated importer-specific ad 
valorem rate based on the estimated entered value. Where either a 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or 
an importer-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 an 
individually examined respondent for which it did not know its 
merchandise was destined for the United States, we 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.

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 an exporter 
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 a 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 subject 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.\15\
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    \15\ See Order, 83 FR at 48281.
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    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

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: September 22, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
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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