Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69546-69550 [E6-20366]
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This notice of initiation is being
published in accordance with section
751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c).
Dated: November 20, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–875
Non–Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings
from the People’s Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) published its
preliminary results of administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on non–malleable cast iron pipe fittings
(‘‘NMP fittings’’) from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) on May 25,
AGENCY:
1 In comments made on the interim final sunset
regulations, a number of parties stated that the
proposed five-day period for rebuttals to
substantive responses to a notice of initiation was
insufficient. This requirement was retained in the
final sunset regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(4). As
provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b), however, the
Department will consider individual requests for
extension of that five-day deadline based upon a
showing of good cause.
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2006. See Non–Malleable Cast Iron Pipe
Fittings from the People’s Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 71 FR 30116 (May 25, 2006)
(‘‘Preliminary Results’’). The period of
review (‘‘POR’’) is April 1, 2004,
through March 31, 2005. We invited
interested parties to comment on our
preliminary results. Based on our
analysis of the comments received, we
have made changes to our calculations.
The final dumping margins for this
review are listed in the ‘‘Final Results
of Review’’ section below.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2006
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugene Degnan, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 8, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–0414.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 7, 2003, the Department
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on NMP fittings
from the PRC. See Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order: Non–
Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From
the People’s Republic of China, 68 FR
16765 (April 7, 2003). On April 1, 2005,
the Department published a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on NMP fittings from the PRC for the
period April 1, 2004, through March 31,
2005. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation: Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 70
FR 16799 (April 1, 2005). On April 25,
2005, Myland Industrial Co., Ltd. and
Myland Buxin Foundry Ltd.
(collectively ‘‘Myland’’) requested an
administrative review of their sales to
the United States during the POR of
merchandise produced by Buxin and
exported by Myland. On May 27, 2005,
the Department published in the
Federal Register a notice of the
initiation of the antidumping duty
administrative review of NMP fittings
from the PRC for the period April 1,
2004, through March 31, 2005. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in
Part, 70 FR 30694 (May 27, 2005)
(‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
The Department published the
preliminary results on May 25, 2006.
See Preliminary Results, 71 FR at 30116.
We invited parties to comment on our
preliminary results. See Preliminary
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Results, 71 FR at 30121. On June 23,
2006, Anvil International, Inc. and Ward
Manufacturing (‘‘Petitioners’’) submitted
a case brief, and on June 27, 2006,
Myland submitted a case brief. On June
30, 2006, Petitioner submitted a rebuttal
brief and on July 3, 2006, Myland
submitted a rebuttal brief.
On September 12, 2006, the
Department published a notice in the
Federal Register extending the time
limit for the final results of review until
October 23, 2006. See Extension of Time
Limit for the Final Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Non–Malleable Cast Iron Pipe
Fittings from the People’s Republic of
China, 71 FR 53661 (September 12,
2006). Additionally, on October 30,
2006, the Department published a notice
in the Federal Register further
extending the time limit for the
preliminary results of review until
November 10, 2006. See Non–Malleable
Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People’s
Republic of China: Extension of Time
Limit for the Final Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 71 FR 63285 (October 30, 2006).
Further, on November 16, 2006, the
Department published a notice in the
Federal Register further extending the
time limit for the preliminary results of
review until November 21, 2006. See
Non–Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings
from the People’s Republic of China:
Extension of Time Limit for the Final
Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 71 FR 66749
(November 16, 2006). We have
conducted this administrative review in
accordance with Section 751 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’), and 19 CFR 351.213.
Scope of Order
The products covered by the order are
finished and unfinished non–malleable
cast iron pipe fittings with an inside
diameter ranging from 1/4 inch to 6
inches, whether threaded or un–
threaded, regardless of industry or
proprietary specifications. The subject
fittings include elbows, ells, tees,
crosses, and reducers as well as flanged
fittings. These pipe fittings are also
known as ‘‘cast iron pipe fittings’’ or
‘‘gray iron pipe fittings.’’ These cast iron
pipe fittings are normally produced to
ASTM A–126 and ASME B.l6.4
specifications and are threaded to
ASME B1.20.1 specifications. Most
building codes require that these
products are Underwriters Laboratories
(UL) certified. The scope does not
include cast iron soil pipe fittings or
grooved fittings or grooved couplings.
Fittings that are made out of ductile
iron that have the same physical
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characteristics as the gray or cast iron
fittings subject to the scope above or
which have the same physical
characteristics and are produced to
ASME B.16.3, ASME B.16.4, or ASTM
A–395 specifications, threaded to ASME
B1.20.1 specifications and UL certified,
regardless of metallurgical differences
between gray and ductile iron, are also
included in the scope of the order.
These ductile fittings do not include
grooved fittings or grooved couplings.
Ductile cast iron fittings with
mechanical joint ends (MJ), or push on
ends (PO), or flanged ends and
produced to the American Water Works
Association (AWWA) specifications
AWWA C110 or AWWA C153 are not
included.
Imports of subject merchandise are
currently classifiable in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers
7307.11.00.30, 7307.11.00.60,
7307.19.30.60 and 7307.19.30.85.
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes. The
written description of the scope of this
proceeding is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the post–
preliminary comments by parties in this
review are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, dated
November 10, 2006 (‘‘Decision Memo’’),
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
A list of the issues which parties raised
and to which we responded in the
Decision Memo is attached to this notice
as an appendix. The Decision Memo is
a public document which is on file in
the Central Records Unit (‘‘CRU’’) in
room B–099 in the main Department
building, and is accessible on the Web
at https://www.ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The
paper copy and electronic version of the
memorandum are identical in content.
Surrogate Country
In the Preliminary Results, we stated
that we treat the PRC as a non–market
economy (‘‘NME’’) country, and
therefore, we calculated normal value in
accordance with section 773(c) of the
Act which applies to NME countries.
Also, we stated that we had selected
India as the appropriate surrogate
country to use in this review for the
following reasons: (1) it is a significant
producer of comparable merchandise;
and (2) provides contemporaneous
publicly available data to value the
factors of production, pursuant to
section 773(c)(4) of the Act. See
Preliminary Results. For the final
results, we made no changes to our
findings with respect to the selection of
a surrogate country.
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Separate Rates
In proceedings involving NME
countries, the Department begins with a
rebuttable presumption that all
companies within the country are
subject to government control and, thus,
should be assigned a single
antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the
Department’s policy to assign all
exporters of merchandise subject to
review in an NME country this single
rate unless an exporter can demonstrate
that it is free of de jure and de facto
control over its export decisions, so as
to be entitled to a separate rate.
In the Preliminary Results, we found
that Myland demonstrated its eligibility
for separate–rate status. For the final
results, we continue to find that the
evidence placed on the record of this
administrative review by Myland
demonstrates an absence of government
control, both in law and in fact, with
respect to its exports of the merchandise
under review and thus determine
Myland is eligible for separate–rate
status.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of comments
received, we have made changes in the
margin calculations for Myland. See
Decision Memo at 4. In the preliminary
results, the Department calculated a
margin for Myland based on its reported
data. However, for the final results, the
Department has based its margin on
total adverse facts available (‘‘AFA’’).
See Application of Adverse Facts
Available for Myland Industrial Ltd. &
Myland Buxin Foundry Ltd. in the Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Non–
Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from
the People’s Republic of China
Memorandum, from Eugene Degnan,
Analyst, through Wendy J. Frankel,
Director, dated November 21, 2006
(‘‘Myland AFA Memorandum’’).
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Adverse Facts Available
Sections 776(a)(1) and (2) of the Act
provide that the Department shall apply
‘‘facts otherwise available’’ if necessary
information is not on the record or an
interested party or any other person (A)
withholds information that has been
requested, (B) fails to provide
information within the deadlines
established, or in the form and manner
requested by the Department, subject to
subsections (c)(1) and (e) of section 782,
(C) significantly impedes a proceeding,
or (D) provides information that cannot
be verified as provided by section 782(i)
of the Act.
Where the Department determines
that a response to a request for
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information does not comply with the
request, section 782(d) of the Act
provides that the Department will so
inform the party submitting the
response and will, to the extent
practicable, provide that party the
opportunity to remedy or explain the
deficiency. If the party fails to remedy
the deficiency within the applicable
time limits and subject to section 782(e)
of the Act, the Department may
disregard all or part of the original and
subsequent responses, as appropriate.
Section 782(e) of the Act provides that
the Department ‘‘shall not decline to
consider information that is submitted
by an interested party and is necessary
to the determination but does not meet
all applicable requirements established
by the administering authority’’ if the
information is timely, can be verified, is
not so incomplete that it cannot be used,
and if the interested party acted to the
best of its ability in providing the
information. Where all of these
conditions are met, the statute requires
the Department to use the information if
it can do so without undue difficulties.
Section 776(b) of the Act further
provides that the Department may use
an adverse inference in applying the
facts otherwise available when a party
has failed to cooperate by not acting to
the best of its ability to comply with a
request for information. Section 776(b)
of the Act also authorizes the
Department to use as AFA, information
derived from the petition, the final
determination, a previous
administrative review, or other
information placed on the record.
The Department finds that the
information necessary to calculate an
accurate and otherwise reliable margin
is not available on the record with
respect to Myland. In addition, the
Department finds that Myland withheld
information, failed to provide
information requested by the
Department in a timely manner and in
the form required, and significantly
impeded the Department’s ability to
calculate an accurate margin for
Myland. Specifically, we determine that
the application of facts available is
necessary in this case because Myland
did not report all of the inputs necessary
to produce the subject merchandise (i.e.,
record evidence indicates that raw
material inputs have not been reported
accurately because the total of Myland’s
reported raw material inputs is less than
the finished quantity for certain
products) and Myland’s cost
reconciliation is neither complete nor
accurate. See Decision Memo at
Comment 1; see also Application of
Adverse Facts Available for Myland
Industrial Ltd. & Myland Buxin Foundry
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Ltd. in the Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review of Non–
Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from
the People’s Republic of China
Memorandum, from Eugene Degnan,
Analyst, through Wendy J. Frankel,
Director, dated November 21, 2006
(‘‘Myland AFA Memorandum’’).
Therefore, pursuant to sections 776(a)(1)
and (2)(A),(B) and (C) of the Act, the
Department is resorting to facts
otherwise available.
In addition, in accordance with
section 776(b) of the Act, the
Department is applying an adverse
inference in selecting the facts available
rate as it has determined that Myland
did not act to the best of its ability to
cooperate with the Department in this
administrative review because it did not
report all of its inputs of raw materials.
See Myland AFA Memorandum. As
AFA we are applying the highest rate
from the history of this proceeding,
75.50 percent, the PRC–wide rate from
the less–than-fair–value final
determination. See Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value: Non–Malleable Cast Iron
Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic
of China 68 FR 7765 (February 18, 2003)
(‘‘Final Determination’’).
Corroboration
Section 776(c) of the Act provides
that, when the Department relies on
secondary information rather than on
information obtained in the course of an
investigation or review, it shall, to the
extent practicable, corroborate that
information from independent sources
that are reasonably at its disposal.
Secondary information is defined as
information derived from the petition
that gave rise to the investigation or
review, the final determination
concerning the subject merchandise, or
any previous review under section 751
concerning the subject merchandise. See
Statement of Administrative Action
(‘‘SAA’’) accompanying the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act, H. Doc. No.
316, 103d Cong., 2d Sess. Vol.1 at 870
(1994). Corroborate means that the
Department will satisfy itself that the
secondary information to be used has
probative value. See SAA at 870. To
corroborate secondary information, the
Department will, to the extent
practicable, examine the reliability and
relevance of the information to be used.
The Department, however, need not
prove that the selected facts available
are the best alternative information. See
SAA at 869.
To satisfy itself that the secondary
information has probative the
Department will, to the extent
practicable, examine the reliability and
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relevance of the information used. See
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts
Thereof, Finished and Unfinished from
Japan, and Tapered Roller Bearings
Four Inches or Less in Outside
Diameter, and Components Thereof,
from Japan: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Reviews and Partial Termination of
Administrative Reviews, 61 Fed. Reg.
57391, 57392 (Nov. 6, 1996) (unchanged
in the final determination). Independent
sources used to corroborate such
evidence may include, for example,
published price lists, official import
statistics and customs data, and
information obtained from interested
parties during the particular
investigation. See Notice of Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value: High and Ultra–High
Voltage Ceramic Station Post Insulators
from Japan, 68 FR 35627 (June 16, 2003)
(unchanged in final determination); and,
Notice of Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value: Live Swine
From Canada, 70 FR 12181 (March 11,
2005).
The reliability of the AFA rate was
determined in the final determination of
the investigation. See Final
Determination. The Department has
received no information to date that
warrants revisiting the issue of the
reliability of the rate calculation itself.
See e.g., Certain Preserved Mushrooms
from the People’s Republic of China:
Final Results and Partial Rescission of
the New Shipper Review and Final
Results and Partial Rescission of the
Third Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 68 FR 41304, 41307–41308 (July
11, 2003). No information has been
presented in the current review that
calls into question the reliability of this
information. Thus, the Department finds
that the information contained in the
order is reliable.
With respect to the relevance aspect
of corroboration, the Department will
consider information reasonably at its
disposal to determine whether a margin
continues to have relevance. Where
circumstances indicate that the selected
margin is not appropriate as AFA, the
Department will disregard the margin
and determine an appropriate margin.
For example, in Fresh Cut Flowers from
Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping
Administrative Review, 61 FR 6812
(February 22, 1996), the Department
disregarded the highest margin in that
case as adverse best information
available (the predecessor to facts
available) because the margin was based
on another company’s uncharacteristic
business expense resulting in an
unusually high margin. Similarly, the
Department does not apply a margin
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that has been discredited. See D&L
Supply Co. V. United States, 113 F.3d
1220, 1221 (Fed. Cir. 1997) which ruled
that the Department will not use a
margin that has been judicially
invalidated. Nothing in the record of
this review calls into question the
relevance of the margin selected as
AFA. Further, the selected margin is
currently the PRC–wide rate. Moreover,
this rate has not been invalidated
judicially. Thus, it is appropriate to use
the selected rate as AFA in the instant
review. Therefore, we determine that
the rate from the Final Determination
continues to be relevant for use in this
administrative review.
As the recalculated Final
Determination rate is both reliable and
relevant, we determine that it has
probative value. As a result, the
Department determines that the Final
Determination rate is corroborated for
the purposes of this administrative
review and may reasonably be applied
to Myland as AFA. Accordingly, we
determine that the Final Determination
rate of 75.50 percent, which is the
highest rate from any segment of this
administrative proceeding, meets the
corroboration criteria established in
section 776(c) that secondary
information have probative value.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following
percentage margin exists on exports of
Non–Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings
from the PRC for the period April 1,
2004 through March 31, 2005:
NON–MALLEABLE CAST IRON PIPE
FITTINGS FROM THE PRC
Producer/Manufacturer/
Exporter
Weighted–Average
Margin (Percent)
Myland ..........................
75.50
Assessment Rates
The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) 15 days
after the date of publication of these
final results of administrative review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of
this notice of final results of
administrative review for all shipments
of NMP fittings from the PRC entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication, as provided by section
751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) for Myland,
which has a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the company–
specific rate shown above; (2) for
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previously reviewed or investigated
companies not listed above that have a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company–specific
rate published for the most recent
period; (3) the cash deposit rate for all
other PRC exporters will be 75.50
percent, the current PRC–wide rate; and
(4) the cash deposit rate for all non–PRC
exporters will be the rate applicable to
the PRC exporter that supplied that
exporter. These deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect
until publication of the final results of
the next administrative review.
Notification of Interested Parties
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
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of the antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (‘‘APOs’’) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification
of the return/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.
We are issuing and publishing this
determination and notice in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
Dated: November 21, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix 1
Issues in the Decision Memorandum
Comment 1: Adverse Facts Available for
Missing Factors of Production
Comment 2: Freight: Application of
Sigma Rule
Comment 3: Treatment of Sand and
Riverbed Sand in Normal Value
Comment 4: Treatment of Additional
U.S. Inland Freight Revenues and
Expenses
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Comment 5: Clerical Error in the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–351–806
Silicon Metal From Brazil: Notice of
Intent to Rescind Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from
Globe Metallurgical Inc. (Globe), a
domestic producer of silicon metal, the
Department of Commerce initiated an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on silicon
metal from Brazil. The period of review
covers July 1, 2005, through June 30,
2006. Because the respondents reported
that they had no sales or shipments to
the United States during the period of
review, we intend to rescind the review
of these companies.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janis Kalnins at (202) 482–1392 or
Minoo Hatten at (202) 482–1690, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
The Department of Commerce (the
Department) published an antidumping
duty order on silicon metal from Brazil
on July 31, 1991. See Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order: Silicon Metal
from Brazil 56 FR 36135 (July 31, 1991).
On July 3, 2006, the Department
published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order for the period
of review covering July 1, 2005, through
June 30, 2006. See Notice of
Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review of Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation, 71 FR 37890
(July 3, 2006). In accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(b)(1), Globe requested an
administrative review of this order with
respect to the following respondents:
Camarago Correa Metais S.A.,
Companhia Ferroligas de Minas Geraisminasligas, Italmagnesio Nordeste S.A.,
and Ligas de Aluminio S.A.
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The Department published the
initiation of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on silicon
metal from Brazil on August 8, 2006.
See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in
Part, 71 FR 51573 (August 30, 2006).
6, 2003)), in the event any entries were
made during the period of review
through intermediaries under U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
case numbers for these respondents, the
Department will instruct CBP to
liquidate such entries at the all–others
rate in effect on the date of entry.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order is silicon metal from Brazil
containing at least 96.00 percent but less
than 99.99 percent silicon by weight.
Also covered by this order is silicon
metal from Brazil containing between
89.00 and 96.00 percent silicon by
weight but which contains more
aluminum than the silicon metal
containing at least 96.00 percent but less
than 99.99 percent silicon by weight.
Silicon metal is currently provided for
under subheadings 2804.69.10 and
2804.69.50 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTS) as a chemical product
but is commonly referred to as a metal.
Semiconductor grade silicon (silicon
metal containing by weight not less than
99.99 percent silicon and provided for
in subheading 2804.61.00 of the HTS) is
not subject to the order. Although the
HTS item numbers are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description remains dispositive.
Public Comment
Intent to Rescind Administrative
Review
The Department will rescind an
administrative review with respect to an
exporter or producer if the Department
concludes that there were no entries,
exports, or sales of the subject
merchandise to the United States during
the period of review. See 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3). In response to the
Department’s questionnaire, the
respondents notified the Department
that they had no entries, exports, or
sales of the subject merchandise to the
United States during the period of
review. Globe submitted no information
rebutting the respondent’s responses.
The Department conducted a customs
data query to ascertain whether there
were suspended entries of subject
merchandise. See November 22, 2006,
Memorandum to File entitled ‘‘Silicon
Metal from Brazil: Customs Data
Query.’’ Based on the data query, there
is no evidence of entries or shipments
of the subject merchandise by the
respondents during the period of
review. Therefore, we intend to rescind
the review.
In accordance with the Department’s
clarification of its assessment policy
(see Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May
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An interested party may request a
hearing within 15 days of publication of
this notice of intent to rescind. See 19
CFR 351.310(c). Any hearing, if
requested, will be held 30 days after the
date of publication, or the first working
day thereafter. Interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than 15 days
after the date of publication of this
notice of intent to rescind. See 19 CFR
351.309(c)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in case briefs, may be filed
no later than five days after the time
limit for filing the case brief. See 19 CFR
351.309(d). Parties who submit
arguments are requested to submit with
the argument (1) a statement of the
issue, (2) a brief summary of the
argument, and (3) a table of authorities.
Further, parties submitting written
comments should provide the
Department with an additional copy of
the public version of any such
comments on diskette. The Department
will issue the final notice, which will
include the results of its analysis of
issues raised in any such comments, or
at a hearing, if requested, within 120
days of publication of this notice of
intent to rescind.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d).
Dated: November 27, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–469–805
Stainless Steel Bar from Spain:
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dmitry Vladimirov or Minoo Hatten,
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-570-875
Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic
of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published its
preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty
order on non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings (``NMP fittings'') from
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') on May 25,
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2006. See Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 71 FR 30116 (May 25, 2006) (``Preliminary
Results''). The period of review (``POR'') is April 1, 2004, through
March 31, 2005. We invited interested parties to comment on our
preliminary results. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we
have made changes to our calculations. The final dumping margins for
this review are listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section
below.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2006
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Degnan, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0414.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 7, 2003, the Department published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty order on NMP fittings from the PRC. See Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order: Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the
People's Republic of China, 68 FR 16765 (April 7, 2003). On April 1,
2005, the Department published a notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on NMP fittings
from the PRC for the period April 1, 2004, through March 31, 2005. See
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation: Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 70 FR
16799 (April 1, 2005). On April 25, 2005, Myland Industrial Co., Ltd.
and Myland Buxin Foundry Ltd. (collectively ``Myland'') requested an
administrative review of their sales to the United States during the
POR of merchandise produced by Buxin and exported by Myland. On May 27,
2005, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of the
initiation of the antidumping duty administrative review of NMP
fittings from the PRC for the period April 1, 2004, through March 31,
2005. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 30694
(May 27, 2005) (``Initiation Notice'').
The Department published the preliminary results on May 25, 2006.
See Preliminary Results, 71 FR at 30116. We invited parties to comment
on our preliminary results. See Preliminary Results, 71 FR at 30121. On
June 23, 2006, Anvil International, Inc. and Ward Manufacturing
(``Petitioners'') submitted a case brief, and on June 27, 2006, Myland
submitted a case brief. On June 30, 2006, Petitioner submitted a
rebuttal brief and on July 3, 2006, Myland submitted a rebuttal brief.
On September 12, 2006, the Department published a notice in the
Federal Register extending the time limit for the final results of
review until October 23, 2006. See Extension of Time Limit for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Non-
Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China,
71 FR 53661 (September 12, 2006). Additionally, on October 30, 2006,
the Department published a notice in the Federal Register further
extending the time limit for the preliminary results of review until
November 10, 2006. See Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the
People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for the Final
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 63285
(October 30, 2006). Further, on November 16, 2006, the Department
published a notice in the Federal Register further extending the time
limit for the preliminary results of review until November 21, 2006.
See Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 66749 (November 16, 2006). We have
conducted this administrative review in accordance with Section 751 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.213.
Scope of Order
The products covered by the order are finished and unfinished non-
malleable cast iron pipe fittings with an inside diameter ranging from
1/4 inch to 6 inches, whether threaded or un-threaded, regardless of
industry or proprietary specifications. The subject fittings include
elbows, ells, tees, crosses, and reducers as well as flanged fittings.
These pipe fittings are also known as ``cast iron pipe fittings'' or
``gray iron pipe fittings.'' These cast iron pipe fittings are normally
produced to ASTM A-126 and ASME B.l6.4 specifications and are threaded
to ASME B1.20.1 specifications. Most building codes require that these
products are Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certified. The scope does
not include cast iron soil pipe fittings or grooved fittings or grooved
couplings.
Fittings that are made out of ductile iron that have the same
physical characteristics as the gray or cast iron fittings subject to
the scope above or which have the same physical characteristics and are
produced to ASME B.16.3, ASME B.16.4, or ASTM A-395 specifications,
threaded to ASME B1.20.1 specifications and UL certified, regardless of
metallurgical differences between gray and ductile iron, are also
included in the scope of the order. These ductile fittings do not
include grooved fittings or grooved couplings. Ductile cast iron
fittings with mechanical joint ends (MJ), or push on ends (PO), or
flanged ends and produced to the American Water Works Association
(AWWA) specifications AWWA C110 or AWWA C153 are not included.
Imports of subject merchandise are currently classifiable in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item
numbers 7307.11.00.30, 7307.11.00.60, 7307.19.30.60 and 7307.19.30.85.
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes.
The written description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the post-preliminary comments by parties in
this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, dated
November 10, 2006 (``Decision Memo''), which is hereby adopted by this
notice. A list of the issues which parties raised and to which we
responded in the Decision Memo is attached to this notice as an
appendix. The Decision Memo is a public document which is on file in
the Central Records Unit (``CRU'') in room B-099 in the main Department
building, and is accessible on the Web at https://www.ia.ita.doc.gov/
frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the memorandum are
identical in content.
Surrogate Country
In the Preliminary Results, we stated that we treat the PRC as a
non-market economy (``NME'') country, and therefore, we calculated
normal value in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act which applies
to NME countries. Also, we stated that we had selected India as the
appropriate surrogate country to use in this review for the following
reasons: (1) it is a significant producer of comparable merchandise;
and (2) provides contemporaneous publicly available data to value the
factors of production, pursuant to section 773(c)(4) of the Act. See
Preliminary Results. For the final results, we made no changes to our
findings with respect to the selection of a surrogate country.
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Separate Rates
In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department begins with
a rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are
subject to government control and, thus, should be assigned a single
antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the Department's policy to assign
all exporters of merchandise subject to review in an NME country this
single rate unless an exporter can demonstrate that it is free of de
jure and de facto control over its export decisions, so as to be
entitled to a separate rate.
In the Preliminary Results, we found that Myland demonstrated its
eligibility for separate-rate status. For the final results, we
continue to find that the evidence placed on the record of this
administrative review by Myland demonstrates an absence of government
control, both in law and in fact, with respect to its exports of the
merchandise under review and thus determine Myland is eligible for
separate-rate status.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of comments received, we have made changes in
the margin calculations for Myland. See Decision Memo at 4. In the
preliminary results, the Department calculated a margin for Myland
based on its reported data. However, for the final results, the
Department has based its margin on total adverse facts available
(``AFA''). See Application of Adverse Facts Available for Myland
Industrial Ltd. & Myland Buxin Foundry Ltd. in the Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe
Fittings from the People's Republic of China Memorandum, from Eugene
Degnan, Analyst, through Wendy J. Frankel, Director, dated November 21,
2006 (``Myland AFA Memorandum'').
Adverse Facts Available
Sections 776(a)(1) and (2) of the Act provide that the Department
shall apply ``facts otherwise available'' if necessary information is
not on the record or an interested party or any other person (A)
withholds information that has been requested, (B) fails to provide
information within the deadlines established, or in the form and manner
requested by the Department, subject to subsections (c)(1) and (e) of
section 782, (C) significantly impedes a proceeding, or (D) provides
information that cannot be verified as provided by section 782(i) of
the Act.
Where the Department determines that a response to a request for
information does not comply with the request, section 782(d) of the Act
provides that the Department will so inform the party submitting the
response and will, to the extent practicable, provide that party the
opportunity to remedy or explain the deficiency. If the party fails to
remedy the deficiency within the applicable time limits and subject to
section 782(e) of the Act, the Department may disregard all or part of
the original and subsequent responses, as appropriate. Section 782(e)
of the Act provides that the Department ``shall not decline to consider
information that is submitted by an interested party and is necessary
to the determination but does not meet all applicable requirements
established by the administering authority'' if the information is
timely, can be verified, is not so incomplete that it cannot be used,
and if the interested party acted to the best of its ability in
providing the information. Where all of these conditions are met, the
statute requires the Department to use the information if it can do so
without undue difficulties.
Section 776(b) of the Act further provides that the Department may
use an adverse inference in applying the facts otherwise available when
a party has failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of its
ability to comply with a request for information. Section 776(b) of the
Act also authorizes the Department to use as AFA, information derived
from the petition, the final determination, a previous administrative
review, or other information placed on the record.
The Department finds that the information necessary to calculate an
accurate and otherwise reliable margin is not available on the record
with respect to Myland. In addition, the Department finds that Myland
withheld information, failed to provide information requested by the
Department in a timely manner and in the form required, and
significantly impeded the Department's ability to calculate an accurate
margin for Myland. Specifically, we determine that the application of
facts available is necessary in this case because Myland did not report
all of the inputs necessary to produce the subject merchandise (i.e.,
record evidence indicates that raw material inputs have not been
reported accurately because the total of Myland's reported raw material
inputs is less than the finished quantity for certain products) and
Myland's cost reconciliation is neither complete nor accurate. See
Decision Memo at Comment 1; see also Application of Adverse Facts
Available for Myland Industrial Ltd. & Myland Buxin Foundry Ltd. in the
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Non-
Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China
Memorandum, from Eugene Degnan, Analyst, through Wendy J. Frankel,
Director, dated November 21, 2006 (``Myland AFA Memorandum'').
Therefore, pursuant to sections 776(a)(1) and (2)(A),(B) and (C) of the
Act, the Department is resorting to facts otherwise available.
In addition, in accordance with section 776(b) of the Act, the
Department is applying an adverse inference in selecting the facts
available rate as it has determined that Myland did not act to the best
of its ability to cooperate with the Department in this administrative
review because it did not report all of its inputs of raw materials.
See Myland AFA Memorandum. As AFA we are applying the highest rate from
the history of this proceeding, 75.50 percent, the PRC-wide rate from
the less-than-fair-value final determination. See Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Non-Malleable Cast Iron
Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China 68 FR 7765 (February
18, 2003) (``Final Determination'').
Corroboration
Section 776(c) of the Act provides that, when the Department relies
on secondary information rather than on information obtained in the
course of an investigation or review, it shall, to the extent
practicable, corroborate that information from independent sources that
are reasonably at its disposal. Secondary information is defined as
information derived from the petition that gave rise to the
investigation or review, the final determination concerning the subject
merchandise, or any previous review under section 751 concerning the
subject merchandise. See Statement of Administrative Action (``SAA'')
accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, H. Doc. No. 316, 103d
Cong., 2d Sess. Vol.1 at 870 (1994). Corroborate means that the
Department will satisfy itself that the secondary information to be
used has probative value. See SAA at 870. To corroborate secondary
information, the Department will, to the extent practicable, examine
the reliability and relevance of the information to be used. The
Department, however, need not prove that the selected facts available
are the best alternative information. See SAA at 869.
To satisfy itself that the secondary information has probative the
Department will, to the extent practicable, examine the reliability and
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relevance of the information used. See Tapered Roller Bearings and
Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished from Japan, and Tapered Roller
Bearings Four Inches or Less in Outside Diameter, and Components
Thereof, from Japan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews and Partial Termination of Administrative
Reviews, 61 Fed. Reg. 57391, 57392 (Nov. 6, 1996) (unchanged in the
final determination). Independent sources used to corroborate such
evidence may include, for example, published price lists, official
import statistics and customs data, and information obtained from
interested parties during the particular investigation. See Notice of
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: High and
Ultra-High Voltage Ceramic Station Post Insulators from Japan, 68 FR
35627 (June 16, 2003) (unchanged in final determination); and, Notice
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Live Swine
From Canada, 70 FR 12181 (March 11, 2005).
The reliability of the AFA rate was determined in the final
determination of the investigation. See Final Determination. The
Department has received no information to date that warrants revisiting
the issue of the reliability of the rate calculation itself. See e.g.,
Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of the New Shipper Review and Final
Results and Partial Rescission of the Third Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 68 FR 41304, 41307-41308 (July 11, 2003). No
information has been presented in the current review that calls into
question the reliability of this information. Thus, the Department
finds that the information contained in the order is reliable.
With respect to the relevance aspect of corroboration, the
Department will consider information reasonably at its disposal to
determine whether a margin continues to have relevance. Where
circumstances indicate that the selected margin is not appropriate as
AFA, the Department will disregard the margin and determine an
appropriate margin. For example, in Fresh Cut Flowers from Mexico:
Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 61 FR 6812
(February 22, 1996), the Department disregarded the highest margin in
that case as adverse best information available (the predecessor to
facts available) because the margin was based on another company's
uncharacteristic business expense resulting in an unusually high
margin. Similarly, the Department does not apply a margin that has been
discredited. See D&L Supply Co. V. United States, 113 F.3d 1220, 1221
(Fed. Cir. 1997) which ruled that the Department will not use a margin
that has been judicially invalidated. Nothing in the record of this
review calls into question the relevance of the margin selected as AFA.
Further, the selected margin is currently the PRC-wide rate. Moreover,
this rate has not been invalidated judicially. Thus, it is appropriate
to use the selected rate as AFA in the instant review. Therefore, we
determine that the rate from the Final Determination continues to be
relevant for use in this administrative review.
As the recalculated Final Determination rate is both reliable and
relevant, we determine that it has probative value. As a result, the
Department determines that the Final Determination rate is corroborated
for the purposes of this administrative review and may reasonably be
applied to Myland as AFA. Accordingly, we determine that the Final
Determination rate of 75.50 percent, which is the highest rate from any
segment of this administrative proceeding, meets the corroboration
criteria established in section 776(c) that secondary information have
probative value.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following percentage margin exists on exports
of Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the PRC for the period
April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005:
Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the PRC
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted-Average
Producer/Manufacturer/Exporter Margin (Percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Myland.............................................. 75.50
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Assessment Rates
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 15 days after the date of
publication of these final results of administrative review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of this notice of final results of administrative review
for all shipments of NMP fittings from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as
provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) for Myland, which has a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the company-specific rate
shown above; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not
listed above that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent
period; (3) the cash deposit rate for all other PRC exporters will be
75.50 percent, the current PRC-wide rate; and (4) the cash deposit rate
for all non-PRC exporters will be the rate applicable to the PRC
exporter that supplied that exporter. These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until publication of the final results
of the next administrative review.
Notification of Interested Parties
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 review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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.
We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: November 21, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix 1
Issues in the Decision Memorandum
Comment 1: Adverse Facts Available for Missing Factors of Production
Comment 2: Freight: Application of Sigma Rule
Comment 3: Treatment of Sand and Riverbed Sand in Normal Value
Comment 4: Treatment of Additional U.S. Inland Freight Revenues and
Expenses
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Comment 5: Clerical Error in the Calculation of the Cost of Freight on
Incoming Materials
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