[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8167-8169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02386]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-067; A-475-839; A-583-863; C-570-068]


Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China, Italy, 
and Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) 
that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on forged steel 
fittings (FSF) from the People's Republic of China (China), Italy, and 
Taiwan and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on FSF from China would 
likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping

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and countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in 
the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of 
these AD and CVD orders.

DATES: Applicable January 31, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Palmer, 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) 482-9068.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 26, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the AD orders on FSF from China, Italy, and Taiwan and the CVD order on 
FSF from China.\1\ On August 1, 2023, the ITC instituted,\2\ and 
Commerce initiated,\3\ the first five-year (sunset) review of the 
Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). As a result of its reviews, Commerce determined that 
revocation of the Orders would likely lead to the continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies, and therefore, 
notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins of dumping and subsidy 
rates likely to prevail should the Orders be revoked.\4\
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of 
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 60396 (November 26, 2018); 
Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 
48280 (September 24, 2018); Forged Steel Fittings from Italy and the 
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 60397 
(November 26, 2018) (collectively, the Orders).
    \2\ See Forged Steel Fittings from China, Italy, and Taiwan; 
Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 88 FR 50172 (August 1, 2023).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 50110 
(August 1, 2023).
    \4\ See Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order, 88 FR 83903 (December 1, 2023), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM); see also 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, 88 FR 83909 (December 1, 2023), and 
accompanying IDM.
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    On January 31, 2024, the ITC published its determination, pursuant 
to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders 
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to 
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable 
time.\5\
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    \5\ See Forged Steel Fittings from China, Italy, and Taiwan, 89 
FR 6131 (January 31, 2024) (ITC Final Determination).
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by the Orders 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.
    While these fittings are generally manufactured to specifications 
ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350, and 
ASTM A182, the scope is not limited to fittings made to these 
specifications.
    The term forged is an industry term used to describe a class of 
products included in applicable standards, and does not reference an 
exclusive manufacturing process. Forged steel fittings are not 
manufactured from casting. Pursuant to the applicable specifications, 
subject fittings may also be machined from bar stock or machined from 
seamless pipe and tube.
    All types of fittings are included in the scope regardless of 
nominal pipe size (which may or may not be expressed in inches of 
nominal pipe size), pressure rating (usually, but not necessarily 
expressed in pounds of pressure/PSI, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M; 
6,000 or 6M; 9,000 or 9M), wall thickness, and whether or not heat 
treated. Excluded from this scope are all fittings entirely made of 
stainless steel. Also excluded are flanges, butt weld fittings, butt 
weld outlets, nipples, and all fittings that have a maximum pressure 
rating of 300 pounds of pressure/PSI or less.
    Also excluded are fittings certified or made to the following 
standards, so long as the fittings are not also manufactured to the 
specifications of ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM 
A105, ASTM A350, and ASTM A182:

 American Petroleum Institute (API)5CT, API5L, or API 11B
 Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) J476, SAE J514, SAE 
J516, SAE J517, SAE J518, SAE J1026, SAE J1231, SAE J1453, SAE J1926, 
J2044 or SAE AS 35411
 Underwriter's Laboratories (UL)certified electrical conduit 
fittings
 ASTMA153, A536, A576, or A865
 Casing Conductor Connectors 16-42 inches in diameter made to 
proprietary specifications
 Military Specification (MIL) MIL-C-4109F and MIL-F-3541
 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO 6150-
B

    To be excluded from the scope, products must have the appropriate 
standard or pressure markings and/or be accompanied by documentation 
showing product compliance to the applicable standard or pressure, 
e.g., ``API 5CT'' mark and/or a mill certification report.
    Subject carbon and alloy forged steel fittings are normally entered 
under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
subheadings 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and7307.99.5060. 
They also may be entered under HTSUS subheadings 7307.92.3010, 
7307.92.3030, 7307.92.9000, and 7326.19.0010. The HTSUS subheadings and 
specifications are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the 
written description of the scope is dispositive.\6\
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    \6\ See Orders.
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Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the Orders would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury 
to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 
the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation of the Orders. U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD and CVD cash 
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of 
subject merchandise.
    The effective date of the continuation of the Orders will be 
January 31, 2024.\7\ Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year 
reviews of the Orders not later than 30 days prior to fifth anniversary 
of the date of the last determination by the ITC.
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    \7\ See ITC Final Determination.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an 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 which 
is subject to sanction.

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Notification to Interested Parties

    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published in 
accordance with section 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: January 31, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-02386 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]
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