[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 230 (Friday, December 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83909-83910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26470]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-839, A-570-067, A-583-863]


Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China, 
Taiwan, and Italy: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews 
of the Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the 
antidumping duty (AD) orders on forged steel fittings from the People's 
Republic of China (China), Taiwan, and Italy would be likely to lead to 
the continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in 
the ``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable December 1, 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 in the Federal Register 
the AD order on forged steel fittings from Taiwan,\1\ and subsequently 
published AD orders for the same product from China and Italy on 
November 26, 2018.\2\ On August 18, 2023, Commerce published the notice 
of initiation of the first sunset reviews of the Orders,

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pursuant to section 751(c) 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 (Sept 24, 2018) (Taiwan FSF Order).
    \2\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Italy and the People's 
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 60397 (November 
26, 2018) (collectively, the Orders).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 50110 
(August 18, 2023).
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    On August 16, 2023, Commerce received notices of intent to 
participate in these reviews from Bonney Forge Corporation (Bonney 
Forge), Phoenix Forge Group d/b/a Capitol Manufacturing Company, LLC 
(Capitol Manufacturing Company), and the United Steel, Paper and 
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 
Workers International Union (USW) (collectively, the domestic 
interested parties), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ Bonney Forge and Capitol Manufacturing Company 
claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as 
producers of the domestic like product in the United States. The USW is 
a certified labor union whose members include workers at the facilities 
in which the domestic like product is produced and is therefore an 
interested party within the meaning of section 771(9)(D) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.102(b)(17). On August 31, 2023, Commerce received adequate 
substantive responses from the domestic interested parties.\5\ We 
received no substantive responses from respondent interested parties.
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    \4\ See Bonney Forge, Capitol Manufacturing, and USW's Letters, 
``Notice of Intent to Participate in the Five-Year Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Forged Steel Fittings from Italy;'' 
``Notice of Intent to Participate in the Five-Year Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan;'' and 
``Notice of Intent to Participate in the Five-Year Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Forged Steel Fittings from China,'' all 
dated August 16, 2023.
    \5\ See Bonney Forge, Capitol Manufacturing, and USW's Letters, 
``First Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on 
Forged Steel Fittings from Italy: Domestic Interested Parties' 
Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' (Substantive 
Response--Italy); ``First Five- Year (``Sunset'') Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order on Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: 
Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive Response to Notice of 
Initiation'' (Substantive Response--Taiwan); and ``First Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Forged Steel 
Fittings from China: Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive 
Response to Notice of Initiation'' (Substantive Response--China),'' 
all dated August 31, 2023.
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    On September 20, 2023, Commerce notified the U.S. International 
Trade Commission that it did not receive substantive responses from any 
respondent interested parties.\6\ As a result, pursuant to section 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 
conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders.
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    \6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for August 2023,'' 
dated September 20, 2023.
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by these Orders are forged steel fittings from 
China, Taiwan, and Italy. For a full description of the scope, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders on Forged Steel Fittings from the People's 
Republic of China, Taiwan, and Italy,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews 
is contained in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\ A 
list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is 
included as an 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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be directly accessed 
at http://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \8\ See generally Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to 
the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of the 
dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighed-average margins up 
to 142.72 percent for China, up to 116.17 percent for Taiwan, and up to 
80.2 percent for Italy.\9\
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    \9\ Id. at 9.
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Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties 
subject to an Administrative Protective Order (APO) of their 
responsibility concerning the return/destruction or conversion to 
judicial protective order of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 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 which is subject to 
sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(5)(ii).

    Dated: November 27, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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 Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping Likely To Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2023-26470 Filed 11-30-23; 8:45 am]
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