Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China, Italy, and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 50614-50619 [2017-23760]
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Forged Steel Fittings From the
People’s Republic of China, Italy, and
Taiwan: Initiation of Less-Than-FairValue Investigations
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable October 25, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Irene Gorelik at (202) 482–6905 or
Robert Palmer at (202) 482–9068
(Taiwan), Katherine Johnson at (202)
482–4929 or Renato Barreda at (202)
482–0317 (the People’s Republic of
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China (PRC)), and Denisa Ursu at (202)
482–2285 or Michael Bowen at (202)
482–0768 (Italy), AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Petitions
On October 5, 2017, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (the
Department) received antidumping duty
(AD) Petitions concerning imports of
forged steel fittings from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC), Italy, and
Taiwan, filed in proper form, on behalf
of Bonney Forge Corporation and
United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers
International Union (USW) (collectively,
the petitioners).1 The AD Petitions were
accompanied by a countervailing duty
(CVD) Petition concerning imports of
forged steel fittings from the PRC. The
petitioners are domestic producers of
forged steel fittings and a certified union
that represents workers who produce
forged steel fittings.2
On October 6 and 10, 2017, the
Department requested supplemental
information pertaining to certain areas
of the Petitions.3 The petitioners filed
responses to these supplemental
questions on October 11, 2017.4 The
Department also issued second
supplemental questionnaires with
1 See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce re:
‘‘Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duties: Forged Steel Fittings from
the People’s Republic of China, Italy, and Taiwan’’
(October 5, 2017) (the Petitions).
2 See Volume I of the Petitions at 2 and 4.
3 See Letters from the Department to the
petitioners re: ‘‘Petitions for the Imposition of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports
of Forged Steel Fittings from the People’s Republic
of China, Italy, and Taiwan: Supplemental
Questions,’’ ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of
Antidumping Duties on Imports of Forged Steel
Fittings from the People’s Republic of China:
Supplemental Questions,’’ ‘‘Petition for the
Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of
Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Supplemental
Questions,’’; Letter from the Department to the
petitioners re: ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of
Antidumping Duties on Imports of Forged Steel
Fittings from Italy: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated
October 10, 2017.
4 See Letters from the petitioners, re: ‘‘Forged
Steel Fittings from the People’s Republic of China,
Italy, and Taiwan: Response to Supplemental
Questions—General Issues’’ (General Issues
Supplement); ‘‘Forged Steel Fittings from Italy:
Response to Supplemental Questions,’’ dated
October 11, 2017 (Italy AD Supplemental
Response); ‘‘Forged Steel Fittings from the People’s
Republic of China: Response to Supplemental
Questions,’’ (PRC AD Supplemental Response); and
‘‘Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Response to
Supplemental Questions,’’ (Taiwan AD
Supplemental Response), dated October 11, 2017.
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regard to general issues in Volume I of
the Petition and for issues specific to the
PRC and Italy AD petitions.5 The
petitioners filed their second
supplemental response regarding the
PRC and Italy AD petitions on October
17, 2017 and second supplemental
response regarding general issues on
October 18, 2017.6 Petitioners also filed
a revised scope on October 19, 2017.7
In accordance with section 732(b) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), the petitioners allege that imports
of forged steel fittings from the PRC,
Italy, and Taiwan are being, or likely to
be, sold in the United States at less than
fair value within the meaning of section
731 of the Act, and that such imports
are materially injuring, or threatening
material injury to, the domestic industry
producing forged steel fittings in the
United States. Also, consistent with
section 732(b)(1) of the Act, the
Petitions are accompanied by
information reasonably available to the
petitioners supporting their allegations.
The Department finds that the
petitioners filed these Petitions on
behalf of the domestic industry because
the petitioners are interested parties as
defined in sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of
the Act. The Department also finds that
the petitioners demonstrated sufficient
industry support with respect to the
initiation of the AD investigations that
the petitioners are requesting.8
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Periods of Investigation
Because the Petitions were filed on
October 5, 2017, the period of
investigation (POI) for Taiwan and Italy
is October 1, 2016, through September
5 See Letter to the petitioners, re: ‘‘Petitions for
the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duties on Imports of Forged Steel Fittings from the
People’s Republic of China, Italy, and Taiwan:
Supplemental Questions,’’ dated October 17, 2017;
Letter to the petitioners, re: Petition for the
Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of
Forged Steel Fittings from the People’s Republic of
China: Second Supplement,’’ dated October 16,
2017; Letter from the Department to the petitioners
re: ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping
Duties on Imports of Forged Steel Fittings from
Italy: Second Supplemental Questionnaire,’’ dated
October 16, 2017.
6 See Letter from the petitioners re: ‘‘Forged Steel
Fittings from the People’s Republic of China:
Response to Second Supplemental Questions, dated
October 17, 2017 (PRC AD Second Supplemental
Response); Letter from the petitioners re: ‘‘Forged
Steel Fittings from Italy: Response to Second
Supplemental Question,’’ dated October 17, 2017;
Letter from the petitioners to the Department,
‘‘Response to Second Supplemental Question on
Industry Support and Cumulation,’’ dated October
18, 2017 (Second General Issues Supplement).
7 See Letter from the petitioners to the
Department, ‘‘Forged Steel Fittings from China,
Italy, and Taiwan: Revised Scope,’’ dated October
19, 2017 (Revised Scope). See also the Appendix to
this notice.
8 See ‘‘Determination of Industry Support for the
Petitions’’ section, below.
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30, 2017. Because the PRC is a nonmarket economy (NME) country, the
POI for this investigation is April 1,
2017, through September 30, 2017.
Scope of the Investigations
The products covered by these
investigations are forged steel fittings
from the PRC, Italy, and Taiwan. For a
full description of the scope of these
investigations, see the ‘‘Scope of the
Investigations,’’ in the Appendix to this
notice.
Comments on Scope of the
Investigations
During our review of the Petitions, the
Department issued questions to, and
received responses from, the petitioners
pertaining to the proposed scope to
ensure that the scope language in the
Petitions would be an accurate
reflection of the products for which the
domestic industry is seeking relief.9
As discussed in the preamble to the
Department’s regulations, we are setting
aside a period for interested parties to
raise issues regarding product coverage
(scope).10 The Department will consider
all comments received from interested
parties and, if necessary, will consult
with interested parties prior to the
issuance of the preliminary
determinations. If scope comments
include factual information,11 all such
factual information should be limited to
public information. To facilitate
preparation of its questionnaires, the
Department requests all interested
parties to submit such comments by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on
Tuesday, November 14, 2017, which is
20 calendar days from the signature date
of this notice. Any rebuttal comments,
which may include factual information,
must be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday,
November 24, 2017, which is 10
calendar days from the initial comments
deadline.12
The Department requests that any
factual information the parties consider
relevant to the scope of the
investigations be submitted during this
time period. However, if a party
subsequently finds that additional
factual information pertaining to the
scope of the investigations may be
relevant, the party may contact the
Department and request permission to
submit the additional information. All
scope comments must be filed on the
9 See General Issues Supplemental Questionnaire;
see also General Issues Supplement.
10 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing
Duties, Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19,
1997).
11 See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual
information’’).
12 See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
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records of each of the concurrent AD
and CVD investigations.
Filing Requirements
All submissions to the Department
must be filed electronically using
Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing
Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS).13 An electronically
filed document must be received
successfully in its entirety by the time
and date it is due. Documents exempted
from the electronic submission
requirements must be filed manually
(i.e., in paper form) with Enforcement
and Compliance’s APO/Dockets Unit,
Room 18022, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230, and
stamped with the date and time of
receipt by the applicable deadlines.
Comments on Product Characteristics
for AD Questionnaires
The Department will provide
interested parties an opportunity to
comment on the appropriate physical
characteristics of forged steel fittings to
be reported in response to the
Department’s AD questionnaires. This
information will be used to identify the
key physical characteristics of the
merchandise under consideration in
order to report the relevant costs of
production accurately as well as to
develop appropriate productcomparison criteria.
Interested parties may provide any
information or comments that they feel
are relevant to the development of an
accurate list of physical characteristics.
Specifically, they may provide
comments as to which characteristics
are appropriate to use as: (1) General
product characteristics and (2) productcomparison criteria. We note that it is
not always appropriate to use all
product characteristics as productcomparison criteria. We base productcomparison criteria on meaningful
commercial differences among products.
In other words, although there may be
some physical product characteristics
utilized by manufacturers to describe
forged steel fittings, it may be that only
a select few product characteristics take
13 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and
Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System
Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014), for details
of the Department’s electronic filing requirements,
which went into effect on August 5, 2011.
Information on help using ACCESS can be found at
https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx and a handbook
can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help/
Handbook%20on%20Electronic
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into account commercially meaningful
physical characteristics. In addition,
interested parties may comment on the
order in which the physical
characteristics should be used in
matching products. Generally, the
Department attempts to list the most
important physical characteristics first
and the least important characteristics
last.
In order to consider the suggestions of
interested parties in developing and
issuing the AD questionnaires, all
product characteristics comments must
be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on November
14, 2017. Any rebuttal comments must
be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on November
24, 2017. All comments and
submissions to the Department must be
filed electronically using ACCESS, as
explained above, on the records of the
PRC, Italy and Taiwan less-than-fairvalue investigations.
Determination of Industry Support for
the Petitions
Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires
that a petition be filed on behalf of the
domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A)
of the Act provides that a petition meets
this requirement if the domestic
producers or workers who support the
petition account for: (i) At least 25
percent of the total production of the
domestic like product; and (ii) more
than 50 percent of the production of the
domestic like product produced by that
portion of the industry expressing
support for, or opposition to, the
petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D)
of the Act provides that, if the petition
does not establish support of domestic
producers or workers accounting for
more than 50 percent of the total
production of the domestic like product,
the Department shall: (i) Poll the
industry or rely on other information in
order to determine if there is support for
the petition, as required by
subparagraph (A); or (ii) determine
industry support using a statistically
valid sampling method to poll the
‘‘industry.’’
Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines
the ‘‘industry’’ as the producers as a
whole of a domestic like product. Thus,
to determine whether a petition has the
requisite industry support, the statute
directs the Department to look to
producers and workers who produce the
domestic like product. The International
Trade Commission (ITC), which is
responsible for determining whether
‘‘the domestic industry’’ has been
injured, must also determine what
constitutes a domestic like product in
order to define the industry. While both
the Department and the ITC must apply
the same statutory definition regarding
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the domestic like product,14 they do so
for different purposes and pursuant to a
separate and distinct authority. In
addition, the Department’s
determination is subject to limitations of
time and information. Although this
may result in different definitions of the
like product, such differences do not
render the decision of either agency
contrary to law.15
Section 771(10) of the Act defines the
domestic like product as ‘‘a product
which is like, or in the absence of like,
most similar in characteristics and uses
with, the article subject to an
investigation under this title.’’ Thus, the
reference point from which the
domestic like product analysis begins is
‘‘the article subject to an investigation’’
(i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to
be investigated, which normally will be
the scope as defined in the petition).
With regard to the domestic like
product, the petitioners do not offer a
definition of the domestic like product
distinct from the scope of the
investigations. Based on our analysis of
the information submitted on the
record, we have determined that forged
steel fittings, as defined in the scope,
constitutes a single domestic like
product and we have analyzed industry
support in terms of that domestic like
product.16
In determining whether the
petitioners have standing under section
732(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered
the industry support data contained in
the Petitions with reference to the
domestic like product as defined in the
‘‘Scope of the Investigations,’’ in the
Appendix of this notice.17 The
petitioners provided their own
production of the domestic like product
in 2016 and compared this to the
14 See
section 771(10) of the Act.
USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp.
2d 1, 8 (CIT 2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd.
v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988),
aff’d 865 F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).
16 For a discussion of the domestic like product
analysis in this case, see Antidumping Duty
Investigation Initiation Checklist: Forged Steel
Fittings from the People’s Republic of China (PRC
AD Initiation Checklist), at Attachment II, Analysis
of Industry Support for the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Petitions Covering Forged
Steel Fittings from the People’s Republic of China,
Italy, and Taiwan (Attachment II); Antidumping
Duty Investigation Initiation Checklist: Forged Steel
Fittings from Italy (Italy AD Initiation Checklist), at
Attachment II; and Antidumping Duty Investigation
Initiation Checklist: Forged Steel Fittings from
Taiwan (Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist), at
Attachment II. These checklists are dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice and on file electronically via ACCESS.
Access to documents filed via ACCESS is also
available in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024
of the main Department of Commerce building.
17 As noted above, the petitioners submitted a
revised scope on October 19, 2017. See Revised
Scope and the Appendix.
15 See
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estimated total 2016 production of the
domestic like product for the entire
domestic industry.18 We relied on the
data the petitioners provided for
purposes of measuring industry
support.19
Our review of the data provided in the
Petitions, supplements to the Petitions,
and other information readily available
to the Department indicates that the
petitioners have established industry
support.20 First, the Petitions
established support from domestic
producers (or workers) accounting for
more than 50 percent of the total
production of the domestic like product
and, as such, the Department is not
required to take further action in order
to evaluate industry support (e.g.,
polling).21 Second, the domestic
producers (or workers) have met the
statutory criteria for industry support
under section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act
because the domestic producers (or
workers) who support the Petitions
account for at least 25 percent of the
total production of the domestic like
product.22 Finally, the domestic
producers (or workers) have met the
statutory criteria for industry support
under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act
because the domestic producers (or
workers) who support the Petitions
account for more than 50 percent of the
production of the domestic like product
produced by that portion of the industry
expressing support for, or opposition to,
the Petitions.23 Accordingly, the
Department determines that the
Petitions were filed on behalf of the
domestic industry within the meaning
of section 732(b)(1) of the Act.
The Department finds that the
petitioners filed the Petitions on behalf
of the domestic industry because they
are interested parties as defined in
sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act and
they have demonstrated sufficient
industry support with respect to the AD
18 See Volume I of the Petitions, at 3–4 and
Exhibit I–1; see also General Issues Supplement, at
1 and Exhibit I–15; and Second General Issues
Supplement, at 1–2.
19 Id. For further discussion, see PRC AD
Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II; Italy AD
Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II; and Taiwan
AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II.
20 See PRC AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment
II; Italy AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II;
and Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment
II.
21 See section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act; see also
PRC AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II; Italy
AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II; and
Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II.
22 See PRC AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment
II; Italy AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II;
and Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment
II.
23 Id.
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investigations that they are requesting
that the Department initiate.24
Allegations and Evidence of Material
Injury and Causation
The petitioners allege that the U.S.
industry producing the domestic like
product is being materially injured, or is
threatened with material injury, by
reason of the imports of the subject
merchandise sold at less than normal
value (NV). In addition, the petitioners
allege that subject imports exceed the
negligibility threshold provided for
under section 771(24)(A) of the Act.25
The petitioners contend that the
industry’s injured condition is
illustrated by a significant and
increasing volume of imports from the
subject countries; reduced market share;
underselling and price depression or
suppression; and a negative impact on
the domestic industry’s capacity
utilization, employment, and profits.26
We have assessed the allegations and
supporting evidence regarding material
injury, threat of material injury, and
causation, and we have determined that
these allegations are properly supported
by adequate evidence, and meet the
statutory requirements for initiation.27
Allegations of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value
The following is a description of the
allegations of sales at less than fair value
upon which the Department based its
decision to initiate AD investigations of
imports of forged steel fittings from the
PRC, Italy, and Taiwan. The sources of
data for the deductions and adjustments
relating to U.S. price and NV are
discussed in greater detail in the
country-specific initiation checklists.
Export Price
For the PRC and Taiwan, the
petitioners based U.S. price on export
price (EP) using an average unit value
(AUV) of publicly available import
data.28 For Italy, the petitioners based
U.S. price on EP, which they calculated
based on their own prices, reduced to
meet the price obtained by a U.S.
customer from an Italian producer.29
24 Id.
25 See
Volume I of the Petitions, at 10 and Exhibit
I–4.
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26 Id.
at 10–23 and Exhibits I–4 and I–7 through
I–13.
27 See PRC AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment
III, Analysis of Allegations and Evidence of Material
Injury and Causation for the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Petitions Covering Forged
Steel Fittings from the People’s Republic of China,
Italy, and Taiwan (Attachment III); see also Italy AD
Initiation Checklist, at Attachment III; see also
Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment III.
28 See PRC Initiation Checklist and Taiwan AD
Initiation Checklist.
29 See Italy AD Initiation Checklist.
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Where applicable, the petitioners made
deductions from U.S. price for
movement and other expenses,
consistent with the terms of sale.30
Normal Value
With respect to the PRC, the
petitioners stated that the Department
has found this country to be a NME
country in prior administrative
proceedings.31 In accordance with
section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, the
presumption of NME status remains in
effect until revoked by the Department.
The presumption of NME status for the
PRC has not been revoked by the
Department and, therefore, remains in
effect for purposes of the initiation of
this investigation. Accordingly, NV in
the PRC is appropriately based on
factors of production (FOPs) valued in
a surrogate market economy country, in
accordance with section 773(c) of the
Act.32 In the course of this investigation,
all parties, and the public, will have the
opportunity to provide relevant
information related to the granting of
separate rates to individual exporters.
The petitioners claim that Mexico is
an appropriate surrogate country for the
PRC, because it is a market economy
country that is at a level of economic
development comparable to that of the
PRC, it is a significant producer of
comparable merchandise, and public
information from Mexico is available to
value all material input factors.33 Based
on the information provided by the
petitioners, we determine that it is
appropriate to use Mexico as a surrogate
country for initiation purposes.34
Because information regarding the
volume of inputs consumed by the PRC
producers/exporters is not available, the
petitioners relied on the production
experience of a domestic producer of
forged steel fittings in the United States
as an estimate of PRC manufacturers’
FOPs.35 The petitioners valued the
estimated FOPs using surrogate values
from Mexico.36 Additionally, for the
surrogate values denominated in
Mexican pesos, the petitioners
converted peso prices into U.S. dollars
30 See PRC AD Initiation Checklist, Italy AD
Initiation Checklist and Taiwan AD Initiation
Checklist.
31 See Volume II of the Petitions at 1–2.
32 See PRC AD Initiation Checklist.
33 See Volume II of the Petitions at 2 and Exhibits
II–1 and II–2.
34 See PRC AD Initiation Checklist.
35 See Volume II of the Petitions at 4–6 and
Exhibits II–7. See also PRC AD Supplemental
Response at Exhibit II–18 and PRC AD Second
Supplemental Response.
36 See Volume II of the Petitions at Exhibits II–
8 through II–15. see also PRC AD Supplemental
Response at Exhibit II–19 and PRC AD Second
Supplemental Response.
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using the average exchange rate
obtained from the Department’s Web
site for April 2017, through June 2017,37
and from www.exchange-rates.org to
obtain the U.S./Mexican exchange rates
for the period July 2017 through
September 2017.38
Interested parties will have the
opportunity to submit comments
regarding surrogate country selection
and, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an
opportunity to submit publicly available
information to value FOPs no later than
30 days before the scheduled date of the
preliminary determination.
For Italy, the petitioners based NV on
a home market price quote obtained for
ten selected forged steel fittings
produced and sold in Italy within the
proposed POI. The petitioners adjusted
the price quotes for a distributor markup
to obtain the ex-factory price.39
For Taiwan, the petitioners provided
an affidavit from a foreign market
researcher with a home market sales
offer for forged steel fittings produced
in, and sold or offered for sale in
Taiwan.40
Fair Value Comparisons
Based on the data provided by the
petitioners, there is reason to believe
that imports of forged steel fittings from
the PRC, Italy, and Taiwan are being, or
are likely to be, sold in the United States
at less than fair value. Based on
comparisons of EP to NV in accordance
with sections 772 and 773 of the Act,
the estimated dumping margins for
forged steel fittings for each of the
countries covered by this initiation are
as follows: (1) PRC—142.72 percent; 41
(2) Italy—18.66 to 80.20 percent; 42 and
(3) Taiwan—116.17 percent.43
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations
Based upon the examination of the
AD Petitions, we find that the Petitions
meet the requirements of section 732 of
the Act. Therefore, we are initiating AD
investigations to determine whether
imports of forged steel fittings from the
PRC, Italy, and Taiwan are being, or are
likely to be, sold in the United States at
less than fair value. In accordance with
37 See
Volume II of the Petitions at Exhibit II–9.
petitioners noted that ‘‘the Department’s
exchange rate page {on the Department’s Web site}
only goes through June 2017. We have therefore
used www.exchange-rates.org to obtain the U.S./
Mexican exchange rates. . .’’ See PRC AD
Supplemental Response at 2 and Exhibits II–19
through II–22.
39 See Italy AD Initiation Checklist.
40 See Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist.
41 See PRC AD Initiation Checklist.
42 See Italy AD Initiation Checklist.
43 See Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist.
38 The
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section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed,
we will make our preliminary
determinations no later than 140 days
after the date of this initiation.
Under the Trade Preferences
Extension Act of 2015, numerous
amendments to the AD and CVD law
were made.44 The 2015 law does not
specify dates of application for those
amendments. On August 6, 2015, the
Department published an interpretative
rule, in which it announced the
applicability dates for each amendment
to the Act, except for amendments
contained in section 771(7) of the Act,
which relate to determinations of
material injury by the ITC.45 The
amendments to sections 771(15), 773,
776, and 782 of the Act are applicable
to all determinations made on or after
August 6, 2015, and, therefore, apply to
these AD investigations.46
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Respondent Selection
The petitioners named six companies
in Italy and three companies in Taiwan,
as producers/exporters of forged steel
fittings.47 Following standard practice
in AD investigations involving market
economy countries, in the event the
Department determines that the number
of companies for any one market
economy country is large, the
Department intends to review U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
data for U.S. imports of forged steel
fittings during the respective POI under
the appropriate Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
subheadings, and if it determines that it
cannot individually examine each
company based upon the Department’s
resources, then the Department will
select respondents based on that data.
We intend to release CBP data under
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
to all parties with access to information
protected by APO within five business
days of the announcement of the
initiation of these investigations.
Interested parties must submit
applications for disclosure under APO
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b).
Instructions for filing such applications
may be found on the Department’s Web
site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/apo.
Interested parties may submit
comments regarding the CBP data and
44 See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015,
Public Law No. 114–27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015).
45 See Dates of Application of Amendments to the
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws Made
by the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 80
FR 46793 (August 6, 2015).
46 Id. at 46794–95. The 2015 amendments may be
found at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114thcongress/house-bill/1295/text/pl.
47 See Volume I of the Petitions at Exhibit I–3.
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respondent selection by 5:00 p.m. ET
seven calendar days after the placement
of the CBP data on the record of these
investigations. Interested parties
wishing to submit rebuttal comments
should submit those comments five
calendar days after the deadline for
initial comments.
Comments must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An
electronically-filed document must be
received successfully, in its entirety, by
ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on
the date noted above. If respondent
selection is necessary, within 20 days of
publication of this notice, we intend to
make our decisions regarding
respondent selection based upon
comments received from interested
parties and our analysis of the record
information.
With respect to the PRC, the
petitioners named 14 producers/
exporters of forged steel fittings from the
PRC.48 In accordance with our standard
practice for respondent selection in AD
cases involving NME countries, we
intend to issue quantity and value
(Q&V) questionnaires to producers/
exporters of merchandise subject to this
investigation and, in the event the
Department determines that the number
of companies is large, base respondent
selection on the responses received. For
this investigation, the Department will
request Q&V information from known
exporters and producers identified with
complete contact information in the
Petitions. In addition, the Department
will post the Q&V questionnaires along
with filing instructions on Enforcement
and Compliance’s Web site at http://
www.trade.gov/enforcement/news.asp.
Producers/exporters of forged steel
fittings from the PRC that do not receive
Q&V questionnaires by mail may still
submit a response to the Q&V
questionnaire and can obtain a copy of
the Q&V questionnaire from
Enforcement & Compliance’s Web site.
The Q&V response must be submitted
by the relevant PRC exporters/producers
no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on November
9, 2017. All Q&V responses must be
filed electronically via ACCESS.
Separate Rates
In order to obtain separate-rate status
in an NME investigation, exporters and
producers must submit a separate-rate
application.49 The specific requirements
for submitting a separate-rate
Volume I of the Petitions at Exhibit I–3.
Policy Bulletin 05.1: Separate-Rates
Practice and Application of Combination Rates in
Antidumping Investigation involving Non-Market
Economy Countries (April 5, 2005), available at
http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf
(Policy Bulletin 05.1).
application in the PRC investigation are
outlined in detail in the application
itself, which is available on the
Department’s Web site at http://
enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-seprate.html. The separate-rate application
will be due 30 days after publication of
this initiation notice.50 Exporters and
producers who submit a separate-rate
application and have been selected as
mandatory respondents will be eligible
for consideration for separate-rate status
only if they timely respond to all parts
of the Department’s AD questionnaire as
mandatory respondents. The
Department requires that companies
from the PRC submit a response to both
the Q&V questionnaire and the separaterate application by the respective
deadlines in order to receive
consideration for separate-rate status.
Companies not filing a timely Q&V
response will not receive separate-rate
consideration.
Use of Combination Rates
The Department will calculate
combination rates for certain
respondents that are eligible for a
separate rate in an NME investigation.
The Separate Rates and Combination
Rates Bulletin states:
{w}hile continuing the practice of
assigning separate rates only to exporters, all
separate rates that the Department will now
assign in its NME Investigation will be
specific to those producers that supplied the
exporter during the period of investigation.
Note, however, that one rate is calculated for
the exporter and all of the producers which
supplied subject merchandise to it during the
period of investigation. This practice applies
both to mandatory respondents receiving an
individually calculated separate rate as well
as the pool of non-investigated firms
receiving the weighted-average of the
individually calculated rates. This practice is
referred to as the application of ‘‘combination
rates’’ because such rates apply to specific
combinations of exporters and one or more
producers. The cash-deposit rate assigned to
an exporter will apply only to merchandise
both exported by the firm in question and
produced by a firm that supplied the exporter
during the period of investigation.51
Distribution of Copies of the Petitions
In accordance with section
732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.202(f), copies of the public version
of the Petitions have been provided to
the governments of the PRC, Italy, and
Taiwan via ACCESS. To the extent
practicable, we will attempt to provide
a copy of the public version of the
48 See
49 See
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was 60 days, consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(a),
which states that ‘‘the Secretary may request any
person to submit factual information at any time
during a proceeding,’’ this deadline is now 30 days.
51 See Policy Bulletin 05.1 at 6 (emphasis added).
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Petitions to each exporter named in the
Petitions, as provided under 19 CFR
351.203(c)(2).
ITC Notification
We will notify the ITC of our
initiation, as required by section 732(d)
of the Act.
Preliminary Determinations by the ITC
The ITC will preliminarily determine,
within 45 days after the date on which
the Petitions were filed, whether there
is a reasonable indication that imports
of forged steel fittings from the PRC,
Italy, and/or Taiwan, are materially
injuring, or threatening material injury
to, a U.S. industry.52 A negative ITC
determination for any country will
result in the investigation being
terminated with respect to that
country.53 Otherwise, these
investigations will proceed according to
statutory and regulatory time limits.
Submission of Factual Information
Factual information is defined in 19
CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) Evidence
submitted in response to questionnaires;
(ii) evidence submitted in support of
allegations; (iii) publicly available
information to value factors under 19
CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the
adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR
351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on
the record by the Department; and (v)
evidence other than factual information
described in (i)–(iv). 19 CFR 351.301(b)
requires any party, when submitting
factual information, to specify under
which subsection of 19 CFR
351.102(b)(21) the information is being
submitted 54 and, if the information is
submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct
factual information already on the
record, to provide an explanation
identifying the information already on
the record that the factual information
seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct.55 Time
limits for the submission of factual
information are addressed in 19 CFR
351.301, which provides specific time
limits based on the type of factual
information being submitted. Interested
parties should review the regulations
prior to submitting factual information
in these investigations.
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Extensions of Time Limits
Parties may request an extension of
time limits before the expiration of a
time limit established under 19 CFR
351.301, or as otherwise specified by the
Secretary. In general, an extension
52 See
section 733(a) of the Act.
53 Id.
54 See
19 CFR 351.301(b).
55 See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2).
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request will be considered untimely if it
is filed after the expiration of the time
limit established under 19 CFR 351.301.
For submissions that are due from
multiple parties simultaneously, an
extension request will be considered
untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. ET
on the due date. Under certain
circumstances, we may elect to specify
a different time limit by which
extension requests will be considered
untimely for submissions which are due
from multiple parties simultaneously. In
such a case, we will inform parties in
the letter or memorandum setting forth
the deadline (including a specified time)
by which extension requests must be
filed to be considered timely. An
extension request must be made in a
separate, stand-alone submission; under
limited circumstances we will grant
untimely-filed requests for the extension
of time limits. Parties should review
Extension of Time Limits; Final Rule, 78
FR 57790 (September 20, 2013),
available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/201322853.htm, prior to submitting factual
information in these investigations.
Certification Requirements
Any party submitting factual
information in an AD or CVD
proceeding must certify to the accuracy
and completeness of that information.56
Parties are hereby reminded that revised
certification requirements are in effect
for company/government officials, as
well as their representatives.57
Investigations initiated on the basis of
petitions filed on or after August 16,
2013, and other segments of any AD or
CVD proceedings initiated on or after
August 16, 2013, should use the formats
for the revised certifications provided in
19 CFR 351.303(g). The Department
intends to reject factual submissions if
the submitting party does not comply
with applicable revised certification
requirements.
Notification to Interested Parties
Interested parties must submit
applications for disclosure under APO
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. On
January 22, 2008, the Department
published Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Documents Submission Procedures;
APO Procedures, 73 FR 3634 (January
22, 2008). Parties wishing to participate
56 See
section 782(b) of the Act.
Certification of Factual Information to
Import Administration during Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July
17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also frequently asked
questions regarding the Final Rule, available at
http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_
info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
57 See
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in these investigations should ensure
that they meet the requirements of these
procedures (e.g., the filing of letters of
appearance as discussed at 19 CFR
351.103(d)).
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) and 777(i)
of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c).
Dated: October 25, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Investigations
The merchandise covered by these
investigations is 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 and unions.
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, and MSS SP–83, 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 standards,
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, 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, and
nipples.
Subject carbon and alloy forged steel
fittings are normally entered under HTSUS
7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045,
and 7307.99.5060. They also may be entered
under HTSUS 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-067, A-475-839, and A-583-863]
Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China, Italy,
and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable October 25, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik at (202) 482-6905 or
Robert Palmer at (202) 482-9068 (Taiwan), Katherine Johnson at (202)
482-4929 or Renato Barreda at (202) 482-0317 (the People's Republic of
China (PRC)), and Denisa Ursu at (202) 482-2285 or Michael Bowen at
(202) 482-0768 (Italy), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Petitions
On October 5, 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the
Department) received antidumping duty (AD) Petitions concerning imports
of forged steel fittings from the People's Republic of China (PRC),
Italy, and Taiwan, filed in proper form, on behalf of Bonney Forge
Corporation and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers
International Union (USW) (collectively, the petitioners).\1\ The AD
Petitions were accompanied by a countervailing duty (CVD) Petition
concerning imports of forged steel fittings from the PRC. The
petitioners are domestic producers of forged steel fittings and a
certified union that represents workers who produce forged steel
fittings.\2\
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\1\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce re: ``Petitions for
the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Forged
Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China, Italy, and
Taiwan'' (October 5, 2017) (the Petitions).
\2\ See Volume I of the Petitions at 2 and 4.
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On October 6 and 10, 2017, the Department requested supplemental
information pertaining to certain areas of the Petitions.\3\ The
petitioners filed responses to these supplemental questions on October
11, 2017.\4\ The Department also issued second supplemental
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regard to general issues in Volume I of the Petition and for issues
specific to the PRC and Italy AD petitions.\5\ The petitioners filed
their second supplemental response regarding the PRC and Italy AD
petitions on October 17, 2017 and second supplemental response
regarding general issues on October 18, 2017.\6\ Petitioners also filed
a revised scope on October 19, 2017.\7\
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\3\ See Letters from the Department to the petitioners re:
``Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duties on Imports of Forged Steel Fittings from the People's
Republic of China, Italy, and Taiwan: Supplemental Questions,''
``Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of
Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China:
Supplemental Questions,'' ``Petition for the Imposition of
Antidumping Duties on Imports of Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan:
Supplemental Questions,''; Letter from the Department to the
petitioners re: ``Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties
on Imports of Forged Steel Fittings from Italy: Supplemental
Questions,'' dated October 10, 2017.
\4\ See Letters from the petitioners, re: ``Forged Steel
Fittings from the People's Republic of China, Italy, and Taiwan:
Response to Supplemental Questions--General Issues'' (General Issues
Supplement); ``Forged Steel Fittings from Italy: Response to
Supplemental Questions,'' dated October 11, 2017 (Italy AD
Supplemental Response); ``Forged Steel Fittings from the People's
Republic of China: Response to Supplemental Questions,'' (PRC AD
Supplemental Response); and ``Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan:
Response to Supplemental Questions,'' (Taiwan AD Supplemental
Response), dated October 11, 2017.
\5\ See Letter to the petitioners, re: ``Petitions for the
Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports of
Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China, Italy,
and Taiwan: Supplemental Questions,'' dated October 17, 2017; Letter
to the petitioners, re: Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping
Duties on Imports of Forged Steel Fittings from the People's
Republic of China: Second Supplement,'' dated October 16, 2017;
Letter from the Department to the petitioners re: ``Petition for the
Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of Forged Steel Fittings
from Italy: Second Supplemental Questionnaire,'' dated October 16,
2017.
\6\ See Letter from the petitioners re: ``Forged Steel Fittings
from the People's Republic of China: Response to Second Supplemental
Questions, dated October 17, 2017 (PRC AD Second Supplemental
Response); Letter from the petitioners re: ``Forged Steel Fittings
from Italy: Response to Second Supplemental Question,'' dated
October 17, 2017; Letter from the petitioners to the Department,
``Response to Second Supplemental Question on Industry Support and
Cumulation,'' dated October 18, 2017 (Second General Issues
Supplement).
\7\ See Letter from the petitioners to the Department, ``Forged
Steel Fittings from China, Italy, and Taiwan: Revised Scope,'' dated
October 19, 2017 (Revised Scope). See also the Appendix to this
notice.
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In accordance with section 732(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), the petitioners allege that imports of forged steel
fittings from the PRC, Italy, and Taiwan are being, or likely to be,
sold in the United States at less than fair value within the meaning of
section 731 of the Act, and that such imports are materially injuring,
or threatening material injury to, the domestic industry producing
forged steel fittings in the United States. Also, consistent with
section 732(b)(1) of the Act, the Petitions are accompanied by
information reasonably available to the petitioners supporting their
allegations.
The Department finds that the petitioners filed these Petitions on
behalf of the domestic industry because the petitioners are interested
parties as defined in sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act. The
Department also finds that the petitioners demonstrated sufficient
industry support with respect to the initiation of the AD
investigations that the petitioners are requesting.\8\
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\8\ See ``Determination of Industry Support for the Petitions''
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Periods of Investigation
Because the Petitions were filed on October 5, 2017, the period of
investigation (POI) for Taiwan and Italy is October 1, 2016, through
September 30, 2017. Because the PRC is a non-market economy (NME)
country, the POI for this investigation is April 1, 2017, through
September 30, 2017.
Scope of the Investigations
The products covered by these investigations are forged steel
fittings from the PRC, Italy, and Taiwan. For a full description of the
scope of these investigations, see the ``Scope of the Investigations,''
in the Appendix to this notice.
Comments on Scope of the Investigations
During our review of the Petitions, the Department issued questions
to, and received responses from, the petitioners pertaining to the
proposed scope to ensure that the scope language in the Petitions would
be an accurate reflection of the products for which the domestic
industry is seeking relief.\9\
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General Issues Supplement.
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As discussed in the preamble to the Department's regulations, we
are setting aside a period for interested parties to raise issues
regarding product coverage (scope).\10\ The Department will consider
all comments received from interested parties and, if necessary, will
consult with interested parties prior to the issuance of the
preliminary determinations. If scope comments include factual
information,\11\ all such factual information should be limited to
public information. To facilitate preparation of its questionnaires,
the Department requests all interested parties to submit such comments
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Tuesday, November 14, 2017, which is
20 calendar days from the signature date of this notice. Any rebuttal
comments, which may include factual information, must be filed by 5:00
p.m. ET on Friday, November 24, 2017, which is 10 calendar days from
the initial comments deadline.\12\
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\10\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule,
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ``factual
information'').
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
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The Department requests that any factual information the parties
consider relevant to the scope of the investigations be submitted
during this time period. However, if a party subsequently finds that
additional factual information pertaining to the scope of the
investigations may be relevant, the party may contact the Department
and request permission to submit the additional information. All scope
comments must be filed on the records of each of the concurrent AD and
CVD investigations.
Filing Requirements
All submissions to the Department must be filed electronically
using Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and Countervailing
Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).\13\ An
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety by the time and date it is due. Documents exempted from the
electronic submission requirements must be filed manually (i.e., in
paper form) with Enforcement and Compliance's APO/Dockets Unit, Room
18022, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, and stamped with the date and time of receipt by
the applicable deadlines.
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\13\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and
Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System Name, 79 FR 69046
(November 20, 2014), for details of the Department's electronic
filing requirements, which went into effect on August 5, 2011.
Information on help using ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx and a handbook can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook%20on%20Electronic%20Filling%20Procedures.pdf.
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Comments on Product Characteristics for AD Questionnaires
The Department will provide interested parties an opportunity to
comment on the appropriate physical characteristics of forged steel
fittings to be reported in response to the Department's AD
questionnaires. This information will be used to identify the key
physical characteristics of the merchandise under consideration in
order to report the relevant costs of production accurately as well as
to develop appropriate product-comparison criteria.
Interested parties may provide any information or comments that
they feel are relevant to the development of an accurate list of
physical characteristics. Specifically, they may provide comments as to
which characteristics are appropriate to use as: (1) General product
characteristics and (2) product-comparison criteria. We note that it is
not always appropriate to use all product characteristics as product-
comparison criteria. We base product-comparison criteria on meaningful
commercial differences among products. In other words, although there
may be some physical product characteristics utilized by manufacturers
to describe forged steel fittings, it may be that only a select few
product characteristics take
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into account commercially meaningful physical characteristics. In
addition, interested parties may comment on the order in which the
physical characteristics should be used in matching products.
Generally, the Department attempts to list the most important physical
characteristics first and the least important characteristics last.
In order to consider the suggestions of interested parties in
developing and issuing the AD questionnaires, all product
characteristics comments must be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on November 14,
2017. Any rebuttal comments must be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on November
24, 2017. All comments and submissions to the Department must be filed
electronically using ACCESS, as explained above, on the records of the
PRC, Italy and Taiwan less-than-fair-value investigations.
Determination of Industry Support for the Petitions
Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires that a petition be filed on
behalf of the domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act
provides that a petition meets this requirement if the domestic
producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) At least
25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and
(ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like
product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support
for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) of
the Act provides that, if the petition does not establish support of
domestic producers or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of
the total production of the domestic like product, the Department
shall: (i) Poll the industry or rely on other information in order to
determine if there is support for the petition, as required by
subparagraph (A); or (ii) determine industry support using a
statistically valid sampling method to poll the ``industry.''
Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines the ``industry'' as the
producers as a whole of a domestic like product. Thus, to determine
whether a petition has the requisite industry support, the statute
directs the Department to look to producers and workers who produce the
domestic like product. The International Trade Commission (ITC), which
is responsible for determining whether ``the domestic industry'' has
been injured, must also determine what constitutes a domestic like
product in order to define the industry. While both the Department and
the ITC must apply the same statutory definition regarding the domestic
like product,\14\ they do so for different purposes and pursuant to a
separate and distinct authority. In addition, the Department's
determination is subject to limitations of time and information.
Although this may result in different definitions of the like product,
such differences do not render the decision of either agency contrary
to law.\15\
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\14\ See section 771(10) of the Act.
\15\ See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 2d 1, 8 (CIT
2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 688 F.
Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), aff'd 865 F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).
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Section 771(10) of the Act defines the domestic like product as ``a
product which is like, or in the absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the article subject to an investigation
under this title.'' Thus, the reference point from which the domestic
like product analysis begins is ``the article subject to an
investigation'' (i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to be
investigated, which normally will be the scope as defined in the
petition).
With regard to the domestic like product, the petitioners do not
offer a definition of the domestic like product distinct from the scope
of the investigations. Based on our analysis of the information
submitted on the record, we have determined that forged steel fittings,
as defined in the scope, constitutes a single domestic like product and
we have analyzed industry support in terms of that domestic like
product.\16\
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\16\ For a discussion of the domestic like product analysis in
this case, see Antidumping Duty Investigation Initiation Checklist:
Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China (PRC AD
Initiation Checklist), at Attachment II, Analysis of Industry
Support for the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions
Covering Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China,
Italy, and Taiwan (Attachment II); Antidumping Duty Investigation
Initiation Checklist: Forged Steel Fittings from Italy (Italy AD
Initiation Checklist), at Attachment II; and Antidumping Duty
Investigation Initiation Checklist: Forged Steel Fittings from
Taiwan (Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist), at Attachment II. These
checklists are dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice and on file electronically via ACCESS. Access to documents
filed via ACCESS is also available in the Central Records Unit, Room
B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building.
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In determining whether the petitioners have standing under section
732(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered the industry support data
contained in the Petitions with reference to the domestic like product
as defined in the ``Scope of the Investigations,'' in the Appendix of
this notice.\17\ The petitioners provided their own production of the
domestic like product in 2016 and compared this to the estimated total
2016 production of the domestic like product for the entire domestic
industry.\18\ We relied on the data the petitioners provided for
purposes of measuring industry support.\19\
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\17\ As noted above, the petitioners submitted a revised scope
on October 19, 2017. See Revised Scope and the Appendix.
\18\ See Volume I of the Petitions, at 3-4 and Exhibit I-1; see
also General Issues Supplement, at 1 and Exhibit I-15; and Second
General Issues Supplement, at 1-2.
\19\ Id. For further discussion, see PRC AD Initiation
Checklist, at Attachment II; Italy AD Initiation Checklist, at
Attachment II; and Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II.
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Our review of the data provided in the Petitions, supplements to
the Petitions, and other information readily available to the
Department indicates that the petitioners have established industry
support.\20\ First, the Petitions established support from domestic
producers (or workers) accounting for more than 50 percent of the total
production of the domestic like product and, as such, the Department is
not required to take further action in order to evaluate industry
support (e.g., polling).\21\ Second, the domestic producers (or
workers) have met the statutory criteria for industry support under
section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the domestic producers (or
workers) who support the Petitions account for at least 25 percent of
the total production of the domestic like product.\22\ Finally, the
domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for
industry support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the
domestic producers (or workers) who support the Petitions account for
more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like product
produced by that portion of the industry expressing support for, or
opposition to, the Petitions.\23\ Accordingly, the Department
determines that the Petitions were filed on behalf of the domestic
industry within the meaning of section 732(b)(1) of the Act.
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\20\ See PRC AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II; Italy AD
Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II; and Taiwan AD Initiation
Checklist, at Attachment II.
\21\ See section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act; see also PRC AD
Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II; Italy AD Initiation
Checklist, at Attachment II; and Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist, at
Attachment II.
\22\ See PRC AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II; Italy AD
Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II; and Taiwan AD Initiation
Checklist, at Attachment II.
\23\ Id.
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The Department finds that the petitioners filed the Petitions on
behalf of the domestic industry because they are interested parties as
defined in sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act and they have
demonstrated sufficient industry support with respect to the AD
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initiate.\24\
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Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation
The petitioners allege that the U.S. industry producing the
domestic like product is being materially injured, or is threatened
with material injury, by reason of the imports of the subject
merchandise sold at less than normal value (NV). In addition, the
petitioners allege that subject imports exceed the negligibility
threshold provided for under section 771(24)(A) of the Act.\25\
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The petitioners contend that the industry's injured condition is
illustrated by a significant and increasing volume of imports from the
subject countries; reduced market share; underselling and price
depression or suppression; and a negative impact on the domestic
industry's capacity utilization, employment, and profits.\26\ We have
assessed the allegations and supporting evidence regarding material
injury, threat of material injury, and causation, and we have
determined that these allegations are properly supported by adequate
evidence, and meet the statutory requirements for initiation.\27\
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\26\ Id. at 10-23 and Exhibits I-4 and I-7 through I-13.
\27\ See PRC AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment III,
Analysis of Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and
Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions
Covering Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China,
Italy, and Taiwan (Attachment III); see also Italy AD Initiation
Checklist, at Attachment III; see also Taiwan AD Initiation
Checklist, at Attachment III.
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Allegations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
The following is a description of the allegations of sales at less
than fair value upon which the Department based its decision to
initiate AD investigations of imports of forged steel fittings from the
PRC, Italy, and Taiwan. The sources of data for the deductions and
adjustments relating to U.S. price and NV are discussed in greater
detail in the country-specific initiation checklists.
Export Price
For the PRC and Taiwan, the petitioners based U.S. price on export
price (EP) using an average unit value (AUV) of publicly available
import data.\28\ For Italy, the petitioners based U.S. price on EP,
which they calculated based on their own prices, reduced to meet the
price obtained by a U.S. customer from an Italian producer.\29\ Where
applicable, the petitioners made deductions from U.S. price for
movement and other expenses, consistent with the terms of sale.\30\
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\28\ See PRC Initiation Checklist and Taiwan AD Initiation
Checklist.
\29\ See Italy AD Initiation Checklist.
\30\ See PRC AD Initiation Checklist, Italy AD Initiation
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Normal Value
With respect to the PRC, the petitioners stated that the Department
has found this country to be a NME country in prior administrative
proceedings.\31\ In accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act,
the presumption of NME status remains in effect until revoked by the
Department. The presumption of NME status for the PRC has not been
revoked by the Department and, therefore, remains in effect for
purposes of the initiation of this investigation. Accordingly, NV in
the PRC is appropriately based on factors of production (FOPs) valued
in a surrogate market economy country, in accordance with section
773(c) of the Act.\32\ In the course of this investigation, all
parties, and the public, will have the opportunity to provide relevant
information related to the granting of separate rates to individual
exporters.
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\31\ See Volume II of the Petitions at 1-2.
\32\ See PRC AD Initiation Checklist.
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The petitioners claim that Mexico is an appropriate surrogate
country for the PRC, because it is a market economy country that is at
a level of economic development comparable to that of the PRC, it is a
significant producer of comparable merchandise, and public information
from Mexico is available to value all material input factors.\33\ Based
on the information provided by the petitioners, we determine that it is
appropriate to use Mexico as a surrogate country for initiation
purposes.\34\
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\33\ See Volume II of the Petitions at 2 and Exhibits II-1 and
II-2.
\34\ See PRC AD Initiation Checklist.
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Because information regarding the volume of inputs consumed by the
PRC producers/exporters is not available, the petitioners relied on the
production experience of a domestic producer of forged steel fittings
in the United States as an estimate of PRC manufacturers' FOPs.\35\ The
petitioners valued the estimated FOPs using surrogate values from
Mexico.\36\ Additionally, for the surrogate values denominated in
Mexican pesos, the petitioners converted peso prices into U.S. dollars
using the average exchange rate obtained from the Department's Web site
for April 2017, through June 2017,\37\ and from www.exchange-rates.org
to obtain the U.S./Mexican exchange rates for the period July 2017
through September 2017.\38\
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\35\ See Volume II of the Petitions at 4-6 and Exhibits II-7.
See also PRC AD Supplemental Response at Exhibit II-18 and PRC AD
Second Supplemental Response.
\36\ See Volume II of the Petitions at Exhibits II-8 through II-
15. see also PRC AD Supplemental Response at Exhibit II-19 and PRC
AD Second Supplemental Response.
\37\ See Volume II of the Petitions at Exhibit II-9.
\38\ The petitioners noted that ``the Department's exchange rate
page {on the Department's Web site{time} only goes through June
2017. We have therefore used www.exchange-rates.org to obtain the
U.S./Mexican exchange rates. . .'' See PRC AD Supplemental Response
at 2 and Exhibits II-19 through II-22.
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Interested parties will have the opportunity to submit comments
regarding surrogate country selection and, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an opportunity to submit publicly
available information to value FOPs no later than 30 days before the
scheduled date of the preliminary determination.
For Italy, the petitioners based NV on a home market price quote
obtained for ten selected forged steel fittings produced and sold in
Italy within the proposed POI. The petitioners adjusted the price
quotes for a distributor markup to obtain the ex-factory price.\39\
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For Taiwan, the petitioners provided an affidavit from a foreign
market researcher with a home market sales offer for forged steel
fittings produced in, and sold or offered for sale in Taiwan.\40\
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Fair Value Comparisons
Based on the data provided by the petitioners, there is reason to
believe that imports of forged steel fittings from the PRC, Italy, and
Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at
less than fair value. Based on comparisons of EP to NV in accordance
with sections 772 and 773 of the Act, the estimated dumping margins for
forged steel fittings for each of the countries covered by this
initiation are as follows: (1) PRC--142.72 percent; \41\ (2) Italy--
18.66 to 80.20 percent; \42\ and (3) Taiwan--116.17 percent.\43\
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\41\ See PRC AD Initiation Checklist.
\42\ See Italy AD Initiation Checklist.
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Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
Based upon the examination of the AD Petitions, we find that the
Petitions meet the requirements of section 732 of the Act. Therefore,
we are initiating AD investigations to determine whether imports of
forged steel fittings from the PRC, Italy, and Taiwan are being, or are
likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value. In
accordance with
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section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless
postponed, we will make our preliminary determinations no later than
140 days after the date of this initiation.
Under the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, numerous
amendments to the AD and CVD law were made.\44\ The 2015 law does not
specify dates of application for those amendments. On August 6, 2015,
the Department published an interpretative rule, in which it announced
the applicability dates for each amendment to the Act, except for
amendments contained in section 771(7) of the Act, which relate to
determinations of material injury by the ITC.\45\ The amendments to
sections 771(15), 773, 776, and 782 of the Act are applicable to all
determinations made on or after August 6, 2015, and, therefore, apply
to these AD investigations.\46\
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\44\ See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law No.
114-27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015).
\45\ See Dates of Application of Amendments to the Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Laws Made by the Trade Preferences Extension
Act of 2015, 80 FR 46793 (August 6, 2015).
\46\ Id. at 46794-95. The 2015 amendments may be found at:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1295/text/pl.
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Respondent Selection
The petitioners named six companies in Italy and three companies in
Taiwan, as producers/exporters of forged steel fittings.\47\ Following
standard practice in AD investigations involving market economy
countries, in the event the Department determines that the number of
companies for any one market economy country is large, the Department
intends to review U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for
U.S. imports of forged steel fittings during the respective POI under
the appropriate Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
subheadings, and if it determines that it cannot individually examine
each company based upon the Department's resources, then the Department
will select respondents based on that data. We intend to release CBP
data under Administrative Protective Order (APO) to all parties with
access to information protected by APO within five business days of the
announcement of the initiation of these investigations. Interested
parties must submit applications for disclosure under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(b). Instructions for filing such applications may
be found on the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/apo.
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Interested parties may submit comments regarding the CBP data and
respondent selection by 5:00 p.m. ET seven calendar days after the
placement of the CBP data on the record of these investigations.
Interested parties wishing to submit rebuttal comments should submit
those comments five calendar days after the deadline for initial
comments.
Comments must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An
electronically-filed document must be received successfully, in its
entirety, by ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on the date noted above.
If respondent selection is necessary, within 20 days of publication of
this notice, we intend to make our decisions regarding respondent
selection based upon comments received from interested parties and our
analysis of the record information.
With respect to the PRC, the petitioners named 14 producers/
exporters of forged steel fittings from the PRC.\48\ In accordance with
our standard practice for respondent selection in AD cases involving
NME countries, we intend to issue quantity and value (Q&V)
questionnaires to producers/exporters of merchandise subject to this
investigation and, in the event the Department determines that the
number of companies is large, base respondent selection on the
responses received. For this investigation, the Department will request
Q&V information from known exporters and producers identified with
complete contact information in the Petitions. In addition, the
Department will post the Q&V questionnaires along with filing
instructions on Enforcement and Compliance's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/enforcement/news.asp.
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\48\ See Volume I of the Petitions at Exhibit I-3.
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Producers/exporters of forged steel fittings from the PRC that do
not receive Q&V questionnaires by mail may still submit a response to
the Q&V questionnaire and can obtain a copy of the Q&V questionnaire
from Enforcement & Compliance's Web site. The Q&V response must be
submitted by the relevant PRC exporters/producers no later than 5:00
p.m. ET on November 9, 2017. All Q&V responses must be filed
electronically via ACCESS.
Separate Rates
In order to obtain separate-rate status in an NME investigation,
exporters and producers must submit a separate-rate application.\49\
The specific requirements for submitting a separate-rate application in
the PRC investigation are outlined in detail in the application itself,
which is available on the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html. The separate-rate
application will be due 30 days after publication of this initiation
notice.\50\ Exporters and producers who submit a separate-rate
application and have been selected as mandatory respondents will be
eligible for consideration for separate-rate status only if they timely
respond to all parts of the Department's AD questionnaire as mandatory
respondents. The Department requires that companies from the PRC submit
a response to both the Q&V questionnaire and the separate-rate
application by the respective deadlines in order to receive
consideration for separate-rate status. Companies not filing a timely
Q&V response will not receive separate-rate consideration.
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\49\ See Policy Bulletin 05.1: Separate-Rates Practice and
Application of Combination Rates in Antidumping Investigation
involving Non-Market Economy Countries (April 5, 2005), available at
http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf (Policy Bulletin
05.1).
\50\ Although in past investigations this deadline was 60 days,
consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(a), which states that ``the Secretary
may request any person to submit factual information at any time
during a proceeding,'' this deadline is now 30 days.
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Use of Combination Rates
The Department will calculate combination rates for certain
respondents that are eligible for a separate rate in an NME
investigation. The Separate Rates and Combination Rates Bulletin
states:
{w{time} hile continuing the practice of assigning separate
rates only to exporters, all separate rates that the Department will
now assign in its NME Investigation will be specific to those
producers that supplied the exporter during the period of
investigation. Note, however, that one rate is calculated for the
exporter and all of the producers which supplied subject merchandise
to it during the period of investigation. This practice applies both
to mandatory respondents receiving an individually calculated
separate rate as well as the pool of non-investigated firms
receiving the weighted-average of the individually calculated rates.
This practice is referred to as the application of ``combination
rates'' because such rates apply to specific combinations of
exporters and one or more producers. The cash-deposit rate assigned
to an exporter will apply only to merchandise both exported by the
firm in question and produced by a firm that supplied the exporter
during the period of investigation.\51\
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Distribution of Copies of the Petitions
In accordance with section 732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.202(f), copies of the public version of the Petitions have been
provided to the governments of the PRC, Italy, and Taiwan via ACCESS.
To the extent practicable, we will attempt to provide a copy of the
public version of the
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Petitions to each exporter named in the Petitions, as provided under 19
CFR 351.203(c)(2).
ITC Notification
We will notify the ITC of our initiation, as required by section
732(d) of the Act.
Preliminary Determinations by the ITC
The ITC will preliminarily determine, within 45 days after the date
on which the Petitions were filed, whether there is a reasonable
indication that imports of forged steel fittings from the PRC, Italy,
and/or Taiwan, are materially injuring, or threatening material injury
to, a U.S. industry.\52\ A negative ITC determination for any country
will result in the investigation being terminated with respect to that
country.\53\ Otherwise, these investigations will proceed according to
statutory and regulatory time limits.
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Submission of Factual Information
Factual information is defined in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i)
Evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available
information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the
adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence
placed on the record by the Department; and (v) evidence other than
factual information described in (i)-(iv). 19 CFR 351.301(b) requires
any party, when submitting factual information, to specify under which
subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information is being submitted
\54\ and, if the information is submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct
factual information already on the record, to provide an explanation
identifying the information already on the record that the factual
information seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct.\55\ Time limits for
the submission of factual information are addressed in 19 CFR 351.301,
which provides specific time limits based on the type of factual
information being submitted. Interested parties should review the
regulations prior to submitting factual information in these
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Extensions of Time Limits
Parties may request an extension of time limits before the
expiration of a time limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as
otherwise specified by the Secretary. In general, an extension request
will be considered untimely if it is filed after the expiration of the
time limit established under 19 CFR 351.301. For submissions that are
due from multiple parties simultaneously, an extension request will be
considered untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date.
Under certain circumstances, we may elect to specify a different time
limit by which extension requests will be considered untimely for
submissions which are due from multiple parties simultaneously. In such
a case, we will inform parties in the letter or memorandum setting
forth the deadline (including a specified time) by which extension
requests must be filed to be considered timely. An extension request
must be made in a separate, stand-alone submission; under limited
circumstances we will grant untimely-filed requests for the extension
of time limits. Parties should review Extension of Time Limits; Final
Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 2013), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm, prior to
submitting factual information in these investigations.
Certification Requirements
Any party submitting factual information in an AD or CVD proceeding
must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information.\56\
Parties are hereby reminded that revised certification requirements are
in effect for company/government officials, as well as their
representatives.\57\ Investigations initiated on the basis of petitions
filed on or after August 16, 2013, and other segments of any AD or CVD
proceedings initiated on or after August 16, 2013, should use the
formats for the revised certifications provided in 19 CFR 351.303(g).
The Department intends to reject factual submissions if the submitting
party does not comply with applicable revised certification
requirements.
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\56\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
\57\ See Certification of Factual Information to Import
Administration during Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at
http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
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Notification to Interested Parties
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. On January 22, 2008, the
Department published Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Documents Submission Procedures; APO Procedures, 73 FR 3634 (January
22, 2008). Parties wishing to participate in these investigations
should ensure that they meet the requirements of these procedures
(e.g., the filing of letters of appearance as discussed at 19 CFR
351.103(d)).
This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 732(c)(2)
and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c).
Dated: October 25, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Investigations
The merchandise covered by these investigations is 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 and
unions. 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, and MSS SP-83, 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 standards,
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, 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, and
nipples.
Subject carbon and alloy forged steel fittings are normally
entered under HTSUS 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and
7307.99.5060. They also may be entered under HTSUS 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.
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