[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 225 (Friday, November 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82320-82321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25929]


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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; 2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Both-Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd. (Bothwell), a producer/exporter of 
forged steel fittings from Taiwan, did not sell subject merchandise at 
prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) September 
1, 2021 through August 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable November 24, 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 29, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the Preliminary Results of the 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. We invited 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\2\ No interested party 
submitted comments. Commerce conducted this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751(a) 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; 2021-2022, 88 FR 67238 
(September 29, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ Id.
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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 merchandise subject to the Order are carbon and alloy forged 
steel fittings, whether unfinished (commonly known as blanks or rough 
forgings) or finished. 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). While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of this Order is dispositive. For a complete description of the scope 
of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results PDM.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period, September 1, 
2021, through August 31, 2022.

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Both-Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd..........................         0.00
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Disclosure

    Because Commerce received no comments on the Preliminary Results, 
we have not modified our analysis, and no decision memorandum 
accompanies this Federal Register notice. We are adopting the 
Preliminary Results as the final results of this review. Consequently, 
there are no new calculations to disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b) for these final results of review.

Assessment Rates

    Commerce shall 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, pursuant to

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section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b). 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 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).
    Because we calculated a zero weighted-average dumping margin for 
Bothwell in the final results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP 
to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties. For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Bothwell and for which Bothwell did not know its merchandise was 
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate established in the final 
determination of the less-than-fair-value investigation (i.e., 116.17 
percent),\5\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\6\
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    \5\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 36519 (July 30, 2018.
    \6\ 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 deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of these final results for all shipments of 
forged steel fittings from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date as provided by section 
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Bothwell will be 
zero; (2) for merchandise exported by companies not covered in this 
review but covered in a completed prior segment of the proceeding, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate established for the most recently completed segment 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 less-than-fair-value investigation. 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 has occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as 
a reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the APO, 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 intend to issue and publish these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 17, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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