[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23560-23562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07123]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-904]


Forged Steel Fittings From the Republic of Korea: 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 
Samyoung Fitting Co., Ltd. (Samyoung), a producer/exporter subject to 
this administrative review, made sales of forged steel fittings at less 
than normal value. The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2021, 
through November 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable April 4, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Alexander, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4313.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 25, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results 
for this review in the Federal Register and

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invited interested parties to comment on those results.\1\ From October 
26 to November 1, 2023, interested parties submitted case and rebuttal 
briefs.\2\ For a complete description of the events that occurred since 
Commerce published the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\3\ Commerce conducted this 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 the Republic of Korea: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 88 FR 
65653 (September 25, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Samyoung's Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated October 25, 
2023; see also Bonney Forge Corporation's Letter, ``Bonney Forge 
Corporation's Case Brief,'' dated October 26, 2023; and Samyoung's 
Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated November 1, 2021.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Forged Steel Fittings from the Republic of 
Korea: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 4
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    \4\ See Forged Steel Fittings from the Republic of Korea: Final 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 85 FR 
66302 (October 19, 2020) (Order).
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    The merchandise subject to the Order is forged steel fittings from 
the Republic of Korea. For a complete description of the scope of the 
Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
in this review are listed in the appendix to this notice and addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, we made certain 
changes to the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin calculated 
for Samyoung. For a detailed discussion of these changes, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \5\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 4.
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Final Results of Review

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Samyoung Fitting Co., Ltd..................................        3.99
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties in these final results within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), 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.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Samyoung reported the entered 
value of its U.S. sales such that we calculated importer-specific ad 
valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of 
the sales for which entered value was reported. Where either the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis 
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 the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Samyoung for which 
the company did not know that the merchandise it sold to the 
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was 
destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP 
to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate of 17.08 percent 
\6\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in 
the transaction.
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    \6\ See Order.
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    Commerce intends to issue liquidation 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).

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 publication date 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 the company 
listed above 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 previously investigated or reviewed companies not listed above, 
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash 
deposit rate published for the most recently completed segment; (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 cash deposit 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 17.08 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation.\7\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \7\ Id.
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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 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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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 return/destruction of

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APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

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

    Dated: March 21, 2024.
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. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Revision of the Sales Window for the Final Results
    Comment 2: Whether to Make Certain Adjustments to Home Market 
Fields
    Comment 3: Whether to Make Changes to Margin Calculation Fields 
Regarding Value, Importer Name, and Differential Pricing Parameters
    Comment 4: Correcting Certain Currency Conversions
VI. Recommendation

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