[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65860-65863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18001]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-067]


Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Rescission of Review, in Part; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that Yingkou Guangming Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd. (Yingkou 
Guangming), the sole mandatory respondent in this review and an 
exporter of forged steel fittings from People's Republic of China 
(China), has not established its eligibility for a separate rate, and 
is therefore part of the China-wide entity. Commerce also preliminarily 
determines that Jiangsu Forged Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Forged) 
is also not eligible for a separate rate and is thus part of the China-
wide entity. Further, Commerce is rescinding the administrative review 
with respect to Qingdao Bestflow Industrial Co., Ltd. (Qingdao 
Bestflow) and Xin Yi

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International Trade Co. Ltd. (Xin Yi). Interested parties are invited 
to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable August 13, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hannah Lee or Robert Palmer, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1216 and (202) 482-9068, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 29, 2023, Commerce published the notice of initiation 
of this administrative review, covering four companies.\1\ On March 27, 
2024, Commerce selected Yingkou Guangming as a mandatory respondent, as 
it was the only remaining company under review that submitted a 
separate rate application (SRA) or a separate rate certification 
(SRC).\2\ On March 29, 2024, Commerce issued Yingkou Guangming the 
standard non-market economy (NME) antidumping duty questionnaire.\3\ On 
April 19, 2024, Yingkou Guangming notified Commerce of its intent not 
to participate in this administrative review.\4\ On July 22, 2024, 
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 
seven days.\5\ The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 
8, 2024.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 90168 (December 29, 2023) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated March 27, 
2024; see also Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 90168, 90170 (``Exporters 
and producers must file a timely Separate Rate Application or 
Certification if they want to be considered for individual 
examination.'').
    \3\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Request for Information,'' dated 
March 29, 2024 (NME Questionnaire).
    \4\ See Yingkou Guangming's Letter, ``Yingkou Notice of Intent 
Not to Participate,'' dated April 19, 2024 (Intent Not to 
Participate).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\6\ A list of the topics included in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is included in Appendix I to this notice. The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made 
available to the public 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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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Forged 
Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China; 2022-2023,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 7
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    \7\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Italy and the People's 
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 60397 (November 
26, 2018) (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is carbon and alloy forged 
steel fittings, whether unfinished (commonly known as blanks or rough 
forgings) or finished. 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, 
and 7307.99.5060. 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. 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)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 
351.213. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On 
January 8, 2024, Bonney Forge Corporation (the petitioner), withdrew 
its request for review for Qingdao Bestflow and Xin Yi.\8\ No other 
party requested a review of these exporters. Therefore, Commerce is 
rescinding this review with respect to Qingdao Bestflow and Xin Yi, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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    \8\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Requests for 
Administrative Reviews,'' dated January 24, 2024.
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Separate Rates

    Commerce preliminarily finds that Jiangsu Forged did not establish 
its eligibility for a separate rate because it failed to provide an SRA 
or SRC. Commerce also preliminarily finds that Yingkou Guangming did 
not establish its eligibility for a separate rate. While Yingkou 
Guangming submitted an SRA, it did not respond to the antidumping duty 
questionnaire.\9\ As stated in the Initiation Notice, companies that 
submit an SRA or SRC which are subsequently selected as mandatory 
respondents must respond to all parts of Commerce's questionnaire in 
order to be eligible for separate-rate status.\10\ As such, we 
preliminarily determine that Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming are 
part of the China-wide entity. For additional information, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \9\ See Intent Not to Participate.
    \10\ See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 90169-70.
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The China-Wide Entity

    Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide 
entity applies to this administrative review.\11\ Under this policy, 
the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party 
specifically requests and Commerce initiates, or Commerce self-
initiates, a review of the China-wide entity.\12\ Because no party 
requested a review of the China-wide entity and Commerce did not self-
initiate a review of the China-wide entity for this review period, the 
China-wide entity is not under review and the China-wide entity's rate 
(i.e., 142.72 percent) is not subject to change.\13\ For additional 
information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \11\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \12\ Id.
    \13\ See Order, 83 FR at 60397.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in preliminary results within five days of any public 
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days 
of the date of publication of the notice of preliminary results in the 
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, as we 
have determined all companies under review, and not rescinded herein, 
to be part of the China-wide entity, and there were no calculations 
performed for the

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mandatory respondent, there are no calculations to disclose.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), interested parties may submit a 
case brief no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\14\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal 
briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing 
each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\15\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Final Service Rule).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\16\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of 
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment 
summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will 
accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request 
that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the 
executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain 
of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 
351.303(f).\17\
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    \16\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \17\ See APO and Final Service Rule.
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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, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed 
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by 
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.

Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, which will include the 
results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days 
of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review. 
Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and CBP 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by 
this review.\18\ 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. 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).
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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    If we continue to find in the final results that Jiangsu Forged and 
Yingkou Guangming are ineligible for a separate rate and are, 
therefore, considered part of the China-wide entity, we will instruct 
CBP to apply an antidumping duty assessment rate of 142.72 percent 
(i.e., the rate for the China-wide entity) to all entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR which were exported by those companies.
    For Qingdao Bestflow and Xin Yi, for which Commerce is rescinding 
this administrative review, antidumping duties shall be assessed at 
rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice (see Appendix 
III).

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 for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for previously investigated or reviewed 
Chinese and non-Chinese exporters for which a review was not requested 
and that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing 
exporter-specific rate; (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 
142.72 percent); and (3) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise that have not received their own rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied 
that non-Chinese exporter. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties occurred 
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an 
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the 
countervailing duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This administrative review and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 
351.213, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 6, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies Preliminarily Not Eligible for a Separate Rate and Treated as 
Part of the China-Wide Entity

1. Jiangsu Forged Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd.
2. Yingkou Guangming Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd.

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Appendix III

Companies Rescinded from Review

1. Qingdao Bestflow Industrial Co., Ltd.
2. Xin Yi International Trade Co. Ltd.

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